Top Universities in Peru

64 universities in Peru with a measured position, 1 of them ranked worldwide.

#UniversityCityWorld rankIn-countryCitations
1 Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú #345 (2026) #1 345,908
2 Universidad Peruana Union not ranked #19 35,638
3 Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia not ranked #2 957,872
4 Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos not ranked #3 308,384
5 Universidad Privada San Pedro not ranked #4 195,223
6 Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad not ranked #5 116,559
7 Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina not ranked #6 116,058
8 Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas not ranked #8 87,041
9 Universidad Cientifica del Sur not ranked #7 83,346
10 Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola not ranked #10 65,982
11 Universidad César Vallejo not ranked #11 65,017
12 Universidad Nacional de San Agustin not ranked #13 62,331
13 Universidad San Martin de Porres not ranked #12 60,701
14 Universidad Nacional de La Libertad, Trujillo not ranked #14 43,816
15 Universidad Nacional de la Amazonía Peruana not ranked #16 43,197
16 Universidad de Lima not ranked #15 38,776
17 Universidad Ricardo Palma not ranked #17 35,613
18 Universidad Nacional de San Martín not ranked #18 32,606
19 Universidad Nacional del Altiplano not ranked #20 28,460
20 Universidad Privada del Norte not ranked #21 25,979
21 Universidad Nacional de San Cristóbal de Huamanga not ranked #22 25,183
22 Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal not ranked #23 23,392
23 Universidad Católica de Santa María not ranked #25 22,421
24 Universidad Nacional del Centro del Perú not ranked #26 19,238
25 Universidad Tecnológica del Peru not ranked #27 18,527
26 Universidad de Piura not ranked #28 17,955
27 Universidad Privada San Juan Bautista not ranked #29 16,529
28 Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología not ranked #30 15,116
29 Universidad Señor de Sipán not ranked #31 14,607
30 Universidad Norbert Wiener not ranked #32 14,190
31 Universidad Nacional de Cajamarca not ranked #33 13,572
32 Universidad Andina del Cusco not ranked #34 11,335
33 Universidad Nacional Jorge Basadre Grohmann not ranked #35 11,254
34 Universidad Nacional San Luis Gonzaga not ranked #36 10,520
35 Universidad Nacional Santiago Antúnez de Mayolo not ranked #37 10,467
36 Universidad Nacional Pedro Ruíz Gallo not ranked #38 9,934
37 Universidad de Ciencias y Humanidades not ranked #40 8,748
38 Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego not ranked #43 8,340
39 Universidad Nacional de Piura not ranked #41 8,220
40 Universidad Nacional de Santa - Chimbote not ranked #44 7,860
41 Universidad Nacional del Callao not ranked #42 7,776
42 Universidad Nacional Daniel Alcides Carrion not ranked #39 7,487
43 Universidad Nacional de Tumbes not ranked #45 6,600
44 Universidad Nacional Hermilio Valdizan not ranked #46 6,169
45 Universidad Nacional Agraria de la Selva not ranked #47 5,596
46 Universidad Nacional de Educación Enrique Guzmán y Valle not ranked #48 5,240
47 Universidad Católica Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo not ranked #49 4,999
48 Universidad Femenina del Sagrado Corazón not ranked #50 4,964
49 Universidad Nacional José Faustino Sánchez Carrión not ranked #52 4,788
50 Universidad Privada de Tacna not ranked #51 4,761
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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