The role of universities goes beyond the educational field and professional qualification, since it is a great tool for national innovation, its growth and socioeconomic improvement.
Also, universities are sources of several solutions for the current pandemic scenario, be it through research, technology development or by bringing ideas in the most diverse areas, such as economics, law and sociology.
Latin America is a strong region in the academic and research field. Also, it has been contributing a lot to the search for solutions in the face of the pandemic. For that reason, check out which are the best universities in the region for the 2021 and some of their initiatives to combat the COVID-19 crisis:
10. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina (Argentina)
Global ranking: 326 °
Contribution to the fight against COVID-19: the University is carrying out various projects and research on the subject, which includes themes as taxation, economy, family and society.
9. Universidad Nacional de Colombia (Colombia)
Global ranking: 259 °
Contribution to the fight against COVID-19: the University is conducting researches and calling for projects in order to fight against the COVID-19 crisis
8. State University of Campinas (Brazil)
Global ranking: 233 °
Contribution to the fight against COVID-19: development of research and creation of scientific repositories. Also, the University is a testing site for the COVID-19 vaccine
7. Universidad de los Andes (Colombia)
Global ranking: 227 °
Contribution to the fight against COVID-19: elaboration of the Covida project, a strategy for sample collection
6. Universidad de Chile (Chile)
Global ranking: 180 °
Contribution to the fight against COVID-19: with 17 initiatives, it was the chilean university that received the most resources for research projects on COVID-19
5. Tecnológico de Monterrey (Mexico)
Global ranking: 155 °
Contribution to the fight against COVID-19: Implementation of an Intervention Model against the COVID-19 and the development of technological solutions for the crisis
4. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (Chile)
Global ranking: 121 °
Contribution to the fight against COVID-19: the University is carrying out projects such as Esperanzacovid-19. Also, it is supporting the increase in viral tests and the development of vaccines
3. University of São Paulo (Brazil)
Global ranking: 115 °
Contribution to the fight against COVID-19: the University has about 80 lines of research on topics related to COVID-19, including artificial respirators, diagnostics and research on vaccines and new forms of treatment
2. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Mexico)
Global ranking: 100 °
Contribution to the fight against COVID-19: creation of a geographic information platform about COVID-19 in Mexico
1. Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Global ranking: 66 °
Contribution to the fight against COVID-19: in addition to the conduction of several researches, volunteers from the Dentistry department developed a project dedicated to looking for coronavirus in pensions, nursing homes and among police units
Source: QS World University Rankings 2021
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