Lima, Peru's 12 best Law schools [2024 Rankings]

Below is a list of best universities in Lima ranked based on their research performance in Law. A graph of 99.7K citations received by 11.3K academic papers made by 12 universities in Lima 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. Pontifical Catholic University of Peru

For Law

#1 in Peru

#37 in Latin America

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1917

2. Cayetano Heredia Peruvian University

For Law

#2 in Peru

#70 in Latin America

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 16,000
Founded: 1961

3. National Major San Marcos University

For Law

#3 in Peru

#101 in Latin America

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

4. Peruvian University of Applied Sciences

For Law

#4 in Peru

#170 in Latin America

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1994

5. University of Lima

For Law

#5 in Peru

#191 in Latin America

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1962

6. University of the Pacific - Peru

For Law

#6 in Peru

#202 in Latin America

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1962

7. ESAN University

For Law

#8 in Peru

#231 in Latin America

Enrollment: 6,000
Founded: 2003

8. University of San Martin de Porres

For Law

#9 in Peru

#233 in Latin America

Founded: 1962

9. Scientific University of the South

For Law

#10 in Peru

#240 in Latin America

Founded: 1998

10. National University of Engineering, Peru

For Law

#13 in Peru

#326 in Latin America

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1876

11. Agrarian National University

For Law

#15 in Peru

#340 in Latin America

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1902

12. Alas Peruanas University

For Law

#18 in Peru

#395 in Latin America

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1996

Universities for Law near Lima

Distance, km 📏 km	University	Country rank 🏆	City
1040	University of Cuenca	3	Cuenca
1147	ESPOL Polytechnic University	1	Guayaquil
1326	Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador	2	Quito
1327	San Francisco de Quito University	4	Quito
1470	Catholic University of the North	12	Antofagasta
1612	University of Cauca	18	Popayan
1712	ICESI University	14	Cali
1716	University of the Valley	7	Cali
1854	El Rosario University	6	Bogota
1879	Technological University of Pereira	17	Pereira