11 Best universities for Cyber Security in Peru

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Peru ranked based on their research performance in Cyber Security. A graph of 20.4K citations received by 1.82K academic papers made by 11 universities in Peru 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. Pontifical Catholic University of Peru

For Cyber Security

#85 in Latin America

#2356 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1917

2. National Major San Marcos University

For Cyber Security

#87 in Latin America

#2406 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 32,399
Founded: 1551

3. Peruvian University of Applied Sciences

For Cyber Security

#137 in Latin America

#3178 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1994

4. University of the Pacific - Peru

For Cyber Security

#145 in Latin America

#3300 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1962

5. Cayetano Heredia Peruvian University

For Cyber Security

#155 in Latin America

#3417 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 16,000
Founded: 1961

6. National University of Engineering, Peru

For Cyber Security

#179 in Latin America

#3728 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1876

7. Agrarian National University

For Cyber Security

#226 in Latin America

#4296 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1902

8. University of Lima

For Cyber Security

#230 in Latin America

#4338 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1962

9. Cesar Vallejo University

Peru | Trujillo

For Cyber Security

#236 in Latin America

#4373 in the World

Founded: 1991

10. Private University of the North

Peru | Trujillo

For Cyber Security

#250 in Latin America

#4513 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1994

11. Scientific University of the South

For Cyber Security

#261 in Latin America

#4602 in the World

Founded: 1998

The best cities to study Cyber Security in Peru based on the number of universities and their ranks are Lima and Trujillo.

Computer Science subfields in Peru

Artificial Intelligence (AI)17

Bioinformatics and Computational biology7

Cognitive Science6

Computational Linguistics3

Computer Networking9

Computer Vision9

Human-Computer Interaction9

Library and Information science9

Machine Learning18

Management Information Systems10

Software Engineering3

Telecommunications9