Universidad Austral de Chile

3,710 people started an undergraduate programme at Universidad Austral de Chile in 2026, the 16th largest intake of Chile's 50 universities, and 18,515 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: Los Ríos

CampusThe whole institution
First-year entrants
3,710
2026 · 16 of 50
Total enrolment
18,515
2026
Still here a year later · cohort 2025
88.9%
univ. 85.8%
Graduated here in 10 years · cohort 2015
59.6%
univ. 56.3%
Had it as first choice · 2026
77.6%
univ. 55.6%
Mean list fee · 2026
$6.0 M
univ. $5.9 M
Accreditation
6 years
2026
Women
56.7%
entrants 2026

At a glance

2026
Enrolled 2026
17,530
First year 2026
3,710
Titles 2025
2,528

Largest fields: health and welfare, engineering and industry, business and law.

Enrolled 2026
788
of them in a doctorate
178 · 23%
First year 2026
344
Titles 2025
265

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

Projects 2015–2024
726
Among universities
6 of 49
Fondecyt
521

Most specialised in: animal health and production, biology 1, earth sciences.

Here95%
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
05,00010,00015,00020,00020072017202617,5302,5283,710
05,00010,00015,00020,00020072017202617,5302,5283,710

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, 5.1% of the 10,748 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
Derecho2152$6.0 M4.5%7.4%73.0%$1.6–1.7 M82.4%
Ingeniería Comercial2132$5.9 M3.5%7.3%73.0%$1.6–1.7 M88.5%
Ingeniería Civil Industrial2042$5.9 M3.0%5.0%79.5%$1.7–1.8 M85.5%
Psicología1512$5.9 M2.2%6.8%59.7%$1.2–1.3 M92.4%
Administración Pública1302$5.2 M5.0%13.5%64.8%n/a86.7%
Química y Farmacia1301$5.9 M2.7%3.6%100.0%$2.3–2.4 M87.4%
Enfermería1262$5.9 M2.6%5.3%82.5%$1.8–1.9 M86.7%
Medicina Veterinaria1251$6.7 M1.6%6.9%77.5%$1.3–1.4 M91.4%
Tecnología Médica1252$5.9 M3.5%5.3%74.6%$1.5–1.6 M79.9%
Agronomía1231$6.3 M4.3%7.5%58.7%$1.5–1.6 M79.0%
Terapia Ocupacional1162$5.9 M3.3%6.6%52.3%$1.2–1.3 M91.3%
Ingeniería Civil en Computación e Informática1011$5.9 M7.0%6.1%76.8%n/a76.5%
Arquitectura951$6.6 M3.7%6.7%57.9%$1.3–1.4 M84.2%
Ingeniería Civil en Obras Civiles771$5.9 M9.2%12.6%78.8%$1.7–1.8 M80.0%
Medicina761$8.6 M0.5%1.3%94.2%over $3.5 M96.0%
Odontología761$9.2 M3.7%4.1%62.2%$1.6–1.7 M88.0%
Kinesiología751$5.9 M2.5%7.0%50.8%$1.4–1.5 M81.2%
Pedagogía en Educación de Párvulos752$4.6 M2.2%6.2%n/an/an/a
Biología Marina y Ecología Marina711$6.8 M4.5%6.9%n/an/an/a
Magister en Ciencias Sociales652$2.7–3.3 M42.5%15.6%n/an/an/a
Pedagogía en Educación Física651$4.6 M9.3%6.9%54.9%n/a78.2%
Bioquímica641$6.8 M3.6%5.6%47.2%n/a86.4%
Biología631$6.8 M4.5%6.8%n/an/an/a
Geología601$6.4 M8.0%9.6%56.1%n/a63.8%
Ingeniería Civil Mecánica601$5.9 M11.2%9.5%71.4%n/a87.5%
Magister en Derecho591$4.9 M27.6%12.5%n/an/an/a
Contador Auditor571$5.2 M4.1%14.2%83.2%$1.4–1.5 M85.0%
Bachillerato y/o Licenciatura en Tecnología561$5.9 M8.7%5.7%n/an/an/a
Obstetricia y Puericultura561$5.9 M2.4%3.5%77.3%$1.6–1.7 M94.9%
Magister en Ciencias Básicas531$3.0 M29.5%13.6%n/an/an/a
Ingeniería en Control de Gestión521$5.9 M3.2%8.9%86.5%n/a90.2%
Periodismo521$5.0 M6.8%5.1%63.0%n/a84.8%
Ingeniería Civil Electrónica491$5.9 M5.1%7.0%n/an/an/a
Pedagogía en Lenguaje, Comunicación y/o Castellano441$4.6 M3.4%6.7%68.9%n/a87.2%
Diseño421$5.9 M5.0%4.5%n/an/an/a
Música, Canto o Danza411$6.3 M6.9%16.9%n/an/an/a
Otros Profesionales de Arte y Arquitectura401$6.6 M1.7%19.4%n/an/an/a
Pedagogía en Idiomas401$4.6 M3.2%6.9%49.2%$1.0–1.1 M91.4%
Pedagogía en Historia, Geografía y Ciencias Sociales391$4.6 M6.4%8.8%n/an/an/a
Artes y Licenciatura en Artes381$5.9 M12.6%8.4%n/an/an/a
Pedagogía en Educación Básica351$4.6 M8.4%5.6%92.2%$1.2–1.3 M90.4%
Antropología341$4.6 M5.5%6.7%48.2%n/a76.5%
Administración Turística y Hotelera331$5.3 M4.4%13.5%40.5%n/a86.5%
Magister en Administración y Comercio331$3.8 M22.8%15.8%n/an/an/a
Ingeniería en Recursos Renovables301$6.8 M9.9%7.2%59.1%$1.2–1.3 M74.4%
Química, Licenciado en Química291$5.9 M0.0%5.8%n/an/an/a
Trabajo Social281$4.6 M8.0%18.0%n/an/an/a
Ingeniería en Construcción251$5.6 M9.8%16.2%72.9%$1.5–1.6 M73.2%
Pedagogía en Educación Diferencial241$4.6 M0.0%4.8%75.6%$1.1–1.2 M92.0%
Ingeniería en Alimentos211$5.4 M17.6%11.3%n/an/an/a
Magister en Educación212$3.0–3.0 M42.9%11.1%n/an/an/a
Fonoaudiología201$5.9 M6.5%7.4%49.2%$1.0–1.1 Mn/a
Programas de Formación Pedagógica201$4.6 M8.5%10.6%n/an/an/a
Ingeniería en Medio Ambiente191$5.9 M1.6%10.2%n/an/an/a
Pedagogía en Educación Técnico Profesional191$4.6 M5.6%8.4%n/an/an/a
Magister en Humanidades181$2.9 M—14.6%n/an/an/a
Geografía171$5.2 M9.3%5.2%38.6%n/an/a
Magister en Tecnología162$3.0–3.4 M31.7%12.0%n/an/an/a
Doctorado en Ciencias Básicas151$4.2 M7.7%11.0%n/an/an/a
Pedagogía en Matemáticas y Computación141$4.6 M9.4%7.3%n/an/an/a
Bachillerato y/o Licenciatura en Ciencias Básicas121$7.0 M12.5%9.8%n/an/an/a
Magister en Arte y Arquitectura61$3.2 M—11.8%n/an/an/a
Doctorado en Tecnología41$4.2 M—11.8%n/an/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, 17,530 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.

