60 Best universities for Optical Engineering in Mexico

Updated: March 15, 2026

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Mexico ranked based on their research performance in Optical Engineering. A graph of 1.41M citations received by 73.5K 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 Optical Engineering

#2 in Latin America

#213 in the World

Enrollment: 360,883
Founded: 1551

2. National Polytechnic Institute

Mexico | Mexico City

For Optical Engineering

#9 in Latin America

#503 in the World

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

3. Autonomous University of Puebla

Mexico | Delicias

For Optical Engineering

#17 in Latin America

#848 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1587

4. Monterrey Institute of Technology

Mexico | Monterrey

For Optical Engineering

#26 in Latin America

#1060 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Enrollment: 9,000
Founded: 1943

5. Metropolitan Autonomous University

Mexico | Mexico City

For Optical Engineering

#27 in Latin America

#1072 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Enrollment: 61,152
Founded: 1974

6. University of Guanajuato

Mexico | Guanajuato

For Optical Engineering

#32 in Latin America

#1201 in the World

Enrollment: 44,503
Founded: 1945

7. Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon

Mexico | San Nicolas de los Garza

For Optical Engineering

#39 in Latin America

#1308 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1933

8. University of Sonora

Mexico | Hermosillo

For Optical Engineering

#46 in Latin America

#1450 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

9. University of Guadalajara

Mexico | Guadalajara

For Optical Engineering

#47 in Latin America

#1452 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 28%
Enrollment: 339,508
Founded: 1792

