62 Best universities for Quantum and Particle physics 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 Quantum and Particle physics. A graph of 1.96M citations received by 153K academic papers made by 62 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 Quantum and Particle physics

#2 in Latin America

#194 in the World

Enrollment: 360,883
Founded: 1551

2. National Polytechnic Institute

Mexico | Mexico City

For Quantum and Particle physics

#14 in Latin America

#674 in the World

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

3. Metropolitan Autonomous University

Mexico | Mexico City

For Quantum and Particle physics

#16 in Latin America

#741 in the World

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

4. Autonomous University of Puebla

Mexico | Delicias

For Quantum and Particle physics

#28 in Latin America

#991 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1587

5. Monterrey Institute of Technology

Mexico | Monterrey

For Quantum and Particle physics

#33 in Latin America

#1114 in the World

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

6. University of Guanajuato

Mexico | Guanajuato

For Quantum and Particle physics

#36 in Latin America

#1151 in the World

Enrollment: 44,503
Founded: 1945

7. University of the Northeast

Mexico | Tampico

For Quantum and Particle physics

#44 in Latin America

#1338 in the World

Founded: 1970

8. Autonomous University of San Luis Potosi

Mexico | San Luis Potosi

For Quantum and Particle physics

#50 in Latin America

#1386 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1859

9. Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon

Mexico | San Nicolas de los Garza

For Quantum and Particle physics

#53 in Latin America

#1416 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1933

10. Michoacan University of Saint Nicholas of Hidalgo

Mexico | Morelia

For Quantum and Particle physics

#57 in Latin America

#1485 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1540

11. University of Guadalajara

Mexico | Guadalajara

For Quantum and Particle physics

#60 in Latin America

#1521 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 28%
Founded: 1792

12. Autonomous University of the State of Morelos

Mexico | Cuernavaca

For Quantum and Particle physics

#65 in Latin America

#1629 in the World

Founded: 1938

13. University of Sonora

Mexico | Hermosillo

For Quantum and Particle physics

#72 in Latin America

#1753 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1942

14. Autonomous University of the State of Mexico

Mexico | Toluca

For Quantum and Particle physics

#77 in Latin America

#1846 in the World

Founded: 1956

15. Autonomous University of Queretaro

Mexico | Queretaro

For Quantum and Particle physics

#93 in Latin America

#2174 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1951

16. Autonomous University of Zacatecas

Mexico | Zacatecas

For Quantum and Particle physics

#95 in Latin America

#2252 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1959

17. Autonomous University of Baja California

Mexico | Mexicali

For Quantum and Particle physics

#103 in Latin America

#2426 in the World

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

18. Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo

Mexico | Pachuca

For Quantum and Particle physics

#109 in Latin America

#2479 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1869

19. University of Veracruz

Mexico | Xalapa

For Quantum and Particle physics

#112 in Latin America

#2502 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1944

20. University of Las Americas, Puebla

Mexico | San Andres Cholula

For Quantum and Particle physics

#123 in Latin America

#2685 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1940

21. University of Colima

Mexico | Colima

For Quantum and Particle physics

#128 in Latin America

#2770 in the World

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

22. Ibero-American University, Mexico City

Mexico | Mexico City

For Quantum and Particle physics

#131 in Latin America

#2838 in the World

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

23. Autonomus Institute of Technology of Mexico

Mexico | Mexico City

For Quantum and Particle physics

#141 in Latin America

#3032 in the World

Founded: 1946

24. Autonomous University of Coahuila

Mexico | Saltillo

For Quantum and Particle physics

#143 in Latin America

#3046 in the World

Founded: 1957

25. Technological Institute of Morelia

Mexico | Morelia

For Quantum and Particle physics

#144 in Latin America

#3052 in the World

Founded: 1965

26. Autonomous University of Yucatan

Mexico | Merida

For Quantum and Particle physics

#146 in Latin America

#3060 in the World

Founded: 1812

27. Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez

Mexico | Ciudad Juarez

For Quantum and Particle physics

#151 in Latin America

#3180 in the World

Founded: 1973

28. Autonomous University of Aguascalientes

Mexico | Aguascalientes

For Quantum and Particle physics

#152 in Latin America

#3215 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1973

29. Autonomous University of Sinaloa

Mexico | Culiacan

For Quantum and Particle physics

#160 in Latin America

#3299 in the World

Founded: 1872

30. Autonomous University of Mexico City

Mexico | Mexico City

For Quantum and Particle physics

#162 in Latin America

#3334 in the World

Founded: 2001

31. Autonomous University of Chihuahua

Mexico | Chihuahua

For Quantum and Particle physics

#172 in Latin America

#3464 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Founded: 1954

32. Technological Institute of Saltillo

