Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso

4,395 people started an undergraduate programme at Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso in 2026, the 13th largest intake of Chile's 50 universities, and 21,124 were enrolled there in all. Twenty years of it, 2007–2026, followed by the masked student id from school to title.

University · Enrolling in 2026 · main campus region: Valparaíso

CampusThe whole institution
First-year entrants
4,395
2026 · 13 of 50
Total enrolment
21,124
2026
Still here a year later · cohort 2025
86.2%
univ. 85.8%
Graduated here in 10 years · cohort 2015
58.7%
univ. 56.3%
Had it as first choice · 2026
75.8%
univ. 55.6%
Mean list fee · 2026
$6.1 M
univ. $5.9 M
Accreditation
7 years
2026
Women
49.2%
entrants 2026

At a glance

2026
Enrolled 2026
19,130
First year 2026
4,395
Titles 2025
2,576

Largest fields: engineering and industry, education, business and law.

Enrolled 2026
1,591
of them in a doctorate
561 · 35%
First year 2026
478
Titles 2025
700

8.3 postgraduate students per 100 undergraduates (universities: 7.3).

Projects 2015–2024
821
Among universities
5 of 49
Fondecyt
561

Most specialised in: linguistics and literature, engineering 3, education.

Here91%
Universities86%
UndergraduateMaster'sDoctoratePost-title

Everyone enrolled in 2026, by level. «Universities» adds up the enrolment of every university and divides afterwards.

Entrants, enrolment and titles

2007–2026

Three counts of the same institution. Undergraduate enrolment is everyone enrolled that year, in any year of their programme; first-year entrants are the people who started; titles are the undergraduate titles and degrees it awarded.

Undergraduate enrolmentFirst-year entrantsUndergraduate titles
05,00010,00015,00020,00020072017202619,1302,5764,395
05,00010,00015,00020,00020072017202619,1302,5764,395

What you can study here

2026 · mifuturo.cl

Every generic programme with a page of its own that took first-year entrants here in 2026, with its campuses and list fee from Mineduc's register, and what SIES publishes on mifuturo.cl for this institution and programme: employment the year after the title, the band of the monthly income in the fourth year, and first-year retention. Each programme's name opens what this institution's own students say about it — who stays, who graduates, how long it takes — next to the programme across the country.

The first-year dropout column is PuroChile's own count on Mineduc's register: of everyone who started the programme here in 2023–2025, the share enrolled at no institution at all the following year — the three cohorts added up, never an average of three rates — beside the same programme across Chile. Changing programme or institution is not dropping out, and some who drop out come back later. “—” is a programme with fewer than 30 entrants here in those years. Across all its undergraduate programmes, 7.5% of the 11,646 people who started here in 2023–2025 were enrolled nowhere the following year; across every university programme, 8.1%.

