Top universities for social sciences in Latin America 2022

In Latin America, the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) tops the list of leading higher education institutions for social sciences and management, considering the academic reputation score received from the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings by subject. In 2022, that Mexican university scored 76.9 out of 100, followed by the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile with 76.2 points.

Leading universities for social sciences and management in Latin America in 2022, by academic reputation (index score)

Characteristic	Academic reputation index score
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) (Mexico)	76.9
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC) (Chile)	76.2
Universidade de São Paulo (USP) (Brazil)	74.9
Tecnológico de Monterrey (Mexico)	74.8
Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) (Argentina)	74.1
Universidad de Chile (Chile)	72.4
Universidad de los Andes (Colombia)	72.2
Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL) (Colombia)	69.9
Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)(Brazil)	68.5
Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV)(Brazil)	68.3

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Release date

August 2022

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LAC

Survey time period

2022

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Only among the universities with available information

Supplementary notes

Academic reputation is one of the four key indicators that compose the overall QS regional score, along with employer reputation, citations per paper, H-index (set of academic’s most cited papers and number of citations received). For a more in-depth look on the ranking framework and methodology, please click here. The figures provided were taken from the QS World University Rankings by Subject.

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