Best Business Schools in Latin America

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Latin America ranked based on their research performance in Business. A graph of 4.01M citations received by 419K academic papers made by 388 universities in Latin America was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. University of Sao Paulo

Brazil | Sao Paulo

For Business

#1 in Brazil

#132 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Enrollment: 97,964
Founded: 1827

2. State University of Campinas

Brazil | Campinas

For Business

#2 in Brazil

#342 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1966

3. Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Brazil | Porto Alegre

For Business

#3 in Brazil

#408 in the World

Founded: 1934

4. Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Brazil | Rio de Janeiro

For Business

#4 in Brazil

#419 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 67,329
Founded: 1920

5. National Autonomous University of Mexico

Mexico | Mexico City

For Business

#1 in Mexico

#429 in the World

Enrollment: 360,883
Founded: 1551

6. University of Chile

Chile | Santiago

For Business

#1 in Chile

#473 in the World

Founded: 1842

7. Federal University of Minas Gerais

Brazil | Belo Horizonte

For Business

#5 in Brazil

#499 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1927

8. Federal University of Santa Catarina

Brazil | Florianopolis

For Business

#6 in Brazil

#506 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1960

9. Pontifical Catholic University of Chile

Chile | Santiago

For Business

#2 in Chile

#547 in the World

Enrollment: 33,971
Founded: 1888

10. Sao Paulo State University

Brazil | Sao Paulo

For Business

#7 in Brazil

#586 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Founded: 1976

11. Monterrey Institute of Technology

Mexico | Monterrey

For Business

#2 in Mexico

#643 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Enrollment: 92,736
Founded: 1943

12. University of Brasilia

Brazil | Brasilia

For Business

#8 in Brazil

#687 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1962

13. Federal University of Pernambuco

Brazil | Recife

For Business

#9 in Brazil

#761 in the World

Founded: 1946

14. Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro

Brazil | Rio de Janeiro

For Business

#10 in Brazil

#799 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1941

15. University of Buenos Aires

Argentina | Buenos Aires

For Business

#1 in Argentina

#815 in the World

Enrollment: 262,932
Founded: 1821

16. Federal University of Parana

Brazil | Curitiba

For Business

#11 in Brazil

#875 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1912

17. National University of Colombia

Colombia | Bogota

For Business

#882 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 54,284
Founded: 1867

18. University of the Northeast

Mexico | Tampico

For Business

#3 in Mexico

#888 in the World

Founded: 1970

19. Fluminense Federal University

Brazil | Niteroi

For Business

#12 in Brazil

#895 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1960

20. Federal University of Sao Carlos

Brazil | Sao Carlos

For Business

#13 in Brazil

#911 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1968

21. National Polytechnic Institute

Mexico | Mexico City

For Business

#4 in Mexico

#912 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 170,000
Founded: 1936

22. Federico Santa Maria Technical University

Chile | Valparaiso

For Business

#3 in Chile

#981 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1931

23. Federal University of Santa Maria

Brazil | Santa Maria

For Business

#14 in Brazil

#1047 in the World

Founded: 1960

24. Metropolitan Autonomous University

Mexico | Mexico City

For Business

#5 in Mexico

#1058 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Enrollment: 61,908
Founded: 1974

