CWUR 2025 Ranking keeps UFSC among the best Brazilian universities
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The Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) was ranked 13th among universities in Latin America and the Caribbean, and 9th among Brazilian universities. Among federal universities in Brazil, UFSC holds 5th place. These results are from the 2025 edition of the Global 2000 ranking, published by the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR).
According to the ranking, UFSC is among the top 3.4% of universities worldwide. A total of 21,462 institutions were evaluated, and UFSC was placed 727th globally. The full list was released on Monday, 2 June, and is available on the CWUR website: cwur.org/2025.
In addition to ranking universities by region, CWUR also lists institutions with the best employability, in which UFSC ranked 1,314th worldwide. In the Research category, UFSC was placed 693rd.
Top 10 Brazilian institutions in the CWUR 2025 ranking
- Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
2. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
3. Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp)
4. Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
5. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
6. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)
7. Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp)
8. Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz)
9. Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)
10. Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR)
About CWUR
The Center for World University Rankings (CWUR), founded in Saudi Arabia, is a consulting organization providing policy advice, strategic insights, and consulting services to governments and universities to improve educational and research outcomes. CWUR publishes annual global university rankings that assess the quality of education, alumni employment, quality of faculty, and research performance. This year, 74 million outcome-based data points were analyzed to rank the institutions. Learn more at cwur.org/2025.
Translated by SINTER/UFSC.
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