London, 27th of May 2014 – Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC) has overtaken Brazil’s Universidade de São Paulo (USP) to top QS University Rankings: Latin America for the first time. USP slips to second, having ranked first every year since 2011.
Whereas USP is the top institution for research productivity, UC is well ahead when it comes to research impact, measured counting citations per paper. UC has also improved its student/faculty ratio and its web impact this year.
Ben Sowter, QS Intelligence Unit senior analyst, explains how the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile moved up a notch: “The research-related indicators are the backbone sustaining Chile’s excellent performance in the Latin American rankings. This, combined with relatively high Academic and Employer reputation and an improvement in the Faculty Student Ratio indicator, propelled UC to the top spot in the 2014 QS University Rankings: Latin America.”
Complete results are published at www.TopUniversities.com
