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Latin America Top 100 Private Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by: Total Citations)

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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				Universidad de Concepción	Chile	1919	Private	22320	Sergio N Torres	70	665	6	36	106	198	251	306	385	465	533	588	665
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 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
5				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
6				Universidad Diego Portales	Chile	1982	Private	17427	Jose L Prieto	70	234	7	13	28	49	72	103	124	152	179	204	234
7				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
8				Universidad Autónoma de Chile	Chile	1989	Private	23195	Hans Zinnecker	70	378	4	13	32	68	85	100	123	177	234	300	378
9				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
10				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
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11				Pontificia Universidad Javeriana	Colombia	1623	Private	35397	Esther De Vries	178	869	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	869
12				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
13				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
14				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
15				Universidad Andrés Bello	Chile	1988	Private	316	Sergey Kuleshov ⁱ	70	198	3	16	41	69	90	106	134	151	167	187	198
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				Universidad Torcuato di Tella	Argentina	1991	Private	25651	Mariano Sigman	127	96	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	96
18				Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie	Brazil	1952	Private	13184	Marcos N Eberlin	578	281	2	10	27	56	86	100	115	152	191	251	281
19				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
20				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
21				Universidad del Desarrollo	Chile	1990	Private	55985	Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel	70	166	1	8	28	47	61	78	87	105	130	150	166
22				Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina	Argentina	1958	Private	2829	Lutz Birnbaumer	127	274	4	9	17	28	49	77	113	155	194	233	274
23				Universidad El Bosque	Colombia	1977	Private	60295	Maria Virginia Villegas	178	239	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	239
24				Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga	Colombia	1956	Private	184228	Paul Anthony Camacho López	178	216	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	216
25				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
26				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
27				Universidade Católica de Pelotas	Brazil	1960	Private	4371	Fernando C Barros	578	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	42
28				Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego	Peru	1988	Private	93867	Jhaneela Stheisy	127	104	0	2	3	3	7	12	24	34	46	64	104
29				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
30				Universidad Antonio Nariño	Colombia	1976	Private	394	Deywis Moreno ⁱ	178	185	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	185
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31				Universidad del Rosario	Colombia	1653	Private	10352	Juan Manuel Anaya	178	375	1	12	38	81	124	150	181	211	246	307	375
32				Universidade Guarulhos UNG	Brazil	1969	Private	29480	Magda Feres	578	35	3	7	10	15	21	29	31	32	34	34	35
33				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
34				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
35				Universidade Cruzeiro do Sul	Brazil	1973	Private	9607	Rui Curi	578	84	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	84
36				Universidad Mayor Chile	Chile	1988	Private	137364	Dylan Craven	70	105	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	105
37				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
38				Universidad San Sebastián Chile	Chile	1989	Private	78986	Ricardo Troncoso	70	266	0	8	17	32	54	76	112	144	183	220	266
39				Universidad ICESI	Colombia	1979	Private	135402	Juan Jimenez Garcia	178	96	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	96
40				Universidade de Passo Fundo	Brazil	1968	Private	30763	Alvaro Della Bona	578	166	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	166
41				Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador	Ecuador	1946	Private	54619	Renato Valencia	82	279	1	3	14	29	43	73	97	128	169	206	279
42				Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas	Mexico	1950	Private	37791	Saidet Jungo	523	356	1	3	11	20	49	81	145	198	246	301	356
43				Universidad de la Sabana	Colombia	1980	Private	97967	Jose Andrés Martinez Silva	178	313	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	313
44				Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México	Mexico	1946	Private	10009	Romeo Ortega	523	134	1	1	5	24	37	60	83	98	118	127	134
45				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
46				Faculdades La Salle UNILASALLE	Brazil	1972	Private	45652	Anderson Michael Rodrigues	578	47	1	2	6	8	14	19	22	23	30	36	47
47				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
48				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
49				Universidad Tecnológica Equinoccial	Ecuador	1986	Private	5651	Patricio Lopez Jaramillo ⁱ	82	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	46
50				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
51				Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja	Ecuador	1971	Private	166542	Lucia Garcia	82	340	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	340
52				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
53				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