Health and welfare 24%Engineering and industry 18%Business and law 16%Education 10%Natural sciences 8.5%Agriculture and… 7.8%Social sciences 6.8%Arts and humanities 5.5%TecnologíaMédica4.0%Enfermería3.5%Química yFarmacia3.4%Medicina3.0%TerapiaOcupacional2.9%Odontología2.5%Kinesiología1.8%Obstetricia yPuericultura1.8%TrabajoSocialFonoau…0.6%Ingeniería CivilIndustrial5.4%Arquitectura2.9%IngenieríaCivil enObras Civiles2.3%Ingenier…Naval1.5%IngenieríaCivilMecánica1.4%IngenieríaCivilElectrónicaIngenie…enConstru…1.0%Inge…enMedi…Bach…y/oLice…Ingenier…Civil en…Ingeni…Derecho5.1%IngenieríaComercial5.0%AdministraciónPública2.9%ContadorAuditor1.4%Ingeni…enContro…1.2%PedagogíaenEducación…2.1%PedagogíaenEducación…1.7%PedagogíaenIdiomasPedagogíaenLenguaje…PedagogíaenHistoria,…PedagogíaenEducación…Pedagogíaen…Peda…enMate…Ped…enEdu…Geología1.8%BiologíaMarina yEcología…1.7%Bioquímica1.6%Ingenier…enRecursos…1.4%Biolo…0.9%Bachilleratoy/o…Quím…Lice…MedicinaVeterinaria4.4%Agronomía3.1%Psicología4.2%Periodismo1.2%Antrop…0.9%Geo…Música,Canto oDanza1.5%Diseño1.2%OtrosProfesiona…Arqueología0.9%ArtesyLice…Ingeni…Civilen…2.5%Admini…Turíst…y…
Health and welfare 24%Engineering and… 18%Business and law 16%Education 10%Natural… 8.5%Agric… 7.8%Soci… 6.8%Tecnol…Médica4.0%Enferm…3.5%QuímicayFarmac…3.4%Medici…3.0%Terap…Ocupa…2.9%Odon…Kinesio…Obstetr…Ingenie…CivilIndustr…5.4%Arquitect…2.9%Ingen…Civilen…Ingen…Civil…Ing…Civ…Derecho5.1%IngenieríaComercialAdmin…Públi…Con…Aud…Ped…enEdu…Pedag…en…Pedago…Ped…en…Peda…Pedag…Geol…Biol…Mari…Bio…Bac…Medic…Veter…4.4%Agro…Psicología4.2%Peri…Mús…Can…Dis…Arque…Artes…Inge…Civilen…Admi…
hover a tile for its count; click a group to open it

