Latin America University Rankings 2020

The Times Higher Education Latin America University Rankings is based on the same 13 rigorous performance indicators that underpin the THE World University Rankings, but the weightings differ to reflect the characteristics of Latin America’s universities. We judge universities across all their core missions: teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook.

The 2020 ranking includes 166 universities across 13 countries, up from 150 institutions across 12 nations last year.

The Pontifical Catholic University of Chile is number one for the second consecutive year, while Brazil’s universities of São Paulo and Campinas hold on to second and third place respectively.

Mexico achieves its highest-ever ranking with Monterrey Institute of Technology claiming fourth place, up from fifth, but many of its other universities decline.