59 Best universities for Optical 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 Optical Engineering. A graph of 816K citations received by 60.7K academic papers made by 59 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

#219 in the World

Enrollment: 360,883
Founded: 1551

2. National Polytechnic Institute

Mexico | Mexico City

For Optical Engineering

#13 in Latin America

#749 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

#863 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1587

4. Metropolitan Autonomous University

Mexico | Mexico City

For Optical Engineering

#26 in Latin America

#1043 in the World

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

5. Monterrey Institute of Technology

Mexico | Monterrey

For Optical Engineering

#28 in Latin America

#1082 in the World

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

6. University of Guanajuato

Mexico | Guanajuato

For Optical Engineering

#32 in Latin America

#1172 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

#1333 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1933

8. University of Sonora

Mexico | Hermosillo

For Optical Engineering

#46 in Latin America

#1412 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

9. Autonomous University of San Luis Potosi

Mexico | San Luis Potosi

For Optical Engineering

#47 in Latin America

#1415 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1859

10. University of Guadalajara

Mexico | Guadalajara

For Optical Engineering

#49 in Latin America

#1438 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 28%
Founded: 1792

11. University of the Northeast

Mexico | Tampico

For Optical Engineering

#54 in Latin America

#1510 in the World

Founded: 1970

12. Michoacan University of Saint Nicholas of Hidalgo

Mexico | Morelia

For Optical Engineering

#64 in Latin America

#1690 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1540

13. Autonomous University of the State of Morelos

Mexico | Cuernavaca

For Optical Engineering

#71 in Latin America

#1758 in the World

Founded: 1938

14. Autonomous University of the State of Mexico

Mexico | Toluca

For Optical Engineering

#72 in Latin America

#1806 in the World

Founded: 1956

15. Autonomous University of Zacatecas

Mexico | Zacatecas

For Optical Engineering

#82 in Latin America

#2022 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1959

16. Autonomous University of Baja California

Mexico | Mexicali

For Optical Engineering

#83 in Latin America

#2044 in the World

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

17. Autonomous University of Queretaro

Mexico | Queretaro

For Optical Engineering

#94 in Latin America

#2225 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1951

18. Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo

Mexico | Pachuca

For Optical Engineering

#114 in Latin America

#2606 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1869

19. University of Veracruz

Mexico | Xalapa

For Optical Engineering

#120 in Latin America

#2717 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1944

20. University of Las Americas, Puebla

Mexico | San Andres Cholula

For Optical Engineering

#122 in Latin America

#2743 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1940

21. Autonomous University of Yucatan

Mexico | Merida

For Optical Engineering

#127 in Latin America

#2857 in the World

Founded: 1812

22. Autonomous University of Coahuila

Mexico | Saltillo

For Optical Engineering

#128 in Latin America

#2885 in the World

Founded: 1957

23. Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez

Mexico | Ciudad Juarez

For Optical Engineering

#138 in Latin America

#3031 in the World

Founded: 1973

24. Autonomous University of Sinaloa

Mexico | Culiacan

For Optical Engineering

#150 in Latin America

#3187 in the World

Founded: 1872

25. Autonomous University of Tamaulipas

Mexico | Ciudad Victoria

For Optical Engineering

#151 in Latin America

#3230 in the World

Founded: 1950

26. Autonomous University of Chihuahua

Mexico | Chihuahua

For Optical Engineering

#160 in Latin America

#3372 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Founded: 1954

27. University of Colima

Mexico | Colima

For Optical Engineering

#178 in Latin America

#3536 in the World

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

28. Panamerican University

Mexico | Mexico City

For Optical Engineering

#187 in Latin America

#3659 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1967

29. Juarez Autonoma de Tabasco University

Mexico | Villahermosa

For Optical Engineering

#193 in Latin America

#3709 in the World

Founded: 1878

30. Autonomous University of Mexico City

Mexico | Mexico City

For Optical Engineering

#194 in Latin America

