Top Universities in Brazil

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

#UniversityCityWorld rankIn-countryCitations
101 Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul not ranked #102 94,957
102 Cruzeiro do Sul University not ranked #100 93,927
103 Universidade Cruzeiro do Sul not ranked #101 93,927
104 Universidade Católica Dom Bosco not ranked #105 88,222
105 Universidade Salvador not ranked #104 82,702
106 Universidade Católica de Pernambuco not ranked #107 80,828
107 Universidade de Santo Amaro not ranked #106 80,099
108 Universidade Estadual do Maranhão not ranked #108 77,953
109 Universidade Franciscana not ranked #110 76,433
110 Universidade de Taubaté not ranked #111 73,814
111 Universidade de Marília not ranked #109 72,914
112 Universidade do Grande Rio not ranked #112 70,836
113 Federal Institute of Education not ranked #113 66,304
114 Insper Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa not ranked #116 59,733
115 Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte not ranked #115 58,780
116 Universidade do Oeste de Santa Catarina not ranked #117 56,080
117 Universidade Estadual do Piauí not ranked #114 55,927
118 Universidade Comunitária da Região de Chapecó - Unochapecó not ranked #118 55,019
119 Universidade de Uberaba not ranked #119 48,026
120 Universidade Estadual do Vale do Acaraú not ranked #120 46,010
121 Universidade Regional do Noroeste do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul not ranked #123 44,246
122 Universidade Salgado de Oliveira not ranked #121 37,862
123 EMESCAM - Escola Superior de Ciências da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Vitória not ranked #124 37,365
124 Universidade São Judas Tadeu not ranked #122 37,137
125 Universidade de Alfenas not ranked #127 36,604
126 Universidade Potiguar not ranked #126 36,082
127 Universidade Gama Filho not ranked #125 35,564
128 Universidade Vale do Rio Doce not ranked #128 34,802
129 Universidade Católica de Santos not ranked #129 33,390
130 Universidade Veiga de Almeida not ranked #130 31,407
131 Centro Universitário de Brasília, UNICEUB not ranked #131 31,174
132 Fundação Hermínio Ometto not ranked #134 30,768
133 Centro Universitário de João Pessoa not ranked #132 29,968
134 Universidade de Nova Iguaçu not ranked #136 28,810
135 Universidade da Amazônia not ranked #135 28,434
136 Universidade Metropolitana de Santos not ranked #133 28,008
137 Universidade Anhembi Morumbi - UAM not ranked #138 27,833
138 Universidade Ibirapuera not ranked #137 26,375
139 Universidade Estadual do Norte do Parana not ranked #140 25,262
140 Centro Universitário Newton Paiva not ranked #139 24,885
141 Universidade Castelo Branco not ranked #141 21,867
142 Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia not ranked #143 20,478
143 Universidade de Cruz Alta not ranked #145 20,132
144 Centro Universitário Serra dos Órgãos not ranked #144 18,562
145 Universidade Santa Úrsula not ranked #146 14,430
146 Centro Universitário Senac not ranked #142 14,273
147 Instituto Militar de Engenharia not ranked #147 14,065
148 Centro Universitário Barao de Maua not ranked #148 12,106
149 Universidade Católica do Salvador not ranked #149 9,750
150 Universidade Candido Mendes not ranked #150 7,619
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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