54				Centro Universitario CIFE	Mexico	1954	Private	13998	Sergio Tobon	523	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17
55				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
56				Universidad Católica de Santa María	Peru	1961	Private	185623	Miguel Angel Chávez Fumagalli	127	70	0	1	3	6	7	10	17	23	31	45	70
57				Universidad Externado de Colombia	Colombia	1886	Private	72336	Iván L Vargas García	178	338	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	338
58				Universidad de Santander	Colombia	1996	Private	276140	Juan Zabala	178	118	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	118
59				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
60				Universidad Tecnológica del Perú	Peru	1997	Private	10240	Daniel Martínez Palma	127	105	1	1	2	3	10	10	21	27	46	62	105
61				Universidad de Ciencias Aplicadas y Ambientales	Colombia	1983	Private	261554	Rodrigo Sarmiento Suárez ⁱ	178	103	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	103
62				Anhanguera Educacional	Brazil	1994	Private	329379	Waleska Kerllen Martins Gardesani * ⁱ	578	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	42
63				Universidad Hispanoamericana Costa Rica	Costa Rica	1992	Private	17152	Hannia Campos	30	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9
64				Fundación Universitaria Cafam	Colombia	2008	Private	223185	Mikhail Benet Rodríguez ⁱ	178	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
65				Universidad Jaime Bausate y Meza	Peru	1958	Private	995156	Eliana Novoa Ramirez	127	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
66				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
67				Instituto Metodista Bennett	Brazil	1888	Private	76062	Brian R Bennett	578	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
68				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
69				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
70				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
71				National University College	Puerto Rico	1982	Private	49412	Wan Beom Park	20	12	5	7	7	7	7	10	10	11	12	12	12
72				Universidade de Sorocaba	Brazil	1994	Private	110219	Renata Lima	578	55	0	7	15	18	23	27	37	44	49	53	55
73				Universidade Paulista UNIP	Brazil	1988	Private	90718	Biagio F Giannetti	578	135	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	135
74				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
75				Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa INSPER	Brazil	1987	Private	53230	Ricardo Paes De Barros	578	108	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	108
76				Universidad del Pacífico Perú	Peru	1962	Private	78297	Alberto Chong	127	111	0	2	9	17	36	54	64	73	87	96	111
77				Universidade Tiradentes UNIT	Brazil	1962	Private	70786	Estélio Henrique Martin Dantas	578	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	31
78				Universidade São Francisco	Brazil	1976	Private	74997	Ricardo Primi	578	130	0	7	12	26	30	40	56	73	87	102	130
79				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
80				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
81				Universidad ORT Uruguay	Uruguay	1942	Private	85456	Denise Vaillant	13	33	0	3	4	6	11	14	18	24	26	30	33
82				Universidad del Norte Barranquilla	Colombia	1966	Private	138451	Diego Viasus	178	316	0	4	19	48	87	109	121	146	192	257	316
83				Universidade de Fortaleza UNIFOR	Brazil	1973	Private	87618	Renato Moreira	578	147	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	147
84				Universidade de Franca UNIFRAN	Brazil	1970	Private	87578	Wilson Roberto Cunha	578	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	65
85				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
86				Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Publica	Brazil	1952	Private	93327	Bernardo Galvão Castro Filho	578	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	48
87				Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana	Colombia	1937	Private	106500	Ana Fernanda Uribe Rodriguez	178	502	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	502
88				Universidade Luterana do Brasil ULBRA	Brazil	1972	Private	96118	Carlos Alberto Feldens	578	112	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	112
89				Universidad Ricardo Palma	Peru	1969	Private	178790	Jose Iannacone	127	40	0	1	3	5	8	10	13	15	21	31	40
90				Universidad de San Andrés Buenos Aires	Argentina	1988	Private	61726	Mariano Tommasi	127	72	0	2	8	16	24	30	45	51	60	68	72
91				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
92				Universidad Panamericana México	Mexico	1967	Private	66819	Gregorio T. Obrador	523	218	0	1	9	16	24	48	79	115	157	193	218
93				Universidad de Medellín	Colombia	1950	Private	150238	Japcy Margarita Quiceno	178	193	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	193
94				Universidad Iberoamericana	Mexico	1982	Private	179840	Sylvia Schmelkes	523	130	0	1	7	13	30	46	69	83	98	119	130
95				Universidade Metodista de Piracicaba	Brazil	1964	Private	211357	José Renato Martins	578	60	0	0	10	13	17	26	35	38	47	52	60
96				Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Cali	Colombia	1623	Private	143299	Gustavo H. Kattan	178	255	0	1	6	20	33	56	79	109	154	200	255
97				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
98				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
99				Universidad de Manizales	Colombia	1983	Private	123464	José Jaime Castaño Castrillón	178	162	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	162
100				Universidad Norbert Wiener	Peru	1996	Private	101132	Jaime A Yáñez	127	49	0	2	4	5	14	17	23	29	32	35	49

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Latin America Top 100 Private Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by: Total Citations)

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