ProgrammeEntrants 2026CampusesYearly feeDropout, year 1 · 2023–2025Same programme, ChileEmployed, year 1Income, year 4Retention, year 1
Derecho2201$7.0 M2.5%7.4%83.8%$2.2–2.3 M89.3%
Ingeniería Civil Industrial2131$7.0 M1.6%5.0%93.8%$2.2–2.3 M90.8%
Ingeniería Civil en Computación e Informática1621$6.8 M3.1%6.1%81.8%$2.3–2.4 M91.2%
Ingeniería Comercial1411$7.0 M5.1%7.3%83.9%$1.9–2.0 M85.7%
Ingeniería Civil en Minas1221$7.0 M4.5%7.6%72.6%$2.5–3.0 M85.7%
Ingeniería en Computación e Informática1081$6.0 M10.3%14.8%77.4%$2.0–2.1 M80.2%
Psicología1061$6.6 M1.4%6.8%62.4%$1.1–1.2 M93.3%
Arquitectura1041$6.9 M2.1%6.7%48.9%$1.2–1.3 M92.2%
Tecnología Médica1031$6.6 M4.0%5.3%72.9%n/a75.8%
Contador Auditor1011$5.7 M7.8%14.2%90.8%$1.4–1.5 M89.1%
Kinesiología1011$6.6 M5.0%7.0%51.3%$1.3–1.4 M91.0%
Ingeniería Civil Mecánica1001$6.8 M19.1%9.5%78.2%n/a79.7%
Ingeniería Civil en Obras Civiles991$6.3 M32.8%12.6%n/an/an/a
Ingeniería Civil, plan común y licenciatura en Ciencias de la Ingeniería991$6.8 M5.1%3.6%84.2%$1.9–2.0 M86.1%
Ingeniería Civil Eléctrica981$6.8 M5.5%6.5%95.8%$2.5–3.0 M86.1%
Magister en Tecnología981$3.6 M8.3%12.0%n/an/an/a
Periodismo911$5.8 M4.8%5.1%69.2%$1.2–1.3 M86.2%
Bachillerato y/o Licenciatura en Tecnología891$6.8 M7.0%5.7%n/an/an/a
Bioquímica881$5.7 M10.6%5.6%62.7%n/a76.7%
Pedagogía en Educación Física851$4.9 M4.4%6.9%55.4%$1.0–1.1 M95.3%
Bachillerato y/o Licenciatura en Ciencias Básicas841$5.4 M5.7%9.8%n/an/an/a
Pedagogía en Idiomas841$4.9 M5.9%6.9%76.8%$1.0–1.1 M87.8%
Pedagogía en Educación Diferencial831$4.9 M3.2%4.8%92.7%$1.1–1.2 M89.2%
Ingeniería Civil Electrónica801$6.8 M8.5%7.0%77.0%$2.0–2.1 M82.9%
Agronomía781$6.9 M10.9%7.5%53.3%$1.2–1.3 M70.5%
Diseño761$6.9 M7.6%4.5%n/an/an/a
Ingeniería Civil Química761$6.8 M7.5%7.5%73.8%$2.1–2.2 M83.6%
Otros Profesionales de Arte y Arquitectura751$4.6 M8.9%19.4%n/an/an/a
Trabajo Social731$4.8 M4.0%18.0%74.6%$1.1–1.2 M89.9%
Animación Digital711$4.6 M12.3%9.5%n/an/an/a
Artes y Licenciatura en Artes701$5.6 M9.7%8.4%30.5%n/a73.8%
Ingeniería Civil Metalúrgica701$6.8 M7.4%11.0%79.8%$3.0–3.5 M87.5%
Pedagogía en Educación Básica701$4.9 M5.0%5.6%90.6%$1.1–1.2 M87.3%
Química y Farmacia681$6.6 M—3.6%n/an/an/a
Traducción e Interpretación681$5.3 M12.2%17.3%51.4%n/a74.7%
Administración Pública631$5.7 M4.1%13.5%n/an/an/a
Pedagogía en Historia, Geografía y Ciencias Sociales611$4.9 M5.0%8.8%68.4%$1.0–1.1 M83.1%
Pedagogía en Lenguaje, Comunicación y/o Castellano611$4.9 M4.7%6.7%75.0%$1.1–1.2 M91.4%
Magister en Ciencias Básicas592$2.5–3.6 M2.5%13.6%n/an/an/a
Magister en Administración y Comercio562$3.2–5.0 M63.4%15.8%n/an/an/a
Otras Ingenierías Civiles551$6.8 M7.7%9.3%n/an/an/a
Pedagogía en Matemáticas y Computación541$4.9 M9.2%7.3%87.6%$1.1–1.2 M86.1%
Ingeniería en Electricidad531$6.0 M15.7%16.9%92.0%$2.1–2.2 M65.5%
Ingeniería en Construcción521$6.3 M12.2%16.2%80.6%$1.6–1.7 M70.6%
Música, Canto o Danza522$4.6–5.4 M19.1%16.9%n/an/an/a
Publicidad511$4.6 M2.2%9.8%n/an/an/a
Magister en Educación472$2.9–3.0 M11.2%11.1%n/an/an/a
Pedagogía en Educación de Párvulos471$4.9 M5.6%6.2%58.0%$0.9–1.0 M93.8%
Ingeniería Mecánica451$6.0 M8.1%16.9%81.5%n/a69.4%
Ingeniería en Electrónica401$6.0 M14.0%16.2%n/an/an/a
Doctorado en Tecnología371$4.1 M10.3%11.8%n/an/an/a
Magister en Ciencias Sociales372$2.6–3.3 M12.8%15.6%n/an/an/a
Pedagogía en Ciencias361$4.9 M4.2%7.0%84.2%$1.1–1.2 Mn/a
Física y Astronomía321$5.0 M10.5%10.8%n/an/an/a
Pedagogía en Artes y Música301$4.9 M8.8%10.0%n/an/an/a
Biología291$4.8 M12.2%6.8%n/an/an/a
Geografía291$5.2 M9.7%5.2%59.6%n/a82.4%
Magister en Derecho291$5.3 M5.4%12.5%n/an/an/a
Historia251$4.5 M8.2%8.1%n/an/an/a
Licenciatura en Letras y Literatura211$4.5 M—7.9%49.5%n/an/a
Magister en Salud171$2.1 M4.5%9.3%n/an/an/a
Magister en Humanidades141$2.6 M9.4%14.6%n/an/an/a
Administración de Empresas e Ing. Asociadas131$5.7 M14.3%20.4%n/an/an/a
Doctorado en Ciencias Básicas121$4.3 M9.5%11.0%n/an/an/a
Fotografía121$4.6 M—22.1%n/an/an/a
Bachillerato y/o Licenciatura en Humanidades101$4.5 M68.6%13.6%n/an/an/a
Pedagogía en Filosofía y Religión91$4.9 M18.9%13.1%n/an/an/a
Magister en Arte y Arquitectura61$3.8 M—11.8%n/an/an/a
1 more with SIES figures and no entrants in 2026
ProgrammeEntrants 2026CampusesYearly feeDropout, year 1 · 2023–2025Same programme, ChileEmployed, year 1Income, year 4Retention, year 1
Ingeniería en Biotecnología y Bioingeniería————7.1%72.1%n/an/a

Employment and income are SIES's own figures for this institution, published only where at least eleven graduates could be matched to a tax return; “n/a” is a figure SIES did not publish. Incomes are gross, in pesos of September 2025.

What it teaches

2026

Everyone enrolled in an undergraduate programme here in 2026, 19,130 enrolments, by CINE-F field and SIES generic programme. Each tile is a programme and its area is its share; click a field's band to open it, or a tile to see that programme across the country.

Engineering and industry 34%Business and law 14%Education 14%Arts and humanities 11%Health and welfare 7.3%Information technology 6.0%Social sciences 5.9%Natural sciences 5.4%Agriculture… 1.9%Ingeniería Civil Industrial5.9%IngenieríaCivil en Minas3.1%Arquitectura3.0%IngenieríaCivil, plancomún y…2.5%IngenieríaCivilEléctrica2.3%Ingeniería CivilQuímica2.3%IngenieríaCivil Mecánica2.0%IngenieríaCivilElectrónica1.9%Ingenier…CivilBioquími…1.7%Ingenier…Civil enObras…1.7%IngenieríaenConstrucciónIngenieríaCivilMetalúrgicaIngenieríaenElectrici…Bachille…y/oLicencia…Ingeni…Mecáni…0.8%Ingenie…en…QuímicaIndustrialOtr…Ing…Civ…Derecho6.0%Ingeniería Comercial4.2%ContadorAuditor2.6%Administ…Pública0.8%Publi…0.5%Pedagogíaen Idiomas2.2%PedagogíaenEducación…2.0%Pedagogía enEducaciónDiferencialPedagogía enLenguaje,Comunicació…PedagogíaenEducación…1.4%PedagogíaenHistoria,…Pedagog…enEducaci…1.1%Pedago…enMatemá…1.0%Pedago…enCienci…0.8%Pedag…enArtes…0.7%OtrosProfesion…de Arte y…2.1%TraduccióneInterpret…1.7%Artes yLicencia…en Artes1.6%Diseño1.5%Música,Canto oDanzaAnimaciónDigital1.0%Historia0.7%Fotogr…0.4%Licenci…Kinesiología2.7%TecnologíaMédica2.5%TrabajoSocial1.8%Ingeniería Civilen Computación eInformática3.8%IngenieríaenComputació…2.2%Psicología2.9%Periodismo2.2%Geo…Bioquímica1.9%Bachi…y/oLicen…0.8%FísicayAstron…0.8%Ingen…CivilMatem…0.7%BiologíaOtrosProf…Mat…Agronomía1.9%
Engineering and industry 34%Business… 14%Educati… 14%Arts and hu… 11%Health and… 7.3%Natur… 5.4%Ingenie…CivilIndustr…5.9%Ingenie…Civil enMinasArqui…3.0%Ingen…Civil…Ingeni…Civil…Ingen…CivilQuími…Inge…CivilMecá…Inge…CivilElec…Inge…CivilBioq…Inge…Civilen…Ingen…en…Inge…Civi…Ing…Bach…Derecho6.0%Ingen…Comer…4.2%Conta…Audit…2.6%Pedag…enIdiom…Pedag…enEduca…Pedago…en…Pedag…en…Peda…en…Peda…en…Ped…OtrosProfe…de…Tradu…e…Artesy…Dise…Músic…Anima…Hist…Kines…2.7%Tecn…Médi…Tra…Soc…Ingeni…Civilen…Ingenie…Psicolo…2.9%Perio…2.2%Bio…Ing…Agr…
Agriculture and veterinaryhover a tile for its count; click a group to open it

