About Sao Paulo State University:

Sao Paulo State University (UNESP) is one of the six public universities of the Brazilian state of São Paulo, with USP, FATEC, UNICAMP, UFABC, UNIFESP and UFSCar. It is part of the state’s higher education system. UNESP has a combined student body of almost 40,000 spread among its 23 campuses. The first of them is the Araraquara Pharmacy and Odontology Faculty, founded in 1923 and incorporated by the state of São Paulo in 1956. Before the university’s official foundation in 1976, its original 12 campuses were public independent faculties. UNESP has 33 faculties or institutes, 30 libraries, two hospitals, three animal hospitals, five farms and seven complementary units.



World University Rankings

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
World University Rankings 484 - 432 424 430 352 325 344 344 346 326 314 327 394 419 501-550

By Fields

Field 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Agriculture 228 139 149 113 47 87 76 61 71 65 57 59 60 65 107
Engineering - - - - - - - - - 351-400 401-450 351-400 351-400 451-500 -
Life Sciences - - - - - - - - - 351-400 351-400 301-350 301-350 301-350 451-500
Medicine - - - - - - - - - 451-500 451-500 451-500 451-500 - -
Natural Sciences - - - - - - - - - 301-350 301-350 301-350 301-350 351-400 451-500
Social Sciences - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

By Subjects

Subject 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Agricultural Sciences 83 47 60 38 35 33 35 27 28 25 25 60
Biology & Biochemistry - - - - - - - - 212 225 - -
Chemistry - - - - - - 351-400 351-400 301-350 301-350 301-350 451-500
Chemical Engineering - - - - - - - 351-400 351-400 301-350 - -
Civil Engineering - - - - - - - 351-400 301-350 301-350 - -
Clinical Medicine - - - - - - - - 451-500 451-500 451-500 -
Computer Science - - - - - - 451-500 351-400 451-500 451-500 451-500 -
Economics & Business - - - - - - - - - - - -
Electrical Engineering - 286 - - 271 - 301-350 301-350 292 263 301-350 351-400
Environment / Ecology - 271 - - - 265 241 236 205 203 - 182
Geosciences - - - - - - - - - - - -
Immunology - - - - - - - - - - - -
Materials Science 226 - - - 298 - 301-350 351-400 351-400 301-350 351-400 401-450
Mathematics - - - - - - 392 401-450 401-450 401-450 - -
Mechanical Engineering - - - - - - - 351-400 401-450 351-400 - -
Microbiology - - - - - - - - 216 209 - 268
Molecular Biology & Genetics - - - - - - - - - - - -
Neuroscience & Behavior - - - - - - - - - - - -
Pharmacology & Toxicolog - 231 260 282 251 228 234 240 230 191 202 301-350
Physics - - 259 280 - 282 236 235 230 247 280 301-350
Plant & Animal Science 72 64 53 60 48 54 51 38 34 29 32 69
Psychiatry / Psychology - - - - - - - - - - - -
Social Sciences, General - - - - - - - - - - - -
Space Science - - - - - - - - 240 273 - -
Energy Science & Engineering - - - - - - - - - - - -
Environmental Science & Engineering - - - - - - - - - - 262 276
Biomedical Engineering - - - - - - - - - - - -