- According to this international survey that included the 300 best universities in Latin America, Universidad de Santiago de Chile was ranked the 17th place in the region, before other universities like Universidad Católica de Valparaíso and Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, among others.
Universidad de Santiago de Chile is in the fourth place nationwide in the ranking of Latin American universities 2016, according to Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), the international company specializing in education. Universidad Católica de Chile led the survey, followed by Universidad de Chile and Universidad de Concepción.
In Latin America, Universidad de Santiago was ranked the 17th place, falling one place since the 2015 ranking. The survey included 300 Latin American Universities and it was topped by Universidade de Sao Paulo (Brazil) and Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
QS highlights that four Chilean higher education institutions are considered “among the elite of Latin America”, as they were ranked among the 20 best regional universities. Other Chilean universities included were the following: Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (31), Universidad Austral (36), Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (37), Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María (43), Universidad Diego Portales (46), Universidad de Valparaíso (76) and Universidad Católica del Norte (94).
The QS University Rankings Latin America is based on a methodology that evaluates universities according to different criteria, “recognizing the particular opportunities and challenges of each university in its own context to become regional and global institutions.” The survey included more than 40 subjects and criteria like academic and employer reputation, faculty/student ratio, citations per paper and papers per faculty, among others. It is worth to mention that Universidad de Santiago de Chile was ranked the tenth place in academic reputation in Latin America.
Translated by Marcela Contreras
