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Latin America Top 100 Private Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by: Last 6 Years i10 Index)

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				AD Scientific Index - World University/Institution Rankings 2024								Total Number of Scientists in University/Institution
Latin America Ranking	Country Ranking	Region Ranking	World Ranking	University / Institution	Country	Founded	Source	Best Scientist in University/Institution World Rank / Name		Total Institutions in Country	Total Scientists in Index	In top %3	In top %10	In top %20	In top %30	In top %40	In top %50	In top %60	In top %70	In top %80	In top %90	Total Scientists in Index
1				Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Chile	1888	Private	8185	Franz Erik Bauer ⁱ	70	609	15	50	136	240	303	339	354	381	472	553	609
2				Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul PUCRS	Brazil	1948	Private	7710	Eiji Tanaka	578	444	3	44	118	177	243	263	268	280	332	386	444
3				Tecnológico de Monterrey	Mexico	1943	Private	9425	Hafiz MN Iqbal	523	949	7	33	109	194	266	362	462	570	697	818	949
4				Universidad Diego Portales	Chile	1982	Private	17427	Jose L Prieto	70	234	7	13	28	49	72	103	124	152	179	204	234
5				Universidad de Concepción	Chile	1919	Private	22320	Sergio N Torres	70	665	6	36	106	198	251	306	385	465	533	588	665
6				National University College	Puerto Rico	1982	Private	49412	Wan Beom Park	20	12	5	7	7	7	7	10	10	11	12	12	12
7				Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos UNISINOS	Brazil	1969	Private	31502	Maria Teresa Anselmo Olinto ⁱ	578	405	3	12	51	99	137	186	223	257	307	357	405
8				Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia	Peru	1961	Private	14591	J. Jaime Miranda ⁱ	127	281	4	13	26	39	74	104	143	179	210	238	281
9				Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense UNESC	Brazil	1968	Private	13776	Felipe Dal Pizzol	578	106	2	11	18	25	31	40	52	64	78	90	106
10				Universidade Nove de Julho	Brazil	1972	Private	59998	Ernesto Cesar Pinto Leal Junior Pt	578	71	1	11	23	33	42	45	52	56	60	66	71
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11				Universidad de los Andes Colombia	Colombia	1949	Private	904	Luisa Fernanda Chaparro Sierra ⁱ	178	859	4	27	92	189	293	348	384	448	559	714	859
12				Pontificia Universidade Católica do Paraná PUCPR	Brazil	1960	Private	18962	Roberto Pecoits Filho	578	270	2	14	50	92	132	150	185	213	230	253	270
13				Universidad Autónoma de Chile	Chile	1989	Private	23195	Hans Zinnecker	70	378	4	13	32	68	85	100	123	177	234	300	378
14				Universidad Andrés Bello	Chile	1988	Private	316	Sergey Kuleshov ⁱ	70	198	3	16	41	69	90	106	134	151	167	187	198
15				Fundação Getulio Vargas FGV	Brazil	1944	Private	6824	Luiz Carlos Bresser Pereira	578	35	3	18	23	26	31	33	34	35	35	35	35
16				Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez	Chile	1953	Private	674	Giovanna Cottin ⁱ	70	247	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	247
17				Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro PUC-RIO	Brazil	1940	Private	1165	Carla Göbel ⁱ	578	516	3	27	94	143	190	227	269	334	382	450	516
18				Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso	Chile	1928	Private	23265	Joel Saavedra ⁱ	70	355	2	12	43	84	116	177	230	267	302	329	355
19				Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María	Chile	1932	Private	494	Will Brooks ⁱ	70	260	3	14	36	56	92	136	164	182	205	234	260
20				Universidad del Rosario	Colombia	1653	Private	10352	Juan Manuel Anaya	178	375	1	12	38	81	124	150	181	211	246	307	375
21				Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie	Brazil	1952	Private	13184	Marcos N Eberlin	578	281	2	10	27	56	86	100	115	152	191	251	281
22				Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola	Peru	1995	Private	1649	José Luis La Rosa Navarro ⁱ	127	77	2	5	10	17	25	34	43	48	55	63	77
