Technical training centres

43,492 people started an undergraduate programme at one of Chile's 31 CFTs in 2026. Twenty years of who grew, who fell, who opened and who closed, and what they teach.

First-year undergraduates at institutions the register files as CFTs, 2007–2026 · each institution under the type it has today

First-year entrants
43,492
2026
Of all undergraduates
11.8%
Chile · 2026
Institutions enrolling
31
79 in 2007
Since 2007–2009
+41%
entrants a year, 2024–2026

The main changes

2007–2026
First-year entrants
+41%
From 29,924 a year in 2007–2009 to 42,313 in 2024–2026.
20072026
Institutions enrolling
31
CFTs enrolled first-years in 2026; 79 did in 2007. 21 started enrolling in between and 69 stopped.
20072026
The five largest
70.0%
of the 2026 entrants went to the five largest; in 2007, 61.4%.
20072026
Women
66.7%
of entrants in 2024–2026; 59.6% in 2007–2009.
20072026
Grew most
+560%
CFT San Agustin: from 517 to 3,410 a year.
20072026
Fell most
−26%
CFT Manpower: from 634 to 467 a year.
20072026
Programme that grew most
+397%
Técnico en Electricidad y Electricidad Industrial
20072026
Programme that fell most
−82%
Técnico Jurídico
20072026

Twenty years of entrants

2007–2026

Two lines, because institutions moved between types: CFT La Araucana (CFT, last intake 2014) into IP La Araucana in 2015; CFT INACAP (CFT, last intake 2025) into IP INACAP in 2026. The solid line counts each institution under the type it has today and an absorbed institution's history with the one that absorbed it — that is the series every trend on this page is read over. The dashed one is the register as published, each year under that year's own type; its steps are those absorptions, not people changing what they study.

Today's perimeterAs published (dashed)
020,00040,00060,00080,00020072017202643,492
020,00040,00060,00080,00020072017202643,492

Which institutions grew and which fell

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Only institutions that still enrolled first-years in 2026 and averaged at least 300 entrants a year in both windows: a percentage change on a small base is noise with a large number on top. Those that opened later are not here — growing from nothing has no percentage — and neither are those that closed; both are listed further down.

Who opened and who closed

2007–2026

Opening is the first year with first-year entrants after 2007; the register starts in 2007, so an institution already enrolling then may be much older. Closing is the last year with first-year entrants: an institution that stops admitting keeps teaching the students it has, and one absorbed by another is marked as such.

Started enrolling after 2007 21

InstitutionSince2026
CFT Academia Chilena de Yoga · Metropolitana202420
CFT de la Region del Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins · O'Higgins2022787
CFT de la Region del Bio Bio · Biobío2022441
CFT de la Region de Aysen del General Carlos Ibañez del Campo · Aysén2022360
CFT de la Region de Arica y Parinacota · Arica y Parinacota20211,285
CFT de la Region de Atacama · Atacama2021228
CFT de la Region de Valparaiso · Valparaíso2020946
CFT de la Region Metropolitana de Santiago · Metropolitana2020944
CFT de la Region de los Rios · Los Ríos2020832
CFT de la Region de Antofagasta · Antofagasta2020324
CFT de la Region de Magallanes y Antartica Chilena · Magallanes202050
CFT de la Region de Tarapaca · Tarapacá2019842
9 more
InstitutionSince2026
CFT de la Region de Coquimbo · Coquimbo2019665
CFT de la Region de los Lagos · Los Lagos2019405
CFT de la Region de la Araucania · Araucanía2018812
CFT de la Region del Maule · Maule2018490
CFT Finning · Antofagasta20140
CFT Escuela Culinaria Francesa · Metropolitana201088
CFT Centro Tecnologico Superior Infomed · Metropolitana20080
CFT EACE · Metropolitana20080
CFT Javiera Carrera · Maule20080

