60 Best universities for Mechanical Engineering in Mexico

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Mexico ranked based on their research performance in Mechanical Engineering. A graph of 359K citations received by 39.2K academic papers made by 60 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 Mechanical Engineering

#3 in Latin America

#308 in the World

Enrollment: 360,883
Founded: 1551

2. National Polytechnic Institute

Mexico | Mexico City

For Mechanical Engineering

#13 in Latin America

#635 in the World

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

3. Monterrey Institute of Technology

Mexico | Monterrey

For Mechanical Engineering

#19 in Latin America

#836 in the World

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

4. Metropolitan Autonomous University

Mexico | Mexico City

For Mechanical Engineering

#23 in Latin America

#917 in the World

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

5. University of the Northeast

Mexico | Tampico

For Mechanical Engineering

#24 in Latin America

#920 in the World

Founded: 1970

6. University of Guanajuato

Mexico | Guanajuato

For Mechanical Engineering

#33 in Latin America

#1140 in the World

Enrollment: 44,503
Founded: 1945

7. Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon

Mexico | San Nicolas de los Garza

For Mechanical Engineering

#44 in Latin America

#1364 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1933

8. University of Guadalajara

Mexico | Guadalajara

For Mechanical Engineering

#50 in Latin America

#1462 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 28%
Founded: 1792

9. Michoacan University of Saint Nicholas of Hidalgo

Mexico | Morelia

For Mechanical Engineering

#54 in Latin America

#1507 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1540

10. Autonomous University of Puebla

Mexico | Delicias

For Mechanical Engineering

#63 in Latin America

#1691 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1587

11. Autonomous University of San Luis Potosi

Mexico | San Luis Potosi

For Mechanical Engineering

#68 in Latin America

#1783 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1859

12. Autonomous University of Queretaro

Mexico | Queretaro

For Mechanical Engineering

#71 in Latin America

#1848 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1951

13. Autonomous University of the State of Morelos

Mexico | Cuernavaca

For Mechanical Engineering

#72 in Latin America

#1868 in the World

Founded: 1938

14. Autonomous University of the State of Mexico

Mexico | Toluca

For Mechanical Engineering

#79 in Latin America

#2021 in the World

Founded: 1956

15. University of Veracruz

Mexico | Xalapa

For Mechanical Engineering

#84 in Latin America

#2132 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1944

16. Autonomous University of Baja California

Mexico | Mexicali

For Mechanical Engineering

#88 in Latin America

#2195 in the World

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

17. Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo

Mexico | Pachuca

For Mechanical Engineering

#94 in Latin America

#2330 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1869

18. University of Sonora

Mexico | Hermosillo

For Mechanical Engineering

#108 in Latin America

#2490 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

19. Ibero-American University, Mexico City

Mexico | Mexico City

For Mechanical Engineering

#113 in Latin America

#2546 in the World

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

20. Autonomous University of Coahuila

Mexico | Saltillo

For Mechanical Engineering

#121 in Latin America

#2615 in the World

Founded: 1957

21. University of Las Americas, Puebla

Mexico | San Andres Cholula

For Mechanical Engineering

#124 in Latin America

#2639 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1940

22. Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez

Mexico | Ciudad Juarez

For Mechanical Engineering

#135 in Latin America

#2753 in the World

Founded: 1973

23. Technological Institute of Morelia

Mexico | Morelia

For Mechanical Engineering

#139 in Latin America

#2793 in the World

Founded: 1965

24. Autonomous University of Tamaulipas

Mexico | Ciudad Victoria

For Mechanical Engineering

#141 in Latin America

#2884 in the World

Founded: 1950

25. Autonomous University of Yucatan

Mexico | Merida

For Mechanical Engineering

#146 in Latin America

#2941 in the World

Founded: 1812

26. Autonomous University of Zacatecas

Mexico | Zacatecas

For Mechanical Engineering

#149 in Latin America

#3015 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1959

27. University of Monterrey

Mexico | San Pedro Garza Garcia

For Mechanical Engineering

#150 in Latin America

#3018 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 8,205
Founded: 1969

28. Autonomus Institute of Technology of Mexico

Mexico | Mexico City

For Mechanical Engineering

#154 in Latin America

#3056 in the World

Founded: 1946

29. University of Colima

Mexico | Colima

For Mechanical Engineering

#155 in Latin America

#3061 in the World

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

30. Autonomous University of Aguascalientes