23				Universidade Guarulhos UNG	Brazil	1969	Private	29480	Magda Feres	578	35	3	7	10	15	21	29	31	32	34	34	35
24				Universidade Católica de Pelotas	Brazil	1960	Private	4371	Fernando C Barros	578	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	42
25				Pontificia Universidad Javeriana	Colombia	1623	Private	35397	Esther De Vries	178	869	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	869
26				Universidad Católica del Norte	Chile	1956	Private	84558	José G Fernández-Trincado	70	190	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	190
27				Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú	Peru	2011	Private	2487	Alberto Gago ⁱ	127	562	2	4	18	57	94	118	160	223	294	410	562
28				Universidade de Passo Fundo	Brazil	1968	Private	30763	Alvaro Della Bona	578	166	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	166
29				Universidade de Caxias do Sul	Brazil	1967	Private	22092	João Antonio Pegas Henriques	578	234	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	234
30				Universidade Tiradentes UNIT	Brazil	1962	Private	70786	Estélio Henrique Martin Dantas	578	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	31
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31				Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina	Argentina	1958	Private	2829	Lutz Birnbaumer	127	274	4	9	17	28	49	77	113	155	194	233	274
32				Universidade Católica de Brasília	Brazil	1974	Private	50489	Paulo Cesar de Morais	578	93	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	93
33				Universidad Tecnológica Equinoccial	Ecuador	1986	Private	5651	Patricio Lopez Jaramillo ⁱ	82	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	46
34				Universidade Estácio de Sá	Brazil	1970	Private	4480	José F Siqueira Jr	578	181	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	181
35				Universidad Antonio Nariño	Colombia	1976	Private	394	Deywis Moreno ⁱ	178	185	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	185
36				Pontificia Universidade Católica de São Paulo PUC-SP	Brazil	1946	Private	54221	Lucia Santaella	578	488	1	10	40	69	113	142	188	250	317	395	488
37				Universidad del Desarrollo	Chile	1990	Private	55985	Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel	70	166	1	8	28	47	61	78	87	105	130	150	166
38				Universidade Cruzeiro do Sul	Brazil	1973	Private	9607	Rui Curi	578	84	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	84
39				Universidad San Francisco de Quito	Ecuador	1988	Private	1212	Edgar Carrera Jarrin ⁱ	82	166	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	166
40				Universidade Paulista UNIP	Brazil	1988	Private	90718	Biagio F Giannetti	578	135	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	135
41				Universidade de Franca UNIFRAN	Brazil	1970	Private	87578	Wilson Roberto Cunha	578	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	65
42				Corporación Universidad de la Costa	Colombia	1970	Private	34940	Luis Silva Fo	178	358	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	358
43				Universidade de Fortaleza UNIFOR	Brazil	1973	Private	87618	Renato Moreira	578	147	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	147
44				Faculdade de Odontologia São Leopoldo Mandic	Brazil	1972	Private	95305	Carlos Eduardo Da Silveira Bueno	578	45	0	4	11	24	30	35	39	45	45	45	45
45				Universidade de Sorocaba	Brazil	1994	Private	110219	Renata Lima	578	55	0	7	15	18	23	27	37	44	49	53	55
46				Universidad de las Américas Puebla	Mexico	1940	Private	33761	Aurelio LóPez Malo	523	171	1	4	11	27	40	54	82	109	136	155	171
47				Universidade de Ribeirão Preto UNAERP	Brazil	1924	Private	87128	Yara Teresinha Corrêa Silva Sousa	578	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	49
48				Universidad Torcuato di Tella	Argentina	1991	Private	25651	Mariano Sigman	127	96	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	96
