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Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile leads the 64 universities in Chile at #116 in the QS World University Rankings 2026. Next come Universidad de Chile (QS World #173) and Universidad de Santiago de Chile (QS World #490).
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4 of these universities hold a QS World position, from #116 (Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile) to #576 (Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez); they are listed first, in that order. The rest are ordered by research impact. Universidad de Chile has the largest research record in this group, with 4,787,945 citations and an h-index of 516. 8 universities have neither a QS position nor a research record yet and appear at the end, marked "Not yet ranked".
The split is 64 public to 0 private institutions. The oldest is Universidad de Chile, founded in 1842. Universidad Nacional Andrés Bello is the largest, with 72,000 students.
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile (QS World #116), Universidad de Chile (QS World #173) and Universidad de Santiago de Chile (QS World #490) lead this list. QS World positions come first; the rest are ranked by research impact.
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