Técnico en Gastronomía y Cocina

5,790 people started it in 2026, at 14 institutions and 62 campuses in 16 regions. Of everyone who started it in 2023–2025, 18.9% were enrolled nowhere the following year and 75% were still in it; of those who started in 2021, 45% had its title 4 years on.

The essentials for deciding
Where is it taught?
14 institutions
62 campuses · 16 regions · 2026
Campuses that took first-year entrants this year. The map and the list are below.
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What does a year cost?
$2.1–6.7 M
yearly list fee · 2026
The cheapest and the dearest campus. It is the list price, before free tuition, grants or loans.
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How long does it take?
3.5 years
formal length 2.2 · titles 2023–2025
What it really took those who graduated, from the semester they started to their title.
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How many drop out after the first year?
18.9%
cohorts 2023–2025 · Technical (IP and CFT) 22.0%
Not enrolled at any institution the year after starting. Some come back later: it is first-year dropout, not final.
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How many are still in it in year two?
75%
changed 6% · Technical (IP and CFT) 72%
Still in this programme at the same institution. Whoever changed programme or institution is still studying.
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How many graduate?
45%
within 4 years · cohort 2021 · Technical (IP and CFT) 45%
With a title in this programme, from any institution. Another title is counted apart.
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Do graduates find work?
33–55%
year 1 · 9 institutions · SIES
Graduates earning at least the minimum wage: the lowest and the highest institution SIES publishes. Not an average.
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What do they earn?
$0.7–1.0 M
monthly, gross, year 4 · SIES bands
From the lowest band to the highest SIES publishes among institutions.
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Is it growing?
5,790
entrants 2026 · +11% vs 2017–2019
More entrants means more places and more demand, not a better programme.
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Compare the institutions that teach it

cohorts 2023–2025 · 2026

Each institution's own students of this programme, counted exactly as the programme across Chile, which heads the table. First-year dropout is the share of everyone who started there in 2023–2025 who was enrolled at no institution at all the following year: everyone who dropped out over everyone who started, the three cohorts added together, never an average of three percentages. Still in the programme is the share enrolled in it at the same institution the next year; the rest changed programme or institution. Graduation is the 2021 cohort for every row, with a title in this programme from any institution within 4 years. Employment and income are SIES's own figures for each institution, as published. A window with fewer than 30 entrants carries no rate.

First-year dropout, one dot per institution · cohorts 2023–2025
0%5%10%15%20%25%30%35%Chile 18.9%
0%5%10%15%20%25%30%35%Chile 18.9%
UniversityProfessional instituteCFTDashed line: the programme across Chile

Dropout and staying: cohorts 2023–2025 added up · graduation: cohort 2021 · employment and income: SIES, per institution · the mark on each rail is Chile.

InstitutionEntrants 2026Yearly list feeDropout, year 1Still in it, year 2Titled in 4 yrsReal length, yrsEmployed, year 1Income, year 4
All of Chile14 institutions · the reference5,790$2.1–6.7 M18.9%of 17,681
75%45%3.5per institutionper institution
IP INACAPProfessional institute · 22 campuses · accredited 7 yrs · absorbed CFT INACAP in 20263,193$3.9–4.2 M————n/an/a
CFT Santo TomasCFT · 16 campuses · accredited 6 yrs1,032$2.6–3.3 M21.3%of 3,148
74%44%3.441%$0.7–0.8 M
IP DUOC UCProfessional institute · 2 campuses · accredited 7 yrs428$3.2–3.4 M18.5%of 1,289
76%38%3.440%$0.7–0.8 M
IP AIEPProfessional institute · 6 campuses · accredited 5 yrs235$2.5–3.5 M24.9%of 894
69%44%3.050%$0.7–0.8 M
CFT CEDUC - UCNCFT · 3 campuses · accredited 5 yrs185$2.4 M22.5%of 249
71%——n/an/a
CFT de ENACCFT · 1 campus · accredited 6 yrs161$3.0 M31.3%of 530
62%42%2.855%n/a
CFT PUCVCFT · 3 campuses · accredited 5 yrs139$2.9 M21.5%of 456
73%43%2.733%n/a
IP de ChileProfessional institute · 2 campuses · accredited 5 yrs117$2.1–2.1 M19.0%of 311
79%41%2.944%$0.7–0.8 M
CFT Escuela Culinaria FrancesaCFT · 1 campus · accredited 4 yrs88$6.7 M16.7%of 246
77%41%3.134%$0.9–1.0 M
IP Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior - IPLACEXProfessional institute · 1 campus · accredited 4 yrs76$2.3 M20.4%of 235
77%26%3.0n/an/a
Universidad Catolica de la Santisima ConcepcionUniversity · 1 campus · accredited 5 yrs47$3.0 M31.2%of 138
65%44%2.8n/an/a
CFT Juan BohonCFT · 1 campus · accredited 4 yrs37$2.3 M22.1%of 231
73%45%3.152%n/a
IP Instituto Internacional de Artes Culinarias y ServiciosProfessional institute · 2 campuses · accredited 6 yrs27UF8.6%of 35
83%—4.2n/an/a
CFT de la Region del Bio BioCFT · 1 campus25$2.3 M————n/an/a
CFT INACAPCFT · no entrants in 2026 · absorbed by IP INACAP in 2026——16.5%of 9,897
77%49%3.640%$0.7–0.8 M

