| # | University | City | World rank | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Universidad Central de Las Villas | #0 | 112,662 | |
| 2 | Universidad de Oriente | #0 | 50,588 | |
| 3 | Universidad de Camagüey | #0 | 39,788 | |
| 4 | Universidad de Matanzas Camilo Cienfuegos | #0 | 38,244 | |
| 5 | Instituto Superior Politécnico José Antonio Echeverría | #0 | 31,665 | |
| 6 | Universidad de Holguín | #0 | 30,961 | |
| 7 | Universidad de Cienfuegos | #0 | 27,416 | |
| 8 | Universidad de Ciego de Avila | #0 | 26,010 | |
| 9 | Universidad de Pinar del Río | #0 | 17,615 | |
| 10 | Universidad de Granma | #0 | 14,128 | |
| 11 | Universidad Pedagógica "José Martí", Camagüey | #0 | 164 | |
| 12 | Universidad de La Habana | #467 (2023) | 354,473 |
What the two columns mean
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.