The prestigious QS World University Rankings published a list of the best universities in Latin America in 2023. Regarding Chilean universities, the ranking evaluated 40 establishments, among which the Universidad de La Frontera is ranked in 13th place.

In the latest version of the QS Latin America University Rankings, the Universidad de La Frontera (UFRO) achieved the 63rd place, being one of the 100 best universities in Latin America. This is a clear sign that it consolidated its continuous path of quality.

Regarding the Chilean universities, the ranking evaluated 40 establishments, among which the Universidad de La Frontera is ranked in 13th place overall and in 4th place among the state universities.

This is the eighth time that UFRO is part of this ranking. The first time was in 2016, when UFRO was ranked 92nd. Since then, the university climbed up each year.

In this version of the ranking, 428 Latin American universities were evaluated, including 40 universities from Chile. It is worth mentioning that UFROs 63rd position in the overall ranking places it among the top 15% of the Latin America ranking. Regarding the state universities, there are ten of them, which are all ranked within the top 150 of the ranking.

INDICATORS

The QS World Universities Rankings uses different indicators to evaluate the universities, such as Academic Reputation, Employer Reputation, Faculty to student Ratio, Staff with PhD, International Research Network, Citations per Paper, Papers per Faculty and Web Impact.

Regarding the indicators Employer Reputation, Faculty to student Ratio and Staff with PhD, UFRO showed a clear improvement compared to last year.

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