Read the size beside the rate: with a hundred entrants, one person moves the figure by a point, so a gap of two or three points from Chile can be chance. First-year dropout counts whoever was enrolled nowhere the following year; some return a year or two later, and the register of one year cannot tell a pause from leaving. Students are followed for the institution as a whole, not by campus. The fee is the list fee of its campuses in 2026, before free tuition, grants or loans. 22 of the 17,681 entrants of 2023–2025 started at institutions where the programme never reached 10 entrants in a year; they are in Chile's row and not listed.

Where to study it

2026

Every campus that took first-year entrants into this programme in 2026, on the map and in the list. Choose a region, a kind of institution or a timetable; click a comuna to see only its campuses. An institution's name opens this programme as its own students tell it: who stays, who graduates and how long it takes there.

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Each dot is a comuna with a campus that took first-year entrants; its area is how many. The comuna is the campus's, not the students'. Click a dot to list only that comuna.

62 places to study it · 5790 entrants in 2026

Institution and campusEntrants 2026Yearly list feeLengthTimetableDropout, year 1 · 2023–2025Employed, year 1Income, year 4Retention, year 1
IP INACAPProfessional institute · Sede Apoquindo · Las Condesaccredited 7 yearsGastronomia
478$4,187,0004 sem.Daytime, Evening—n/an/an/a
IP DUOC UCProfessional institute · Sede Padre Alonso de Ovalle · Santiagoaccredited 7 yearsGastronomia
324$3,440,0005 sem.Daytime, Evening18.5%40%$0.7–0.8 M77%
IP INACAPProfessional institute · Sede Concepcion - Talcahuano · Talcahuanoaccredited 7 yearsGastronomia
251$3,911,0004 sem.Daytime, Evening—n/an/an/a
IP INACAPProfessional institute · Sede Maipu · Maipúaccredited 7 yearsGastronomia
235$3,983,0004 sem.Daytime, Evening—n/an/an/a
IP INACAPProfessional institute · Sede Valparaiso · Valparaísoaccredited 7 yearsGastronomia
233$3,911,0004 sem.Daytime, Evening—n/an/an/a
IP INACAPProfessional institute · Sede La Serena · La Serenaaccredited 7 yearsGastronomia
231$3,911,0004 sem.Daytime, Evening—n/an/an/a
IP INACAPProfessional institute · Sede Chillan · Chillánaccredited 7 yearsGastronomia
201$3,911,0004 sem.Daytime, Evening—n/an/an/a
IP INACAPProfessional institute · Sede Puente Alto · Puente Altoaccredited 7 yearsGastronomia
201$3,983,0004 sem.Daytime, Evening—n/an/an/a
CFT Santo TomasCFT · Sede Santiago · Santiagoaccredited 6 yearsGastronomia Internacional y Tradicional Chilena
174$2,893,0005 sem.Daytime, Evening21.3%41%$0.7–0.8 M74%
CFT de ENACCFT · Casa Central (Santiago) · Santiagoaccredited 6 yearsTecnico en Gastronomia
161$2,969,0005 sem.Daytime, Evening31.3%55%n/a58%
IP INACAPProfessional institute · Sede Arica · Aricaaccredited 7 yearsGastronomia
146$3,911,0004 sem.Daytime, Evening—n/an/an/a
IP INACAPProfessional institute · Sede Puerto Montt · Puerto Monttaccredited 7 yearsGastronomia
129$3,911,0004 sem.Daytime, Evening—n/an/an/a
IP INACAPProfessional institute · Sede Talca · Talcaaccredited 7 yearsGastronomia
126$3,911,0004 sem.Daytime—n/an/an/a
IP INACAPProfessional institute · Sede Temuco · Temucoaccredited 7 yearsGastronomia
119$3,911,0004 sem.Daytime, Evening—n/an/an/a
IP INACAPProfessional institute · Sede Rancagua · Rancaguaaccredited 7 yearsGastronomia
110$3,911,0004 sem.Daytime, Evening—n/an/an/a
IP DUOC UCProfessional institute · Sede Valparaiso · Valparaísoaccredited 7 yearsGastronomia
104$3,180,0005 sem.Daytime, Evening18.5%40%$0.7–0.8 M77%
IP INACAPProfessional institute · Sede Osorno · Osornoaccredited 7 yearsGastronomia
98$3,911,0004 sem.Daytime, Evening—n/an/an/a
CFT Santo TomasCFT · Sede Concepcion · Concepciónaccredited 6 yearsGastronomia Internacional y Tradicional Chilena
92$2,862,0005 sem.Daytime, Evening21.3%41%$0.7–0.8 M74%
IP INACAPProfessional institute · Sede Copiapo · Copiapóaccredited 7 yearsGastronomia
88$3,911,0004 sem.Daytime, Evening—n/an/an/a
CFT Santo TomasCFT · Sede Rancagua · Rancaguaaccredited 6 yearsGastronomia Internacional y Tradicional Chilena
88$3,095,0005 sem.Daytime, Evening21.3%41%$0.7–0.8 M74%

