QS Top Latin America & Caribbean Universities For 2024

LONDON, Sept. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — QS Quacquarelli Symonds, global higher education analyst, has released the thirteenth annual list of Latin America & The Caribbean’s best universities. Evaluating the region’s institutions based on academic and employer recognition, research output, resources and internationalisation, the final table lists 430 institutions across 25 locations.

Universidade de São Paulo takes the top spot, usurping Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile which comes second while Brazil’s Universidade Estadual de Campinas places third. Brazil is the most represented higher education system, with 97 listed universities, followed by Mexico with 63 and Colombia with 61.

Overview

• Argentina: 14/43 universities drop, 12 rise, 17 remain static. Universidad de Buenos Aires (9^th) is national leader
• Bolivia’s Universidad Mayor de San Andrés (135^th) ranks seventh for Citations per Paper
• Brazil leads in PhD-trained faculty and research volume
• Chile is most well-renowned country among international academics
• Colombia boasts the most top-50 universities for Employer Reputation
• Costa Rica’s national leader, Universidad de Costa Rica, places 20th
• Cuba enjoys exceptionally high teaching capacity
• Dominican Republic excels in research impact
• Ecuador: 82% of universities improve for Citations per Paper
• Mexico: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México is the region’s most well-renowned university among academics
• Panama ranks for seven universities. Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá (130^th) is national leader
• Peru is most improved overall – 33% of universities climb, 8% drop
• All Uruguay’s institutions place among the top 100
• Venezuela: 4/9 universities are among the region’s top-100, two are in the top-50