#3710 in the World

Founded: 2001

31. Autonomous University of Tlaxcala

Mexico | Tlaxcala

For Optical Engineering

#195 in Latin America

#3718 in the World

Founded: 1976

32. Autonomous University of Aguascalientes

Mexico | Aguascalientes

For Optical Engineering

#198 in Latin America

#3775 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1973

33. Ibero-American University, Mexico City

Mexico | Mexico City

For Optical Engineering

#199 in Latin America

#3779 in the World

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

34. Technological Institute of Saltillo

Mexico | Saltillo

For Optical Engineering

#202 in Latin America

#3797 in the World

Founded: 1951

35. Autonomus Institute of Technology of Mexico

Mexico | Mexico City

For Optical Engineering

#205 in Latin America

#3857 in the World

Founded: 1946

36. Western Institute of Technology and Higher Education

Mexico | Tlaquepaque

For Optical Engineering

#209 in Latin America

#3916 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 1957

37. Technological University of Mixteca

Mexico | Huajuapan de Leon

For Optical Engineering

#211 in Latin America

#3929 in the World

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

38. Technological Institute of Ciudad Madero

Mexico | Ciudad Madero

For Optical Engineering

#214 in Latin America

#3947 in the World

Founded: 1954

39. Chapingo Autonomous University

Mexico | Texcoco

For Optical Engineering

#217 in Latin America

#3977 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1854

40. University of Monterrey

Mexico | San Pedro Garza Garcia

For Optical Engineering

#222 in Latin America

#4039 in the World

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

41. Technological Institute of Morelia

Mexico | Morelia

For Optical Engineering

#231 in Latin America

#4103 in the World

Founded: 1965

42. UPAEP University

Mexico | Delicias

For Optical Engineering

#248 in Latin America

#4281 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1973

43. Queretaro Institute of Technology

Mexico | Queretaro

For Optical Engineering

#251 in Latin America

#4313 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1967

44. Sonora Institute of Technology

Mexico | Cajeme

For Optical Engineering

#252 in Latin America

#4342 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1955

45. Antonio Narro Agrarian Autonomous University

Mexico | Saltillo

For Optical Engineering

#273 in Latin America

#4619 in the World

Founded: 1923

46. Autonomous University of Nayarit

Mexico | Tepic

For Optical Engineering

#274 in Latin America

#4628 in the World

Founded: 1969

47. Autonomous University of Campeche

Mexico | Campeche

For Optical Engineering

#280 in Latin America

#4679 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

48. Instituto Tecnologico de Tuxtla Gutierrez

Mexico | Tuxtla Gutierrez

For Optical Engineering

#285 in Latin America

#4720 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1972

49. Juarez University of the State of Durango

Mexico | Durango

For Optical Engineering

#295 in Latin America

#4860 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Founded: 1856

50. Benito Juarez Autonomous University of Oaxaca

Mexico | Oaxaca

For Optical Engineering

#296 in Latin America

#4861 in the World

Founded: 1827

51. Colegio de Mexico

Mexico | Mexico City

For Optical Engineering

#303 in Latin America

#4923 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1940

52. Technological Institute of Merida

Mexico | Merida

For Optical Engineering

#308 in Latin America

#4957 in the World

Founded: 1961

53. Autonomous University of Guadalajara

Mexico | Zapopan

For Optical Engineering

#314 in Latin America

#5009 in the World

Enrollment: 12,098
Founded: 1935

54. Technological University of Mexico

Mexico | Atizapan de Zaragoza

For Optical Engineering

#315 in Latin America

#5013 in the World

Founded: 1966

55. University of Quintana Roo

Mexico | Chetumal

For Optical Engineering

#317 in Latin America

#5021 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1991

56. Durango Institute of Technology

Mexico | Durango

For Optical Engineering

#324 in Latin America

#5093 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Founded: 1948

57. Valle de Mexico University

Mexico | Mexico City

For Optical Engineering

#325 in Latin America

#5114 in the World

Enrollment: 120,000
Founded: 1960

58. Technological Institute of Oaxaca

Mexico | Oaxaca

For Optical Engineering

#326 in Latin America

#5122 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1968

59. Puebla Institute of Technology

Mexico | Delicias

For Optical Engineering

#329 in Latin America

#5159 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.