Top Universities in Chile

53 universities in Chile with a measured position, 4 of them ranked worldwide.

#UniversityCityWorld rankIn-countryCitations
1 Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile #116 (2026) #1 4,147,515
2 Universidad de Chile #173 (2026) #2 4,863,106
3 Universidad de Santiago de Chile #490 (2026) #3 936,777
4 Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez #576 (2025) #4 174,249
5 Universidad de Concepcion not ranked #5 1,642,043
6 Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María not ranked #6 1,203,273
7 Universidad Austral de Chile not ranked #7 746,108
8 Universidad de La Frontera not ranked #8 631,099
9 Universidad Nacional Andrés Bello not ranked #9 571,727
10 Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso not ranked #10 450,775
11 Universidad de Valparaiso not ranked #11 415,202
12 Universidad de Talca not ranked #12 364,497
13 Universidad Catolica del Norte not ranked #13 355,709
14 Universidad del Desarrollo not ranked #14 345,704
15 Universidad de Antofagasta not ranked #17 298,583
16 Universidad Diego Portales not ranked #18 252,895
17 Universidad de Los Andes not ranked #15 250,302
18 Universidad de La Serena not ranked #19 241,436
19 Universidad de Tarapacá not ranked #20 197,025
20 Universidad Mayor not ranked #16 170,417
21 Universidad del Bío-Bío not ranked #21 155,597
22 Universidad Catolica del Maule not ranked #23 113,966
23 Universidad San Sebastian not ranked #22 112,978
24 Universidad Bernardo O'Higgins not ranked #24 109,941
25 Universidad de Los Lagos not ranked #26 105,519
26 Universidad de Magallanes not ranked #25 103,357
27 Universidad Catolica de La Santísima Concepción not ranked #27 103,240
28 Universidad Catolica de Temuco not ranked #28 88,529
29 Universidad Santo Tomás not ranked #29 70,861
30 Universidad de Atacama not ranked #31 63,787
31 Universidad "Arturo Prat" not ranked #32 59,535
32 Universidad de Ciencias de la Informatica not ranked #30 59,249
33 Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana not ranked #34 49,040
34 Universidad de Viña del Mar not ranked #33 48,708
35 Universidad La Republica not ranked #36 41,061
36 Universidad Alberto Hurtado not ranked #37 38,121
37 Universidad de Playa Ancha de Ciencias de la Educacion not ranked #39 34,258
38 Universidad Finis Terrae not ranked #35 32,324
39 Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación not ranked #42 21,199
40 Universidad Adventista de Chile not ranked #43 10,109
41 Universidad Católica Cardenal Raúl Silva Henríquez not ranked #45 8,140
42 Universidad de Aysen not ranked #44 8,122
43 Universidad Academia de Humanismo Cristiano not ranked #46 5,197
44 Universidad de Aconcagua not ranked #49 2,929
45 Universidad Iberoamericana de Ciencias y Tecnologia not ranked #47 2,402
46 Universidad Miguel de Cervantes not ranked #50 2,096
47 Universidad del Pacífico not ranked #52 1,971
48 Universidad Gabriela Mistral not ranked #48 1,705
49 Universidad Arcis not ranked #51 1,630
50 Universidad Chileno Britanica de Cultura not ranked #54 914
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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