Mean annual list fee of its undergraduate enrolment: $6,139,000 (universities: $5,901,000). It is the published price of each programme averaged over the students enrolled in it, not what each one pays: free tuition (gratuidad), scholarships and loans are not subtracted.

Programme by programme

By SIES's generic programme, largest intake first. Only programmes that reached 10 entrants here in some year are listed; the rest are added together at the end. The change compares the first three years with the last three and is only given where both average at least 20 entrants.

Generic programme (SIES)First year 2026Enrolled 2026Mean list fee2007–2026Change
Derecho2201,145$6,985,000+35%
Ingeniería Civil Industrial2131,120$6,985,000+31%
Ingeniería Civil en Computación e Informática162721$6,775,000+81%
Ingeniería Comercial141796$6,985,000+36%
Ingeniería Civil en Minas122594$7,035,000—
Ingeniería en Computación e Informática108423$6,000,000+27%
Psicología106563$6,590,000+95%
Arquitectura104567$6,915,000+61%
Tecnología Médica103479$6,590,000—
Contador Auditor101490$5,700,000+26%
Kinesiología101513$6,590,000+72%
Ingeniería Civil Mecánica100384$6,775,000+48%
Ingeniería Civil en Obras Civiles99325$6,586,000—
Ingeniería Civil, plan común y licenciatura en Ciencias de la Ingeniería99472$6,775,000+60%
Ingeniería Civil Eléctrica98446$6,775,000+98%
Periodismo91416$5,805,000+89%
Bachillerato y/o Licenciatura en Tecnología89166$6,775,000—
Bioquímica88364$5,665,000+64%
Pedagogía en Educación Física85375$4,920,000+19%
Pedagogía en Idiomas84418$4,920,000+54%
Bachillerato y/o Licenciatura en Ciencias Básicas84160$5,436,000+73%
Pedagogía en Educación Diferencial83330$4,920,000+31%
Ingeniería Civil Electrónica80365$6,775,000−10%
Ingeniería Civil Bioquímica79325$6,775,000+7%
Agronomía78360$6,880,000−29%
37 more, and every other programme
Ingeniería Civil Química76433$6,775,000+46%
Diseño76294$6,915,000+51%
Otros Profesionales de Arte y Arquitectura75393$4,600,000—
Trabajo Social73344$4,750,000+54%
Animación Digital71187$4,600,000—
Pedagogía en Educación Básica70266$4,920,000+16%
Artes y Licenciatura en Artes70305$5,684,000+268%
Ingeniería Civil Metalúrgica70275$6,775,000+137%
Traducción e Interpretación68327$5,350,000+31%
Química y Farmacia6868$6,590,000—
Administración Pública63161$5,745,000—
Pedagogía en Historia, Geografía y Ciencias Sociales61261$4,920,000+28%
Pedagogía en Lenguaje, Comunicación y/o Castellano61301$4,920,000+7%
Otras Ingenierías Civiles55144$6,775,000—
Pedagogía en Matemáticas y Computación54200$5,087,000+11%
Ingeniería en Electricidad53180$6,000,000+11%
Ingeniería en Construcción52298$6,320,000−22%
Música, Canto o Danza52197$4,740,000—
Publicidad51102$4,600,000—
Pedagogía en Educación de Párvulos47216$4,920,000+8%
Ingeniería Mecánica45154$6,000,000−37%
Ingeniería en Electrónica40129$6,000,000−40%
Ingeniería Civil Matemática y Estadística39134$6,775,000—
Pedagogía en Ciencias36145$4,931,000−66%
Física y Astronomía32153$5,035,000—
Pedagogía en Artes y Música30141$4,920,000−9%
Geografía29157$5,200,000−24%
Biología29108$4,765,000−10%
Historia25143$4,548,000+67%
Química Industrial2597$6,060,000−17%
Licenciatura en Letras y Literatura2152$4,548,000—
Administración de Empresas e Ing. Asociadas1354$5,700,000—
Fotografía1286$4,600,000—
Bachillerato y/o Licenciatura en Humanidades1025$4,477,000—
Pedagogía en Filosofía y Religión945$4,920,000—
Filosofía940$4,438,000—
Matemática y/o Estadística732$6,696,000—
Every other programme0———
8 programmes it no longer opens
Ingeniería en Acuicultura y Pesca0———
Ingeniería en Alimentos011$6,025,000—
Ingeniería en Biotecnología y Bioingeniería014$5,350,000—
Ingeniería en Transporte y Tránsito026$6,000,000—
Otros Profesionales de Ciencias Básicas067$5,365,000—
Ingeniería en Matemática y Estadística017$5,350,000—
Ingeniería Forestal0———
Otros Profesionales de Humanidades0———

Who studies here

undergraduate · 2026

Its undergraduate enrolment of 2026, each split drawn over the same split for all universities. Every bar is a share of its own total, so the two can be compared whatever their size. How the first year came in is the institution's own declaration to SIES.

