Top Universities in Mexico

135 universities in Mexico with a measured position, 3 of them ranked worldwide.

#UniversityCityWorld rankIn-countryCitations
1 Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores Unidad León #136 (2026) #1 9,416,913
2 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México #136 (2026) #2 9,416,913
3 Tecnologico de Monterrey #187 (2026) #3 1,219,652
4 Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León not ranked #11 913,361
5 Instituto Politécnico Nacional not ranked #4 3,607,662
6 Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Campus Guanajuato not ranked #5 3,607,662
7 Benemerita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla not ranked #6 1,186,839
8 Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana - Xochimilco not ranked #10 1,083,821
9 Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana - Iztapalapa not ranked #9 1,083,821
10 Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana not ranked #7 1,083,821
11 Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana - Azcapotzalco not ranked #8 1,083,821
12 Universidad de Guadalajara not ranked #12 902,116
13 Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí not ranked #13 693,531
14 Universidad de Guanajuato, Campus León not ranked #15 574,485
15 Universidad de Guanajuato not ranked #14 574,485
16 Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo not ranked #16 465,630
17 Universidad del Noreste not ranked #18 449,670
18 Universidad de Sonora not ranked #17 445,546
19 Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos not ranked #19 433,110
20 Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro not ranked #20 400,666
21 Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México not ranked #21 383,585
22 Universidad Iberoamericana not ranked #22 358,984
23 Universidad Autónoma de Baja California not ranked #23 343,752
24 Universidad Veracruzana not ranked #24 337,169
25 Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa not ranked #25 318,823
26 Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo not ranked #26 297,405
27 Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán not ranked #27 281,321
28 Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila not ranked #28 234,549
29 Universidad de Colima not ranked #29 185,536
30 Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala not ranked #30 175,448
31 Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas not ranked #31 168,873
32 Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México not ranked #32 150,112
33 Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua not ranked #33 148,957
34 Universidad de las Américas - Puebla not ranked #34 139,143
35 Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez not ranked #35 124,773
36 Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco not ranked #37 112,356
37 Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero not ranked #36 111,041
38 Universidad Autónoma de Chapingo not ranked #38 109,957
39 Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas not ranked #39 103,534
40 Universidad Autónoma Agraria "Antonio Narro" not ranked #41 97,491
41 Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora not ranked #40 95,935
42 Universidad de Cuautitlan Izcalli not ranked #42 95,616
43 Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango not ranked #43 86,072
44 Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes not ranked #44 78,986
45 Instituto Tecnológico de Celaya not ranked #45 77,935
46 Instituto Tecnológico Autonómo de México not ranked #47 77,203
47 Universidad Panamericana not ranked #46 75,639
48 Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur not ranked #48 70,246
49 Universidad de Monterrey not ranked #49 70,138
50 Universidad Autónoma de Campeche not ranked #50 65,451
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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