Best Universities for History 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 History. A graph of 4.63M citations received by 452K academic papers made by 392 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 History

#1 in Brazil

#67 in the World

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

2. National Autonomous University of Mexico

Mexico | Mexico City

For History

#1 in Mexico

#192 in the World

Enrollment: 360,883
Founded: 1551

3. State University of Campinas

Brazil | Campinas

For History

#2 in Brazil

#277 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1966

4. Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Brazil | Porto Alegre

For History

#3 in Brazil

#284 in the World

Founded: 1934

5. Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Brazil | Rio de Janeiro

For History

#4 in Brazil

#294 in the World

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

6. University of Buenos Aires

Argentina | Buenos Aires

For History

#1 in Argentina

#324 in the World

Enrollment: 262,932
Founded: 1821

7. Sao Paulo State University

Brazil | Sao Paulo

For History

#5 in Brazil

#357 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Founded: 1976

8. University of Chile

Chile | Santiago

For History

#1 in Chile

#404 in the World

Founded: 1842

9. Federal University of Minas Gerais

Brazil | Belo Horizonte

For History

#6 in Brazil

#407 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1927

10. Pontifical Catholic University of Chile

Chile | Santiago

For History

#2 in Chile

#449 in the World

Enrollment: 33,971
Founded: 1888

11. Federal University of Santa Catarina

Brazil | Florianopolis

For History

#7 in Brazil

#475 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1960

12. University of Brasilia

Brazil | Brasilia

For History

#8 in Brazil

#507 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1962

13. Federal University of Parana

Brazil | Curitiba

For History

#9 in Brazil

#601 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1912

14. Fluminense Federal University

Brazil | Niteroi

For History

#10 in Brazil

#666 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1960

15. Federal University of Pernambuco

Brazil | Recife

For History

#11 in Brazil

#674 in the World

Founded: 1946

16. National University of Colombia

Colombia | Bogota

For History

#692 in the World

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

17. University of the State of Rio de Janeiro

Brazil | Rio de Janeiro

For History

#12 in Brazil

#708 in the World

Founded: 1950

18. National University of La Plata

Argentina | La Plata

For History

#2 in Argentina

#711 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1905

19. Federal University of Sao Carlos

Brazil | Sao Carlos

For History

#13 in Brazil

#777 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1968

20. Federal University of Sao Paulo

Brazil | Sao Paulo

For History

#14 in Brazil

#795 in the World

Founded: 1933

21. Federal University of Santa Maria

Brazil | Santa Maria

For History

#15 in Brazil

#862 in the World

Founded: 1960

22. Federal University of Bahia

Brazil | Salvador

For History

#16 in Brazil

#868 in the World

Founded: 1946

23. Federal University of Ceara

Brazil | Fortaleza

For History

#17 in Brazil

#878 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1954

24. Federal University of Vicosa

Brazil | Vicosa

For History

#18 in Brazil

#905 in the World

Founded: 1922

25. Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte

For History

#19 in Brazil

#931 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1958

26. Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro

Brazil | Rio de Janeiro

For History

#20 in Brazil

#933 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1941

27. National University of Cordoba

Argentina | Cordoba

For History

#3 in Argentina

#944 in the World

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

28. National Polytechnic Institute

Mexico | Mexico City

For History

#2 in Mexico

#948 in the World

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

29. Metropolitan Autonomous University

Mexico | Mexico City

For History

#3 in Mexico

#974 in the World

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

30. University of the Republic

Uruguay | Montevideo

For History

#986 in the World

Enrollment: 209,129
Founded: 1833

31. Federal University of Pelotas

Brazil | Pelotas

For History

#21 in Brazil

#992 in the World

Founded: 1969

32. University of the Northeast

Mexico | Tampico

For History

#4 in Mexico

#1011 in the World

Founded: 1970

33. University of Costa Rica

Costa Rica | San Jose

For History

#1 in Costa Rica

#1030 in the World

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

34. Monterrey Institute of Technology

Mexico | Monterrey

For History

#5 in Mexico

#1032 in the World

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

