Best Universities for Engineering Management in Latin America

Updated: March 02, 2025

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 85K citations received by 10.7K academic papers made by 48 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

#43 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

#82 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

#339 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1960

4. Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul

Brazil | Porto Alegre

For Engineering Management

#3 in Brazil

#374 in the World

Founded: 1948

5. Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Brazil | Porto Alegre

For Engineering Management

#4 in Brazil

#384 in the World

Founded: 1934

6. Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Brazil | Rio de Janeiro

For Engineering Management

#5 in Brazil

#411 in the World

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

7. Pontifical Catholic University of Chile

Chile | Santiago

For Engineering Management

#1 in Chile

#438 in the World

Enrollment: 33,971
Founded: 1888

8. University of Chile

Chile | Santiago

For Engineering Management

#2 in Chile

#440 in the World

Founded: 1842

9. University of Brasilia

Brazil | Brasilia

For Engineering Management

#6 in Brazil

#457 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1962

10. Federal University of Pernambuco

Brazil | Recife

For Engineering Management

#7 in Brazil

#499 in the World

Founded: 1946

11. State University of Campinas

Brazil | Campinas

For Engineering Management

#8 in Brazil

#520 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1966

12. National Autonomous University of Mexico

Mexico | Mexico City

For Engineering Management

#2 in Mexico

#550 in the World

Enrollment: 360,883
Founded: 1551

13. Federal University of Technology - Parana

Brazil | Curitiba

For Engineering Management

#9 in Brazil

#602 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1909

14. National University of Colombia

Colombia | Bogota

For Engineering Management

#609 in the World

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

15. University of the Northeast

Mexico | Tampico

For Engineering Management

#3 in Mexico

#622 in the World

Founded: 1970

16. Sao Paulo State University

Brazil | Sao Paulo

For Engineering Management

#10 in Brazil

#634 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Founded: 1976

17. Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro

Brazil | Rio de Janeiro

For Engineering Management

#11 in Brazil

#683 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1941

18. Federal University of Sao Carlos

Brazil | Sao Carlos

For Engineering Management

#12 in Brazil

#704 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1968

19. Federal University of Bahia

Brazil | Salvador

For Engineering Management

#13 in Brazil

#724 in the World

Founded: 1946

20. Federal University of Minas Gerais

Brazil | Belo Horizonte

For Engineering Management

#14 in Brazil

#740 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Enrollment: 45,038
Founded: 1927

21. University of Cauca

Colombia | Popayan

For Engineering Management

#780 in the World

Founded: 1827

22. Nove de Julho University

Brazil | Sao Paulo

For Engineering Management

#15 in Brazil

#822 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1972

23. Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte

For Engineering Management

#16 in Brazil

#929 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1958

24. Pontifical Catholic University of Peru

For Engineering Management

#1 in Peru

#938 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1917

25. Fluminense Federal University

Brazil | Niteroi

For Engineering Management

#17 in Brazil

#943 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1960

26. Pontifical Catholic University of Parana

Brazil | Curitiba

For Engineering Management

#18 in Brazil

#950 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1959

27. EAFIT University

Colombia | Medellin

For Engineering Management

#953 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Enrollment: 2,868
Founded: 1960

28. University of the Andes, Colombia

Colombia | Bogota

For Engineering Management

#971 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 48%
Founded: 1949

29. National Polytechnic Institute

Mexico | Mexico City

For Engineering Management

#4 in Mexico

#973 in the World

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

30. Federal University of Amazonas

Brazil | Manaus

For Engineering Management

#19 in Brazil

#1002 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1909

31. University of the Rio dos Sinos Valley

Brazil | Sao Leopoldo

For Engineering Management

#20 in Brazil

#1040 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Enrollment: 23,988
Founded: 1969

32. Federal University of Itajuba

Brazil | Itajuba

For Engineering Management

#21 in Brazil

#1041 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1913

33. University of Guadalajara

Mexico | Guadalajara

For Engineering Management

#5 in Mexico

#1083 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 28%
Founded: 1792

34. Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaiso

Chile | Valparaiso

For Engineering Management

#3 in Chile

#1168 in the World

Founded: 1928

35. Pontifical Javeriana University

Colombia | Bogota

For Engineering Management

#1174 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1623

36. Federal University of Para

For Engineering Management

#22 in Brazil

#1195 in the World

Founded: 1957

37. University of Pernambuco

Brazil | Recife

For Engineering Management

#23 in Brazil

#1224 in the World

Founded: 1990

38. Federal University of Ceara

Brazil | Fortaleza

For Engineering Management

#24 in Brazil

#1276 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1954

39. Federal University of Parana

Brazil | Curitiba

For Engineering Management

#25 in Brazil

#1292 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1912

40. Autonomous University of Zacatecas

Mexico | Zacatecas

For Engineering Management

#6 in Mexico

#1295 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1959

41. National Technological University

Argentina | Buenos Aires

For Engineering Management

#1 in Argentina

#1316 in the World

Founded: 1959

42. University of the State of Rio de Janeiro

Brazil | Rio de Janeiro

For Engineering Management

#26 in Brazil

#1379 in the World

Founded: 1950

43. University of Buenos Aires

Argentina | Buenos Aires

For Engineering Management

#2 in Argentina

#1408 in the World

Enrollment: 262,932
Founded: 1821

44. Metropolitan Autonomous University

Mexico | Mexico City

For Engineering Management

#7 in Mexico

#1423 in the World

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

45. University of Costa Rica

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Costa Rica | San Jose

For Engineering Management

#1 in Costa Rica

#1430 in the World

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

46. National Major San Marcos University

For Engineering Management

#2 in Peru

#1453 in the World

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

47. Francisco Jose de Caldas District University

Colombia | Bogota

For Engineering Management

#1460 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1950

48. Peruvian University of Applied Sciences

For Engineering Management

#3 in Peru

#1472 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1994

Engineering subfields in Latin America

Acoustical Engineering274

Aerospace Engineering277

Agricultural Engineering73

Applied/Engineering Physics41

Architectural Engineering54

Automation and Control engineering101

Automotive Engineering112

Biochemical Engineering67

Biomedical Engineering83

Biotechnology245

Chemical Engineering283

Civil Engineering207

Computer Engineering91

Computer Networking265

Construction Management34

Electrical Engineering319

Electronic Engineering192

Environmental Engineering190

Firefighting and Fire Science29

Geotechnical Engineering223

Human-Computer Interaction216

Industrial Engineering30

Landscape Architecture23

Marine Engineering27

Materials Science368

Mechanical Engineering368

Metallurgical Engineering321

Mining Engineering34

Nanotechnology251

Nuclear Engineering27

Operations Research96

Optical Engineering343

Petroleum Engineering56

Polymer science and Plastics engineering38

Product and Industrial Design26

Reliability and Quality Engineering96

Remote Sensing125

Renewable Energy Engineering141

Structural Engineering227

Systems Engineering178

Technical Drawing19

Telecommunications282

Transportation Engineering64