18 Best universities for Machine Learning 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 Machine Learning. A graph of 56.3K citations received by 5.14K academic papers made by 18 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 Machine Learning

#86 in Latin America

#2281 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1917

2. Cayetano Heredia Peruvian University

For Machine Learning

#136 in Latin America

#2968 in the World

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

3. National Major San Marcos University

For Machine Learning

#137 in Latin America

#2994 in the World

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

4. Peruvian University of Applied Sciences

For Machine Learning

#168 in Latin America

#3467 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1994

5. National University of Engineering, Peru

For Machine Learning

#181 in Latin America

#3648 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1876

6. University of Lima

For Machine Learning

#205 in Latin America

#3928 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1962

7. University of the Pacific - Peru

For Machine Learning

#219 in Latin America

#4138 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1962

8. University of San Martin de Porres

For Machine Learning

#233 in Latin America

#4316 in the World

Founded: 1962

9. Cesar Vallejo University

Peru | Trujillo

For Machine Learning

#239 in Latin America

#4377 in the World

Founded: 1991

10. Private University of the North

Peru | Trujillo

For Machine Learning

#244 in Latin America

#4406 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1994

11. Agrarian National University

For Machine Learning

#250 in Latin America

#4510 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1902

12. ESAN University

For Machine Learning

#271 in Latin America

#4693 in the World

Enrollment: 6,000
Founded: 2003

13. Saint Ignatius of Loyola University

Peru | La Molina

For Machine Learning

#277 in Latin America

#4725 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1995

14. Scientific University of the South

For Machine Learning

#287 in Latin America

#4815 in the World

Founded: 1998

15. University of Piura

For Machine Learning

#289 in Latin America

#4839 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 6,600
Founded: 1968

16. Federico Villarreal National University

Peru | San Miguel

For Machine Learning

#295 in Latin America

#4937 in the World

Founded: 1963

17. Saint John the Baptist Private University

Peru | Chorrillos

For Machine Learning

#342 in Latin America

#5378 in the World

Founded: 1997

18. National University of Cajamarca

Peru | Cajamarca

For Machine Learning

#349 in Latin America

#5442 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

The best cities to study Machine Learning in Peru based on the number of universities and their ranks are Lima, Trujillo, La Molina, and Piura.

Computer Science subfields in Peru

Artificial Intelligence (AI)17

Bioinformatics and Computational biology7

Cognitive Science6

Computational Linguistics3

Computer Networking9

Computer Vision9

Cyber Security11

Human-Computer Interaction9

Library and Information science9

Management Information Systems10

Software Engineering3

Telecommunications9