10. Autonomous University of San Luis Potosi

Mexico | San Luis Potosi

For Optical Engineering

#49 in Latin America

#1460 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1859

11. University of the Northeast

Mexico | Tampico

For Optical Engineering

#53 in Latin America

#1512 in the World

Founded: 1970

12. Autonomous University of the State of Morelos

Mexico | Cuernavaca

For Optical Engineering

#67 in Latin America

#1787 in the World

Founded: 1938

13. Michoacan University of Saint Nicholas of Hidalgo

Mexico | Morelia

For Optical Engineering

#69 in Latin America

#1792 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1540

14. Autonomous University of the State of Mexico

Mexico | Toluca

For Optical Engineering

#72 in Latin America

#1809 in the World

Founded: 1956

15. Autonomous University of Zacatecas

Mexico | Zacatecas

For Optical Engineering

#79 in Latin America

#1972 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1959

16. Autonomous University of Baja California

Mexico | Mexicali

For Optical Engineering

#84 in Latin America

#2082 in the World

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

17. Autonomous University of Queretaro

Mexico | Queretaro

For Optical Engineering

#87 in Latin America

#2215 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1951

18. Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo

Mexico | Pachuca

For Optical Engineering

#120 in Latin America

#2647 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1869

19. University of Veracruz

Mexico | Xalapa

For Optical Engineering

#122 in Latin America

#2711 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1944

20. University of Las Americas, Puebla

Mexico | San Andres Cholula

For Optical Engineering

#123 in Latin America

#2832 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1940

21. Autonomous University of Coahuila

Mexico | Saltillo

For Optical Engineering

#127 in Latin America

#2862 in the World

Founded: 1957

22. Autonomous University of Yucatan

Mexico | Merida

For Optical Engineering

#132 in Latin America

#2945 in the World

Founded: 1812

23. Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez

Mexico | Ciudad Juarez

For Optical Engineering

#138 in Latin America

#3021 in the World

Founded: 1973

24. Autonomous University of Sinaloa

Mexico | Culiacan

For Optical Engineering

#150 in Latin America

#3207 in the World

Founded: 1872

25. Autonomous University of Tamaulipas

Mexico | Ciudad Victoria

For Optical Engineering

#152 in Latin America

#3231 in the World

Founded: 1950

26. Autonomous University of Chihuahua

Mexico | Chihuahua

For Optical Engineering

#167 in Latin America

#3439 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Founded: 1954

27. University of Colima

Mexico | Colima

For Optical Engineering

#177 in Latin America

#3562 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1940

28. Juarez Autonoma de Tabasco University

Mexico | Villahermosa

For Optical Engineering

#187 in Latin America

#3684 in the World

Enrollment: 27,934
Founded: 1878

29. Autonomous University of Tlaxcala

Mexico | Tlaxcala

For Optical Engineering

#193 in Latin America

#3765 in the World

Founded: 1976

30. Autonomous University of Mexico City

Mexico | Mexico City

For Optical Engineering

#195 in Latin America

#3777 in the World

Founded: 2001

31. Panamerican University

Mexico | Mexico City

For Optical Engineering

#196 in Latin America

#3778 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1967

32. Ibero-American University, Mexico City

Mexico | Mexico City

For Optical Engineering

#197 in Latin America

#3797 in the World

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

33. Autonomous University of Aguascalientes

Mexico | Aguascalientes

For Optical Engineering

#203 in Latin America

#3880 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1973

34. Autonomus Institute of Technology of Mexico

Mexico | Mexico City

For Optical Engineering

#206 in Latin America

#3899 in the World

Founded: 1946

35. Technological Institute of Saltillo

Mexico | Saltillo

For Optical Engineering

#212 in Latin America

#4005 in the World

Founded: 1951

36. Chapingo Autonomous University

Mexico | Texcoco

For Optical Engineering

#216 in Latin America

#4027 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1854

37. Technological Institute of Ciudad Madero

Mexico | Ciudad Madero

For Optical Engineering

#218 in Latin America

#4032 in the World

Founded: 1954

38. University of Monterrey

Mexico | San Pedro Garza Garcia

For Optical Engineering

#219 in Latin America

#4035 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1969

39. Technological University of Mixteca

Mexico | Huajuapan de Leon

For Optical Engineering

#220 in Latin America

#4066 in the World

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

40. Western Institute of Technology and Higher Education

Mexico | Tlaquepaque

For Optical Engineering

#225 in Latin America

#4100 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 1957

41. Technological Institute of Morelia

Mexico | Morelia

For Optical Engineering

#236 in Latin America

#4203 in the World

Founded: 1965

42. UPAEP University

Mexico | Delicias

For Optical Engineering

#239 in Latin America

#4219 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1973

43. Queretaro Institute of Technology

Mexico | Queretaro

For Optical Engineering

#255 in Latin America

#4383 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1967

44. Sonora Institute of Technology

Mexico | Cajeme

For Optical Engineering

#263 in Latin America

#4497 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1955

45. Instituto Tecnologico de Tuxtla Gutierrez

Mexico | Tuxtla Gutierrez

For Optical Engineering

#279 in Latin America

#4697 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1972

46. Autonomous University of Campeche

Mexico | Campeche

For Optical Engineering

#280 in Latin America

#4733 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

47. Autonomous University of Nayarit

Mexico | Tepic

For Optical Engineering

#282 in Latin America

#4743 in the World

Founded: 1969

48. Antonio Narro Agrarian Autonomous University

Mexico | Saltillo

For Optical Engineering

#284 in Latin America

#4750 in the World

Founded: 1923

49. Juarez University of the State of Durango

Mexico | Durango

For Optical Engineering

#288 in Latin America

#4790 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Founded: 1856

50. Benito Juarez Autonomous University of Oaxaca

Mexico | Oaxaca

For Optical Engineering

#294 in Latin America

#4864 in the World

Founded: 1827

51. Colegio de Mexico

Mexico | Mexico City

For Optical Engineering

#296 in Latin America

#4870 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1940

52. Center for Research and Teaching in Economics

Mexico | Mexico City

For Optical Engineering

#298 in Latin America

#4882 in the World

Founded: 1974

53. Technological University of Mexico

Mexico | Atizapan de Zaragoza

For Optical Engineering

#303 in Latin America

#4922 in the World

Founded: 1966

54. University of Quintana Roo

Mexico | Chetumal

For Optical Engineering

#309 in Latin America

#4990 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1991

55. Valle de Mexico University

Mexico | Mexico City

For Optical Engineering

#311 in Latin America

#4992 in the World

Enrollment: 120,000
Founded: 1960

56. Autonomous University of Guadalajara

Mexico | Zapopan

For Optical Engineering

#314 in Latin America

#5026 in the World

Enrollment: 12,098
Founded: 1935

57. Durango Institute of Technology

Mexico | Durango

For Optical Engineering

#323 in Latin America

#5102 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Founded: 1948

58. Technological Institute of Merida

Mexico | Merida

For Optical Engineering

#324 in Latin America

#5106 in the World

Founded: 1961

59. Technological Institute of Oaxaca

Mexico | Oaxaca

For Optical Engineering

#325 in Latin America

#5107 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1968

60. Puebla Institute of Technology

Mexico | Delicias

For Optical Engineering

#339 in Latin America

#5317 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1972

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