THE 25 BEST UNIVERSITIES IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE UNITED STATES - JOB - 2025

The best universities in Latin America are found in Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Brazil. Every year, Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) publishes the World University Rankings document, where it ranks the best universities in the world.

To do this, it values ​​the academic reputation, the reputation of its teachers, the relationship between students and teachers, the research carried out and the percentage of international students.

Taking into account this reputed ranking, we are going to list by country the best Latin American and American faculties to develop your undergraduate or graduate studies.

However, if once you read the article you think that your university should appear, feel free to let us know in the comments section, arguing why it deserves to be mentioned and telling us about your experience in it.

MEXICO

UNAM

The National Autonomous University of Mexico is located in the Federal District. It was founded in 1551, being the oldest in Latin America. It is the largest and has more than 130,000 students and 16,000 people who make up the academic staff. It ranks 6th in Latin American universities and 160th worldwide.

It has numerous research areas such as Agrarian Studies, Education and Science, Social, Demographic or Political Processes, Society and Culture, etc.

Among his most outstanding students we find the Nobel Prize in Literature Octavio Paz or the diplomat Alfonso García Robles.

Website: www.unam.mx

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ITESM

The Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey is a private university that was born in 1943. It has more than 12,000 undergraduate students. It is currently the 9th most valued university in Latin America and is ranked 238 in the world ranking. In the phase that goes from 2012 to 2015, ITESM increased by about 70 positions.

It offers a wide university offer of doctorates and more than 40 postgraduate degrees.

Enrique Peña Nieto, current president of Mexico or Carlos Gutíerrez, CEO of the Kellogs company, studied at ITESM.

Website: www.itsm.mx

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IPN

Founded in Mexico City in 1936, the National Polytechnic Institute offers public service in different degrees and postgraduate degrees of knowledge. Placed in 35th place in Latin American universities, the IPN has an academic staff made up of more than 7,000 people, covering the nearly 93,000 students enrolled each year.

It stands out for its high level of research in different scientific and technological fields, being recognized as one of the 150 best universities in this regard. His innovations have been in many cases relevant to Mexico.

The former president of Mexico, Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León or the mathematician Gilberto Calvillo Vives, are some of the mother souls of the IPN.

Website: www.ipn.mx

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UAM

The Metropolitan Autonomous University is located in the Federal District. Since its foundation in 1974, the UAM is one of the most recognized universities in Mexico. It trains more than 56,000 students through its nearly 3,000 teachers.

It has a high level of research, being the second university with the largest number of researchers incorporated into the National System of Researchers (SIN). It also has peer-reviewed journals (ISI, Latindex).

Alfredo Castillo Cervantes, Mexican lawyer and politician studied at this center. In addition, Pedro Ramírez Vázquez, president of the Mexican Olympic Committee (COM) served as general rector of the UAM for two years.

Website: www.uam.mx

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SPAIN

University of Barcelona

Founded in 1450, it is the highest rated university within the Spanish territory. It is made up of 4,000 teachers who offer their knowledge to more than 47,000 students.

It has more than 20 faculties spread over seven campuses and 8 attached centers.

Prominent politicians such as Lluís Companys, Jordi Pujol or Julio Anguita, journalists such as Jimenez Losantos or Julia Otero and prose writers such as Josep Pla have studied at the University of Barcelona.

Website: www.ub.edu

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UAM

The Autonomous University of Madrid is located among the 200 best universities in the world and occupies the silver position at the national level. It has 25,000 students and 3,000 academic members spread over two campuses, one of them with the title of environmentally sustainable.

It is made up of seven faculties, highlighting that of Medicine, of great international prestige.

The current Spanish monarch Felipe VI has been a student at the UAM, a university that has had researchers such as Severo Ochoa, Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine, and Federico Mayor Zaragoza, former director general of UNESCO.

Website: www.uam.es

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Autonomous University of Barcelona

Founded in 1968, it was one of the first Spanish universities to receive the recognition of Campus of International Excellence. More than 3,000 teachers and nearly 37,000 students make up this Catalan university center.

It currently offers 80 degrees spread over 16 faculties and 79 postgraduate courses, of which 27 receive the mention of Excellence.

Journalists like Jordi Évole, Javier Sardá or Carles Francino and athletes like Mireia Belmonte or Joel González studied at this university center.

Website: www.uab.cat

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university of Navarra

Founded in 1952 by the religious order of Opus Dei under the direction of San Jose María Escrivá de Balaguer, it offers 66 undergraduate and 36 postgraduate degrees to its more than 10,000 students.

It has five large campuses around the world in San Sebastián, Barcelona, ​​Madrid, New York and Pamplona, ​​the latter being the main headquarters.

