Résumé
This research work has as its objective to understand the university rankings effects over universitygovernance in the Peruvian Higher Education System. Through Sociological Neo-Institutional Theory, wepropose to explain how university rankings are institutionalized. We focus on three aspects that we consideressential: (1) Institutionalization as a process, (2) World-class-university notion, and (3) the impact of that notionover the University Governance. Finally, as a conclusion, we propose qualitative planning research and possibleanalysis options to deepen the institutionalization phenomena in the Peruvian context