Mean annual list fee of its undergraduate enrolment: $5,997,000 (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
Derecho215889$6,037,000+134%
Ingeniería Comercial213873$5,923,000+40%
Ingeniería Civil Industrial204955$5,923,000+203%
Psicología151743$5,923,000+159%
Administración Pública130510$5,198,000—
Química y Farmacia130600$5,923,000+104%
Enfermería126620$5,923,000+135%
Tecnología Médica125697$5,923,000+13%
Medicina Veterinaria125766$6,686,000+18%
Agronomía123538$6,314,000+23%
Terapia Ocupacional116515$5,923,000+118%
Ingeniería Civil en Computación e Informática101434$5,923,000+43%
Arquitectura95515$6,557,000+25%
Ingeniería Civil en Obras Civiles77397$5,923,000+2%
Odontología76431$9,209,000+10%
Medicina76531$8,600,000+14%
Pedagogía en Educación de Párvulos75375$4,559,000—
Kinesiología75316$5,923,000+40%
Biología Marina y Ecología Marina71306$6,825,000+77%
Pedagogía en Educación Física65299$4,559,000+42%
Bioquímica64274$6,825,000+44%
Biología63155$6,825,000+3%
Ingeniería Naval60264$5,586,000−3%
Geología60313$6,443,000—
Ingeniería Civil Mecánica60246$5,923,000−3%
31 more, and every other programme
Contador Auditor57250$5,198,000+44%
Bachillerato y/o Licenciatura en Tecnología5697$5,923,000—
Obstetricia y Puericultura56311$5,923,000+46%
Periodismo52210$5,050,000+8%
Ingeniería en Control de Gestión52217$5,923,000—
Ingeniería Civil Electrónica49190$5,923,000−30%
Pedagogía en Lenguaje, Comunicación y/o Castellano44216$4,559,000+33%
Diseño42216$5,887,000—
Música, Canto o Danza41258$6,230,000+105%
Pedagogía en Idiomas40225$4,559,000+32%
Otros Profesionales de Arte y Arquitectura40176$6,557,000—
Pedagogía en Historia, Geografía y Ciencias Sociales39193$4,559,000−18%
Artes y Licenciatura en Artes38151$5,887,000+21%
Pedagogía en Educación Básica35185$4,559,000—
Antropología34158$4,630,000−37%
Administración Turística y Hotelera33156$5,331,000−17%
Arqueología31163$6,345,000—
Ingeniería en Recursos Renovables30245$6,825,000−13%
Química, Licenciado en Química2963$5,871,000—
Trabajo Social28126$4,595,000—
Ingeniería en Construcción25171$5,586,000−53%
Pedagogía en Educación Diferencial24124$4,559,000—
Ingeniería en Alimentos2161$5,403,000—
Fonoaudiología20108$5,923,000−62%
Programas de Formación Pedagógica2046$4,559,000—
Pedagogía en Educación Técnico Profesional1971$4,559,000—
Ingeniería en Medio Ambiente19103$5,923,000—
Geografía1782$5,217,000—
Ingeniería Civil en Sonido y Acústica1794$5,923,000—
Pedagogía en Matemáticas y Computación1482$4,559,000—
Bachillerato y/o Licenciatura en Ciencias Básicas12128$6,952,000—
Every other programme0———
12 programmes it no longer opens

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
Here25%15–1959%20–2413%Universities23%15–1955%20–2412%
Here25%15–1959%20–24Universities23%55%20–24
15–1920–2425–2930–3435–3940 and over
Timetable
Here100%DaytimeUniversities87%Daytime
Here100%DaytimeUniversities87%Daytime
DaytimeEvening
Sex
Here44%Men56%WomenUniversities44%Men56%Women
Here44%Men56%WomenUniversities44%Men56%Women
MenWomen
Kind of programme
Here99%Professional degreesUniversities97%Professional degrees
Here99%Professional degreesUniversities97%Professional degrees
Professional degreesTechnical programmes
How first-year students came in
Here85%Direct entry (regular)Universities85%Direct entry (regular)
Here85%Direct entry (regular)Universities85%Direct entry (regular)
Direct entry (regular)Other forms of entrySpecial entry for foreign studentsPACEInclusion programmesSpecial characteristics
Plan
Here100%Regular planUniversities91%Regular plan
Here100%Regular planUniversities91%Regular plan
Regular 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. 10,921 of 11,080 (98.6%) have such a record since 2006; the rest — who left school earlier, studied abroad or validated their studies — are not placed.

