Cuba's 12 best Materials Science schools [2024 Rankings]

Below is a list of best universities in Cuba ranked based on their research performance in Materials Science. A graph of 86.5K citations received by 6.67K academic papers made by 12 universities in Cuba 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 Havana

Cuba | Havana

For Materials Science

#47 in Latin America

#1425 in the World

Founded: 1728

2. Marta Abreu University of Las Villas

Cuba | Santa Clara

For Materials Science

#125 in Latin America

#2742 in the World

Founded: 1952

3. University of the East - Cuba

Cuba | Santiago de Cuba

For Materials Science

#159 in Latin America

#3213 in the World

Founded: 1947

4. Technological University of Habana Jose Antonio Echeverria

Cuba | Havana

For Materials Science

#160 in Latin America

#3215 in the World

Founded: 1964

5. University of Matanzas

Cuba | Matanzas

For Materials Science

#192 in Latin America

#3639 in the World

Founded: 1972

6. Higher Institute of Technologies and Applied Sciences

Cuba | Havana

For Materials Science

#225 in Latin America

#4045 in the World

Founded: 1981

7. University of Holguin

Cuba | Holguin

For Materials Science

#263 in Latin America

#4370 in the World

Founded: 1968

8. Ignacio Agramonte Loynaz University of Camaguey

Cuba | Camaguey

For Materials Science

#279 in Latin America

#4511 in the World

Founded: 1967

9. University of Cienfuegos

Cuba | Cienfuegos

For Materials Science

#280 in Latin America

#4521 in the World

Founded: 1979

10. Hermanos Saiz Montes de Oca University of Pinar del Rio

Cuba | Pinar del Rio

For Materials Science

#286 in Latin America

#4581 in the World

Founded: 1972

11. Fructuoso Rodriguez Perez Agricultural University of Havana

Cuba | San Jose de las Lajas

For Materials Science

#318 in Latin America

#5039 in the World

Founded: 1976

12. Maximo Gomez Baez University of Ciego de Avila

Cuba | Moron

For Materials Science

#320 in Latin America

#5079 in the World

Founded: 1978

The best cities to study Materials Science in Cuba based on the number of universities and their ranks are Havana, Santa Clara, Santiago de Cuba, and Matanzas.

Chemistry subfields in Cuba

Biochemistry13

Chemical Engineering7

Computational Chemistry3

Environmental Chemistry5

Inorganic Chemistry3

Nanotechnology5

Nutrition and Food Science8

Organic Chemistry12

Petrology and Geochemistry2

Physical chemistry8

Radiochemistry3