Best Universities for Oceanography 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 Oceanography. A graph of 4.69M citations received by 222K academic papers made by 322 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 Oceanography

#1 in Brazil

#75 in the World

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

2. National Autonomous University of Mexico

Mexico | Mexico City

For Oceanography

#1 in Mexico

#111 in the World

Enrollment: 360,883
Founded: 1551

3. Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Brazil | Rio de Janeiro

For Oceanography

#2 in Brazil

#211 in the World

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

4. University of Buenos Aires

Argentina | Buenos Aires

For Oceanography

#1 in Argentina

#273 in the World

Enrollment: 262,932
Founded: 1821

5. State University of Campinas

Brazil | Campinas

For Oceanography

#3 in Brazil

#318 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1966

6. Sao Paulo State University

Brazil | Sao Paulo

For Oceanography

#4 in Brazil

#330 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Founded: 1976

7. National Polytechnic Institute

Mexico | Mexico City

For Oceanography

#2 in Mexico

#360 in the World

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

8. University of Chile

Chile | Santiago

For Oceanography

#1 in Chile

#362 in the World

Founded: 1842

9. Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Brazil | Porto Alegre

For Oceanography

#5 in Brazil

#396 in the World

Founded: 1934

10. University of Concepcion

Chile | Concepcion

For Oceanography

#2 in Chile

#414 in the World

Founded: 1920

11. Federal Foundation University of Rio Grande

Brazil | Rio Grande

For Oceanography

#6 in Brazil

#429 in the World

Founded: 1969

12. Federal University of Parana

Brazil | Curitiba

For Oceanography

#7 in Brazil

#430 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1912

13. Pontifical Catholic University of Chile

Chile | Santiago

For Oceanography

#3 in Chile

#438 in the World

Enrollment: 33,971
Founded: 1888

14. Federal University of Santa Catarina

Brazil | Florianopolis

For Oceanography

#8 in Brazil

#481 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1960

15. Federal University of Pernambuco

Brazil | Recife

For Oceanography

#9 in Brazil

#502 in the World

Founded: 1946

16. Federal University of Minas Gerais

Brazil | Belo Horizonte

For Oceanography

#10 in Brazil

#558 in the World

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

17. National University of Colombia

Colombia | Bogota

For Oceanography

#559 in the World

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

18. Federal University of Sao Carlos

Brazil | Sao Carlos

For Oceanography

#11 in Brazil

#611 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1968

19. Fluminense Federal University

Brazil | Niteroi

For Oceanography

#12 in Brazil

#613 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1960

20. Federal University of Ceara

Brazil | Fortaleza

For Oceanography

#13 in Brazil

#620 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1954

21. National University of Mar del Plata

Argentina | Mar del Plata

For Oceanography

#2 in Argentina

#656 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1975

22. State University of Maringa

Brazil | Maringa

For Oceanography

#14 in Brazil

#677 in the World

Founded: 1970

23. Southern University of Chile

Chile | Valdivia

For Oceanography

#4 in Chile

#690 in the World

Founded: 1954

24. University of the Republic

Uruguay | Montevideo

For Oceanography

#705 in the World

Enrollment: 209,129
Founded: 1833

25. Federal University of Vicosa

Brazil | Vicosa

For Oceanography

#15 in Brazil

#728 in the World

Founded: 1922

26. National University of La Plata

Argentina | La Plata

For Oceanography

#3 in Argentina

#730 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1905

27. National University of Cordoba

Argentina | Cordoba

For Oceanography

#4 in Argentina

#748 in the World

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

28. University of Brasilia

Brazil | Brasilia

For Oceanography

#16 in Brazil

#750 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1962

29. Federal University of Bahia

Brazil | Salvador

For Oceanography

#17 in Brazil

#764 in the World

Founded: 1946

30. Catholic University of the North

Chile | Antofagasta

For Oceanography

#5 in Chile

#769 in the World

Founded: 1956

31. University of Costa Rica

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Costa Rica | San Jose

For Oceanography

#1 in Costa Rica

#787 in the World

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

32. Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte

For Oceanography

#18 in Brazil

#801 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1958

33. Metropolitan Autonomous University

Mexico | Mexico City

For Oceanography

#3 in Mexico

#814 in the World

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