43.1% finished school in Los Ríos, the region of its main campus.

Region of the school
Los Ríos43.1%Los Lagos36.0%Aysén4.5%Metropolitana3.9%Araucanía3.9%O'Higgins1.4%Biobío1.2%Valparaíso1.2%Magallanes1.1%Coquimbo0.9%Maule0.8%Antofagasta0.6%Ñuble0.6%Tarapacá0.5%Arica y Parinacota0.3%Atacama0.2%
Los Ríos43.1%Los Lagos36.0%Aysén4.5%Metropolitana3.9%Araucanía3.9%O'Higgins1.4%Biobío1.2%Valparaíso1.2%Magallanes1.1%Coquimbo0.9%Maule0.8%Antofagasta0.6%Ñuble0.6%Tarapacá0.5%Arica y Parinacota0.3%Atacama0.2%
Comuna of the school
Valdivia2,79725.6%
Puerto Montt1,44213.2%
Osorno5705.2%
Castro3283.0%
Coyhaique3012.8%
Paillaco2962.7%
La Unión2912.7%
Ancud2352.2%
Puerto Varas2322.1%
Mariquina2322.1%
Los Lagos2152.0%
Panguipulli1841.7%
161 more comunas

Futrono 179 · Río Bueno 169 · Calbuco 162 · Lanco 144 · Los Muermos 121 · Villarrica 116 · Quellón 104 · Purranque 100 · Temuco 99 · Aysén 97 · Frutillar 96 · Fresia 84 · Lago Ranco 78 · Hualaihué 69 · Punta Arenas 67 · Corral 61 · Máfil 58 · Loncoche 55 · Rancagua 54 · Santiago 52 · Los Ángeles 47 · Quinchao 46 · La Serena 45 · Llanquihue 44 · Maullín 43 · Maipú 43 · Natales 42 · Chillán 41 · Pucón 37 · Chonchi 35 · Puente Alto 34 · Calama 31 · Cisnes 31 · Iquique 30 · Antofagasta 30 · Puyehue 30 · Río Negro 30 · Angol 29 · La Florida 29 · Providencia 29 · Arica 28 · Cochrane 27 · Rengo 23 · Curicó 22 · Queilén 22 · Chile Chico 22 · Ñuñoa 21 · Talca 19 · Alto Hospicio 18 · Dalcahue 18 · Linares 17 · Chaitén 17 · Ovalle 16 · Curaco de Vélez 16 · Puerto Octay 16 · Futaleufú 16 · Copiapó 15 · Concepción 15 · Pitrufquén 15 · San Miguel 15 · Valparaíso 14 · Santa Cruz 14 · San Antonio 13 · San Felipe 13 · San Fernando 13 · San Pablo 13 · Colina 13 · Coquimbo 12 · Cochamó 12 · Quemchi 12 · Porvenir 12 · Buin 12 · Viña del Mar 11 · Victoria 11 · El Bosque 11 · La Cisterna 11 · Quilicura 11 · San Bernardo 11 · Quilpué 10 · Peñalolén 10 · Talagante 10 · Cunco 9 · Curacautín 9 · Palena 9 · Padre Hurtado 9 · Los Andes 8 · Villa Alemana 8 · Graneros 8 · Machalí 8 · Independencia 8 · Las Condes 8 · Lampa 8 · Cañete 7 · La Pintana 7 · Peñaflor 7 · Yungay 7 · Quillota 6 · Quinta de Tilcoco 6 · San Vicente 6 · Arauco 6 · Lonquimay 6 · Traiguén 6 · San Juan de la Costa 6 · Guaitecas 6 · La Reina 6 · San Carlos 6 · Concón 5 · Parral 5 · Mulchén 5 · Nacimiento 5 · Purén 5 · Estación Central 5 · Pirque 5 · Paine 5 · Melipilla 5 · El Carmen 5 · San Nicolás 5 · Tocopilla 4 · Andacollo 4 · Illapel 4 · Isla de Pascua 4 · La Ligua 4 · Petorca 4 · Chimbarongo 4 · San Javier 4 · Lebu 4 · Laja 4 · Nueva Imperial 4 · Toltén 4 · Los Sauces 4 · Cerrillos 4 · La Granja 4 · Macul 4 · Quinta Normal 4 · Recoleta 4 · Vicuña 3 · Los Vilos 3 · Casablanca 3 · Quintero 3 · Cabildo 3 · Limache 3 · Coltauco 3 · Pichilemu 3 · Constitución 3 · Cauquenes 3 · San Pedro de la Paz 3 · Tomé 3 · Curanilahue 3 · Santa Bárbara 3 · Tucapel 3 · Carahue 3 · Padre las Casas 3 · Vilcún 3 · Collipulli 3 · Conchalí 3 · Huechuraba 3 · Lo Prado 3 · Pudahuel 3 · San Ramón 3 · Vitacura 3 · San José de Maipo 3

70 more comunas sent fewer than 3 each, together 95 entrants; they are not named.