Stopped enrolling before 2026 69

InstitutionLast intakePeak
CFT INACAP · absorbed by IP INACAP in 2026202526,579
CFT Instituto Central de Capacitacion Educacional ICCE20241,341
CFT Teodoro Wickel Kluwen2024804
CFT Asiste2024134
CFT Los Lagos20231,353
CFT Escuela de Comercio20231,126
CFT IPROSEC2023422
CFT Instituto Superior de Estudios Juridicos Canon2022826
CFT ICEL20215,233
CFT Massachusetts2021384
CFT Profasoc202187
CFT Centro Tecnologico Superior Infomed202127
57 more
InstitutionLast intakePeak
CFT Proandes20202,100
CFT de Tarapaca · absorbed by CFT de la Region de Arica y Parinacota in 202120201,259
CFT Educap2020302
CFT Centro de Enseñanza de Alta Costura Paulina Diard202058
CFT UV2019462
CFT CEITEC2019225
CFT Barros Arana2019151
CFT de la Industria Grafica201982
CFT Estudio Profesor Valero201971
CFT Alfa201946
CFT Instituto Tecnologico de Chile - I.T.C.20182,221
CFT Andres Bello2018855
CFT Escuela Superior de Administracion de Negocios del Norte - ESANE del Norte2018278
CFT Luis Alberto Vera2016178
CFT Finning201659
CFT DUOC UC20153,254
CFT Simon Bolivar20152,877
CFT Magnos2015752
CFT UDA2015662
CFT CRECIC2015326
CFT Cepa de la III Region2015148
CFT La Araucana · absorbed by IP La Araucana in 201520141,926
CFT Los Leones20141,174
CFT Instituto de Secretariado INSEC2014389
CFT Protec201497
CFT Diego Portales2013948
CFT Fontanar2013124
CFT Crownliet2013108
CFT Escuela de Interpretes INCENI201372
CFT Ceponal201340
CFT Osorno2012173
CFT Esperanza Joven2012130
CFT Jorge Alvarez Echeverria201297
CFT UTEM2011238
CFT Javiera Carrera201194
CFT INACAP Antofagasta · absorbed by CFT INACAP in 20112010717
CFT Salesianos Don Bosco2010458
CFT Austral2010253
CFT Instituto Superior de Electronica Gamma2010115
CFT de Tecnologias Contemporaneas - TECCON201095
CFT Los Fundadores201079
CFT EACE201061
CFT INACAP Tabancura201058
CFT Instituto Intec201021
CFT Centro de Formacion Empresarial IFE200986
CFT Acuario Data de Santiago200968
CFT San Alonso200939
CFT Instituto Chileno Britanico de Concepcion200929
CFT ESUCOMEX2008868
CFT Aquatech2008137
CFT CEPSA2007675
CFT ITPUCH2007333
CFT ESANE (Santiago)2007113
CFT ESI200761
CFT Ignacio Domeyko - U.L.S.200719
CFT CIMA de Rengo200715
CFT Cedep200710

Which programmes grew and which fell

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Inside CFTs only: the same programme taught at a university and at an institute is two intakes that share a name. Read over SIES's generic programme, not over the name each institution registered, and only programmes averaging at least 300 entrants a year in both windows. The programmes with a series cover between 91% and 95% of each year.

By field of study

CINE-F 2013
CINE-F field20072007–20262026Change
Arts and humanities678226−67%
Information technology1,606842−48%
Natural sciences220173−21%
Business and law8,7427,560−14%
Services5,3996,634+23%
Health and welfare7,85912,121+54%
Engineering and industry3,0266,148+103%
Agriculture and veterinary8112,515+210%
Social sciences30112+273%
Education1,5525,981+285%

Where it is offered

Campus region

The campus, not where the students are from. A student from Chiloé enrolled in Santiago is a Santiago row.

Region20072007–20262026Change
Metropolitana14,79710,735−28%
Atacama446522+17%
Ñuble484573+18%
Araucanía1,5612,193+41%
Biobío2,3583,500+48%
Los Lagos1,2431,908+54%
Magallanes204357+76%
Valparaíso2,7725,600+102%
Coquimbo1,8173,728+105%
Antofagasta6961,596+129%
Maule1,8185,189+185%
O'Higgins5521,745+216%
Los Ríos4101,352+230%
Arica y Parinacota4651,576+239%
Aysén76306+301%
Tarapacá2241,433+539%

Every CFT enrolling in 2026

31

Largest first. The region is the one holding most of its 2026 entrants; the count after it is how many regions it had entrants in.

InstitutionMain campus region2026Share2007–2026
CFT Santo TomasMetropolitana +1416,19737.2%
CFT de ENACMetropolitana3,8698.9%
CFT San AgustinMaule3,6558.4%
CFT PUCVValparaíso3,5968.3%
CFT CEDUC - UCNCoquimbo +33,1097.1%
CFT CENCOMetropolitana1,3423.1%
CFT de la Region de Arica y ParinacotaArica y Parinacota1,2853.0%
CFT de la Region de ValparaisoValparaíso9462.2%
CFT de la Region Metropolitana de SantiagoMetropolitana9442.2%
CFT de la Region de TarapacaTarapacá8421.9%
CFT de la Region de los RiosLos Ríos8321.9%
CFT de la Region de la AraucaniaAraucanía8121.9%
CFT de la Region del Libertador General Bernardo O'HigginsO'Higgins7871.8%
CFT Lota-AraucoBiobío7151.6%
CFT de la Region de CoquimboCoquimbo6651.5%
CFT Juan BohonCoquimbo5331.2%
CFT de la Region del MauleMaule4901.1%
CFT de la Region del Bio BioBiobío4411.0%
CFT de la Region de los LagosLos Lagos4050.9%
CFT ManpowerMetropolitana3650.8%
CFT de la Region de Aysen del General Carlos Ibañez del CampoAysén3600.8%
CFT de la Region de AntofagastaAntofagasta3240.7%
CFT del Medio AmbienteMetropolitana2390.5%
CFT de la Region de AtacamaAtacama2280.5%
CFT LaplaceMetropolitana +11470.3%
CFT ProdataValparaíso920.2%
CFT Escuela Culinaria FrancesaMetropolitana880.2%
CFT AlpesMetropolitana740.2%
CFT de la Region de Magallanes y Antartica ChilenaMagallanes500.1%
CFT Instituto Superior Aleman de Comercio InsalcoMetropolitana400.1%
CFT Academia Chilena de YogaMetropolitana200.0%

Mineduc's higher-education register (SIES): first-year undergraduates, one row per person who started that year. Institution names are the register's own and are written as it writes them. Universities, institutes and CFTs.