Top Universities in Brazil
Following are some of the top ranking universities in Brazil:
Key Points
University of Sao Paulo (USP)
- It is one of the largest institutions of higher education in Brazil and Latin America.
- Rated 1st in Brazil and 101-151st globally in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU).
- Placed among the world’s top 200 institutions (#196) in the Times Higher Education – QS World University Rankings. it is placed 207th globally.
- the International Professional Ranking of Higher Education Institutions ranked USP as the 42nd in the world, and 1st in Latin America.
- 1st in Brazil and 78th in the world (Higher Education Evaluation Council of Taiwan), ahead of University of Campinas (288th).
State University of Campinas (Unicamp)
- Rated as the 143rd best university in the world for quantity and quality of web publication (Webometrics Ranking of World Universities, January).
- Placed among the world’s top 300 universities in the QS World University Rankings™. It is also ranked in the top 300 for the following subjects: Engineering & IT (155th), Natural Sciences (160th), Life Sciences & Biomedicine (260th), and Social Sciences (292nd).
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais UFMG (Federal University of Minas Gerais)
- Its undergraduate courses were ranked 1st results for the National Student’s Performance Exam (ENADE) and 4th place in the results.
Federal University of Sao Paulo (Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo)
- Ranked 1st in Brazil (IGC), ahead of Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (2nd) and Federal University of Minas Gerais (3rd).
- Academic Ranking of World Universities (Top Universities in Brazil):
Rank, Institution, World Rank
1 University of Sao Paulo 101-151
2 State University of Campinas 201-302
3-4 Federal University of Minas Gerais 303-401
3-4 Federal University of Rio de Janeiro 303-401
5-6 Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul 402-501
5-6 Sao Paulo State University 402-50