The kind of school
Here41%Public (municipal or SLEP)52%Subsidised privateUniversities28%Public (municipal or…54%Subsidised private16%
Here41%Public (municipal or S…52%Subsidised privateUniversities28%Public (munici…54%Subsidised private16%
Public (municipal or SLEP)Subsidised privateFee-paying privateDelegated administration
When they started, after leaving school
Here60%The next year23%A year later12%Universities54%The next year25%A year later13%
Here60%The next year23%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, 4,579 applicants put a programme of Universidad Austral de Chile as their first choice and 13,035 included one somewhere on their list.

In which preference its regular entrants had it · 2026
Here78%1st choice12%Universities56%1st choice19%2nd
Here78%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
Universidad Austral de ChileUniversities
02040608020212024202655.6%77.6%
02040608020212024202655.6%77.6%
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
Here80%Regular places15%Universities83%Regular places12%
Here80%Regular places15%Universities83%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.

Universidad Austral de ChileUniversities
025507510020072016202585.8%88.9%
025507510020072016202585.8%88.9%
Cohort 2025, in 2026
Here89%Still hereUniversities86%Still here
Here89%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
0204060091860%17%
0204060091860%17%

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

Cohort 2015, 10 years on
Here60%Titled here17%23%No title yetUniversities56%Titled here17%26%No title yet
Here60%Titled here17%23%Universities56%Titled here17%26%No title yet
Titled hereTitled elsewhereNo title yet

3,177 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
Health and welfare 27%Engineering and industry 16%Business and law 14%Education 12%Social sciences 8.6%Natural sciences 7.9%Agriculture and veterinary 7.8%Arts and hu… 3.6%Informati… 1.7%Services 1.6%Enfermería5.1%TecnologíaMédica4.3%Medicina3.3%ObstetriciayPuericultura2.9%TerapiaOcupacional2.7%Odontolog…2.5%QuímicayFarmacia2.1%TrabajoSocial1.6%Fonoa…1.2%KinesiologíaIngenieríaCivilIndustrial5.1%IngenieríaCivil enObras…2.7%Arquitectu…2.3%IngenieríaenConstrucc…1.9%Ingen…Naval0.9%Ingen…CivilMecán…Ingen…en…Ing…Civ…Ele…Ing…enAli…Ingen…Civil…IngenieríaComercial4.1%Administ…Pública3.5%Derecho2.3%ContadorAuditor1.7%Ingenieríaen Controlde GestiónAdminis…Técnico…PedagogíaenEducació…2.2%PedagogíaenEducació…1.7%Pedagog…enLenguaj…PedagogíaenHistoria…1.5%PedagogíaenEducación…Pedagogíaen Idiomas1.4%Pedagogíaen…Pedagogíaen…Prog…deForm…Ped…enEdu…Psicología4.6%Periodismo1.5%Antro…1.4%Geogr…1.1%Ingenier…enRecursos…2.3%BiologíaMarina yEcología…Geología1.5%Bachiller…y/oLicenciat…Bioquímica1.1%MedicinaVeterinaria4.2%Agronomía2.6%Téc…Agr…Inge…Técn…Músic…Cantoo…1.5%OtrosProfesiona…Dis…Artes…Arque…Ingeniería Civil…Adminis…Técnicoen…
Health and welfare 27%Engineering a… 16%Business and law 14%Education 12%Social… 8.6%Natur… 7.9%Agricul… 7.8%Arts … 3.6%Enfermer…5.1%Tecnolog…Médica4.3%Medic…3.3%Obste…yPueri…Terap…Ocupa…2.7%Odont…2.5%Químicay…Trabaj…Fon…Kin…IngenieríaCivilIndustrialIngen…Civilen…2.7%Arquitec…Ingenier…Inge…Ing…Ing…Ing…IngenieríaComercialAdministrac…PúblicaDere…Inge…en…Pedago…en…Pedago…en…Peda…en…Peda…en…Ped…en…Ped…en…Psico…4.6%Perio…Antro…Geogra…Ingeni…en…Bio…Mar…Geo…Bac…y/oLic…Medici…Veteri…4.2%Agron…2.6%Músi…Ingen…Civil…Admin…Técni…
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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. 7,512 of 7,575 titles have the dates to be measured.

