Top Universities in Brazil

164 universities in Brazil with a measured position, 5 of them ranked worldwide.

#UniversityCityWorld rankIn-countryCitations
51 Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense not ranked #51 438,002
52 Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei not ranked #52 415,641
53 Universidade Estadual do Ceará not ranked #53 406,064
54 Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa not ranked #54 388,701
55 Universidade de Pernambuco not ranked #55 366,352
56 Universidade Vale do Rio dos Sinos not ranked #56 352,692
57 Universidade Paulista not ranked #58 323,354
58 Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná not ranked #59 318,777
59 Universidade Metodista de Piracicaba not ranked #57 315,029
60 Universidade de Caxias do Sul not ranked #61 299,871
61 Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana not ranked #62 296,261
62 Universidade Cidade de São Paulo not ranked #60 287,528
63 Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense not ranked #63 277,622
64 Universidade Federal de Itajubá not ranked #65 276,726
65 UNINOVE not ranked #64 273,822
66 Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro not ranked #67 262,267
67 Universidade Católica de Brasília not ranked #66 259,383
68 Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz not ranked #68 257,810
69 Universidade de Passo Fundo not ranked #69 250,871
70 Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica not ranked #70 250,029
71 Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri not ranked #71 246,932
72 Universidade de Fortaleza not ranked #72 242,071
73 Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros not ranked #73 215,825
74 Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados not ranked #75 212,811
75 Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina not ranked #76 212,202
76 Universidade Mackenzie not ranked #74 211,826
77 Universidade Luterana do Brasil not ranked #78 202,884
78 Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais not ranked #79 200,710
79 Universidade Estadual Sudoeste da Bahia not ranked #80 199,475
80 Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo not ranked #77 199,419
81 Universidade Estadual da Paraíba not ranked #81 197,525
82 Universidade do Vale do Itajaí not ranked #82 181,495
83 Universidade Regional do Cariri not ranked #85 175,762
84 Universidade Católica de Pelotas not ranked #84 175,454
85 Universidade São Francisco not ranked #83 171,773
86 Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco not ranked #86 151,424
87 Universidade Tiradentes not ranked #87 149,473
88 Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas not ranked #88 147,893
89 Universidade de Franca not ranked #89 135,633
90 Universidade Regional de Blumenau not ranked #90 132,576
91 Universidade do Vale do Paraíba – Univap not ranked #91 129,615
92 Universidade Federal do Acre not ranked #92 127,524
93 Universidade Regional Integrada do Alto Uruguai e das Missões not ranked #95 121,777
94 Universidade do Estado da Bahia not ranked #93 120,901
95 Universidade de Guarulhos not ranked #96 120,619
96 Universidade Federal de Rondônia not ranked #94 119,776
97 Universidade Federal do Amapá not ranked #97 106,698
98 Universidade do Sagrado Coração not ranked #98 106,109
99 Universidade do Oeste Paulista not ranked #99 97,764
100 Universidade de Mogi das Cruzes not ranked #103 95,093
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What the two columns mean

In-country is the position the ranking record gives the university among those in its own country, and it is often the more useful number: a university ranked 480th in the world may still be third at home. It is carried over as published, so it does not always follow the order of the other two columns. World rank is the university's QS World University Rankings position. Citations are the number of times work published by the university has been cited, as recorded in OpenAlex; it is the measure used to order universities that QS does not rank at all.

The two do not always agree. A large research university can out-cite a smaller one that sits above it in QS, because QS weighs reputation surveys and staff ratios as well as research.

Rankings in other countries

USA 138 ranked UK 55 ranked Germany 40 ranked China 37 ranked Australia 31 ranked Canada 26 ranked France 19 ranked Italy 18 ranked South Korea 17 ranked Japan 16 ranked Spain 15 ranked Switzerland 13 ranked