Best Universities for Engineering Management 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 Engineering Management. A graph of 46.5K citations received by 8.47K academic papers made by 40 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. Monterrey Institute of Technology

Mexico | Monterrey

For Engineering Management

#1 in Mexico

#60 in the World

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

2. University of Sao Paulo

Brazil | Sao Paulo

For Engineering Management

#1 in Brazil

#107 in the World

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

3. Federal University of Santa Catarina

Brazil | Florianopolis

For Engineering Management

#2 in Brazil

#288 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1960

4. Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Brazil | Porto Alegre

For Engineering Management

#3 in Brazil

#382 in the World

Founded: 1934

5. Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul

Brazil | Porto Alegre

For Engineering Management

#4 in Brazil

#408 in the World

Founded: 1948

6. Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Brazil | Rio de Janeiro

For Engineering Management

#5 in Brazil

#416 in the World

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

7. Federal University of Pernambuco

Brazil | Recife

For Engineering Management

#6 in Brazil

#443 in the World

Founded: 1946

8. Pontifical Catholic University of Chile

Chile | Santiago

For Engineering Management

#1 in Chile

#450 in the World

Enrollment: 33,971
Founded: 1888

9. Federal University of Technology - Parana

Brazil | Curitiba

For Engineering Management

#7 in Brazil

#476 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1909

10. University of Brasilia

Brazil | Brasilia

For Engineering Management

#8 in Brazil

#491 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1962

11. Pontifical Catholic University of Parana

Brazil | Curitiba

For Engineering Management

#9 in Brazil

#516 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1959

12. University of Chile

Chile | Santiago

For Engineering Management

#2 in Chile

#521 in the World

Founded: 1842

13. National University of Colombia

Colombia | Bogota

For Engineering Management

#535 in the World

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

14. National Autonomous University of Mexico

Mexico | Mexico City

For Engineering Management

#2 in Mexico

#602 in the World

Enrollment: 360,883
Founded: 1551

15. State University of Campinas

Brazil | Campinas

For Engineering Management

#10 in Brazil

#614 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1966

16. University of Cauca

Colombia | Popayan

For Engineering Management

#674 in the World

Founded: 1827

17. Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro

Brazil | Rio de Janeiro

For Engineering Management

#11 in Brazil

#684 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1941

18. Federal University of Minas Gerais

Brazil | Belo Horizonte

For Engineering Management

#12 in Brazil

#723 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1927

19. Federal University of Sao Carlos

Brazil | Sao Carlos

For Engineering Management

#13 in Brazil

#769 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1968

20. Sao Paulo State University

Brazil | Sao Paulo

For Engineering Management

#14 in Brazil

#771 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Founded: 1976

21. University of the Northeast

Mexico | Tampico

For Engineering Management

#3 in Mexico

#796 in the World

Founded: 1970

22. Federal University of Bahia

Brazil | Salvador

For Engineering Management

#15 in Brazil

#830 in the World

Founded: 1946

23. Fluminense Federal University

Brazil | Niteroi

For Engineering Management

#16 in Brazil

#880 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1960

24. Nove de Julho University

Brazil | Sao Paulo

For Engineering Management

#17 in Brazil

#886 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1972

25. Federal University of Amazonas

Brazil | Manaus

For Engineering Management

#18 in Brazil

#887 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1909

26. Federal University of Parana

Brazil | Curitiba

For Engineering Management

#19 in Brazil

#949 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1912

27. University of the Andes, Colombia

Colombia | Bogota

For Engineering Management

#980 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 48%
Founded: 1949

28. Pontifical Catholic University of Peru

For Engineering Management

#1 in Peru

#997 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1917

29. Federal University of Para

For Engineering Management

#20 in Brazil

#1015 in the World

Founded: 1957

30. Pontifical Javeriana University

Colombia | Bogota

For Engineering Management

#1054 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1623

31. Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaiso

Chile | Valparaiso

For Engineering Management

#3 in Chile

#1082 in the World

Founded: 1928

32. University of Guadalajara

Mexico | Guadalajara

For Engineering Management

#4 in Mexico

#1120 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 28%
Founded: 1792

33. Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte

For Engineering Management

#21 in Brazil

#1149 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1958

34. Autonomous University of Zacatecas

Mexico | Zacatecas

For Engineering Management

#5 in Mexico

#1161 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1959

35. Metropolitan Autonomous University

Mexico | Mexico City

For Engineering Management

#6 in Mexico

#1234 in the World

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

36. Federal University of Itajuba

Brazil | Itajuba

For Engineering Management

#22 in Brazil

#1239 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1913

37. University of Buenos Aires

Argentina | Buenos Aires

For Engineering Management

#1 in Argentina

#1272 in the World

Enrollment: 262,932
Founded: 1821

38. University of Costa Rica

Costa Rica | San Jose

For Engineering Management

#1 in Costa Rica

#1282 in the World

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

39. Francisco Jose de Caldas District University

Colombia | Bogota

For Engineering Management

#1285 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1950

40. National Technological University

Argentina | Buenos Aires

For Engineering Management

#2 in Argentina

#1329 in the World

Founded: 1959

Engineering subfields in Latin America

Acoustical Engineering251

Aerospace Engineering252

Agricultural Engineering79

Applied/Engineering Physics27

Architectural Engineering38

Automation and Control engineering96

Automotive Engineering98

Biochemical Engineering57

Biomedical Engineering69

Biotechnology229

Chemical Engineering273

Civil Engineering188

Computer Engineering83

Computer Networking243

Construction Management29

Electrical Engineering304

Electronic Engineering186

Environmental Engineering174

Firefighting and Fire Science28

Geotechnical Engineering207

Human-Computer Interaction197

Industrial Engineering30

Landscape Architecture39

Marine Engineering24

Materials Science360

Mechanical Engineering356

Metallurgical Engineering309

Mining Engineering33

Nanotechnology237

Nuclear Engineering22

Operations Research86

Optical Engineering335

Petroleum Engineering51

Polymer science and Plastics engineering37

Product and Industrial Design24

Reliability and Quality Engineering86

Remote Sensing114

Renewable Energy Engineering129

Structural Engineering204

Systems Engineering165

Technical Drawing17

Telecommunications269

Transportation Engineering57