Universidad de Buenos Aires
#84
QS World University Rankings 2026
72.3
QS 2026 overall score
Ranking data
QS World University Rankings source#84
QS World University Rankings 2026
#71
QS World University Rankings 2025
72.3
QS 2026 overall score
Indicator-level data
Each card keeps the QS 2026 score and rank separate. A missing value is not estimated.
Academic reputation
- QS 2026 score
- 98.1
- QS 2026 rank
- #34
Employer reputation
- QS 2026 score
- 95.8
- QS 2026 rank
- #44
Faculty-student ratio
- QS 2026 score
- 82
- QS 2026 rank
- #158
Citations per faculty
- QS 2026 score
- 2.3
- QS 2026 rank
- #801
International faculty ratio
- QS 2026 score
- 72.3
- QS 2026 rank
- #328
International student ratio
- QS 2026 score
- 78.5
- QS 2026 rank
- #233
International student diversity
- QS 2026 score
- 80.5
- QS 2026 rank
- #202
International research network
- QS 2026 score
- 75.8
- QS 2026 rank
- #423
Employment outcomes
- QS 2026 score
- 99.9
- QS 2026 rank
- #12
Sustainability
- QS 2026 score
- 66.1
- QS 2026 rank
- #376
About Universidad de Buenos Aires
A public university where research is visible across many functions
Universidad de Buenos Aires presents research alongside its academic units, institutes, technology transfer activity, intellectual property work, clinical studies, international science links, and public communication. This broad structure is helpful because it shows that a research question may have a home in a faculty or institute while also connecting with wider university services and public-facing work. It does not mean every field uses the same route. The useful starting point is to identify the academic unit closest to the discipline, then see whether a current institute, project, or research story makes the connection specific.
The central university pages also place science within a wider social setting that includes health, culture, education, public services, and community activity. That context can be important for a question whose evidence or consequences extend outside a laboratory. Yet it should not be treated as proof of a local research match. An institutional category shows where to look; the next step is to find the people, unit, and work that give the category an actual method. This prevents a broad description of UBA from becoming a claim about a particular area without supporting detail.
UBA Ciencia as a guide to current research questions
UBA Ciencia publishes research stories that span science, technology, health, social questions, and public life. The current material includes work related to bioinformatics, genetic modification, cardiovascular health, neurodegeneration, infectious disease, satellite technology, mathematics, and social analysis. These examples are useful because they show the breadth of questions communicated through the university's science channel. They should be used carefully. A news item can introduce a relevant problem, but it does not by itself show the full research environment behind it. Follow the subject toward the faculty, institute, laboratory, or researchers responsible for the work.
This approach is particularly valuable when a topic has a clear public dimension. A health or environmental story may combine laboratory work with policy, clinical practice, social context, or technology development. Instead of assuming that every story represents a durable research route, use it to learn the university's language for the problem. Then look for repeat evidence in a unit page, a research institute, or a researcher's current record. The result is a more accurate picture of whether the question is part of an ongoing academic setting or simply one visible item in a broad public news stream.
Making an Universidad de Buenos Aires comparison useful
A strong Universidad de Buenos Aires note should identify the discipline first, then the faculty, institute, or research environment where that discipline is active. Add a second piece of evidence that makes the fit concrete, such as a current project, an area of research, a scientific story connected to a team, or a methodological link. Describe the overlap without exaggeration. You may share a data problem, a biological system, a technical technique, a public-health question, or a social research setting. The key is to show why the connection belongs to a real unit rather than to the university name alone.
Keep a separate line for questions that are still open. Central pages can reveal the breadth of UBA's research and public role, but they cannot establish the status of an individual line of work. Revisit the local evidence whenever you refine your comparison. If the research setting appears suitable, record the specific reason and the current page that supports it. If the connection stays broad, leave it marked for more research. This careful record produces a better shortlist and respects the difference between a university-wide overview and a verified academic relationship.
Institution record
- Country
- Argentina
- Region
- Americas
- Status
- Public
- QS size code
- XL
- Profile record updated
- July 24, 2026
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