QS Rankings: Universidad de Santiago is the third best university nationwide

  • According to the international survey, this state and public university is in the 18th place in the Latin American ranking, ahead of Universidad Católica de Valparaíso and Universidad de Concepción, among others.

     

    According to the QS Rankings, Universidad de Santiago de Chile is the third best university in Chile. Universidad Católica leads the ranking, followed by Universidad de Chiles.

    In Latin America, Universidad de Santiago was ranked in the 18th place, one position below the previous survey. The study involved 4,322 universities out of which 916 were evaluated.

    On this occasion, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), in USA, led the world ranking and Universidad de Buenos Aires, led the Latin American ranking (85th place worldwide). Universidad de Santiago was featured in the 471-480 rank, ahead of institutions in India, Italy, USA, Germany and Canada. The survey includes six essential indicators: academic reputation, citations per paper/faculty, faculty/student ratio, employer reputation, and international student and international faculty ratio.

    As regards the employer reputation, Universidad de Santiago was ranked in the 156th place worldwide, and concerning the academic reputations, the university was in the 233th place.

    Other Chilean universities included in the ranking are the following: Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (601-650), Universidad de Concepción (601-650), Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (651-700) and Universidad Austral, Universidad de Valparaíso, Universidad Diego Portales and Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María.

     

    Translated by Marcela Contreras