Here24%Within the formal length32%1–2 semesters more18%3–4 semesters more11%5–6 semesters more9.7%7–10 semesters …5.2%Universities33%Within the formal length31%1–2 semesters more16%3–4 semesters more8.4%5–6 semesters…7.0%
Here24%Within the …32%1–2 semesters more18%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
Enfermería3965.06.324%6.0
Psicología3825.05.761%5.7
Terapia Ocupacional3545.05.949%5.7
Ingeniería Civil Industrial3485.57.04%6.9
Ingeniería Comercial3395.06.38%6.1
Tecnología Médica3275.07.515%6.4
Medicina Veterinaria2985.08.50%7.2
Administración Pública2625.05.273%5.1
Medicina2517.07.949%7.5
Agronomía2295.07.53%7.2
Odontología2026.07.229%7.5
Obstetricia y Puericultura1895.06.223%6.1
Ingeniería Civil en Obras Civiles1875.57.68%7.4
Derecho1715.08.32%8.4
Ingeniería en Recursos Renovables1515.06.75%7.2
Arquitectura1485.67.63%7.4
Kinesiología1485.06.038%6.1
Química y Farmacia1465.58.24%7.1
Fonoaudiología1425.06.135%6.1
Pedagogía en Educación Básica1305.05.750%5.4

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

2 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
Los Ríos2,873Los Lagos837
Los Ríos2,873Los Lagos837
By commune
Valdivia2,873
Puerto Montt837

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
05001,0001,500200720172026788344
05001,0001,500200720172026788344
Postgraduate enrolment by field · 2026
Master's 77%Doctorate 23%Magister enCiencias Sociales16%Magister enCiencias Básicas15%Magister enDerecho13%Magister enAdministración yComercio9.1%Magister enAgropecuaria8.2%Magister enTecnología6.0%MagisterenHumanida…4.6%Magister enEducación4.3%Magist…en Artey…2.2%Doctorado enCiencias Básicas8.4%DoctoradoenAgropecu…3.6%DoctoradoenHumanida…3.2%Doctorado enCienciasSocialesDoctorado enSaludDoctora…enDerecho1.9%Doctoradoen…
Master's 77%Doctorate 23%Magister enCienciasSociales16%Magister enCienciasBásicas15%Magister enDerecho13%MagisterenAdministr…9.1%Magister enAgropecuaria8.2%Magister enTecnologíaMagister enHumanidades4.6%Magist…enEducac…4.3%Mag…enArt…Doctorado enCiencias BásicasDocto…enAgrop…Docto…enHuman…Doct…enCien…Doc…enSal…Docto…en…Docto…
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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. 738 of 916 (80.6%) 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, 49.2% 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».

Universidad Austral de Chile363 peopleUniversidad de Chile33 peopleUniversidad de Concepcion28 peopleUniversidad San Sebastian27 peopleUniversidad Catolica de Temuco25 peopleUniversidad de la Frontera15 peopleUniversidad Andres Bello8 peopleUniversidad Santo Tomas7 peopleUniversidad Mayor6 peopleOther institutions226 peopleNo title in the register178 peopleMagister en Educación55 peopleDoctorado en Ciencias Básicas43 peopleMagister en Humanidades44 peopleMagister en Tecnología45 peopleMagister en Derecho155 peopleMagister en Ciencias Básicas144 peopleMagister en Ciencias Sociales185 peopleOther fields68 peopleMagister en Agropecuaria62 peopleMagister en Administración y Comercio92 peopleDoctorado en Agropecuaria23 people
Universidad Aus…363 peopleUniversidad de …33 peopleUniversidad de …28 peopleUniversidad San…27 peopleUniversidad Cat…25 peopleUniversidad de …15 peopleUniversidad And…8 peopleUniversidad San…7 peopleUniversidad May…6 peopleOther instituti…226 peopleNo title in the…178 peopleMagister en Edu…55 peopleDoctorado en Ci…43 peopleMagister en Hum…44 peopleMagister en Tec…45 peopleMagister en Der…155 peopleMagister en Cie…144 peopleMagister en Cie…185 peopleOther fields68 peopleMagister en Agr…62 peopleMagister en Adm…92 peopleDoctorado en Ag…23 people
Undergraduate institutionPeople%
Universidad Austral de Chile (itself)36339.6%
Universidad de Chile434.7%
Universidad de Concepcion363.9%
Universidad Catolica de Temuco333.6%
Universidad San Sebastian323.5%
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile182.0%
Universidad de la Frontera171.9%
Universidad Andres Bello161.7%
Universidad Mayor141.5%
Universidad Santo Tomas141.5%
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso121.3%
Universidad de Santiago de Chile111.2%
Other institutions12914.1%
No undergraduate title in the register (before 2007 or abroad)17819.4%

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. 2,191 of 16,346 (13.4%) started one (universities: 9.9%); 38.8% 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».

