Best Universities for Remote Sensing 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 Remote Sensing. A graph of 333K citations received by 27.1K academic papers made by 114 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. University of Sao Paulo

Brazil | Sao Paulo

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Brazil

#166 in the World

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

2. National Autonomous University of Mexico

Mexico | Mexico City

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Mexico

#196 in the World

Enrollment: 360,883
Founded: 1551

3. Sao Paulo State University

Brazil | Sao Paulo

For Remote Sensing

#2 in Brazil

#325 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Founded: 1976

4. State University of Campinas

Brazil | Campinas

For Remote Sensing

#3 in Brazil

#330 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1966

5. Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Brazil | Porto Alegre

For Remote Sensing

#4 in Brazil

#418 in the World

Founded: 1934

6. Federal University of Goias

Brazil | Goiania

For Remote Sensing

#5 in Brazil

#484 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1960

7. Federal University of Minas Gerais

Brazil | Belo Horizonte

For Remote Sensing

#6 in Brazil

#495 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1927

8. Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Brazil | Rio de Janeiro

For Remote Sensing

#7 in Brazil

#496 in the World

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

9. University of Brasilia

Brazil | Brasilia

For Remote Sensing

#8 in Brazil

#521 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1962

10. University of Chile

Chile | Santiago

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Chile

#527 in the World

Founded: 1842

11. Federal University of Parana

Brazil | Curitiba

For Remote Sensing

#9 in Brazil

#574 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1912

12. University of Buenos Aires

Argentina | Buenos Aires

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Argentina

#575 in the World

Enrollment: 262,932
Founded: 1821

13. Federal University of Vicosa

Brazil | Vicosa

For Remote Sensing

#10 in Brazil

#646 in the World

Founded: 1922

14. Federal University of Pernambuco

Brazil | Recife

For Remote Sensing

#11 in Brazil

#680 in the World

Founded: 1946

15. Federal University of Santa Catarina

Brazil | Florianopolis

For Remote Sensing

#12 in Brazil

#710 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1960

16. National University of Colombia

Colombia | Bogota

For Remote Sensing

#713 in the World

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

17. Pontifical Catholic University of Chile

Chile | Santiago

For Remote Sensing

#2 in Chile

#728 in the World

Enrollment: 33,971
Founded: 1888

18. Federal University of Lavras

Brazil | Lavras

For Remote Sensing

#13 in Brazil

#739 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1908

19. National Polytechnic Institute

Mexico | Mexico City

For Remote Sensing

#2 in Mexico

#762 in the World

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

20. University of Concepcion

Chile | Concepcion

For Remote Sensing

#3 in Chile

#787 in the World

Founded: 1920

21. National University of La Plata

Argentina | La Plata

For Remote Sensing

#2 in Argentina

#850 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1905

22. Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul

Brazil | Campo Grande

For Remote Sensing

#14 in Brazil

#884 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1969

23. Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro

Brazil | Rio de Janeiro

For Remote Sensing

#15 in Brazil

#902 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1941

24. Federal University of Santa Maria

Brazil | Santa Maria

For Remote Sensing

#16 in Brazil

#921 in the World

Founded: 1960

25. Federal University of Ceara

Brazil | Fortaleza

For Remote Sensing

#17 in Brazil

#969 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1954

26. Federal University of Para

For Remote Sensing

#18 in Brazil

#982 in the World

Founded: 1957

27. State University of Maringa

Brazil | Maringa

For Remote Sensing

#19 in Brazil

#1024 in the World

Founded: 1970

28. University of America in Colombia

Colombia | Bogota

For Remote Sensing

#1036 in the World

Founded: 1958

29. National University of Cordoba

Argentina | Cordoba

For Remote Sensing

#3 in Argentina

#1038 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 178,288
Founded: 1613

