Explore the top ranked universities in Latin America and the Caribbean
Discover the top universities in the Latin America and Caribbean region with the Times Higher Education Latin America University Rankings 2024. This year, we have ranked 214 institutions from 16 countries, based on the same trusted and rigorous performance indicators as the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, but with recalibrated weightings to reflect the characteristics of Latin America’s universities.
Latin America University Rankings 2024: key insights:
- Brazil’s University of São Paulo has knocked Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile off the top spot, ending the Chilean institution’s five-year run at number one
- The top three spots are all claimed by Brazilian universities
- Mexico’s Tecnológico de Monterrey has dropped from fourth to joint seventh but still has high scores for research environment and research quality
- Argentina’s National University of La Plata is the highest new entrant for 2024 at 28th place
- Brazil’s University of Campinas is the best in the region for teaching
- The highest-ranked university for international outlook is Ecuador’s UEES, Espiritu Santo University
Explore the table below to discover the full ranking and how universities in the Latin America and Caribbean region are performing this year.
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The Latin America University Rankings 2024 are derived from the latest WUR 3.0 methodology, which is recognised as the world’s most comprehensive evaluation of university performance. It includes 18 carefully calibrated indicators to assess institutions across five key areas: teaching, research environment, research quality, industry engagement and international outlook.
Our detailed methodologytrusted worldwide by students, teachers, academics, governments and industry experts, is based on:
- 157 million citations
- 18 million research publications
- survey responses from more than 93,000 scholars globally.
Our analysis reveals why Brazil is back at number one.
To unlock the data behind THE’s rankings and access a range of analytical and benchmarking tools, visit our data and insights page.