35. University of Antioquia

Colombia | Medellin

For History

#1049 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1803

36. Federal University of Goias

Brazil | Goiania

For History

#22 in Brazil

#1065 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1960

37. Federal University of Para

For History

#23 in Brazil

#1068 in the World

Founded: 1957

38. Federal University of Paraiba

Brazil | Joao Pessoa

For History

#24 in Brazil

#1079 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1955

39. University of the Andes, Colombia

Colombia | Bogota

For History

#1085 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 48%
Founded: 1949

40. State University of Maringa

Brazil | Maringa

For History

#25 in Brazil

#1100 in the World

Founded: 1970

41. Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul

Brazil | Porto Alegre

For History

#26 in Brazil

#1131 in the World

Founded: 1948

42. University of Concepcion

Chile | Concepcion

For History

#3 in Chile

#1145 in the World

Founded: 1920

43. Federal University of Uberlandia

Brazil | Uberlandia

For History

#27 in Brazil

#1154 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1969

44. University of Guadalajara

Mexico | Guadalajara

For History

#6 in Mexico

#1173 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 28%
Founded: 1792

45. Federal University of Espirito Santo

Brazil | Vitoria

For History

#28 in Brazil

#1183 in the World

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

46. State University of Londrina

Brazil | Londrina

For History

#29 in Brazil

#1219 in the World

Founded: 1970

47. National University of Mar del Plata

Argentina | Mar del Plata

For History

#4 in Argentina

#1221 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1975

48. University of the Valley

Colombia | Cali

For History

#1259 in the World

Founded: 1945

49. University of the Rio dos Sinos Valley

Brazil | Sao Leopoldo

For History

#30 in Brazil

#1266 in the World

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

50. Federal University of Technology - Parana

Brazil | Curitiba

For History

#31 in Brazil

#1294 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1909

51. Pontifical Catholic University of Peru

For History

#1 in Peru

#1298 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1917

52. Pontifical Javeriana University

Colombia | Bogota

For History

#1343 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 1623

53. Southern University of Chile

Chile | Valdivia

For History

#4 in Chile

#1345 in the World

Founded: 1954

54. University of the West Indies, Mona

For History

#1350 in the World

Enrollment: 49,092
Founded: 1948

55. University of Talca

For History

#5 in Chile

#1382 in the World

Founded: 1981

56. Federal University of Lavras

Brazil | Lavras

For History

#32 in Brazil

#1390 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1908

57. Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro

Brazil | Seropedica

For History

#33 in Brazil

#1414 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 1910

58. Colegio de Mexico

Mexico | Mexico City

For History

#7 in Mexico

#1423 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1940

59. Pontifical Catholic University of Sao Paulo

Brazil | Sao Paulo

For History

#34 in Brazil

#1453 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1946

60. Federal University of Juiz de Fora

Brazil | Juiz de Fora

For History

#35 in Brazil

#1458 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1960

61. Pontifical Catholic University of Parana

Brazil | Curitiba

For History

#36 in Brazil

#1484 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1959

62. Central University of Venezuela

Venezuela | Caracas

For History

#1 in Venezuela

#1486 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1721

63. Federal Foundation University of Rio Grande

Brazil | Rio Grande

For History

#37 in Brazil

#1498 in the World

Founded: 1969

64. Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon

Mexico | San Nicolas de los Garza

For History

#8 in Mexico

#1561 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1933

65. University of America in Colombia

Colombia | Bogota

For History

#1583 in the World

Founded: 1958

66. Brasil University

Brazil | Sao Paulo

For History

#38 in Brazil

#1618 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1989

67. University of Santiago de Chile

Chile | Santiago

For History

#6 in Chile

#1619 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1849

68. Federal University of Mato Grosso

Brazil | Cuiaba

For History

#39 in Brazil

#1652 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1970

69. Federal University of Sergipe

Brazil | Sao Cristovao

For History

#40 in Brazil

#1661 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1963

70. National University of the South

Argentina | Bahia Blanca

For History

#5 in Argentina