30. Industrial University of Santander

Colombia | Bucaramanga

For Remote Sensing

#1039 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1948

31. Federal University of Paraiba

Brazil | Joao Pessoa

For Remote Sensing

#20 in Brazil

#1040 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1955

32. University of the State of Rio de Janeiro

Brazil | Rio de Janeiro

For Remote Sensing

#21 in Brazil

#1043 in the World

Founded: 1950

33. Federal University of Sao Carlos

Brazil | Sao Carlos

For Remote Sensing

#22 in Brazil

#1045 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1968

34. Fluminense Federal University

Brazil | Niteroi

For Remote Sensing

#23 in Brazil

#1058 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1960

35. Federal Foundation University of Rio Grande

Brazil | Rio Grande

For Remote Sensing

#24 in Brazil

#1121 in the World

Founded: 1969

36. Federal University of Uberlandia

Brazil | Uberlandia

For Remote Sensing

#25 in Brazil

#1130 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1969

37. University of Costa Rica

Costa Rica | San Jose

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Costa Rica

#1145 in the World

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

38. Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte

For Remote Sensing

#26 in Brazil

#1190 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1958

39. Federal University of Campina Grande

Brazil | Campina Grande

For Remote Sensing

#27 in Brazil

#1194 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 2002

40. University of the Republic

Uruguay | Montevideo

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Uruguay

#1206 in the World

Enrollment: 209,129
Founded: 1833

41. Federal University of Espirito Santo

Brazil | Vitoria

For Remote Sensing

#28 in Brazil

#1216 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Enrollment: 23,744
Founded: 1954