34. University of the State of Rio de Janeiro

Brazil | Rio de Janeiro

For Oceanography

#19 in Brazil

#820 in the World

Founded: 1950

35. Federal University of Santa Maria

Brazil | Santa Maria

For Oceanography

#20 in Brazil

#822 in the World

Founded: 1960

36. Federal University of Para

For Oceanography

#21 in Brazil

#829 in the World

Founded: 1957

37. Federal Rural University of Pernambuco

Brazil | Recife

For Oceanography

#22 in Brazil

#901 in the World

Founded: 1912

38. Federal University of Espirito Santo

Brazil | Vitoria

For Oceanography

#23 in Brazil

#917 in the World

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

39. Federal University of Paraiba

Brazil | Joao Pessoa

For Oceanography

#24 in Brazil

#933 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1955

40. National University of the South

Argentina | Bahia Blanca

For Oceanography

#5 in Argentina

#941 in the World

Founded: 1956

41. Autonomous University of Baja California

Mexico | Mexicali

For Oceanography

#4 in Mexico

#954 in the World

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

42. Federal University of Goias

Brazil | Goiania

For Oceanography

#25 in Brazil

#958 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1960

43. National University of Comahue

Argentina | Neuquen

For Oceanography

#6 in Argentina

#1023 in the World

Founded: 1972

44. Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaiso

Chile | Valparaiso

For Oceanography

#6 in Chile

#1081 in the World

Founded: 1928

45. Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro

Brazil | Rio de Janeiro

For Oceanography

#26 in Brazil

#1104 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1941

46. University of Antioquia

Colombia | Medellin

For Oceanography

#1106 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1803

47. University of Guadalajara

Mexico | Guadalajara

For Oceanography

#5 in Mexico

#1141 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 28%
Founded: 1792

48. Federal University of Uberlandia

Brazil | Uberlandia

For Oceanography

#27 in Brazil

#1152 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 25,494
Founded: 1969

49. Federal University of Lavras

Brazil | Lavras

For Oceanography

#28 in Brazil

#1160 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1908

50. Federal University of Campina Grande

Brazil | Campina Grande

For Oceanography

#29 in Brazil

#1168 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 2002

51. Simon Bolivar University, Venezuela

Venezuela | Caracas

For Oceanography

#1 in Venezuela

#1185 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1967

52. University of the West Indies, Mona

For Oceanography

#1 in Jamaica

#1194 in the World

Enrollment: 49,092
Founded: 1948

53. Pontifical Catholic University of Peru

For Oceanography

#1 in Peru

#1219 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1917

54. Monterrey Institute of Technology

Mexico | Monterrey

For Oceanography

#6 in Mexico

#1234 in the World

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

55. Central University of Venezuela

Venezuela | Caracas

For Oceanography

#2 in Venezuela

#1254 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1721

56. Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon

Mexico | San Nicolas de los Garza

For Oceanography

#7 in Mexico

#1265 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1933

57. University of the Andes, Colombia

Colombia | Bogota

For Oceanography

#1270 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 48%
Founded: 1949

58. Federal University of Technology - Parana

Brazil | Curitiba

For Oceanography

#30 in Brazil

#1275 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1909

59. Federal University of Sao Paulo

Brazil | Sao Paulo

For Oceanography

#31 in Brazil

#1276 in the World

Founded: 1933

60. University of the Valley

Colombia | Cali

For Oceanography

#1280 in the World

Founded: 1945

61. Federico Santa Maria Technical University

Chile | Valparaiso

For Oceanography

#7 in Chile

#1316 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1931

62. National University of Litoral

Argentina | Santa Fe

For Oceanography

#7 in Argentina

#1319 in the World

Founded: 1919

63. Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro

Brazil | Seropedica

For Oceanography

#32 in Brazil

#1354 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 1910

64. Michoacan University of Saint Nicholas of Hidalgo

Mexico | Morelia

For Oceanography

#8 in Mexico

#1367 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1540

65. University of Antofagasta

Chile | Antofagasta

For Oceanography

#8 in Chile

#1425 in the World

Founded: 1981

66. University of Valparaiso

Chile | Valparaiso

For Oceanography

#9 in Chile

#1432 in the World

Founded: 1911

67. Federal University of Alagoas

Brazil | Maceio

For Oceanography

#33 in Brazil

#1444 in the World

Founded: 1961

68. Federal University of Itajuba

Brazil | Itajuba

For Oceanography

