67 Best universities for Chemistry in Mexico

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Mexico ranked based on their research performance in Chemistry. A graph of 5.38M citations received by 288K academic papers made by 67 universities in Mexico 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. National Autonomous University of Mexico

Mexico | Mexico City

For Chemistry

#2 in Latin America

#208 in the World

Enrollment: 360,883
Founded: 1551

2. National Polytechnic Institute

Mexico | Mexico City

For Chemistry

#10 in Latin America

#478 in the World

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

3. Metropolitan Autonomous University

Mexico | Mexico City

For Chemistry

#25 in Latin America

#902 in the World

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

4. Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon

Mexico | San Nicolas de los Garza

For Chemistry

#41 in Latin America

#1266 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1933

5. Monterrey Institute of Technology

Mexico | Monterrey

For Chemistry

#42 in Latin America

#1268 in the World

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

6. Autonomous University of Puebla

Mexico | Delicias

For Chemistry

#50 in Latin America

#1395 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1587

7. University of Guadalajara

Mexico | Guadalajara

For Chemistry

#52 in Latin America

#1415 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 28%
Founded: 1792

8. Autonomous University of San Luis Potosi

Mexico | San Luis Potosi

For Chemistry

#55 in Latin America

#1490 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1859

9. University of Guanajuato

Mexico | Guanajuato

For Chemistry

#56 in Latin America

#1504 in the World

Enrollment: 44,503
Founded: 1945

10. Michoacan University of Saint Nicholas of Hidalgo

Mexico | Morelia

For Chemistry

#66 in Latin America

#1666 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1540

11. Autonomous University of the State of Morelos

Mexico | Cuernavaca

For Chemistry

#67 in Latin America

#1670 in the World

Founded: 1938

12. University of the Northeast

Mexico | Tampico

For Chemistry

#73 in Latin America

#1757 in the World

Founded: 1970

13. Autonomous University of the State of Mexico

Mexico | Toluca

For Chemistry

#77 in Latin America

#1799 in the World

Founded: 1956

14. University of Sonora

Mexico | Hermosillo

For Chemistry

#82 in Latin America

#1885 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

15. Autonomous University of Queretaro

Mexico | Queretaro

For Chemistry

#83 in Latin America

#1886 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1951

16. Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo

Mexico | Pachuca

For Chemistry

#94 in Latin America

#2029 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1869

17. University of Veracruz

Mexico | Xalapa

For Chemistry

#104 in Latin America

#2186 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1944

18. Autonomous University of Baja California

Mexico | Mexicali

For Chemistry

#108 in Latin America

#2259 in the World

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

19. Autonomous University of Yucatan

Mexico | Merida

For Chemistry

#112 in Latin America

#2316 in the World

Founded: 1812

20. Autonomous University of Coahuila

Mexico | Saltillo

For Chemistry

#113 in Latin America

#2322 in the World

Founded: 1957

21. Autonomous University of Tlaxcala

Mexico | Tlaxcala

For Chemistry

#131 in Latin America

#2637 in the World

Founded: 1976

22. Autonomous University of Zacatecas

Mexico | Zacatecas

For Chemistry

#135 in Latin America

#2716 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1959

23. Autonomous University of Sinaloa

Mexico | Culiacan

For Chemistry

#138 in Latin America

#2753 in the World

Founded: 1872

24. Autonomous University of Chihuahua

Mexico | Chihuahua

For Chemistry

#142 in Latin America

#2784 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Founded: 1954

25. University of Las Americas, Puebla

Mexico | San Andres Cholula

For Chemistry

#145 in Latin America

#2848 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1940

26. University of Colima

Mexico | Colima

For Chemistry

#148 in Latin America

#2931 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Enrollment: 28,317
Founded: 1940

27. Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez

Mexico | Ciudad Juarez

For Chemistry

#167 in Latin America

#3180 in the World

Founded: 1973

28. Chapingo Autonomous University

Mexico | Texcoco

For Chemistry

#169 in Latin America

#3184 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1854

29. Autonomous University of Tamaulipas

Mexico | Ciudad Victoria

For Chemistry

#189 in Latin America

#3363 in the World

Founded: 1950

30. Antonio Narro Agrarian Autonomous University

Mexico | Saltillo

For Chemistry

#191 in Latin America

#3448 in the World

Founded: 1923

31. Juarez Autonoma de Tabasco University

Mexico | Villahermosa

For Chemistry

#192 in Latin America

#3450 in the World

Founded: 1878

32. Ibero-American University, Mexico City

Mexico | Mexico City

For Chemistry

#194 in Latin America

#3469 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1943

33. Autonomous University of Mexico City

Mexico | Mexico City

For Chemistry

#200 in Latin America

#3608 in the World

Founded: 2001

34. Sonora Institute of Technology

Mexico | Cajeme

For Chemistry

#205 in Latin America

#3630 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1955

35. Autonomous University of Aguascalientes

Mexico | Aguascalientes

For Chemistry

#209 in Latin America

#3645 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1973

36. Technological Institute of Saltillo

Mexico | Saltillo

For Chemistry

#222 in Latin America

#3786 in the World

Founded: 1951

37. Juarez University of the State of Durango

Mexico | Durango

For Chemistry

#228 in Latin America

#3854 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Founded: 1856

38. Autonomous University of Campeche

Mexico | Campeche

For Chemistry

#230 in Latin America

#3865 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

39. Durango Institute of Technology

Mexico | Durango

For Chemistry

#249 in Latin America

#4049 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Founded: 1948

40. Autonomous University of Nayarit

Mexico | Tepic

For Chemistry

#251 in Latin America

#4061 in the World

Founded: 1969

41. Panamerican University

Mexico | Mexico City

For Chemistry

#264 in Latin America

#4232 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1967

42. University of Monterrey

Mexico | San Pedro Garza Garcia

For Chemistry

#271 in Latin America

#4295 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1969

43. Autonomous University of Guadalajara

Mexico | Zapopan

For Chemistry

#274 in Latin America

#4319 in the World

Enrollment: 12,098
Founded: 1935

44. Technological Institute of Morelia

Mexico | Morelia

For Chemistry

#275 in Latin America

#4334 in the World

Founded: 1965

45. Autonomus Institute of Technology of Mexico

Mexico | Mexico City

For Chemistry

#281 in Latin America

#4447 in the World

Founded: 1946

46. Technological Institute of Ciudad Madero

Mexico | Ciudad Madero

For Chemistry

#282 in Latin America

#4490 in the World

Founded: 1954

47. Technological Institute of Oaxaca

Mexico | Oaxaca

For Chemistry

#300 in Latin America

#4714 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1968

48. Technological Institute of Merida

Mexico | Merida

For Chemistry

#301 in Latin America

#4720 in the World

Founded: 1961

49. Queretaro Institute of Technology

Mexico | Queretaro

For Chemistry

#302 in Latin America

#4721 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1967

50. Instituto Tecnologico de Tuxtla Gutierrez

Mexico | Tuxtla Gutierrez

For Chemistry

#304 in Latin America

#4728 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1972

51. Technological University of Mixteca

Mexico | Huajuapan de Leon

For Chemistry

#310 in Latin America

#4807 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Enrollment: 2,047
Male:Female: 63:37
Founded: 1990

52. UPAEP University

Mexico | Delicias

For Chemistry

#313 in Latin America

#4823 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1973

53. Center for Research and Teaching in Economics

Mexico | Mexico City

For Chemistry

#316 in Latin America

#4849 in the World

Founded: 1974

54. Benito Juarez Autonomous University of Oaxaca

Mexico | Oaxaca

For Chemistry

#332 in Latin America

#5072 in the World

Founded: 1827

55. Valle de Mexico University

Mexico | Mexico City

For Chemistry

#334 in Latin America

#5106 in the World

Enrollment: 120,000
Founded: 1960

56. Colegio de Mexico

Mexico | Mexico City

For Chemistry

#344 in Latin America

#5238 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1940

57. Technological University of Mexico

Mexico | Atizapan de Zaragoza

For Chemistry

#345 in Latin America

#5248 in the World

Founded: 1966

58. University of Quintana Roo

Mexico | Chetumal

For Chemistry

#348 in Latin America

#5298 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1991

59. Western Institute of Technology and Higher Education

Mexico | Tlaquepaque

For Chemistry

#351 in Latin America

#5356 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 1957

60. Anahuac University of North Mexico

Mexico | Huixquilucan

For Chemistry

#354 in Latin America

#5380 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1964

61. Intercontinental University

Mexico | Mexico City

For Chemistry

#375 in Latin America

#5845 in the World

Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1976

62. La Salle University - Mexico

Mexico | Mexico City

For Chemistry

#389 in Latin America

#6157 in the World

Enrollment: 8,000
Founded: 1962

63. Puebla Institute of Technology

Mexico | Delicias

For Chemistry

#391 in Latin America

#6252 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1972

64. University of Sierra Juarez

Mexico | Ixtlan de Juarez

For Chemistry

#392 in Latin America

#6257 in the World

Founded: 2005

65. National Pedagogical University, Mexico

Mexico | Mexico City

For Chemistry

#402 in Latin America

#6357 in the World

Founded: 1978

66. Popular University of Chontalpa

Mexico | Cardenas

For Chemistry

#411 in Latin America

#6428 in the World

Founded: 1998

67. Valle de Atemajac University

Mexico | Zapopan

For Chemistry

#412 in Latin America

#6448 in the World

Founded: 1960

The best cities to study Chemistry in Mexico based on the number of universities and their ranks are Mexico, San Nicolas de los Garza, Monterrey, and Delicias.