Age
Here29%15–1958%20–2411%Universities23%15–1955%20–2412%
Here29%15–1958%20–24Universities23%55%20–24
15–1920–2425–2930–3435–3940 and over
Timetable
Here99%DaytimeUniversities87%Daytime
Here99%DaytimeUniversities87%Daytime
DaytimeEvening
Sex
Here53%Men47%WomenUniversities44%Men56%Women
Here53%Men47%WomenUniversities44%Men56%Women
MenWomen
How first-year students came in
Here86%Direct entry (regular)Universities85%Direct entry (regular)
Here86%Direct entry (regular)Universities85%Direct entry (regular)
Direct entry (regular)Other forms of entryRecognition of prior learningPACEInclusion programmesSpecial characteristics
Plan
Here99%Regular planUniversities91%Regular plan
Here99%Regular planUniversities91%Regular plan
Regular planSpecial planContinuation plan

Where its entrants come from

2024–2026

The comuna of their school, not of their home. First-year entrants of 2024–2026, followed by their masked id to the last time they finished secondary school before starting. Mineduc publishes no home address, and the school is where four years of their education happened. 12,341 of 12,530 (98.5%) have such a record since 2006; the rest — who left school earlier, studied abroad or validated their studies — are not placed.

78.8% finished school in Valparaíso, the region of its main campus.

Region of the school
Valparaíso78.8%Metropolitana4.7%O'Higgins4.4%Coquimbo4.0%Los Lagos1.2%Atacama1.2%Tarapacá1.2%Antofagasta1.1%Maule0.8%Magallanes0.6%Aysén0.5%Arica y Parinacota0.5%Biobío0.4%Araucanía0.4%Los Ríos0.2%Ñuble0.1%
Valparaíso78.8%Metropolitana4.7%O'Higgins4.4%Coquimbo4.0%Los Lagos1.2%Atacama1.2%Tarapacá1.2%Antofagasta1.1%Maule0.8%Magallanes0.6%Aysén0.5%Arica y Parinacota0.5%Biobío0.4%Araucanía0.4%Los Ríos0.2%Ñuble0.1%
Comuna of the school
Viña del Mar2,07016.8%
Valparaíso1,58912.9%
Quilpué1,2109.8%
Villa Alemana9277.5%
Quillota7736.3%
San Antonio3653.0%
San Felipe3382.7%
Calera3232.6%
Concón2532.1%
Los Andes2442.0%
Limache2371.9%
Casablanca1751.4%
147 more comunas

Rancagua 169 · La Ligua 167 · Quintero 151 · Ovalle 125 · Iquique 108 · Nogales 94 · Cabildo 91 · Calama 85 · La Serena 82 · Llaillay 80 · Illapel 76 · Copiapó 74 · Salamanca 72 · San Fernando 67 · Zapallar 65 · Los Vilos 64 · Santo Domingo 63 · Santiago 62 · Puchuncaví 61 · Maipú 60 · Providencia 60 · Algarrobo 58 · Arica 56 · Vallenar 53 · Cartagena 53 · Hijuelas 52 · Puerto Montt 50 · Punta Arenas 49 · Santa Cruz 47 · Machalí 46 · El Quisco 45 · San Vicente 44 · Coyhaique 44 · Melipilla 39 · Antofagasta 37 · Petorca 37 · Coquimbo 35 · Olmué 35 · La Florida 35 · Catemu 34 · Curicó 31 · La Cruz 30 · Puente Alto 30 · Ñuñoa 28 · Rengo 27 · Alto Hospicio 25 · Requínoa 23 · Calle Larga 21 · Doñihue 20 · Talca 20 · Linares 20 · Quilicura 20 · Curacaví 20 · Papudo 19 · Osorno 19 · Puerto Varas 18 · Temuco 17 · Castro 17 · Chimbarongo 16 · Los Ángeles 16 · Ancud 16 · La Cisterna 15 · Las Condes 15 · San Bernardo 15 · Combarbalá 13 · El Tabo 13 · Santa María 13 · Graneros 13 · Las Cabras 13 · Pichilemu 13 · Aysén 13 · Colina 13 · Monte Patria 12 · Natales 12 · Talagante 12 · Diego de Almagro 11 · Isla de Pascua 11 · Putaendo 11 · Recoleta 11 · Chillán 10 · Lampa 9 · Valdivia 9 · Canela 8 · Panquehue 8 · Litueche 8 · La Reina 8 · Peñalolén 8 · Pudahuel 8 · San Miguel 8 · Buin 8 · Pica 7 · Quinta de Tilcoco 7 · Pucón 7 · Villarrica 7 · Quinchao 7 · Peñaflor 7 · La Unión 7 · Taltal 6 · Navidad 6 · Concepción 6 · Talcahuano 6 · Cabo de Hornos 6 · El Bosque 6 · Estación Central 6 · Macul 6 · Quinta Normal 6 · Nancagua 5 · Molina 5 · Independencia 5 · Renca 5 · Vitacura 5 · Tiltil 5 · Paine 5 · Peumo 4 · Pichidegua 4 · Teno 4 · Laja 4 · Calbuco 4 · Frutillar 4 · Purranque 4 · Huechuraba 4 · La Pintana 4 · Lo Barnechea 4 · Padre Hurtado 4 · Panguipulli 4 · Pozo Almonte 3 · Caldera 3 · Huasco 3 · Vicuña 3 · Coltauco 3 · Olivar 3 · Cauquenes 3 · Parral 3 · San Javier 3 · Chiguayante 3 · Cisnes 3 · Conchalí 3 · Lo Espejo 3 · Lo Prado 3 · Pedro Aguirre Cerda 3 · San Ramón 3 · San José de Maipo 3 · El Monte 3 · Isla de Maipo 3 · Corral 3 · Quirihue 3 · San Nicolás 3

63 more comunas sent fewer than 3 each, together 85 entrants; they are not named.