25. National University of La Plata

Argentina | La Plata

For Business

#2 in Argentina

#1066 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1905

26. University of the Andes, Colombia

Colombia | Bogota

For Business

#1071 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 48%
Founded: 1949

27. Federal University of Vicosa

Brazil | Vicosa

For Business

#15 in Brazil

#1149 in the World

Founded: 1922

28. University of the State of Rio de Janeiro

Brazil | Rio de Janeiro

For Business

#16 in Brazil

#1161 in the World

Founded: 1950

29. Federal University of Ceara

Brazil | Fortaleza

For Business

#17 in Brazil

#1171 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1954

30. Federal University of Paraiba

Brazil | Joao Pessoa

For Business

#18 in Brazil

#1175 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1955

31. Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul

Brazil | Porto Alegre

For Business

#19 in Brazil

#1230 in the World

Founded: 1948

32. Federal University of Bahia

Brazil | Salvador

For Business

#20 in Brazil

#1237 in the World

Founded: 1946

33. Federal University of Sao Paulo

Brazil | Sao Paulo

For Business

#21 in Brazil

#1239 in the World

Founded: 1933

34. Federal University of Technology - Parana

Brazil | Curitiba

For Business

#22 in Brazil

#1240 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1909

35. University of Guadalajara

Mexico | Guadalajara

For Business

#6 in Mexico

#1245 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 28%
Founded: 1792

36. Pontifical Catholic University of Parana

Brazil | Curitiba

For Business

#23 in Brazil

#1258 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1959

37. University of the Republic

Uruguay | Montevideo

For Business

#1279 in the World

Enrollment: 209,129
Founded: 1833

38. University of Concepcion

Chile | Concepcion

For Business

#4 in Chile

#1282 in the World

Founded: 1920

39. Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte

For Business

#24 in Brazil

#1284 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1958

40. Federal University of Espirito Santo

Brazil | Vitoria

For Business

#25 in Brazil

#1298 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Enrollment: 23,744
Founded: 1954

41. Federal University of Uberlandia

Brazil | Uberlandia

For Business

#26 in Brazil

#1323 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1969

42. University of the Rio dos Sinos Valley

Brazil | Sao Leopoldo

For Business

#27 in Brazil

#1383 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Enrollment: 23,988
Founded: 1969

43. Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon

Mexico | San Nicolas de los Garza

For Business

#7 in Mexico

#1452 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1933

44. Federal University of Goias

Brazil | Goiania

For Business

#28 in Brazil

#1461 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1960

45. Federal University of Campina Grande

Brazil | Campina Grande

For Business

#29 in Brazil

#1548 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 2002

46. University of Antioquia

Colombia | Medellin

For Business

#1563 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1803

47. University of Santiago de Chile

Chile | Santiago

For Business

#5 in Chile

#1575 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1849

48. Torcuato di Tella University

Argentina | Buenos Aires

For Business

#3 in Argentina

#1588 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1991

49. Pontifical Javeriana University

Colombia | Bogota

For Business

#1594 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1623

50. State University of Maringa

Brazil | Maringa

For Business

#30 in Brazil

#1607 in the World

Founded: 1970

51. University of America in Colombia

Colombia | Bogota

For Business

#1615 in the World

Founded: 1958

52. Pontifical Catholic University of Peru

For Business

#1 in Peru

#1644 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1917

53. University of the Andes

Venezuela | Merida

For Business

#1 in Venezuela

#1655 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1810

54. Federal University of Juiz de Fora

Brazil | Juiz de Fora

For Business

#31 in Brazil

#1670 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1960

55. Federal University of Para

For Business

#32 in Brazil

#1705 in the World

Founded: 1957

56. Federal University of Pelotas

Brazil | Pelotas

For Business

#33 in Brazil

#1708 in the World

Founded: 1969

57. National University of Cordoba

Argentina | Cordoba

For Business

#4 in Argentina

#1713 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 178,288
Founded: 1613

