The Best universities in Latin America Are in Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Brazil.
Each year, Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) publishes World University Rankings, where it ranks the best universities in the world. To this end, 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 will list by country the best Latin American and American faculties to develop your studies of degree or postgraduate.
However, if once you read the article you think your university should appear, do not hesitate to let us know in the comments section, arguing why it deserves to be mentioned and telling us 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 occupies the 6th position in universities of Latin America and 160 in the world-wide level.
He 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 Literature Octavio Paz or the diplomat Alfonso García Robles.
Website: Www.unam.mx
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ITESM
The Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education is a private university that was founded in 1943. It has more than 12,000 undergraduate students. Currently it is the 9th most valued university in Latin America and occupies the position 238 in the world ranking. In the phase from 2012 to 2015, the ITESM amounted to about 70 positions.
It offers a wide range of doctorate degrees and more than 40 postgraduate courses.
Enrique Peña Nieto, current president of Mexico or Carlos Gutírez, CEO of 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 courses of knowledge. Located in the 35th position of Latin American universities, the IPN has an academic staff of more than 7,000 people, which cover 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 respect. Its innovations have been in many cases relevant for Mexico.
The former president of Mexico, Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon or the mathematician Gilberto Calvillo Vives, are some of the alma mater of the IPN.
Website: Www.ipn.mx
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UAM
The Autonomous Metropolitan University is located in the Federal District. Since its founding 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 Investigators (SIN). It also has refereed journals (ISI, Latindex).
Alfredo Castillo Cervantes, lawyer and Mexican politician studied in this center. In addition, Pedro Ramírez Vázquez, president of the Mexican Olympic Committee (COM) served as rector general of the UAM for two years.
Website: Www.uam.mx
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SPAIN
University of Barcelona
Founded in 1450, it is the best university in Spain. It consists of 4,000 teachers who offer their knowledge to more than 47,000 students.
It has more than 20 faculties distributed in seven campuses and 8 attached centers.
Outstanding politicians like Lluís Companys, Jordi Pujol or Julio Anguita, journalists like Jimenez Losantos or Julia Otero and prosistas like Josep Pla have studied in the Universitat of Barcelona.
Website: Www.ub.edu
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UAM
The Autonomous University of Madrid is ranked among the top 200 universities in the world and occupies the national level silver post. It has 25,000 students and 3000 academic members spread over two campuses, one of them with the title of environmentally sustainable.
It is composed of seven faculties, emphasizing Medicine, of great international prestige.
The current Spanish monarch Felipe VI has been a student at UAM, a university that has counted on 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 recognition of Campus of International Excellence. More than 3000 teachers and about 37,000 students make up this Catalan university center.
Currently offers 80 grades distributed in 16 faculties and 79 graduate 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 in 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 degrees and 36 postgraduate degrees to its more than 10,000 students.
It has five large campuses around the world spread out in San Sebastian, Barcelona, Madrid, New York and Pamplona.
Pedro Sánchez, currently general secretary of the PSOE, Pedro J. Ramírez, renowned journalist or the late IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch are some of his 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 Latin American continent. It currently ranks 124th in the world ranking.
It consists of 13 faculties, 6 hospitals, 10 museums and 3 schools in which more than 20,000 teachers teach classes to about 200,000 students.
15 Argentine Presidents and 4 Nobel Prizes: 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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University Austral
It has just turned 25 and is already recognized as one of the best universities in Latin America, ranking 18th in the ranking. In addition, it is considered the private university number 1 within Argentina.
It stands out for owning one teacher for every six students and leading the classification of employability 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 one of the 150 best universities in the world. Although its origins date back to 1827, it was founded in 1934.
At the moment it counts on near 90,000 students distributed between its more than 240 programs of degree and its 220 postgraduate. Each year, more than 130,000 applications are received.
Filmmakers and actors like Fernando Meirelles or Tony Ramos, former presidents of the government 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 educational centers where they have a greater commitment to research. Although some of its schools date from the colonial era, its official foundation was in 1920. It is considered the fifth best university in Latin America.
It consists of 80 schools and more than 4000 teachers that provide coverage to 54,000 undergraduate and graduate students.
The architect Oscar Niemeyer, the writer Jorge Amado or Dr. Carlos Chagas studied at 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 has more than 52,000 enrollment applications.
Academic center par excellence, stands out in research areas such as technology or natural sciences.