First-year dropout is the share of the institution's entrants to this programme in 2023–2025 who were enrolled at no institution the following year, counted by PuroChile on Mineduc's register for the institution as a whole — the same on each of its campuses; "—" is fewer than 30 entrants. The first five columns are Mineduc's enrolment register for 2026: the campus, its first-year entrants (1–2 where there were fewer than three), the mean yearly list fee of those entrants (a fee filed in UF reads "UF"), the formal length in semesters, the timetables, and under the name the institution's accreditation as the register files it. The last three are what SIES publishes on mifuturo.cl (release 2025-2026) for the institution and this generic programme — the same figure on every campus of an institution, because SIES does not publish them by campus. "s/d" means SIES did not publish it, usually because fewer than eleven graduates could be matched.

Who stays, who changes, who drops out

cohorts 2023–2025

Everyone who started this programme in a year is looked up in the next year's enrolment register by the masked id Mineduc publishes for that purpose. There are four ways to be found: still in this programme at the same institution; at the same institution in another programme; at another institution (in this programme or another); or not enrolled anywhere. That last one is first-year dropout. Changing programme is not dropping out: that person is still studying. And not every dropout is final — some come back a year or two later, which one year's register cannot see. The bar adds up the cohorts of 2023–2025: everyone in each outcome over everyone who started, not an average of the three years. It is set beside every technical (ip and cft) programme, counted the same way. A window or a cohort under 30 people carries no rate.

Cohorts 2023–2025 together, the year after they started
This one75%Still in the programme19%Not enrolled: dropped outTechnical (IP and CFT)72%Still in the programme4.7%22%Not enrolled: dropped out
This one75%Still in the programme19%Technical (IP and CFT)72%Still in the programme22%
Still in the programmeSame institution, another programmeAt another institutionNot enrolled: dropped out

17,681 people started it in 2023–2025; 3,342 were enrolled nowhere the following year (18.9%) and 1,011 changed programme or institution (6%). Across every technical (ip and cft) programme: 22.0% dropped out.

Dropped out after year 1, cohort by cohort
Técnico en Gastronomía y CocinaTechnical (IP and CFT)
01020304020072016202522%19%
01020304020072016202522%19%
Still in the programme, cohort by cohort
Técnico en Gastronomía y CocinaTechnical (IP and CFT)
02040608020072016202572%75%
02040608020072016202572%75%

Each point is one cohort, the year it started, found the next year. The last one, 2025, had 5,788 people: 19.2% enrolled nowhere in 2026, 75% still in the programme. A single year moves more than the three-year window above; read the line for its direction.

Who graduates, and when

titles 2007–2025

The same cohorts followed into the register of titles: the share with a title in this generic programme, from any institution, by years since they started. 4 years is the formal length rounded up plus one. A recent cohort has a short line, not a low one: the register goes to 2025. Some programmes award an intermediate title on the way; the register does not tell them apart.

Titled in this programme, % of the cohort
Cohort 2013Cohort 2017Cohort 2021
0204060061232%44%45%
0204060061232%44%45%

Horizontal axis: years since entry (0 is the year they started).

Cohort 2021, 4 years on
This one45%Titled in this programme51%No title yetTechnical (IP and CFT)45%Titled in this programme50%No title yet
This one45%Titled in this programme51%No title yetTechnical (IP and CFT)45%Titled in this programme50%No title yet
Titled in this programmeTitled in anotherNo title yet

5,043 people started in 2021. "Titled in another" is someone whose first title of the same level is in a different generic programme.

How long it really takes

titles 2023–2025

Titles of 2023–2025 in regular plans: from the start of the semester of entry to the date of the title, against the formal length. On average 3.5 years for a formal 2.2. 10,016 of 10,016 titles have the dates to be measured.

