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Universidade de São Paulo tops our list of 187 Public universities in Brazil at #108 in the QS World University Rankings 2026. Next come Universidade Estadual de Campinas (QS World #233) and Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (QS World #317).
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5 of these universities hold a QS World position, from #108 (Universidade de São Paulo) to #595 (Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro); they are listed first, in that order. The rest are ordered by research impact. Universidade de São Paulo has the largest research record in this group, with 23,207,820 citations and an h-index of 882. 24 universities have neither a QS position nor a research record yet and appear at the end, marked "Not yet ranked".
The split is 187 public to 0 private institutions.
Universidade de São Paulo (QS World #108), Universidade Estadual de Campinas (QS World #233) and Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (QS World #317) lead this list. QS World positions come first; the rest are ranked by research impact.
187 public and 0 private universities are on this list.
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