adminlist published by British QS which includes universities from Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Argentina.
USP is followed by Chile’s Catholic University, Brazil’s Campinas State University (Unicamp), University of Chile and Mexico’s National Autonomous University (UNAM). The London-based organisation QS ranking list of the top ten continues with the University of the Andes (Colombia); Monterrey Technological Institute (Mexico); the University of Buenos Aires; the National University Colombia and the Minas Gerais Federal University,
Brazil. The report was collaborated on the basis of seven specific indicators for Latin America which assess among other conditions research quality, commitment to teaching and percentage of professors with PhDs. Brazil dominates the first ranking of Latin American universities with 65 institutions among the first 200, followed by Mexico with 35, Argentina and Chile with 25 each and Colombia, 21. Impressively three Brazilian universities are in the top 10; 8 in the top 20 and 31 in the top 100. The list also includes 6 universities from Peru, 5 from Venezuela; 4 from Uruguay; 3 from Costa Rica, Cuba and Ecuador and one in Panama, Puerto Rico and Paraguay. – ERNAMA-NNN-MERCOPRESS.
Bongani Ndlovu
Online Reporter