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Of the 166 universities in Peru, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú ranks highest at #345 in the QS World University Rankings 2026. Next come Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (#2 in Peru) and Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (#3 in Peru).
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Only one university here holds a QS World position — Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú at #345 — so it heads the list. The rest are ordered by research impact. Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia has the largest research record in this group, with 957,872 citations and an h-index of 306. 1 university have neither a QS position nor a research record yet and appear at the end, marked "Not yet ranked".
The split is 67 public to 0 private institutions. The oldest is Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, founded in 1551.
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (QS World #345), Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (#2 in Peru) and Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (#3 in Peru) lead this list. QS World positions come first; the rest are ranked by research impact.
67 public and 0 private universities are on this list.
Universidad Peruana Union, with 1.
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