The 2011 QS University Rankings – Latin America are the latest addition to the QS rankings portfolio, designed to drill down to another level of institutions in this dynamic and increasingly influential region.
In October 2011, the top 100 were published in rank order and the subsequent 100 as a range. The QS University Rankings – Latin America can be found online at:
“The data in the QS Latin America rankings will be a vital tool to support UK’s engagement in the region”UK Higher Education International Unit
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Methodology
The methodology differs somewhat from that used for either the QS World University Rankings® or the QS Asian University Rankings, based on feedback collected from the region, the expert assessment of important factors in the region and the availability of data. Seven indicators are drawn together to form this regional ranking of universities:
Note
One key input for the development of this methodology has been the responses gathered from a survey of academics and institutional representatives earlier this year. Those following our work closely will notice the divergence between this methodology outlined above and the initially intended approach laid out below. Part of this has come from a constructive relationship with Cybermetrics Labs enabling us to access data from the Ranking Web of World Universities, but the other influence has been the availability of data. The international indicators, in particular, have been hard work to gather data for at the levels we had hoped and would have needed to justify their inclusion. This is a work in progress and something planned for reintroduction in the future.
