Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

The Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) occupies the 10th position in the Times Higher Education (THE) Latin America University Rankings 2024, moving up two positions from last year, when it was in the 12th position. With this new ranking, the institution is now one of the top 10 universities in Latin America – the only institution from Santa Catarina in the position and the third federal institution in the country.

The THE ranking, published on 12 November, evaluates academic institutions based on criteria such as Research Quality, Industry and Research Environment. UFSC stood out in two of these areas: Industry, which was ranked among the six (6) best universities, and Research Environment, placed among the eight (8) best universities.

The industry score, which went up more than two points compared to last year, assesses a university’s ability to help industry with innovations, inventions and consultancy, seeking to capture knowledge transfer and observing partnerships in relation to the number of researchers. “The metric suggests the extent to which companies are willing to pay for research and a university’s ability to draw funding from the commercial market – useful indicators of institutional quality,” reports THE. The data for this indicator is provided by Elsevier and refers to patents published between 2019 and 2023.

The progress of UFSC in the ranking reflects the university’s performance in teaching, research and student education. The achievement is registered by the university community as a milestone in UFSC´s ranking in higher education in Latin America. According to THE’s methodology, the institution from Santa Catarina went up in the following indicators: teaching, research environment, industry and internationalization.

Access the THE Latin America University Rankings complete results here.

Read the methodology of the Latin America University Rankings 2024.

Translated by SINTER/UFSC.

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