Mexico | Saltillo

For Quantum and Particle physics

#184 in Latin America

#3676 in the World

Founded: 1951

33. Center for Research and Teaching in Economics

Mexico | Mexico City

For Quantum and Particle physics

#186 in Latin America

#3714 in the World

Founded: 1974

34. Panamerican University

Mexico | Mexico City

For Quantum and Particle physics

#187 in Latin America

#3724 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1967

35. Sonora Institute of Technology

Mexico | Cajeme

For Quantum and Particle physics

#195 in Latin America

#3863 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1955

36. Western Institute of Technology and Higher Education

Mexico | Tlaquepaque

For Quantum and Particle physics

#196 in Latin America

#3864 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 1957

37. Autonomous University of Tlaxcala

Mexico | Tlaxcala

For Quantum and Particle physics

#199 in Latin America

#3900 in the World

Founded: 1976

38. Juarez Autonoma de Tabasco University

Mexico | Villahermosa

For Quantum and Particle physics

#201 in Latin America

#3907 in the World

Founded: 1878

39. Technological University of Mixteca

Mexico | Huajuapan de Leon

For Quantum and Particle physics

#203 in Latin America

#3910 in the World

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

40. Autonomous University of Tamaulipas

Mexico | Ciudad Victoria

For Quantum and Particle physics

#208 in Latin America

#3954 in the World

Founded: 1950

41. Chapingo Autonomous University

Mexico | Texcoco

For Quantum and Particle physics

#217 in Latin America

#4103 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1854

42. Technological Institute of Ciudad Madero

Mexico | Ciudad Madero

For Quantum and Particle physics

#229 in Latin America

#4227 in the World

Founded: 1954

43. Colegio de Mexico

Mexico | Mexico City

For Quantum and Particle physics

#232 in Latin America

#4251 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1940

44. University of Monterrey

Mexico | San Pedro Garza Garcia

For Quantum and Particle physics

#236 in Latin America

#4274 in the World

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

45. UPAEP University

Mexico | Delicias

For Quantum and Particle physics

#261 in Latin America

#4552 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1973

46. Autonomous University of Campeche

Mexico | Campeche

For Quantum and Particle physics

#262 in Latin America

#4559 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

47. Antonio Narro Agrarian Autonomous University

Mexico | Saltillo

For Quantum and Particle physics

#267 in Latin America

#4605 in the World

Founded: 1923

48. Queretaro Institute of Technology

Mexico | Queretaro

For Quantum and Particle physics

#268 in Latin America

#4610 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1967

49. University of Quintana Roo

Mexico | Chetumal

For Quantum and Particle physics

#278 in Latin America

#4779 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1991

50. Instituto Tecnologico de Tuxtla Gutierrez

Mexico | Tuxtla Gutierrez

For Quantum and Particle physics

#301 in Latin America

#5067 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1972

51. Autonomous University of Nayarit

For Quantum and Particle physics

#310 in Latin America

#5143 in the World

Founded: 1969

52. Technological Institute of Oaxaca

Mexico | Oaxaca

For Quantum and Particle physics

#317 in Latin America

#5233 in the World

Enrollment: 10,000
Founded: 1968

53. Technological University of Mexico

Mexico | Atizapan de Zaragoza

For Quantum and Particle physics

#319 in Latin America

#5272 in the World

Founded: 1966

54. Valle de Mexico University

Mexico | Mexico City

For Quantum and Particle physics

#320 in Latin America

#5287 in the World

Enrollment: 120,000
Founded: 1960

55. Juarez University of the State of Durango

Mexico | Durango

For Quantum and Particle physics

#325 in Latin America

#5324 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Founded: 1856

56. Technological Institute of Merida

Mexico | Merida

For Quantum and Particle physics

#330 in Latin America

#5367 in the World

Founded: 1961

57. Durango Institute of Technology

Mexico | Durango

For Quantum and Particle physics

#334 in Latin America

#5524 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Founded: 1948

58. National Pedagogical University, Mexico

Mexico | Mexico City

For Quantum and Particle physics

#337 in Latin America

#5558 in the World

Founded: 1978

59. Autonomous University of Guadalajara

Mexico | Zapopan

For Quantum and Particle physics

#346 in Latin America

#5644 in the World

Enrollment: 12,098
Founded: 1935

60. Benito Juarez Autonomous University of Oaxaca

Mexico | Oaxaca

For Quantum and Particle physics

#353 in Latin America

#5735 in the World

Founded: 1827

61. Puebla Institute of Technology

Mexico | Delicias

For Quantum and Particle physics

#356 in Latin America

#5774 in the World

Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1972

62. La Salle University - Mexico

Mexico | Mexico City

For Quantum and Particle physics

#370 in Latin America

#6056 in the World

Enrollment: 8,000
Founded: 1962

The best cities to study Quantum and Particle physics in Mexico based on the number of universities and their ranks are Mexico, Delicias, Monterrey, and Guanajuato.

Physics subfields in Mexico

Acoustical Engineering42

Applied/Engineering Physics7

Astrophysics and Astronomy45

Atomic and Molecular physics22

Condensed Matter Physics31

Materials Science61

Medical Physics2

Nanotechnology45

Nuclear Physics30

Optical Engineering59

Theoretical Physics24