Overview
- Times Higher Education’s Interdisciplinary Science 2026 places UNAM No. 45 worldwide and No. 2 in Central and South America, up nine spots from 2025.
- The Interdisciplinary Science project, run with Schmidt Science Fellows, assessed 911 universities across 94 countries.
- ShanghaiRanking’s GRAS 2026 lists UNAM in 19 subjects with national leadership in nearly all, including Veterinary Science at No. 41 and top‑100 placements for Ecology (51–75) and Earth Sciences (76–100).
- Further GRAS placements include Atmospheric Sciences (101–150), Biological Sciences and Oceanography (151–200), with additional fields such as Biotechnology, Pharmacy, Environmental Engineering, Agronomy, Physics, Economics, Public Health, Mathematics, Food Science, Chemical Engineering and Chemistry ranked 201–500.
- QS Sustainability 2026 ranks UNAM No. 222 out of just over 2,000 institutions, keeping it in the top 11% globally and as Mexico’s top institution in that assessment.