Pedro Sánchez, current secretary general of the PSOE, Pedro J. Ramírez, renowned journalist or the late president of the IOC Juan Antonio Samaranch are some of its most notable graduates.

Website: www.unav.edu

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ARGENTINA

Buenos Aires' University

Founded in 1821, this almost bicentennial university is considered one of the most important in the Ibero-American continent. It currently occupies position 124 in the world ranking.

It is made up of 13 faculties, 6 hospitals, 10 museums and 3 schools in which more than 20,000 teachers give classes to nearly 200,000 students.

15 Argentine presidents and 4 Nobel laureates: Carlos Saavedra (Peace), Bernardo Houssay (Medicine), Luis Federico Leloir (Chemistry) and César Milstein (Medicine) belonged to this university.

Website: www.uba.ar

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Austral University

It has just turned 25 and is already recognized as one of the best universities in Latin America, ranking 18 in the ranking. In addition, it is considered the number 1 private university in Argentina.

It stands out for having one teacher for every six students and leading the employability classification in its graduates.

Website: www.autral.edu.ar

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BRAZIL

University of São Paulo

Main public university in Brazil and the most prominent in Latin America. It is also among the 150 best university centers in the world. Although its origins date back to 1827, it was founded in 1934.

It currently has about 90,000 students distributed among its more than 240 undergraduate programs and its 220 postgraduate programs. In addition, each year it receives more than 130,000 applications for admission.

Filmmakers and actors like Fernando Meirelles or Tony Ramos, former government presidents like Fernando Henrique Cardoso or the famous former soccer player Socrates, have passed through the classrooms of the University of Sao Paulo.

Website: www5.usp.br

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UFRJ

The Federal University of Rio de Janeiro is one of the teaching centers where they have the greatest commitment to research. Although some of its schools date from colonial times, its official foundation was in 1920. It is considered the fifth best university in Latin America.

It is made up of 80 schools and more than 4,000 teachers that cover the 54,000 undergraduate and graduate students.

The architect Oscar Niemeyer, the writer Jorge Amado and Dr. Carlos Chagas studied at the UFRJ.

Website: www.ufrj.br

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UNICAMP

The State University of Campinas was founded in 1966, being one of the four public universities of Sao Paulo. Considered the 2nd best university in Brazil, each year it has more than 52,000 enrollment applications.

Academic center par excellence, it stands out in research areas such as technology or natural sciences.

The president of Brazil Dilma Rousseff, the linguist Daniel Everett, the physicist André Koch, the politician Aloízio Mercadante or the actor Petrônio Gontijo studied at UNICAMP.

Website: www.unicamp.br

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CHILE

Pontifical Catholic University of Chile

Better known as 'La Católica', it was founded in 1888 and is currently considered the 3rd best university in Latin America. It has a staff of more than 3,000 teachers who cover the more than 25,000 students that make up the university.

Combine Catholic morality with a solid education in various branches of science, arts, or humanities. Within its study program we find 20 faculties.

Although UC has had prominent figures in fields such as art, medicine, justice, humanities, journalism and architecture, above all Eduardo Frei Montalva and Sebastián Piñera, both presidents of the Republic of Chile, stand out.

Website: www.uc.cl

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COLOMBIA

University of the Andes

Located in Bogotá, it was founded in 1948 and currently ranks seventh among the best Latin American universities. Its academic staff is made up of 1500 teachers, who offer their knowledge to 15,000 students in its 12 academic units.

It stands out for its research in the branches of mathematics, physics, engineering, or social sciences, having the high-quality institutional certificate offered by the National Accreditation Council.

César Gaviria, former president of the country, Fidel Cano Correa, journalist / director of the newspaper El Espectador or Vera Grabe, anthropologist and activist are some of his most illustrious students.

Website: www.uniandes.edu.co

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National university of Colombia

Founded in Bogotá in 1867 to become the Colombian university with the largest number of scientific investigations. It is currently among the top 300 universities in the world, climbing nearly 100 positions since 2012.

It has an academic staff of 3,000 teachers and more than 50,000 students, who are divided into the more than 400 undergraduate programs offered by the university.

Gabriel García Márquez, Nobel Prize for Literature, the billionaire Luis Carlos Sarmiento and the mathematician Antanas Mockus are some of his most distinguished students.

Website: unal.edu.co

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PERU

Pontifical Catholic University of Peru

Founded in 1917, it is the oldest private university in Peru. Due to its academic excellence, it is considered the most prestigious in the country and is among the 500 best in the world.

It has more than 20 faculties spread over 410,000 m2 to train its more than 25,000 students.

Ollanta Humala, current president of the country, and his wife, Nobody Heredia, Alan García, former president, or the famous photographer Mario Testino, studied at this academic center.