The kind of school
Here21%Public (munici…62%Subsidised private16%Universities28%Public (municipal or…54%Subsidised private16%
Here21%62%Subsidised private16%Universities28%Public (munici…54%Subsidised private16%
Public (municipal or SLEP)Subsidised privateFee-paying privateDelegated administration
When they started, after leaving school
Here66%The next year19%A year laterUniversities54%The next year25%A year later13%
Here66%The next year19%Universities54%The next year25%A year later
The next yearA year later2–4 years later5 years or more

How they chose it

DEMRE · 2021–2026

Centralised admission only. DEMRE's register of the universities in the national admission system: every preference of every regular applicant, and who enrolled through it. Direct admission — the way most people enter an institute or a CFT, and some university programmes — is not in it. In 2026, 6,373 applicants put a programme of Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso as their first choice and 18,058 included one somewhere on their list.

In which preference its regular entrants had it · 2026
Here76%1st choice11%Universities56%1st choice19%2nd
Here76%1st choiceUniversities56%1st choice19%
1st choice2nd3rd4th–5th6th–10th11th–20th

The order of the programme they enrolled in, on the list they applied with.

Share who had it first, by year
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de ValparaisoUniversities
02040608020212024202655.6%75.8%
02040608020212024202655.6%75.8%
Weighted score of its regular entrants · 2026
0.0%10.0%20.0%30.0%under 500500–549550–599600–649650–699700–749750–799800–849850–899900–949950+
0.0%10.0%20.0%30.0%under 500500–549550–599600–649650–699700–749750–799800–849850–899900–949950+
HereUniversities

PAES scale, which starts in 2023; the years before are another test on another scale and are not drawn. Each bar is a share of its own entrants.

Route of entry · 2026
Here81%Regular places13%Universities83%Regular places12%
Here81%Regular placesUniversities83%Regular places
Regular placesPACEAcademic Excellence places+MC places (gender)Teaching-degree routesSpecial admission

Who is still here a year later

cohorts 2007–2025

Each year's first-year entrants, followed into the next year's register: still enrolled here (in any programme), enrolled at another institution, or not enrolled anywhere. It is SIES's first-year retention, counted on the published register; a cohort under 30 people has no rate.

Pontificia Universidad Catolica de ValparaisoUniversities
025507510020072016202585.8%86.2%
025507510020072016202585.8%86.2%
Cohort 2025, in 2026
Here86%Still hereUniversities86%Still here
Here86%Still hereUniversities86%Still here
Still hereAt another institutionNot enrolled

Who graduates, and when

titles 2007–2025

Each cohort of first-year entrants followed into the register of titles: the share with an undergraduate title from this institution, by years since they started. A recent cohort has a short line, not a low one — the register only goes to 2025. A title is any undergraduate title or degree, including the intermediate ones some programmes award on the way; the register does not tell them apart.

Titled here, % of the cohort, by years since entry
Cohort 2007Cohort 2011Cohort 2015Cohort 2019Cohort 2021Universities 2015
0204060091859%20%
0204060091859%20%

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

Cohort 2015, 10 years on
Here59%Titled here20%Titled elsewh…21%No title yetUniversities56%Titled here17%26%No title yet
Here59%Titled here20%21%Universities56%Titled here17%26%No title yet
Titled hereTitled elsewhereNo title yet

3,397 people started here in 2015. "Titled elsewhere" is a title from any other institution and no title from this one: someone who changed institution and finished there.

The undergraduate titles it awarded in 2025
Engineering and industry 34%Education 17%Business and law 15%Arts and humanities 8.0%Health and welfare 7.4%Social scien… 6.9%Information technolo… 4.8%Natural sciences 4.5%IngenieríaCivilIndustrial6.0%Ingeniería CivilMecánica3.6%Ingeniería Civil,plan común ylicenciatura en…3.1%IngenieríaCivil Eléctrica3.0%IngenieríaCivilElectrónica2.6%Arquitectura2.4%Ingeniería enConstrucción2.3%Ingenier…Civil enMinas1.9%Ingenier…CivilBioquími…1.6%IngenieríaCivilQuímicaIngenie…Civil enObras…Ingeni…enElectr…Ingeni…CivilMetalú…Ingen…Mecán…0.9%Inge…enElec…Quí…Ind…Ingeni…en…Ingeni…Pedagogía enIdiomas2.8%Pedagogía enEducaciónFísica2.5%PedagogíaenLenguaje,…2.3%PedagogíaenEducación…2.1%PedagogíaenMatemáti…1.6%PedagogíaenHistoria…1.6%Pedag…enEduca…1.5%Pedago…enCienci…Ped…enFil…Pedago…en…Peda…en…Derecho8.3%IngenieríaComercial3.6%Contador Auditor2.8%Artes yLicenciat…en Artes2.0%Licenciatu…en Letras yLiteraturaTradu…eInter…1.5%Diseño1.4%Histor…0.9%Músic…Bach…Tecnolog…Médica3.4%Kinesiolog…2.7%TrabajoSocialPsicología3.1%Periodismo3.0%IngenieríaCivil enComputación…2.8%Ingenie…enComputa…2.0%Bioquími…2.0%Biolog…Físicay…OtrosProfe…Ingeni…Matemá…Agron…1.7%Ingen…enTrans…
Engineering and industry 34%Education 17%Business… 15%Arts and… 8.0%Health a… 7.4%Social scien… 6.9%Informa… 4.8%Natural… 4.5%Ingenie…CivilIndustr…6.0%Ingenie…CivilMecánicaIngeni…Civil,plan…Ingeni…CivilEléctr…Ingen…CivilElect…Arqui…2.4%Ingen…enConst…Inge…Civilen…Inge…CivilBioq…Ingen…Civil…Ing…Civ…Ing…en…Ing…Civ…Quí…Pedago…en…Pedago…enEducac…Pedagog…en…Pedagog…en…Pedago…en…Pedago…en…Peda…enEduc…Derecho8.3%Ingeni…Comerc…3.6%Conta…Audit…2.8%Artes yLicenc…Licenc…Dis…Hist…Tecno…Médica3.4%Kinesi…2.7%Psicolo…3.1%Period…3.0%Ingenie…Ingen…en…Bioqu…
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How long it really takes

titles 2023–2025

Undergraduate titles of 2023–2025 in regular plans: the time from the start of the semester they entered (March or August) to the date of the title, in semesters, against the formal length the institution declares. Special and continuation plans are left out, because they take in people with earlier studies whose clock did not start at entry. 7,829 of 8,098 titles have the dates to be measured.