#1674 in the World

Founded: 1956

71. Santa Catarina State University

Brazil | Florianopolis

For History

#41 in Brazil

#1681 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1965

72. Federal University of Campina Grande

Brazil | Campina Grande

For History

#42 in Brazil

#1682 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 2002

73. National University of Comahue

Argentina | Neuquen

For History

#6 in Argentina

#1692 in the World

Founded: 1972

74. National University of Rosario

Argentina | Rosario

For History

#7 in Argentina

#1699 in the World

Founded: 1968

75. Michoacan University of Saint Nicholas of Hidalgo

Mexico | Morelia

For History

#9 in Mexico

#1709 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1540

76. Federal University of Alagoas

Brazil | Maceio

For History

#43 in Brazil

#1711 in the World

Founded: 1961

77. Federal University of Ouro Preto

Brazil | Ouro Preto

For History

#44 in Brazil

#1738 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1969

78. National University of Tucuman

Argentina | San Miguel de Tucuman

For History

#8 in Argentina

#1739 in the World

Founded: 1914

79. Federal Rural University of Pernambuco

Brazil | Recife

For History

#45 in Brazil

#1742 in the World

Founded: 1912

80. Catholic University of the North

Chile | Antofagasta

For History

#7 in Chile

#1763 in the World

Founded: 1956

81. Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaiso

Chile | Valparaiso

For History

#8 in Chile

#1815 in the World

Founded: 1928

82. University of Veracruz

Mexico | Xalapa

For History

#10 in Mexico

#1843 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1944

83. Autonomous University of the State of Mexico

Mexico | Toluca

For History

#11 in Mexico

#1850 in the World

Founded: 1956

84. Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais

Brazil | Belo Horizonte

For History

#46 in Brazil

#1876 in the World

Founded: 1958

85. National Major San Marcos University

For History

#2 in Peru

#1889 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 32,399
Founded: 1551

86. Center for Research and Teaching in Economics

Mexico | Mexico City

For History

#12 in Mexico

#1906 in the World

Founded: 1974

87. Autonomous University of Puebla

Mexico | Delicias

For History

#13 in Mexico

#1915 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1587

88. Rio de Janeiro State Federal University

Brazil | Rio de Janeiro

For History

#47 in Brazil

#1931 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1969

89. Autonomous University of Yucatan

Mexico | Merida

For History

#14 in Mexico

#1943 in the World

Founded: 1812

90. University of the Andes

Venezuela | Merida

For History

#2 in Venezuela

#1947 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1810

91. Federal University of Amazonas

Brazil | Manaus

For History

#48 in Brazil

#1949 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1909

92. University of La Frontera

For History

#9 in Chile

#1952 in the World

Founded: 1981

93. EAFIT University

Colombia | Medellin

For History

#1970 in the World

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

94. El Rosario University

Colombia | Bogota

For History

#1989 in the World

Enrollment: 13,226
Founded: 1653

95. Federal University of ABC

Brazil | Santo Andre

For History

#49 in Brazil

#1995 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 2005

96. Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul

Brazil | Campo Grande

For History

#50 in Brazil

#2001 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1969

97. University of Havana

For History

#1 in Cuba

#2017 in the World

Founded: 1728

98. Federal University of Maranhao

Brazil | Sao Luis

For History

#51 in Brazil

#2037 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1966

99. State University of Ponta Grossa

Brazil | Ponta Grossa

For History

#52 in Brazil

#2046 in the World

Founded: 1970

100. National University of Cuyo

Argentina | Mendoza

For History

#9 in Argentina

#2050 in the World

Founded: 1939

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences subfields in Latin America

Anthropology282

Broadcast Journalism36

Classics and Ancient History100

Communications and Public Relations155

Criminology and Criminal Justice63

Early Childhood Education38

Education Majors279

Forensic Science44

Gender Studies143

Human Rights Law86

Intellectual Property and Patent Law33

International Law42

International Relations and Diplomacy39

Journalism and Digital Media60

Law Enforcement23

Library and Information science167

Media Studies52

Military science29

Negotiation and Conflict Resolution32

Occupational Safety and Health46

Political Economy54

Political Science425

Public Policy / Administration94

Radio and Television broadcasting37

Special Education20

Sports / Exercise science93

Theology / Divinity / Religious studies228

Urban and Regional planning64