Secretaria de Relações Internacionais | Office of International Relations

On 22 and 23 September, the QS Higher Ed Summit: Americas 2022 will take place in Vila Velha, Espirito Santo. The congress will announce the official Latin American University Rankings 2023 and will award institutions from the entire continent in the following categories:

• Reputation Impact
• Research Excellence
• New Entrant
• Top 10
• Recognition of Improvement

The Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) will be awarded in the Research Excellence category and will be represented by the acting Prorector for Research, Prof. William Gerson Matias. The conference will gather higher education leaders and experts to discuss the “Mission-led Universities: elevating higher ed in the Americas”. The event will feature debates, lectures, panel discussions and case studies, in addition to the opportunity to network with the international higher education community and build strategic partnerships.

In the QS World University Rankings 2023, UFSC was ranked for the eleventh consecutive time and placed among the thousand best universities in the world. The ranking is produced annually by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), a British company specialized in education. The methodology is based on several criteria, including Academic Reputation, Employer Reputation, Faculty/Student Ratio, Citations per Faculty, International Faculty Ratio, and International Student Ratio.

Access the QS Higher Ed Summit: Americas website here.