Here31%Within the formal length31%1–2 semesters more18%3–4 semesters more9.3%5–6 semesters m…7.1%Universities33%Within the formal length31%1–2 semesters more16%3–4 semesters more8.4%5–6 semesters…7.0%
Here31%Within the forma…31%1–2 semesters mo…18%Universities33%Within the formal…31%1–2 semesters mo…16%
Within the formal length1–2 semesters more3–4 semesters more5–6 semesters more7–10 semesters more11 semesters or more
Programme by programme
Generic programme (SIES)TitlesFormal, yearsReal, yearsOn timeReal in Chile
Derecho4885.08.80%8.4
Ingeniería Civil Industrial4276.07.310%6.9
Ingeniería Comercial2885.07.71%6.1
Psicología2735.05.674%5.7
Tecnología Médica2655.05.937%6.4
Contador Auditor2445.06.327%5.3
Periodismo2324.55.065%5.7
Ingeniería Civil en Computación e Informática2316.06.744%7.0
Agronomía2245.06.520%7.2
Pedagogía en Educación Física2144.55.253%5.6
Kinesiología2075.06.419%6.1
Ingeniería Civil, plan común y licenciatura en Ciencias de la Ingeniería2025.96.827%7.9
Ingeniería Civil Eléctrica2015.96.943%7.6
Arquitectura1965.66.251%7.4
Artes y Licenciatura en Artes1964.05.140%5.4
Ingeniería Civil Electrónica1956.07.425%7.9
Pedagogía en Educación Diferencial1904.54.966%5.2
Ingeniería en Construcción1825.06.97%6.1
Ingeniería en Computación e Informática1794.05.323%5.3
Ingeniería Civil Mecánica1785.98.712%7.9

Programmes with at least ten titles in the three years. Years are means over every title, formal and real alike; "on time" is the share titled within the formal length. The last column is the same generic programme at every institution in Chile.

Where its campuses are

4 communes · 2026

Where it teaches, not where its students are from. First-year entrants of 2026 by the commune of the campus they enrolled at.

By region
Valparaíso4,395
Valparaíso4,395

Postgraduate

2007–2026

First year of a master's or a doctorate, and everyone enrolled in one. At this level the register classifies into broad fields, not programmes.

Postgraduate entrantsPostgraduate enrolment
05001,0001,5002,0002007201720261,591478
05001,0001,5002,0002007201720261,591478
Postgraduate enrolment by field · 2026
Master's 65%Doctorate 35%Magister enAdministración yComercio15%Magister enTecnología15%Magister en Derecho8.9%Magister en CienciasBásicas7.4%Magister enCienciasSociales6.5%MagisterenEducación4.8%MagisterenHumanida…2.5%Magis…enAgrop…2.0%Magisteren Salud1.8%Magister e…Doctorado enTecnología13%Doctorado enCiencias Básicas7.7%DoctoradoenHumanidad…4.5%DoctoradoenEducación3.4%DoctoradoenCiencias…2.9%DoctoradoenAgropecuar…Doctorado enDerecho
Master's 65%Doctorate 35%Magister enAdministración yComercio15%Magister enTecnología15%Magister enDerecho8.9%MagisterenCiencias…7.4%MagisterenCiencia…6.5%MagisterenEducación4.8%Magister enHumanidadesMagist…enAgrope…Magist…en…Magist…Doctorado enTecnología13%DoctoradoenCiencias…7.7%DoctoradoenHumanidad…Doctoradoen…Doctor…en…Doct…enAgro…
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Where its postgraduate students did their undergraduate degree

Postgraduate entrants of 2024–2026, followed back to their most recent undergraduate title. 1,154 of 1,429 (80.8%) have one in the register, which starts in 2007; the rest graduated earlier or abroad, which is not the same as having no degree. Of those found, 42.8% graduated here (universities: 29.0% stay at their own).

Left, where each entrant took their last undergraduate title; right, the postgraduate field they started here. Ribbon width is people. Only the eight largest institutions are named; the rest, and any contributing fewer than three people, are added into «other institutions».

Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso494 peopleUniversidad de Chile63 peopleUniversidad Andres Bello46 peopleUniversidad de Valparaiso41 peopleUniversidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria40 peopleUniversidad de Playa Ancha de Ciencias de la Educacion28 peoplePontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile28 peopleUniversidad de Santiago de Chile13 peopleIP DUOC UC12 peopleOther institutions389 peopleNo title in the register275 peopleMagister en Humanidades43 peopleMagister en Ciencias Básicas141 peopleMagister en Ciencias Sociales110 peopleOther fields206 peopleDoctorado en Ciencias Básicas42 peopleMagister en Derecho192 peopleMagister en Educación104 peopleDoctorado en Tecnología114 peopleMagister en Tecnología238 peopleDoctorado en Humanidades48 peopleMagister en Administración y Comercio191 people
Pontificia Univ…494 peopleUniversidad de …63 peopleUniversidad And…46 peopleUniversidad de …41 peopleUniversidad Tec…40 peopleUniversidad de …28 peoplePontificia Univ…28 peopleUniversidad de …13 peopleIP DUOC UC12 peopleOther instituti…389 peopleNo title in the…275 peopleMagister en Hum…43 peopleMagister en Cie…141 peopleMagister en Cie…110 peopleOther fields206 peopleDoctorado en Ci…42 peopleMagister en Der…192 peopleMagister en Edu…104 peopleDoctorado en Te…114 peopleMagister en Tec…238 peopleDoctorado en Hu…48 peopleMagister en Adm…191 people
Undergraduate institutionPeople%
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso (itself)49434.6%
Universidad de Chile745.2%
Universidad Andres Bello533.7%
Universidad de Valparaiso513.6%
Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria433.0%
Universidad de Playa Ancha de Ciencias de la Educacion352.4%
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile342.4%
Universidad de Santiago de Chile211.5%
Universidad Central de Chile171.2%
IP DUOC UC161.1%
Universidad Catolica del Norte161.1%
Universidad de Viña del Mar151.0%
Other institutions28519.9%
No undergraduate title in the register (before 2007 or abroad)27519.2%

Where its graduates go on to a postgraduate degree

People with an undergraduate title from here in 2010–2021, followed forward to the first master's or doctorate they started, anywhere, up to 2026. 3,417 of 20,749 (16.5%) started one (universities: 9.9%); 36.7% of them here.