#34 in Brazil

#1472 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1913

69. Peruvian University of Applied Sciences

For Oceanography

#2 in Peru

#1522 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1994

70. Federal University of Mato Grosso

Brazil | Cuiaba

For Oceanography

#35 in Brazil

#1532 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1970

71. University of the Rio dos Sinos Valley

Brazil | Sao Leopoldo

For Oceanography

#36 in Brazil

#1543 in the World

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

72. University of Santiago de Chile

Chile | Santiago

For Oceanography

#10 in Chile

#1550 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1849

73. University of the Northeast

Mexico | Tampico

For Oceanography

#9 in Mexico

#1551 in the World

Founded: 1970

74. University of Veracruz

Mexico | Xalapa

For Oceanography

#10 in Mexico

#1566 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1944

75. Autonomous University of San Luis Potosi

Mexico | San Luis Potosi

For Oceanography

#11 in Mexico

#1568 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1859

76. Federal Rural University of the Semiarid Region

Brazil | Mossoro

For Oceanography

#37 in Brazil

#1570 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1967

77. National University of Tucuman

Argentina | San Miguel de Tucuman

For Oceanography

#8 in Argentina

#1584 in the World

Founded: 1914

78. University of Guanajuato

Mexico | Guanajuato

For Oceanography

#12 in Mexico

#1593 in the World

Enrollment: 44,503
Founded: 1945

79. Pontifical Javeriana University

Colombia | Bogota

For Oceanography

#1599 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1623

80. University of Talca

For Oceanography

#11 in Chile

#1604 in the World

Founded: 1981

81. Federal University of Juiz de Fora

Brazil | Juiz de Fora

For Oceanography

#38 in Brazil

#1612 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1960

82. Federal University of Sergipe

Brazil | Sao Cristovao

For Oceanography

#39 in Brazil

#1617 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1963

83. Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul

Brazil | Campo Grande

For Oceanography

#40 in Brazil

#1646 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1969

84. National University of Rosario

Argentina | Rosario

For Oceanography

#9 in Argentina

#1649 in the World

Founded: 1968

85. Federal University of Pelotas

Brazil | Pelotas

For Oceanography

#41 in Brazil

#1694 in the World

Founded: 1969

86. State University of Londrina

Brazil | Londrina

For Oceanography

#42 in Brazil

#1714 in the World

Founded: 1970

87. Autonomous University of the State of Mexico

Mexico | Toluca

For Oceanography

#13 in Mexico

#1734 in the World

Founded: 1956

88. Andres Bello University

Chile | Santiago

For Oceanography

#12 in Chile

#1740 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1988

89. Western Parana State University

Brazil | Cascavel

For Oceanography

#43 in Brazil

#1749 in the World

Founded: 1994

90. University of Sonora

Mexico | Hermosillo

For Oceanography

#14 in Mexico

#1751 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

91. University of La Frontera

For Oceanography

#13 in Chile

#1757 in the World

Founded: 1981

92. University of Magallanes

Chile | Punta Arenas

For Oceanography

#14 in Chile

#1775 in the World

Founded: 1961

93. Autonomous University of Tlaxcala

Mexico | Tlaxcala

For Oceanography

#15 in Mexico

#1777 in the World

Founded: 1976

94. University of Havana

For Oceanography

#1 in Cuba

#1781 in the World

Founded: 1728

95. State University of Santa Cruz

Brazil | Ilheus

For Oceanography

#44 in Brazil

#1783 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1972

96. University of America in Colombia

Colombia | Bogota

For Oceanography

#1858 in the World

Founded: 1958

97. ESPOL Polytechnic University

Ecuador | Guayaquil

For Oceanography

#1866 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1958

98. Federal University of ABC

Brazil | Santo Andre

For Oceanography

#45 in Brazil

#1884 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 2005

99. National University of Rio Cuarto

Argentina | Rio Cuarto

For Oceanography

#10 in Argentina

#1888 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1971

100. Santa Catarina State University

Brazil | Florianopolis

For Oceanography

#46 in Brazil

#1893 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1965

Environmental Science subfields in Latin America

Agricultural Science335

Earth science and Geophysics241

Environmental Chemistry238

Environmental Engineering190

Environmental Management311

Geography and Cartography426

Geotechnical Engineering223

Hydrology and Water resources management48

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science308

Mining Engineering34

Paleontology396

Petrology and Geochemistry160

Urban and Regional planning74

Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation280