University of Sao Paulo

Continente:: South America
Country:: Brazil
Address:: University of Sao Paulo, São Paulo - SP, 03178-200, Brazil
Web Site:: www.usp.br

About University of Sao Paulo:

The University of São Paulo is a public university in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is the largest Brazilian public university. USP is involved in teaching, research and university extension in all areas of knowledge, offering a broad range of courses. The university was founded in 1934, regrouping already existing schools in the state of São Paulo, such as the Faculdade de Direito do Largo de São Francisco (Faculty of Law), the Escola Politécnica (Engineering School) and the Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (College of Agriculture). The university's foundation is marked by the creation in 1934 of the Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras (Faculty of Philosopy, Sciences and Letters, 1934-1968), and has subsequently created new departments, becoming one of the largest institutions of higher education in Latin America, with approximately 90,000 enrolled students. Currently, it has eleven campuses, four of them in the city of São Paulo. The remaining campuses are in the cities of Bauru, Lorena, Piracicaba, Pirassununga, Ribeirão Preto and two in São Carlos.

World University Rankings

	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
World University Rankings	94	99	76	74	77	53	58	62	58	56	56	52	51	52	54	81	52

By Fields

Field	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Agriculture	57	39	44	25	7	21	21	17	19	17	14	16	6	6	15	7
Engineering	114	102	93	112	104	118	128	136	157	158	174	175	169	194	214	301-350
Life Sciences	123	100	72	87	61	60	62	63	50	50	50	48	44	35	79	37
Medicine	162	111	97	105	71	84	82	75	74	72	70	65	73	74	99	63
Natural Sciences	71	74	88	79	59	66	69	64	80	72	75	85	78	89	153	88
Social Sciences	294	242	158	175	138	143	141	152	139	115	116	125	123	117	181	116

By Subjects

Subject	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Agricultural Sciences	17	7	11	7	6	7	4	4	6	3	6	8	7
Biology & Biochemistry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	20	-	47	26
Chemistry	65	61	75	80	76	92	98	101	101	99	101	166	176
Chemical Engineering	52	45	60	61	69	100	110	124	109	123	113	83	137
Civil Engineering	85	85	138	163	166	159	138	153	141	148	195	231	219
Clinical Medicine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	58	60	64	93	67
Computer Science	140	108	118	100	130	134	126	125	151	176	179	232	239
Economics & Business	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	249	-	351-400	-
Electrical Engineering	147	149	129	152	156	204	204	188	194	207	271	284	301-350
Environment / Ecology	77	81	80	80	73	55	53	51	48	35	-	36	36
Geosciences	94	92	96	91	94	96	96	81	84	101	-	120	86
Immunology	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	38	41	-	95	56
Materials Science	130	143	141	140	147	152	168	170	170	161	176	238	251
Mathematics	64	52	31	26	28	31	29	29	35	35	38	65	62
Mechanical Engineering	108	127	139	126	144	128	120	140	146	135	147	140	176
Microbiology	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	18	-	-	17
Molecular Biology & Genetics	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	84	66	-	118	62
Neuroscience & Behavior	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	78	70	-	119	63
Pharmacology & Toxicolog	-	23	21	24	28	22	22	16	15	19	13	25	12
Physics	100	81	76	85	80	111	92	107	111	89	113	148	141
Plant & Animal Science	23	23	19	19	15	16	15	14	10	6	6	19	9
Psychiatry / Psychology	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	93	86	-	107	86
Social Sciences, General	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	114	107	113	149	93
Space Science	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	55	53	-	145	81
Energy Science & Engineering	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	146	186	186
Environmental Science & Engineering	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	75	56	86
Biomedical Engineering	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-