Left, the field of the undergraduate title they took here; right, the institution where they started a master's or a doctorate in Chile. Ribbon width is people. Only the ten largest destinations are named; the rest, and any receiving fewer than three people, are added into «other institutions».

Education1,327 peopleEngineering and industry679 peopleBusiness and law452 peopleNatural sciences280 peopleSocial sciences266 peopleAgriculture and veterinary131 peopleHealth and welfare115 peopleArts and humanities104 peopleInformation technology42 peopleServices21 peopleUniversidad de Playa Ancha de Ciencias de la Educacion185 peopleUniversidad de Santiago de Chile55 peopleUniversidad Andres Bello359 peopleUniversidad Mayor50 peopleUniversidad Alberto Hurtado55 peopleUniversidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria65 peoplePontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso1,253 peoplePontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile322 peopleUniversidad Adolfo Ibañez104 peopleUniversidad de Valparaiso150 peopleOther institutions521 peopleUniversidad de Chile298 people
Education1,327 peopleEngineering and…679 peopleBusiness and law452 peopleNatural sciences280 peopleSocial sciences266 peopleAgriculture and…131 peopleHealth and welf…115 peopleArts and humani…104 peopleInformation tec…42 peopleServices21 peopleUniversidad de …185 peopleUniversidad de …55 peopleUniversidad And…359 peopleUniversidad May…50 peopleUniversidad Alb…55 peopleUniversidad Tec…65 peoplePontificia Univ…1,253 peoplePontificia Univ…322 peopleUniversidad Ado…104 peopleUniversidad de …150 peopleOther instituti…521 peopleUniversidad de …298 people
Postgraduate institutionPeople%
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso (itself)1,25336.7%
Universidad Andres Bello36110.6%
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile3229.4%
Universidad de Chile2998.8%
Universidad de Playa Ancha de Ciencias de la Educacion1855.4%
Universidad de Valparaiso1534.5%
Universidad Adolfo Ibañez1093.2%
Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria692.0%
Universidad de Santiago de Chile621.8%
Universidad Alberto Hurtado581.7%
Universidad de los Andes551.6%
Universidad Mayor521.5%

Research

ANID · 2006–2025

The projects ANID (CONICYT until 2019) awarded with Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso as principal institution — the one that answers for the project. Each figure is a count of awarded projects: not publications, not money, not people, and a project with partners counts once, here. The year is the year it was decided.

Projects awarded · 2015–2024
821
5 of 49 universities
Fondecyt (Regular, Iniciación, Postdoctorado)
561
2015–2024
Applied research
10%
universities 13%
Led by a woman
33%
universities 33%

Projects awarded each year

05010015020062016202584
05010015020062016202584

By OECD area · 2015–2024

0.0%20.0%40.0%Natural sciencesEngineering and technologyMedical and health sciencesAgricultural sciencesSocial sciencesHumanitiesMultidisciplinaryNo area declared
0.0%20.0%40.0%Natural sciencesEngineering and technologyMedical and health sciencesAgricultural sciencesSocial sciencesHumanitiesMultidisciplinaryNo area declared
HereUniversities

By ANID programme · 2015–2024

0200400600Fondecyt564Fondef80PCI76Other programmes29Astronomy28PAI15PIA10Fondequip8Explora7CORFO4
0200400600Fondecyt564Fondef80PCI76Other programmes29Astronomy28PAI15PIA10Fondequip8Explora7CORFO4

What it is specialised in: Fondecyt's study groups

Its Fondecyt projects of 2015–2024, by the panel each was evaluated in. Specialisation is Balassa's revealed advantage: the group's share here over its share in Chile; above 1, it weighs more here than in the country.

Study groupIts projects declare mostlyProjects%Specialisation
Linguistics and literaturelinguistica literatura y filologia, linguistica and literatura chilena529.32.63
Engineering 3ingenieria quimica, procesamiento y tecnologia de alimentos and bioingenieria559.82.41
Educationpedagogia y educacion, formacion inicial and didactica especifica6711.92.21
Law and political sciencecienicas juridicas y politicas, ciencia politica (inc. legislacion ) and derecho publico519.11.83
Geography and urbanismgeografia y urbanismo, geografia fisica and geografia humana y cultural213.71.70
Engineering 2ingenieria en computacion, ingenieria industrial y de sistemas and ingenieria de instrumentacion y control458.01.31
Animal health and productionsalud y produccion animal, acuicultura and ciencias veterinarias183.21.27
Agronomyciencias del suelo, fisiologia vegetal and fruticultura y viticultura285.01.22
Astronomy, cosmology and particlesastronomia cosmologia y particulas, astronomia and gravitacion y cosmologia335.91.19
Historyhistoria de chile, historia hispanoamericana and historia183.21.17
Philosophyfilosofia, historia de la filosofia and filosofia analitica173.01.14
Mathematicsanalisis, ecuaciones diferenciales and metodos numericos325.71.04
Arts and architecturemusica, otras especialidades de la arquitectura and cine y fotografia132.31.03
Biology 1ecologia y ciencias ambientales, genetica y evolucion and biologia marina183.20.76
Sociologysociologia, otras sociologias and cambio social y desarrollo162.90.74
Earth sciencesoceanografia, geologia y mineralogia and meteorologia y climatologia112.00.64
Interdisciplinary researchcambio climatico y desarrollo sostenible, biotecnologia y bioingenieria and otros71.20.64
Chemistryquimica, fisico quimica quimica teorica y computacional fotoquimica-fotofisica catalisis y coloides and quimica organica274.80.62
Engineering 1ingenieria de materiales, ingenieria mecanica and ingenieria hidraulica101.80.41
Biology 3biologia molecular, microbiologia and bioquimica61.10.26
Biology 2biologia celular, fisiologia biofisica and inmunologia40.70.23
Economics and managementcs. economicas y administrativas, finanzas and teoria economica30.50.22
Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences)medicina g1 - cs. biomedicas, cardiologia fisiologia cardiovascular and oncologia quimioterapia cirugia oncologia30.50.15
Psychologypsicologia, otras psicologias and psicobiologia20.40.14
Theoretical and experimental physicsfisica teorica y experimental, fisica de solidos and sistemas no lineales20.40.12
Medicine G2–G3 (clinical and public health)medicina g2-g3 - cs. clinicas y cs. de la salud publica, enfermedades de la nutricion y endocrinologia and anestesiologia reanimacion tratamiento intensivo medicina critica20.40.12

Where that falls in Chile's knowledge network

One dot per study group, sized by Chile's projects, coloured by OECD area. Two groups are joined when the institutions specialised in one tend to be specialised in the other too — the proximity of Hidalgo, Klinger, Barabási and Hausmann (2007), computed over the 39 institutions with 40 or more projects. Filled: the 13 groups Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso is specialised in. The axes mean nothing; what the picture says is near and far.

