Tec de Monterrey rises 20 places in world ranking, reaching number 158

Tecnológico de Monterrey rose 20 places in the QS World University Ranking 2020, placing it as the 158th university in the world.

In 9 years, the Tec has climbed more than 200 places, going from number 387 to the Top 160 in this list. It is also among the 30 best private universities in the world.

What’s more, Tec de Monterrey holds its place as the number 5 university for the entire region in the Latin America University Rankings of the Times Higher Education (THE) ranking.

For Salvador Alva, President of Tec de Monterrey, this progress over 9 years reflects the collaborative work of the entire Tec community and is a result of the institution knowing how to transform itself.

“The Tec is known for reinventing itself in the face of the challenges that confront it. To address the world’s new challenges and continue our constant innovation, we need to constantly refocus our strategy, always based on what we’ve built over more than 75 years of history,” he said.

“We’re grateful to a society that has provided us with its support and trust, and we share our achievements with it. We’re an institution that comes from society and is for society,” said David Garza, Rector of Tec de Monterrey.

“We know that universities are engines that contribute to the world’s economic, social, political, and environmental development; we’re always striving to realize our vision and surpass society’s expectations of us,” he added.

RESULTS AND PROGRESS IN THE QS UNIVERSITY RANKINGS

The Tec’s rise of 20 places to reach the Top 160 was driven by strength in various metrics, such as employer reputation, where it went up from 67th to 53rd in the world.

What’s more, the Tec rose 20 places in the metric of academic reputation and was positioned as number 1 in Latin America in the metric of international faculty ratio.

This is also the third consecutive year that the Tec has remained within the top 200 of the best universities in the world since it entered this group in 2017.

ABOUT THE QS RANKING

This survey is prepared by the British evaluation firm Quacquarelli Symonds (or QS), which this year ranked 1,620 institutions from 82 countries.

The annual ranking takes six metrics into account:

• Academic Reputation (40%)
• Employer Reputation (10%)
• Citations per faculty (20%)
• Faculty/Student Ratio (20%)
• International Faculty Ratio (5%)
• International Student Ratio (5%)

There are 14 Mexican universities within the 1,620 institutions evaluated in 2020, which are led by UNAM and Tec de Monterrey.

ABOUT THE THE LATIN AMERICA UNIVERSITY RANKINGS

Tec de Monterrey held its position as the number 5 university in the whole of Latin America in this ranking, which was also published this week.
 

This list of Latin American University Rankings is prepared by the Times Higher Education (THE) institution, which this year evaluated 150 universities from 20 countries.
 

It measures the following:

• Teaching: the learning environment (36%)
• Research: volume, income and reputation (34%)
• Citations: research influence (20%)
• International outlook: staff, students and research (7.5%)
• Industry income: knowledge transfer (2.5%)

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