49				Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana	Colombia	1937	Private	106500	Ana Fernanda Uribe Rodriguez	178	502	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	502
50				Universidad Politécnica Salesiana Ecuador	Ecuador	1994	Private	68943	Maikel Yelandi Leyva Vázquez	82	595	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	595
51				Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas	Mexico	1950	Private	37791	Saidet Jungo	523	356	1	3	11	20	49	81	145	198	246	301	356
52				Universidade de Marilia UNIMAR	Brazil	1956	Private	119977	Maria Angelica Miglino	578	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	44
53				Universidad Norbert Wiener	Peru	1996	Private	101132	Jaime A Yáñez	127	49	0	2	4	5	14	17	23	29	32	35	49
54				Universidade do Vale do Itajaí UNIVALI	Brazil	1964	Private	32987	Valdir Cechinel Filho	578	184	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	184
55				Escuela Colombiana de Carreras Industriales	Colombia	1985	Private	23239	Miguel Medina Jaime ⁱ	178	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	90
56				Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Goiás PUC Goiás	Brazil	1959	Private	47230	Jose Carlos Libaneo	578	66	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	66
57				Universidad de Manizales	Colombia	1983	Private	123464	José Jaime Castaño Castrillón	178	162	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	162
58				Universidad de Especialidades Espíritu Santo	Ecuador	1994	Private	34338	Oscar Del Brutto	82	113	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	113
59				Fundación Universitaria Autónoma de las Américas	Colombia	1985	Private	15868	Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales	178	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28
60				Centro Universitario CIFE	Mexico	1954	Private	13998	Sergio Tobon	523	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17
61				Universidade Católica de Pernambuco	Brazil	1951	Private	40145	Leonie Asfora Sarubbo	578	116	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	116
62				Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales Argentina	Argentina	1974	Private	57080	Carlos Skliar	127	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	39
63				Universidad Bernardo O'Higgins	Chile	1990	Private	84842	Richard R Lane	70	93	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	93
64				Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México	Mexico	1946	Private	10009	Romeo Ortega	523	134	1	1	5	24	37	60	83	98	118	127	134
65				Universidad Tecnológica del Perú	Peru	1997	Private	10240	Daniel Martínez Palma	127	105	1	1	2	3	10	10	21	27	46	62	105
66				Escuela Agrícola Panamericana Zamorano	Honduras	1942	Private	1792	Josue Danilo Molina Rodriguez ⁱ	15	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	36
67				Universidad Andina del Cusco	Peru	1984	Private	73262	Alberto Muñoz Davalos	127	28	0	1	2	2	2	3	4	6	12	19	28
68				Universidad de Lima	Peru	1962	Private	171820	Aldo Alvarez Risco	127	149	0	1	2	5	9	22	39	61	85	113	149
69				Universidad Católica San Pablo Arequipa	Peru	1997	Private	116931	Walter Lizandro Arias Gallegos	127	77	0	1	1	3	4	11	19	28	44	49	77
70				Universidad Hispanoamericana Costa Rica	Costa Rica	1992	Private	17152	Hannia Campos	30	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9
71				Universidad de Morelia	Mexico	1994	Private	967	Luis M Villasenor Cendejas ⁱ	523	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
72				Escola Brasileira de Administração Pública e de Empresas Fundação Getulio Vargas	Brazil	1952	Private	170851	Flavio Vasconcelos	578	420	0	8	58	116	157	216	272	317	352	391	420
73				Universidad del Norte Barranquilla	Colombia	1966	Private	138451	Diego Viasus	178	316	0	4	19	48	87	109	121	146	192	257	316