Mexico | Aguascalientes

For Mechanical Engineering

#167 in Latin America

#3257 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1973

31. Panamerican University

Mexico | Mexico City

For Mechanical Engineering

#168 in Latin America

#3264 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1967

32. Autonomous University of Sinaloa

Mexico | Culiacan

For Mechanical Engineering

#170 in Latin America

#3279 in the World

Founded: 1872

33. Technological University of Mixteca

Mexico | Huajuapan de Leon

For Mechanical Engineering

#189 in Latin America

#3455 in the World

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

34. Autonomous University of Chihuahua

Mexico | Chihuahua

For Mechanical Engineering

#195 in Latin America

#3482 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Founded: 1954

35. Colegio de Mexico

Mexico | Mexico City

For Mechanical Engineering

#197 in Latin America

#3491 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1940

36. Juarez Autonoma de Tabasco University

Mexico | Villahermosa

For Mechanical Engineering

#201 in Latin America

#3547 in the World

Founded: 1878

37. UPAEP University

Mexico | Delicias

For Mechanical Engineering

#206 in Latin America

#3603 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1973

38. Technological Institute of Saltillo

Mexico | Saltillo

For Mechanical Engineering

#210 in Latin America

#3640 in the World

Founded: 1951

39. Autonomous University of Mexico City

Mexico | Mexico City

For Mechanical Engineering

#213 in Latin America

#3666 in the World

Founded: 2001

40. Center for Research and Teaching in Economics

Mexico | Mexico City

For Mechanical Engineering

#215 in Latin America

#3687 in the World

Founded: 1974

41. Sonora Institute of Technology

Mexico | Cajeme

For Mechanical Engineering

#224 in Latin America

#3784 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1955

42. Chapingo Autonomous University

Mexico | Texcoco

For Mechanical Engineering

#225 in Latin America

#3797 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1854

43. National Pedagogical University, Mexico

Mexico | Mexico City

For Mechanical Engineering

#228 in Latin America

#3855 in the World

Founded: 1978

44. Autonomous University of Campeche

Mexico | Campeche

For Mechanical Engineering

#245 in Latin America

#4066 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

45. Western Institute of Technology and Higher Education

Mexico | Tlaquepaque

For Mechanical Engineering

#254 in Latin America

#4178 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 1957

46. Autonomous University of Tlaxcala

Mexico | Tlaxcala

For Mechanical Engineering

#268 in Latin America

#4344 in the World

Founded: 1976

47. Queretaro Institute of Technology

Mexico | Queretaro

For Mechanical Engineering

#271 in Latin America

#4364 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1967

48. Technological Institute of Ciudad Madero

Mexico | Ciudad Madero

For Mechanical Engineering

#274 in Latin America

#4381 in the World

Founded: 1954

49. Durango Institute of Technology

Mexico | Durango

For Mechanical Engineering

#290 in Latin America

#4539 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Founded: 1948

50. Antonio Narro Agrarian Autonomous University

Mexico | Saltillo

For Mechanical Engineering

#300 in Latin America

#4657 in the World

Founded: 1923

51. Technological Institute of Oaxaca

Mexico | Oaxaca

For Mechanical Engineering

#307 in Latin America

#4721 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1968

52. Autonomous University of Nayarit

Mexico | Tepic

For Mechanical Engineering

#311 in Latin America

#4740 in the World

Founded: 1969

53. University of Quintana Roo

Mexico | Chetumal

For Mechanical Engineering

#314 in Latin America

#4746 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1991

54. Technological University of Mexico

Mexico | Atizapan de Zaragoza

For Mechanical Engineering

#323 in Latin America

#4878 in the World

Founded: 1966

55. Juarez University of the State of Durango

Mexico | Durango

For Mechanical Engineering

#324 in Latin America

#4894 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Founded: 1856

56. Instituto Tecnologico de Tuxtla Gutierrez

Mexico | Tuxtla Gutierrez

For Mechanical Engineering

#336 in Latin America

#5026 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1972

57. Valle de Mexico University

Mexico | Mexico City

For Mechanical Engineering

#338 in Latin America

#5038 in the World

Enrollment: 120,000
Founded: 1960

58. Puebla Institute of Technology

Mexico | Delicias

For Mechanical Engineering

#350 in Latin America

#5178 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1972

59. Technological Institute of Merida

Mexico | Merida

For Mechanical Engineering

#351 in Latin America

#5182 in the World

Founded: 1961

60. Autonomous University of Guadalajara

Mexico | Zapopan

For Mechanical Engineering

#356 in Latin America

#5203 in the World

Enrollment: 12,098
Founded: 1935

The best cities to study Mechanical Engineering in Mexico based on the number of universities and their ranks are Mexico, Monterrey, Tampico, and Guanajuato.