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, linguist Daniel Everett, physicist André Koch, politician Aloízio Mercadante and 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 3000 teachers who provide coverage to the more than 25,000 students who make up the university.
It combines Catholic morality with a solid education in different branches of science, arts or humanities. Within its curriculum we find 20 faculties.
Although the UC has featured prominent people in fields such as art, medicine, justice, humanities, journalism or architecture, Eduardo Frei Montalva and Sebastián Piñera, both presidents of the Republic of Chile, stand out above all.
Website: Www.uc.cl
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COLOMBIA
University of the Andes
Located in Bogota, it was founded in 1948 and currently occupies the seventh place in the best Latin American universities. Its academic staff consists of 1500 teachers, who offer their services to 15,000 students in their 12 academic units.
It stands out for its investigations in the branches of mathematics, physics, engineering, or social sciences, having the institutional certificate of high quality offered by the National Accreditation Council.
César Gaviria, former president of the country, Fidel Cano Correa, journalist / director of the newspaper The viewer 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 more scientific research. It currently ranks among the top 300 universities in the world, climbing nearly 100 places since 2012.
It has an academic staff of 3000 teachers and more than 50,000 students, which are distributed in more than 400 undergraduate programs offered by the university.
Gabriel García Márquez, Nobel laureate, billionaire Luis Carlos Sarmiento or 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 distributed in 410,000 m2 to train its more than 25,000 students.
Ollanta Humala, the current president of the country and his wife Nadie Heredia, Alan Garcia former president or the famous photographer Mario Testino attended higher education in this academic center.
Website: Www.pucp.edu.pe
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VENEZUELA
Andres Bello Catholic University
University best valued in Venezuela, was founded in 1953 and is of private identity. More than 15,000 students and 1000 teachers occupy the classrooms of their different faculties and schools.
It stands out for the great number of institutions that are dedicated to research in the different branches of knowledge.
Politicians Iñaki Anasagasti or Henrique Capriles and 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 ranks first in the ranking of Uruguayan universities. About 300 teachers offer their knowledge to more than 2500 students.
UM offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses within one of its five faculties: the Faculty of Administration and Economics of the School of Communications, Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Humanities, Business School (IEEM) , And the Center for Biomedical Science.
Some of his most outstanding 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 has since hosted the Ecuadorian elite. Such is its growth that is in the expansion phase of its current campus.
16 faculties of several areas of knowledge form their academic structure aimed at the nearly 20,000 students who step into the classroom every day.
Among its most notable graduates we find notable political figures such as the former president of the Republic, Osvaldo Hurtado Larrea or Mauricio Rodas, Maria 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 Standford always occupy the top positions of the world rankings of university quality.
However, even though these centers bring together the world's 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 hosting 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 also ranks 77th 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 these, 32% are African-Americans, Hispanics, and Asians.
Laura Bush, former first lady of the United States and her son Jeb, artists Janis Joplin or Matthew McConaughey or former Peruvian President Fernando Belaunde Terry are some of their 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 United States. More than 15,000 students and 3000 teachers are distributed among 12 faculties and schools.
It is characterized by highly developed research centers and by its high rate of graduates, approaching the figure to 97%.
Featured characters from the show such as Sylvester Stallone, Enrique Iglesias or Dwayne Johnson have been through this university. Marco Rubio, Senator for the State of Florida also graduated in"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 is Latin because of the cultural facilities offered by the center.
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 people famous in the different areas of knowledge, the Nobel Prize in Physics, Dr. Murray Gell-Mann stands out.
Website: Www.unm.edu/
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University of Southern California
Located in Los Angeles, the university was founded in 1880, being the first private research university in California. It offers more than 37,000 students, educated by the nearly 3400 teachers who make up the university.
Internationally, it ranks 130th 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 filmmakers George Lucas or Ron Howard went through the University of Southern California.
Website: Www.usc.edu
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The University of Arizona
Founded in 1885, it is the leading academic center in the State of Arizona. It currently ranks 216th internationally and ranks among the top 15 publics within the United States.
A direct collaborator in NASA's space exploration programs, the University of Arizona has about 37,000 students and more than 2,500 teachers in its ranks.
Nicolaas Bloembergen and Willis Lamb, Nobel Prize in Physics in 1981 and 1955 respectively, are two of his most notable students.
Website: Www.arizona.edu
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