42. Federal University of Technology - Parana

Brazil | Curitiba

For Remote Sensing

#29 in Brazil

#1223 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1909

43. Federal University of Mato Grosso

Brazil | Cuiaba

For Remote Sensing

#30 in Brazil

#1224 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1970

44. Monterrey Institute of Technology

Mexico | Monterrey

For Remote Sensing

#3 in Mexico

#1254 in the World

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

45. Federal University of Bahia

Brazil | Salvador

For Remote Sensing

#31 in Brazil

#1295 in the World

Founded: 1946

46. Federal University of Alagoas

Brazil | Maceio

For Remote Sensing

#32 in Brazil

#1397 in the World

Founded: 1961

47. Federal University of Pelotas

Brazil | Pelotas

For Remote Sensing

#33 in Brazil

#1416 in the World

Founded: 1969

48. Western Parana State University

Brazil | Cascavel

For Remote Sensing

#34 in Brazil

#1424 in the World

Founded: 1994

49. National University of Tucuman

Argentina | San Miguel de Tucuman

For Remote Sensing

#4 in Argentina

#1438 in the World

Founded: 1914

50. Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro

Brazil | Seropedica

For Remote Sensing

#35 in Brazil

#1440 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 1910

51. Federico Santa Maria Technical University

Chile | Valparaiso

For Remote Sensing

#4 in Chile

#1502 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1931

52. Metropolitan Autonomous University

Mexico | Mexico City

For Remote Sensing

#4 in Mexico

#1506 in the World

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

53. University of Santiago de Chile

Chile | Santiago

For Remote Sensing

#5 in Chile

#1511 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1849

54. National University of the South

Argentina | Bahia Blanca

For Remote Sensing

#5 in Argentina

#1531 in the World

Founded: 1956

55. University of Guadalajara

Mexico | Guadalajara

For Remote Sensing

#5 in Mexico

#1541 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 28%
Founded: 1792

56. Francisco Jose de Caldas District University

Colombia | Bogota

For Remote Sensing

#1550 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1950

57. Pontifical Javeriana University

Colombia | Bogota

For Remote Sensing

#1555 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1623

58. Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaiso

Chile | Valparaiso

For Remote Sensing

#6 in Chile

#1563 in the World

Founded: 1928

59. Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais

Brazil | Belo Horizonte

For Remote Sensing

#36 in Brazil

#1572 in the World

Founded: 1958

60. Federal University of Sao Paulo

Brazil | Sao Paulo

For Remote Sensing

#37 in Brazil

#1575 in the World

Founded: 1933

61. University of the Rio dos Sinos Valley

Brazil | Sao Leopoldo

For Remote Sensing

#38 in Brazil

#1579 in the World

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

62. Federal Rural University of Pernambuco

Brazil | Recife

For Remote Sensing

#39 in Brazil

#1590 in the World

Founded: 1912

63. Santa Catarina State University

Brazil | Florianopolis

For Remote Sensing

#40 in Brazil

#1593 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1965

64. Federal University of Sergipe

Brazil | Sao Cristovao

For Remote Sensing

#41 in Brazil

#1622 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1963

65. Michoacan University of Saint Nicholas of Hidalgo

Mexico | Morelia

For Remote Sensing

#6 in Mexico

#1624 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1540

66. University of the Andes

Venezuela | Merida

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Venezuela

#1629 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1810

67. ESPOL Polytechnic University

Ecuador | Guayaquil

For Remote Sensing

#1639 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1958

68. State University of Londrina

Brazil | Londrina

For Remote Sensing

#42 in Brazil

#1646 in the World

Founded: 1970

69. Pontifical Catholic University of Peru

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Peru

#1655 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1917

70. Southern University of Chile

Chile | Valdivia

For Remote Sensing

#7 in Chile

#1658 in the World

Founded: 1954

71. University of Cuenca

Ecuador | Cuenca

For Remote Sensing

#1675 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1867

72. Brasil University

Brazil | Sao Paulo

For Remote Sensing

#43 in Brazil

#1679 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1989

73. Autonomous University of Baja California

Mexico | Mexicali

For Remote Sensing

#7 in Mexico

#1689 in the World

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

74. University of Antioquia

Colombia | Medellin

For Remote Sensing

#1701 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1803

75. University of Talca

For Remote Sensing

#8 in Chile

#1724 in the World

Founded: 1981

76. EAFIT University

Colombia | Medellin

For Remote Sensing

#1729 in the World

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

77. Mato Grosso State University

Brazil | Caceres

For Remote Sensing

#44 in Brazil

#1735 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1993

78. University of the Andes, Colombia

Colombia | Bogota

For Remote Sensing

#1763 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 48%
Founded: 1949

79. National University of Cuyo

Argentina | Mendoza

For Remote Sensing

#6 in Argentina

#1779 in the World

Founded: 1939

80. National University of Mar del Plata

Argentina | Mar del Plata

For Remote Sensing

#7 in Argentina

#1833 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1975

81. University of the Valley

Colombia | Cali

For Remote Sensing

#1842 in the World

Founded: 1945

82. National University of Rosario

Argentina | Rosario

For Remote Sensing

#8 in Argentina

#1846 in the World

Founded: 1968

83. University of the Northeast

Mexico | Tampico

For Remote Sensing

#8 in Mexico

#1848 in the World

Founded: 1970

84. University of Sonora

Mexico | Hermosillo

For Remote Sensing

#9 in Mexico

#1849 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

85. National Technological University

Argentina | Buenos Aires

For Remote Sensing

#9 in Argentina

#1851 in the World

Founded: 1959

86. Catholic University of the North

Chile | Antofagasta

For Remote Sensing

#9 in Chile

#1869 in the World

Founded: 1956

87. Autonomous University of San Luis Potosi

Mexico | San Luis Potosi

For Remote Sensing

#10 in Mexico

#1887 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1859

88. National Polytechnic School, Ecuador

Ecuador | Quito

For Remote Sensing

#1902 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1869

89. University of Guanajuato

Mexico | Guanajuato

For Remote Sensing

#11 in Mexico

#1920 in the World

Enrollment: 44,503
Founded: 1945

90. National University of San Juan

Argentina | San Juan

For Remote Sensing

#10 in Argentina

#1925 in the World

Founded: 1973

91. Federal University of Itajuba

Brazil | Itajuba

For Remote Sensing

#45 in Brazil

#1934 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1913

92. Federal University of Ouro Preto

Brazil | Ouro Preto

For Remote Sensing

#46 in Brazil

#1941 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1969

93. Agrarian National University

For Remote Sensing

#2 in Peru

#1947 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1902

94. Autonomous University of the State of Mexico

Mexico | Toluca

For Remote Sensing

#12 in Mexico

#1960 in the World

Founded: 1956

95. Federal University of Juiz de Fora

Brazil | Juiz de Fora

For Remote Sensing

#47 in Brazil

#1963 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1960

96. State University of Feira de Santana

Brazil | Feira de Santana

For Remote Sensing

#48 in Brazil

#1978 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1976

97. Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon

Mexico | San Nicolas de los Garza

For Remote Sensing

#13 in Mexico

#1981 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1933

98. University of Magallanes

Chile | Punta Arenas

For Remote Sensing

#10 in Chile

#1992 in the World

Founded: 1961

99. University of Valparaiso

Chile | Valparaiso

For Remote Sensing

#11 in Chile

#2000 in the World

Founded: 1911

100. National University of San Martin, Argentina

Argentina | San Martin

For Remote Sensing

#11 in Argentina

#2006 in the World

Founded: 1992

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

Engineering Management40

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

Renewable Energy Engineering129

Structural Engineering204

Systems Engineering165

Technical Drawing17

Telecommunications269

Transportation Engineering57