Health and welfare460 peopleNatural sciences360 peopleEducation343 peopleBusiness and law262 peopleSocial sciences260 peopleEngineering and industry218 peopleAgriculture and veterinary198 peopleArts and humanities31 peopleServices31 peopleInformation technology28 peopleUniversidad de la Frontera86 peopleUniversidad Andres Bello159 peopleUniversidad Mayor109 peopleUniversidad Santo Tomas43 peopleUniversidad San Sebastian163 peopleUniversidad de Concepcion47 peopleUniversidad de Chile161 peopleOther institutions395 peopleUniversidad Austral de Chile851 peoplePontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile109 peopleUniversidad del Desarrollo34 peopleUniversidad Adolfo Ibañez34 people
Health and welf…460 peopleNatural sciences360 peopleEducation343 peopleBusiness and law262 peopleSocial sciences260 peopleEngineering and…218 peopleAgriculture and…198 peopleArts and humani…31 peopleServices31 peopleInformation tec…28 peopleUniversidad de …86 peopleUniversidad And…159 peopleUniversidad May…109 peopleUniversidad San…43 peopleUniversidad San…163 peopleUniversidad de …47 peopleUniversidad de …161 peopleOther instituti…395 peopleUniversidad Aus…851 peoplePontificia Univ…109 peopleUniversidad del…34 peopleUniversidad Ado…34 people
Postgraduate institutionPeople%
Universidad Austral de Chile (itself)85138.8%
Universidad San Sebastian1677.6%
Universidad Andres Bello1637.4%
Universidad de Chile1617.3%
Universidad Mayor1115.1%
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile1095.0%
Universidad de la Frontera894.1%
Universidad de Concepcion492.2%
Universidad Santo Tomas462.1%
Universidad Adolfo Ibañez401.8%
Universidad del Desarrollo361.6%
Universidad Central de Chile281.3%

Research

ANID · 2006–2025

The projects ANID (CONICYT until 2019) awarded with Universidad Austral de Chile 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
726
6 of 49 universities
Fondecyt (Regular, Iniciación, Postdoctorado)
521
2015–2024
Applied research
8%
universities 13%
Led by a woman
30%
universities 33%

Projects awarded each year

025507510020062016202563
025507510020062016202563

By OECD area · 2015–2024

0.0%20.0%40.0%60.0%Natural sciencesEngineering and technologyMedical and health sciencesAgricultural sciencesSocial sciencesHumanitiesMultidisciplinaryNo area declared
0.0%20.0%40.0%60.0%Natural sciencesEngineering and technologyMedical and health sciencesAgricultural sciencesSocial sciencesHumanitiesMultidisciplinaryNo area declared
HereUniversities

By ANID programme · 2015–2024

0200400600Fondecyt521Fondef59PCI56Other programmes28Fondequip25PAI16Explora13PIA5Fonis2CORFO1
0200400600Fondecyt521Fondef59PCI56Other programmes28Fondequip25PAI16Explora13PIA5Fonis2CORFO1

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
Animal health and productionsalud y produccion animal, acuicultura and ciencias veterinarias7514.45.69
Biology 1ecologia y ciencias ambientales, genetica y evolucion and biologia marina7815.03.57
Earth sciencesoceanografia, geologia y mineralogia and meteorologia y climatologia336.32.06
Geography and urbanismgeografia y urbanismo, geografia fisica and geografia humana y cultural234.42.01
Biology 3biologia molecular, microbiologia and bioquimica366.91.65
Agronomyciencias del suelo, fisiologia vegetal and fruticultura y viticultura346.51.60
Law and political sciencecienicas juridicas y politicas, ciencia politica (inc. legislacion ) and derecho publico377.11.43
Anthropology and archaeologyantropologia y arqueologia, antropologia cultural y social and arqueologia132.51.37
Biology 2biologia celular, fisiologia biofisica and inmunologia163.10.97
Arts and architecturemusica, otras especialidades de la arquitectura and cine y fotografia112.10.93
Interdisciplinary researchcambio climatico y desarrollo sostenible, biotecnologia y bioingenieria and otros91.70.89
Educationpedagogia y educacion, formacion inicial and didactica especifica224.20.78
Historyhistoria de chile, historia hispanoamericana and historia101.90.70
Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences)medicina g1 - cs. biomedicas, cardiologia fisiologia cardiovascular and oncologia quimioterapia cirugia oncologia122.30.66
Psychologypsicologia, otras psicologias and psicobiologia81.50.59
Engineering 1ingenieria de materiales, ingenieria mecanica and ingenieria hidraulica132.50.57
Sociologysociologia, otras sociologias and cambio social y desarrollo112.10.55
Astronomy, cosmology and particlesastronomia cosmologia y particulas, astronomia and gravitacion y cosmologia132.50.50
Philosophyfilosofia, historia de la filosofia and filosofia analitica71.30.50
Chemistryquimica, fisico quimica quimica teorica y computacional fotoquimica-fotofisica catalisis y coloides and quimica organica183.50.44
Mathematicsanalisis, ecuaciones diferenciales and metodos numericos112.10.38
Engineering 3ingenieria quimica, procesamiento y tecnologia de alimentos and bioingenieria81.50.38
Theoretical and experimental physicsfisica teorica y experimental, fisica de solidos and sistemas no lineales61.20.37
Linguistics and literaturelinguistica literatura y filologia, linguistica and literatura chilena61.20.33
Economics and managementcs. economicas y administrativas, finanzas and teoria economica30.60.24
Engineering 2ingenieria en computacion, ingenieria industrial y de sistemas and ingenieria de instrumentacion y control61.20.19
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 critica20.40.13

