Revealed: Latin America's Best Universities
13 Jun, 2016, 23:48 BST
LONDON, June 13, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --
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The annual QS University Rankings: Latin America, featuring an enhanced methodology have been released on http://www.Topuniversities.com by global higher education analysts QS Quacquarelli Symonds, shining a spotlight on the region's 300 finest universities.
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Brazil's best universities remain the benchmark for the entire region, taking two of the top-three spots. Ecuador and Argentina make noteworthy progress, while Peru and Panama struggle.
- Universities from twenty different countries;
- The most-featured nation is Brazil, with 76 featured institutions. Mexico comes second in the region with 45, while Colombia out-performs Argentina and Chile, with 41 featured institutions.
- Chile, Mexico, and Colombia all see two universities in the regional top 10;
- 19 of 34 Argentinean universities rise up the rankings;
- Venezuela is now home to a top-20 higher education institution.
QS University Rankings: Latin America 2016
2016 2015 Institution Country
1 1 Universidade de São Paulo Brazil
2 2 Unicamp Brazil
3 3 Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Chile
4 6 UNAM Mexico
5 5 Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Brazil
6 4 Universidad de Chile Chile
7 9 Tecnológico de Monterrey Mexico
8 7 Universidad de Los Andes Colombia Colombia
9 10 Universidade de Brasilia Brazil
10 13 Universidad Nacional de Colombia Colombia
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The full methodology can be viewed here.
The below table enumerates all twenty countries with featured universities. It also notes their best performing institution, the number of universities they see in the published rankings this year, and the number of universities they see feature in the regional top 100 and top 50:
QS University Rankings: Latin America (Regional Overview)
Total Number Number of Number of
Best of Featured top-100 top-50
Country Position Institutions institutions institutions
Argentina 11th 34 19 7
Bolivia 108th 3 0 0
Brazil 1st 76 24 17
Chile 3rd 30 15 9
Colombia 8th 41 12 5
Costa Rica 18th 4 2 2
Cuba 59th 5 1 0
Dominican
Republic 151st-160th 4 0 0
Ecuador 57th 9 2 0
El Salvador 201st-250th 2 0 0
Guatemala 171st-180th 4 0 0
Honduras 171st-180th 2 0 0
Mexico 4th 45 14 6
Nicaragua 201st-250th 2 0 0
Panama 109th 7 0 0
Paraguay 79th 3 1 0
Peru 21st 16 3 1
Puerto Rico 52nd 2 1 1
Uruguay 39th 4 2 1
Venezuela 18th 7 4 2
(c) QS Quacquarelli Symonds 2004-2016
http://www.TopUniversities.com/
The full QS Latin America University Rankings can be viewed here.
SOURCE QS Quacquarelli Symonds