Titles23%Within the formal length44%1–2 semesters more13%3–4 semesters more9.4%5–6 semesters m…6.9%
Titles23%44%1–2 semesters more
Within the formal length1–2 semesters more3–4 semesters more5–6 semesters more7–10 semesters more11 semesters or more

After graduating

mifuturo.cl · 2025-2026

What SIES publishes for this programme at each institution, crossing its graduates with their tax returns. Employment is the share of 2021–2023 graduates who earned at least the minimum wage the year after their title; income is the band of the average gross monthly income in the fourth year, for 2018–2020 graduates up to age 30. Each dot is an institution — there is no average across them, because an institution is not a sample of the programme. Hover a dot for its name.

Employed in the first year, by institution
30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%
30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%
Average monthly income in the fourth year, by institution (SIES band)
$0.5M$1.0M
$0.5M$1.0M
Professional instituteCFT
InstitutionEmployed, year 1Year 2Income, year 4Retention, year 1Real length, sem.Keep studying
CFT de ENACCFT · Técnico en Gastronomía54.9%61.3%n/a58.3%6.32.4%
CFT Juan BohonCFT · Técnico en Gastronomía y Cocina Internacional51.8%45.3%n/a69.0%6.46.2%
IP AIEPProfessional institute · Técnico en Gastronomía Internacional50.2%48.5%$0.7–0.8 M68.9%5.86.9%
IP de ChileProfessional institute · Técnico en Gastronomía43.8%49.7%$0.7–0.8 M79.6%5.75.3%
CFT Santo TomasCFT · Técnico en Gastronomía Internacional y Tradicional Chilena40.7%50.1%$0.7–0.8 M73.9%6.43.9%
CFT INACAPCFT · Técnico en Gastronomía Internacional y Gastronomía · no entrants in 202640.4%47.0%$0.7–0.8 M76.6%6.614.1%
IP DUOC UCProfessional institute · Técnico en Gastronomía39.6%45.5%$0.7–0.8 M77.3%6.610.8%
CFT Escuela Culinaria FrancesaCFT · Diplome Superieur Ecole Culinaire Francaise33.7%n/a$0.9–1.0 M73.3%6.64.8%
CFT PUCVCFT · Técnico de Nivel Superior en Gastronomía Internacional33.3%29.3%n/a81.0%5.33.6%

As published by SIES on mifuturo.cl, release 2025-2026: incomes are gross, in pesos of September 2025, and count only graduates earning at least the minimum wage; "keep studying" is the share of 2021–2023 graduates enrolled again the following year. SIES publishes nothing for a combination with fewer than eleven graduates it can match, which is why some institutions that teach this programme are missing and some figures read "n/a". mifuturo.cl

Is it growing or shrinking?

2007–2026

From 2017–2019 to 2024–2026, its yearly intake went from 5,296 to 5,868 on average: +11%. Since 2007–2009: +34%. Each figure compares three-year averages, never two single years; the windows leave out 2020–2021, the dip every programme has. More entrants is more places and more demand, not a better programme; fewer is not a worse one.

AllTechnical and professionalUniversity
02,0004,0006,0008,0002007201720265,7905,74347
02,0004,0006,0008,0002007201720265,7905,74347

61% of its 2026 entrants are women; in 2007, 51%.

The names it is registered under

14 names · 2026

Técnico en Gastronomía y Cocina is a generic programme: SIES's own grouping of the names each institution registers. If you are searching an admission site, these are the names to look for. They stay in Spanish on both editions of this site.

01,0002,0003,0004,000Gastronomia3,621Gastronomia Internacional y Tradicional Chilena1,032Tecnico en Gastronomia278Gastronomia Internacional235Gastronomia Territorial E Intercultural185Tecnico de Nivel Superior en Gastronomia Internacional139Gastronomia Internacional y Cultural76Tecnico de Nivel Superior en Gastronomia Internacional Mencion Gastronomi…52Tecnico Universitario en Gastronomia Intercultural47Gastronomia y Cocina Internacional37Tecnico de Nivel Superior en Gastronomia Internacional Mencion Pasteleria…35Tecnico en Artes Culinarias27
01,0002,0003,0004,000Gastronomia3,621Gastronomia Internacional y Tradicional Chilena1,032Tecnico en Gastronomia278Gastronomia Internacional235Gastronomia Territorial E Intercultural185Tecnico de Nivel Superior en Gastronomia Internacional139Gastronomia Internacional y Cultural76Tecnico de Nivel Superior en Gastronomia Internacional…52Tecnico Universitario en Gastronomia Intercultural47Gastronomia y Cocina Internacional37Tecnico de Nivel Superior en Gastronomia Internacional…35Tecnico en Artes Culinarias27

2 more names, together 26 entrants.

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Mineduc's enrolment and titles registers (SIES), read whole for every year and followed person by person by the masked id Mineduc publishes for that purpose; employment and income from SIES on mifuturo.cl. Only programmes that reached 300 entrants in some year have a page. How each figure is made, and its checks.