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 8 groups Universidad Austral de Chile is specialised in. The axes mean nothing; what the picture says is near and far.

Law and political scienceBiology 1Biology 3AgronomyEarth sciencesAnimal health and productionGeography and urbanismAnthropology and archaeologyChemistryEngineering 2MathematicsEducationAstronomy, cosmology and particlesEngineering 1Engineering 3SociologyLinguistics and literatureMedicine G1 (biomedical sciences)Biology 2Theoretical and experimental phys…Medicine G2–G3 (clinical and publ…HistoryPhilosophyPsychologyEconomics and managementArts and architectureInterdisciplinary research
Law and political sci…Biology 1Biology 3AgronomyAnimal health and pro…Geography and urbanismAnthropology and arch…
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 del Norte70Anthropology and archaeology · Biology 1 · Geography and urbanism · Law and political science · Earth sciences
Universidad de Concepcion67Agronomy · Animal health and production · Biology 1 · Biology 3 · Geography and urbanism · Earth sciences
Universidad de los Lagos66Animal health and production · Anthropology and archaeology · Biology 1 · Geography and urbanism · Earth sciences
Universidad Mayor65Agronomy · Anthropology and archaeology · Biology 1 · Biology 3 · Earth sciences
Universidad de Chile63Animal health and production · Anthropology and archaeology · Biology 3 · Earth sciences
Universidad Andres Bello59Animal health and production · Biology 3
Universidad Catolica de Temuco59Agronomy · Animal health and production · Anthropology and archaeology · Geography and urbanism · Law and political science
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile58Biology 1 · Geography and urbanism
Universidad de ChileUniversidad de ConcepcionUniversidad Andres BelloUniversidad Catolica del NorteUniversidad MayorUniversidad Catolica de TemucoUniversidad de los Lagos
U. de ChileU. de ConcepcionU. Andres BelloU. Catolica del NorteU. Catolica de TemucoU. de los Lagos

Each dot an institution, near the ones whose mix is similar and joined to its two closest; red is Universidad Austral de Chile, 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 109 projects are read apart, by discipline, and are not part of the specialisation above.

0102030Ciencias biologicas21Ciencias de la tierra y del medio ambiente10Agricultura, silvicultura, pesca8Ciencias agricolas7Ciencias de la educacion6Ciencias naturales6Derecho4Geografia economica y social4Ingenieria de los materiales4Otras ciencias sociales4
0102030Ciencias biologicas21Ciencias de la tierra y del medio ambiente10Agricultura, silvicultura, pesca8Ciencias agricolas7Ciencias de la educacion6Ciencias naturales6Derecho4Geografia economica y social4Ingenieria de los materiales4Otras ciencias sociales4

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

57 names · 2026

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

0100200300Derecho215Ingenieria Comercial213Ingenieria Civil Industrial204Psicologia151Administracion Publica130Quimica y Farmacia130Enfermeria126Medicina Veterinaria125Tecnologia Medica125Agronomia123Terapia Ocupacional116Ingenieria Civil en Informatica101Arquitectura95Ingenieria Civil en Obras Civiles77Medicina76
0100200300Derecho215Ingenieria Comercial213Ingenieria Civil Industrial204Psicologia151Administracion Publica130Quimica y Farmacia130Enfermeria126Medicina Veterinaria125Tecnologia Medica125Agronomia123Terapia Ocupacional116Ingenieria Civil en Informatica101Arquitectura95Ingenieria Civil en Obras Civiles77Medicina76

42 more names, together 1,703 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.