{"id":171050,"date":"2025-10-01T04:36:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T10:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/?p=171050"},"modified":"2025-10-08T11:22:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T17:22:03","slug":"qs-latam-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/human-social\/qs-latam-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Tec de Monterrey Maintains Top Spot in Mexico and Fourth Place in QS LATAM 2026 Rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Tecnol\u00f3gico de Monterrey<\/strong> has climbed seven spots in the International Research Network indicator of the QS World University Rankings: Latin America and the Caribbean 2026<\/a>. In this regional university ranking, the institution remains among the top five overall and continues to hold the number one position in Mexico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the fifth consecutive year, Tec secured the fourth spot in the Latin American ranking and maintained its status as the second-best private higher education institution in the region. This year, Tec earned an overall score of 95.4 out of 100, based on eight evaluation indicators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Javier Guzm\u00e1n<\/a>, Executive Vice President of Research at Tecnol\u00f3gico de Monterrey, emphasized the significance of the university\u2019s performance in this latest rankings edition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe results in the 2026 edition of the QS World University Rankings: Latin America and The Caribbean reflect the strength of our commitment to educational excellence, rigorous research, and high-impact innovation aimed at transforming lives and communities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The British firm QS (Quacquarelli Symonds)<\/a> publishes this annual ranking, which evaluates the best practices of universities across Latin America and the Caribbean in recent years. Institutions are assessed across four major areas: Research and Discovery, Employability and Outcomes, Learning Experience, and Global Engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tec Rises in International Research Collaboration<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

With a jump of seven positions in the International Research Network indicator, Tec de Monterrey now ranks ninth in this category, earning a score of 99.6 points. This metric assesses universities\u2019 ability to establish and sustain scientific collaborations on a global scale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The indicator focuses on international co-authorships involving at least three scientific publications over a five-year period. It evaluates factors such as geographic diversity\u2014the number of different countries with which there is collaboration\u2014the consistency of those partnerships over time, and the academic disciplines in which research is published. The data is sourced from the Scopus database.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It considers co-authorships across five dimensions: Engineering and Technology, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences and Management, Life Sciences and Medicine, and Arts and Humanities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to International Research Network, Tec also placed within the Top 10 in three other indicators. The highest-ranked of these is Employer Reputation, which held steady at fourth place across Latin America, with a perfect score of 100.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also among Tec\u2019s strongest areas are Citation per Paper, ranked ninth with a score of 99.8, and Academic Reputation, which remains in tenth place with a rating of 99.5 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tec in the QS Latin America & The Caribbean University Rankings 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This ranking highlights the region\u2019s top universities by evaluating factors such as research performance, teaching quality, and the academic prestige of faculty members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this year\u2019s edition, Tec extended its streak to five consecutive years as the fourth-best university in the region. It also remains the second-highest-ranked private higher education institution across Latin America and the Caribbean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, for the seventh year in a row, Tec holds the top spot in Mexico, leading a field of 67 universities evaluated this year\u2014four more than in the previous edition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Top 10 Universities in Latin America:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Pontificia Universidad Cat\u00f3lica de Chile<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Universidade de S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp), Brazil<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Tecnol\u00f3gico de Monterrey, Mexico<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Universidad de Chile<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Brazil<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. Universidad de los Andes, Colombia<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. Universidad Nacional Aut\u00f3noma de M\u00e9xico (UNAM)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Argentina<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

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    Top 10 Universities in Mexico:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. Tecnol\u00f3gico de Monterrey<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Universidad Nacional Aut\u00f3noma de M\u00e9xico (UNAM)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. Instituto Polit\u00e9cnico Nacional (IPN)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. Universidad Aut\u00f3noma Metropolitana (UAM)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    5. Instituto Tecnol\u00f3gico Aut\u00f3nomo de M\u00e9xico (ITAM)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    6. Universidad de Guadalajara (UDG)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    7. Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de M\u00e9xico \u2013 IBERO<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    8. Universidad de las Am\u00e9ricas Puebla (UDLAP)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    9. Universidad Panamericana (UP)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    10. Universidad Aut\u00f3noma de Nuevo Le\u00f3n (UANL)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

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      QS LATAM Rankings Methodology<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

      In the QS Latin America & The Caribbean University Rankings, universities are evaluated using indicators grouped into four main categories:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      Research and Discovery<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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