Website: www.pucp.edu.pe

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VENEZUELA

Andres Bello Catholic University

Highest rated university in Venezuela, it was founded in 1953 and is private. More than 15,000 students and 1,000 teachers occupy the classrooms of its various faculties and schools.

It stands out for the large number of institutions that are dedicated to research in the different branches of knowledge.

The politicians Iñaki Anasagasti or Henrique Capriles and the activist Lilian Tintori stand out among the students who passed through 'La Católica'.

Website: www.ucab.edu.ve

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URUGUAY

University of Montevideo (UM)

Despite being only 30 years old, the UM is placed in the first position in the ranking of Uruguayan universities. About 300 teachers offer their knowledge to their more than 2,500 students.

The UM offers undergraduate and graduate courses within one of its five faculties: the Faculty of Administration and Economics of the School of Communications, the Faculty of Engineering, the Faculty of Law, the Faculty of Humanities, the Business School (IEEM), and the Center for Biomedical Science.

Some of his most prominent students are Julio María Snaguinetti, former president of Uruguay in two stages, and Washington Buño, professor and writer.

Website: www.um.edu.uy

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ECUADOR

Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador

It was founded in 1946 by the Society of Jesus and since then it has welcomed the Ecuadorian elite. Such is its growth that it is in the expansion phase of its current campus.

16 faculties from various areas of knowledge make up its academic structure aimed at the nearly 20,000 students who visit the classrooms every day.

Among its most notable graduates we find notable political personalities such as the former president of the Republic, Osvaldo Hurtado Larrea or Mauricio Rodas, María Fernanda Espinosa or Raymond Johansen.

Website: www.puce.edu.ec

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U.S

It is well known that universities such as Harvard, Princeton, MIT or Stanford always occupy the top positions in the world rankings for university quality.

However, despite the fact that these centers bring together the world elite, we will mention in our particular list of best Latin American and American universities, those centers that make a greater effort to promote programs to bridge the gap that exists between Latinos and other ethnic groups. Americans.

According to the Pew Research Center, about 55.2 million Hispanics live in the United States, representing 17% of the country's total population. The states that host the most Latino population are California, Texas, Florida, Arizona and New Mexico. We have chosen the best university in each state taking into account the Latino adaptation programs they offer.

University of Texas at Austin

It was born in 1883 and is considered one of the best public universities in the country. It is also ranked 77 among the best universities in the world.

It is one of the busiest universities in the United States, with more than 50,000 students and 20,000 employees. Of all of them, 32% correspond to African Americans, Hispanics, and Asians.

Laura Bush, former first lady of the United States and her son Jeb, the artists Janis Joplin or Matthew McConaughey or the former Peruvian president Fernando Belaúnde Terry are some of its most notable graduates.

Website: www.utexas.edu

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University of Miami

It was founded in 1925 and is one of the most exclusive private universities in the North American country. More than 15,000 students and 3,000 teachers are distributed among the 12 faculties and schools.

It is characterized by having highly developed research centers and by its high rate of graduates, approaching 97%.

Outstanding characters from the show such as Sylvester Stallone, Enrique Iglesias or Dwayne Johnson have passed through this university. Marco Rubio, Senator for the State of Florida, also graduated from “The U”.

Website: welcome.miami.edu

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University of New Mexico

It is located in Albuquerque and was founded in 1889. It has more than 26,000 students, of which a high percentage are Latino due to the cultural facilities that the center offers.

She has a very important research program and is also responsible for academic journals such as Scientific American, New England Journal of Medicine or Nature.

Although there are many eminences and famous people in different areas of knowledge, the Nobel Prize in Physics, Dr. Murray Gell-Mann, stands out.

Website: www.unm.edu/

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University ot Southern California

Located in Los Angeles, the university was founded in 1880, being the first private research university in California. It offers a place to more than 37,000 students, educated by the nearly 3,400 teachers that make up the university.

Internationally, it is ranked 130 in the ranking, but stands out as number 1 in communication and media subjects. In addition, within its academic program we find more than 130 subjects distributed in the areas of humanities, social sciences, physical and natural sciences.

Shinzo Abe, current Japanese Prime Minister, Frank Gehry, architect or film directors George Lucas or Ron Howard passed through the University of Southern California.

Website: www.usc.edu

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The University of Arizona

Founded in 1885, it is the academic center of reference in the State of Arizona. It is currently ranked 216 internationally and is among the top 15 public within the United States.

A direct collaborator in NASA's space exploration programs, the University of Arizona has nearly 37,000 students and more than 2,500 faculty in its ranks.

Nicolaas Bloembergen and Willis Lamb, Nobel Laureates in Physics in 1981 and 1955 respectively, are two of his most notable students.

Website: www.arizona.edu

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