74				Universidad San Sebastián Chile	Chile	1989	Private	78986	Ricardo Troncoso	70	266	0	8	17	32	54	76	112	144	183	220	266
75				Universidade São Francisco	Brazil	1976	Private	74997	Ricardo Primi	578	130	0	7	12	26	30	40	56	73	87	102	130
76				Universidad El Bosque	Colombia	1977	Private	60295	Maria Virginia Villegas	178	239	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	239
77				Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador	Ecuador	1946	Private	54619	Renato Valencia	82	279	1	3	14	29	43	73	97	128	169	206	279
78				Universidade Vila Velha UVV	Brazil	1976	Private	133490	Elisardo C Vasquez\|ELISARDO CORRAL VASQUEZ, Vasquez EC	578	52	0	2	12	16	19	24	28	30	37	45	52
79				Universidad ICESI	Colombia	1979	Private	135402	Juan Jimenez Garcia	178	96	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	96
80				Pontificia Universidade Católica do Campinas PUC-CAMPINAS	Brazil	1941	Private	121213	Solange Muglia Wechsler	578	118	0	4	10	21	37	49	57	78	92	107	118
81				Universidad de la Sabana	Colombia	1980	Private	97967	Jose Andrés Martinez Silva	178	313	0	4	14	29	53	84	122	164	209	255	313
82				Universidad de las Américas Ecuador	Ecuador	1995	Private	226339	Manuel Calvopiña	82	130	0	0	10	18	33	51	69	79	89	103	130
83				Universidade do Oeste Paulista UNOESTE	Brazil	1972	Private	262646	Aline Duarte Ferreira	578	84	0	0	9	25	42	52	59	65	69	81	84
84				Universidad Científica del Sur	Peru	1998	Private	147325	Percy Mayta-Tristan\|Percy Mayta	127	235	0	3	7	13	25	42	70	95	131	169	235
85				Universidad Panamericana México	Mexico	1967	Private	66819	Gregorio T. Obrador	523	218	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	218
86				Universidad de Medellín	Colombia	1950	Private	150238	Japcy Margarita Quiceno	178	193	0	2	8	18	36	68	104	133	163	180	193
87				Universidade Positivo	Brazil	1988	Private	165574	Gisele Maria Correr	578	65	0	2	8	15	22	29	37	42	52	61	65
88				Universidade Ceuma	Brazil	1990	Private	103621	Carlos Tomaz	578	35	0	1	5	12	16	21	25	28	30	32	35
89				Universidade FEEVALE	Brazil	1969	Private	147392	Marco Antonio Siqueira Rodrigues	578	105	0	2	7	16	33	47	56	66	72	89	105
90				Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla	Mexico	1973	Private	134092	Juan Pablo Loyola Rodriguez	523	103	0	3	4	7	9	15	32	41	63	85	103
91				Universidad Católica del Maule	Chile	1991	Private	178621	Armando Rojas	70	177	0	1	7	22	43	74	102	127	150	167	177
92				Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul UNISC	Brazil	1993	Private	233491	Ãšnio Leandro Machado	578	107	0	0	10	23	44	48	57	65	80	99	107
93				Universidad CES	Colombia	1978	Private	146430	Doris Cardona	178	98	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	98
94				Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja	Ecuador	1971	Private	166542	Lucia Garcia	82	340	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	340
95				Universidade Luterana do Brasil ULBRA	Brazil	1972	Private	96118	Carlos Alberto Feldens	578	112	0	2	8	16	31	41	58	67	79	91	112
96				Centro Universitário UNIVATES	Brazil	1969	Private	262956	Raul Antonio Sperotto	578	86	0	0	5	13	23	33	51	61	72	81	86
97				Universidad Austral	Argentina	1991	Private	120238	Claudio Cavasotto	127	50	0	1	7	10	12	15	17	22	36	46	50
98				Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano	Colombia	1959	Private	170476	Salomon Kalmanovitz	178	208	0	3	5	15	30	53	71	88	117	147	208
99				Universidad Alberto Hurtado	Chile	1997	Private	157841	Juan Luis Modolell González ⁱ	70	96	0	2	7	12	22	35	54	66	75	87	96
100				Universidade Comunitaria da Região de Chapecó UNOCHAPECó	Brazil	1970	Private	251584	Patricia Pereira De Oliveira ⁱ	578	96	0	0	4	11	16	32	47	54	63	80	96

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Latin America Top 100 Private Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by: Last 6 Years i10 Index)

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