UFRO significantly improved its position in THE Latin America University Rankings 2019. The result increases the university’s leadership and underlines its excellence in the fields of teaching, research, citations, international outlook and industry income.

The Universidad de La Frontera (UFRO) achieved an outstanding position in the Times Higher Education Latin America University Rankings 2019. From section 61-70 last year, the UFRO achieved to enter the select group of the 50 best universities in Latin America by climbing to 42nd place this year.

Among the Chilean universities, the UFRO is ranked in 5th place and in 3rd place regarding the state universities. This is an important improvement that encourages and recognizes the whole university community and evidences the university’s leadership.

“The result of this ranking that ranked us among the 50 best universities in Latin America is the result of serious, constant and systematic work. And all with a sense of belonging to the academic work. As a university, we are proud of this achievement, because it puts us in a great position and ratifies us as a university that develops in different fields – in this case: research, citations, international outlook and industry income,” Dr. Eduardo Hebel, the Rector of the university, said.

Upon receiving the general and specific results in each field, the authority also affirmed: “This is a scenario that values our work from a state and regional point of view, committed to research, innovation and internationalization. There is no doubt: this is great progress.”

The performance indicators this ranking judges are grouped into five areas: Teaching (learning environment); Research (volume, income, reputation); Citations (research influence); International outlook (staff, students, research); and Industry income (knowledge transfer).

VIEW THE RANKING HERE

Written by: UFRO Communications Office
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