Engineering 2MathematicsEducationLaw and political scienceAstronomy, cosmology and particlesAgronomyEngineering 3Linguistics and literatureHistoryPhilosophyAnimal health and productionArts and architectureGeography and urbanismChemistryEngineering 1Biology 1Biology 3SociologyMedicine G1 (biomedical sciences)Biology 2Theoretical and experimental phys…Earth sciencesMedicine G2–G3 (clinical and publ…PsychologyEconomics and managementInterdisciplinary researchAnthropology and archaeology
Engineering 2MathematicsLaw and political sci…Astronomy, cosmology…AgronomyEngineering 3HistoryPhilosophyAnimal health and pro…Arts and architectureGeography and urbanism
Natural sciencesEngineering and technologyMedical and health sciencesAgricultural sciencesSocial sciencesHumanitiesMultidisciplinary

Institutions that research something similar

Affinity compares two institutions' mix of Fondecyt study groups: 100 is the same mix, 0 nothing in common. «In common» are the groups both are specialised in. It is similarity of agenda, not collaboration: ANID publishes only the principal institution of each project, and no network of who works with whom can be read from it.

InstitutionAffinitySpecialised, both, in
Universidad Catolica de la Santisima Concepcion85Education · Engineering 2 · Engineering 3 · Linguistics and literature · Mathematics
Universidad Catolica del Maule78Agronomy · Education · Philosophy · Geography and urbanism · Engineering 3 · Linguistics and literature
Universidad Catolica de Temuco77Agronomy · Animal health and production · Education · Geography and urbanism · History · Law and political science · Linguistics and literature
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile75Arts and architecture · Education · Philosophy · Geography and urbanism · Linguistics and literature · Mathematics
Universidad de Chile69Animal health and production · Arts and architecture · Engineering 2 · Mathematics
Universidad de Playa Ancha de Ciencias de la Educacion69Arts and architecture · Education · Philosophy · History · Linguistics and literature
Universidad de Concepcion68Agronomy · Animal health and production · Geography and urbanism · Engineering 2 · Engineering 3 · Linguistics and literature
Universidad de Talca66Agronomy · Engineering 2 · Engineering 3 · Law and political science · Mathematics
Universidad de ChileUniversidad de ConcepcionUniversidad de TalcaUniversidad Catolica de la Santisima Co…Universidad Catolica de TemucoUniversidad de Playa Ancha de Ciencias…
U. de ChileU. de ConcepcionU. de TalcaU. Catolica de la Santi…U. Catolica de TemucoU. de Playa Ancha de Ci…

Each dot an institution, near the ones whose mix is similar and joined to its two closest; red is Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso, blue its 8 closest.

The newest competitions · 2025–2026

From the 2025 competitions ANID classifies every project by OECD discipline (the second level of the Frascati Manual), and Fondecyt evaluates in new groups. These 159 projects are read apart, by discipline, and are not part of the specialisation above.

05101520Ingenieria electrica, ingenieria electronica, informatica20Ciencias de la educacion14Ciencias fisicas14Lenguaje y literatura13Ciencias biologicas10Ciencias de la tierra y del medio ambiente8Otras ingenierias y tecnologias7Biotecnologia industrial6Ciencias agricolas6Agricultura, silvicultura, pesca5
05101520Ingenieria electrica, ingenieria electronica, informati…20Ciencias de la educacion14Ciencias fisicas14Lenguaje y literatura13Ciencias biologicas10Ciencias de la tierra y del medio ambiente8Otras ingenierias y tecnologias7Biotecnologia industrial6Ciencias agricolas6Agricultura, silvicultura, pesca5

ANID's historical register of awarded projects (CC0), cut at 31 December 2025. Institutions are matched to the SIES by name, with an explicit table for ANID's other spellings; foundations, centres and faculties with a legal personality of their own count as their own institution. Research across Chile →

The names it registers its programmes under

71 names · 2026

The wording each student enrolled under, as the institution filed it. Only names with at least three entrants are printed.

0100200300Derecho220Ingenieria Civil Industrial213Ingenieria Civil en Informatica162Ingenieria Comercial141Ingenieria Civil de Minas122Ingenieria en Informatica108Psicologia106Arquitectura104Tecnologia Medica103Contador Auditor101Kinesiologia101Ingenieria Civil Mecanica100Ingenieria Civil99Ingenieria Civil Electrica98Periodismo91
0100200300Derecho220Ingenieria Civil Industrial213Ingenieria Civil en Informatica162Ingenieria Comercial141Ingenieria Civil de Minas122Ingenieria en Informatica108Psicologia106Arquitectura104Tecnologia Medica103Contador Auditor101Kinesiologia101Ingenieria Civil Mecanica100Ingenieria Civil99Ingenieria Civil Electrica98Periodismo91

56 more names, together 2,526 entrants.

Similar institutions

Other universities with a first-year intake of similar size in 2026.

Mineduc's higher-education registers (SIES): enrolment 2007–2026 and titles 2007–2025; Mineduc's register of secondary-school leavers; and DEMRE's admission register, republished by Mineduc. They are joined person by person through the masked student id Mineduc publishes in all of them for that purpose. First-year entrants are one row per person who started that year; someone who started at two institutions counts at one. Every figure is a count of records; shares and means are taken after adding. The name is the register's own and is written as it writes it. Every university.