58. University of Costa Rica

Costa Rica | San Jose

For Business

#1 in Costa Rica

#1727 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 30,436
Founded: 1940

59. Autonomus Institute of Technology of Mexico

Mexico | Mexico City

For Business

#8 in Mexico

#1731 in the World

Founded: 1946

60. Federal University of Itajuba

Brazil | Itajuba

For Business

#34 in Brazil

#1733 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1913

61. National University of the South

Argentina | Bahia Blanca

For Business

#5 in Argentina

#1741 in the World

Founded: 1956

62. Adolfo Ibanez University

Chile | Vina del Mar

For Business

#6 in Chile

#1750 in the World

Founded: 1953

63. State University of Londrina

Brazil | Londrina

For Business

#35 in Brazil

#1792 in the World

Founded: 1970

64. University of the Valley

Colombia | Cali

For Business

#1812 in the World

Founded: 1945

65. University of Talca

For Business

#7 in Chile

#1878 in the World

Founded: 1981

66. Michoacan University of Saint Nicholas of Hidalgo

Mexico | Morelia

For Business

#9 in Mexico

#1892 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1540

67. Federal University of ABC

Brazil | Santo Andre

For Business

#36 in Brazil

#1910 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 2005

68. University of Guanajuato

Mexico | Guanajuato

For Business

#10 in Mexico

#1937 in the World

Enrollment: 44,503
Founded: 1945

69. Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaiso

Chile | Valparaiso

For Business

#8 in Chile

#1941 in the World

Founded: 1928

70. El Rosario University

Colombia | Bogota

For Business

#1979 in the World

Enrollment: 13,226
Founded: 1653

71. Federal University of Lavras

Brazil | Lavras

For Business

#37 in Brazil

#1987 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1908

72. Nove de Julho University

Brazil | Sao Paulo

For Business

#38 in Brazil

#1992 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1972

73. Simon Bolivar University, Venezuela

Venezuela | Caracas

For Business

#2 in Venezuela

#1994 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1967

74. Mackenzie Presbyterian University

Brazil | Sao Paulo

For Business

#39 in Brazil

#2007 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1952

75. EAFIT University

Colombia | Medellin

For Business

#2008 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Enrollment: 2,868
Founded: 1960

76. Santa Catarina State University

Brazil | Florianopolis

For Business

#40 in Brazil

#2010 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1965

77. Center for Research and Teaching in Economics

Mexico | Mexico City

For Business

#11 in Mexico

#2014 in the World

Founded: 1974

78. Federal Rural University of Pernambuco

Brazil | Recife

For Business

#41 in Brazil

#2045 in the World

Founded: 1912

79. Autonomous University of Puebla

Mexico | Delicias

For Business

#12 in Mexico

#2047 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1587

80. University of the West Indies, Mona

For Business

#2105 in the World

Enrollment: 49,092
Founded: 1948

81. Southern University of Chile

Chile | Valdivia

For Business

#9 in Chile

#2131 in the World

Founded: 1954

82. Autonomous University of San Luis Potosi

Mexico | San Luis Potosi

For Business

#13 in Mexico

#2133 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1859

83. National University of San Juan

Argentina | San Juan

For Business

#6 in Argentina

#2143 in the World

Founded: 1973

84. Diego Portales University

Chile | Santiago

For Business

#10 in Chile

#2181 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1982

85. Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais

Brazil | Belo Horizonte

For Business

#42 in Brazil

#2186 in the World

Founded: 1958

86. Pontifical Catholic University of Sao Paulo

Brazil | Sao Paulo

For Business

#43 in Brazil

#2201 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1946

87. National University of Rosario

Argentina | Rosario

For Business

#7 in Argentina

#2209 in the World

Founded: 1968

88. Federal University of Alagoas

Brazil | Maceio

For Business

#44 in Brazil

#2227 in the World

Founded: 1961

89. University of Ribeirao Preto

Brazil | Ribeirao Preto

For Business

#45 in Brazil

#2230 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Founded: 1924

90. Brasil University

Brazil | Sao Paulo

For Business

#46 in Brazil

#2259 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1989

91. Catholic University of Brasilia

Brazil | Brasilia

For Business

#47 in Brazil

#2263 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1974

92. University of Fortaleza

Brazil | Fortaleza

For Business

#48 in Brazil

#2277 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1973

93. Autonomous University of the State of Mexico

Mexico | Toluca

For Business

#14 in Mexico

#2292 in the World

Founded: 1956

94. Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul

Brazil | Campo Grande

For Business

#49 in Brazil

#2301 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1969

95. Autonomous University of Baja California

Mexico | Mexicali

For Business

#15 in Mexico

#2336 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 67,944
Founded: 1957

96. Rio de Janeiro State Federal University

Brazil | Rio de Janeiro

For Business

#50 in Brazil

#2363 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1969

97. Andres Bello University

Chile | Santiago

For Business

#11 in Chile

#2384 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1988

98. Central University of Venezuela

Venezuela | Caracas

For Business

#3 in Venezuela

#2413 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1721

99. Federal University of Ouro Preto

Brazil | Ouro Preto

For Business

#51 in Brazil

#2427 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1969

100. University of Veracruz

Mexico | Xalapa

For Business

#16 in Mexico

#2439 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1944