considered one of the leading universities in brazil, ufsc is the 15th best university in latin america in the ranking of times higher education; the 22nd by qs world university rankings, and was ranked as the 10th best institution of higher education in latin america by the webometrics ranking of world universities. in the annual ranking of the brazilian newspaper folha de são paulo, it is the 6th best brazilian university, with a most courses being among the ten best in the country.