Universidad Bernardo O'Higgins

1,514 people started an undergraduate programme at Universidad Bernardo O'Higgins in 2026, the 39th largest intake of Chile's 50 universities, and 9,226 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: Metropolitana

CampusThe whole institution
First-year entrants
1,514
2026 · 39 of 50
Total enrolment
9,226
2026
Still here a year later · cohort 2025
93.4%
univ. 85.8%
Graduated here in 10 years · cohort 2015
55.3%
univ. 56.3%
Had it as first choice · 2026
33.0%
univ. 55.6%
Mean list fee · 2026
$5.9 M
univ. $5.9 M
Accreditation
5 years
2026
Women
61.2%
entrants 2026

At a glance

2026
Enrolled 2026
7,745
First year 2026
1,514
Titles 2025
1,199

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

Enrolled 2026
921
of them in a doctorate
51 · 6%
First year 2026
95
Titles 2025
268

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

Projects 2015–2024
80
Among universities
36 of 49
Fondecyt
62

Most specialised in: history, chemistry, interdisciplinary research.

Here84%9%
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
02,0004,0006,0008,0002007201720267,7451,1991,514
02,0004,0006,0008,0002007201720267,7451,1991,514

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, 8.2% of the 4,544 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
Ingeniería en Computación e Informática1192$5.0–5.9 M6.8%14.8%58.7%n/a82.7%
Psicología1191$6.0 M2.5%6.8%49.8%$1.0–1.1 M91.3%
Kinesiología1091$6.2 M3.4%7.0%41.7%$1.1–1.2 M93.3%
Química y Farmacia1021$6.6 M2.3%3.6%n/an/an/a
Medicina Veterinaria1001$6.9 M5.5%6.9%n/an/an/a
Derecho971$6.0 M4.3%7.4%57.1%n/a90.8%
Enfermería881$6.5 M2.3%5.3%65.2%$1.8–1.9 M95.6%
Tecnología Médica831$6.5 M3.3%5.3%52.7%n/a95.1%
Terapia Ocupacional681$5.8 M3.1%6.6%43.2%n/a97.5%
Otros Profesionales de Educación671$4.5 M3.7%12.7%n/an/an/a
Medicina621$11.0 M0.6%1.3%n/an/an/a
Ingeniería Civil Industrial471$5.9 M3.0%5.0%n/an/an/a
Obstetricia y Puericultura471$6.6 M1.3%3.5%49.7%n/a100.0%
Contador Auditor441$4.0 M2.5%14.2%n/an/an/a
Ingeniería Comercial421$5.1 M1.8%7.3%75.3%n/a80.6%
Fonoaudiología401$5.5 M3.3%7.4%46.4%n/a92.7%
Nutrición y Dietética381$6.0 M3.3%8.8%42.3%n/a86.4%
Magister en Ciencias Sociales331$3.1 M—15.6%n/an/an/a
Magister en Salud331$4.3 M0.0%9.3%n/an/an/a
Pedagogía en Educación Física311$4.1 M3.5%6.9%67.2%$0.9–1.0 M81.5%
Trabajo Social301$4.0 M9.3%18.0%n/an/an/a
Magister en Educación291$2.6 M2.2%11.1%n/an/an/a
Pedagogía en Educación Diferencial281$4.0 M6.8%4.8%97.6%n/an/a
Periodismo261$4.7 M4.2%5.1%n/an/an/a
Pedagogía en Educación de Párvulos241$4.0 M3.9%6.2%n/an/an/a
Ingeniería Civil Ambiental191$5.9 M4.7%11.7%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
Pedagogía en Idiomas———14.8%6.9%53.8%n/a82.8%

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, 7,745 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 50%Business and law 11%Social sciences 10.0%Education 7.2%Agriculture and… 6.8%Information… 6.2%Engineering and indus… 4.9%Services 2.9%Kinesiología7.4%TecnologíaMédica7.3%Enfermería6.2%Obstetricia yPuericultura5.8%Química yFarmacia5.1%Medicina4.4%TerapiaOcupacional3.4%Trabajo Social3.1%Nutrición yDietética2.8%Fonoaudi…2.6%Bachil…y/oLicenc…2.0%Derecho6.6%IngenieríaComercial2.3%ContadorAuditor1.7%Psicología8.6%Pedagog…enEducaci…1.6%Pedagog…enEducaci…1.5%Bachilleratoy/o…Pedagogía enEducación…Pedag…enIdiom…Pedag…en…MedicinaVeterinaria6.8%Ingeniería enComputación eInformática6.2%IngenieríaCivilIndustrial2.2%Ingenie…enMecatró…1.8%Ing…Civ…Amb…OtrosProfesionales deEducaciónIngen…enGeome…1.3%
Health and welfare 50%Business and law 11%Social scienc… 10.0%Educat… 7.2%Agricu… 6.8%Informat… 6.2%Engineer… 4.9%Kinesiología7.4%TecnologíaMédica7.3%Enfermería6.2%Obstetric…yPuericult…5.8%Química yFarmacia5.1%Medicina4.4%TerapiaOcupacion…TrabajoSocialNutri…yDieté…2.8%Fono…Bachillerato…Derecho6.6%Ingenie…Comerci…Contado…Psicología8.6%Peda…en…Peda…en…Ped…MedicinaVeterinaria6.8%Ingeniería enComputación …Ingeni…Civil…Inge…en…Otros…Ing…enGeo…
Agriculture and veterinaryInformation technologyServicesNatural scienceshover a tile for its count; click a group to open it

Mean annual list fee of its undergraduate enrolment: $5,873,000 (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
Psicología119667$6,000,000+23%
Ingeniería en Computación e Informática119479$5,327,000—
Kinesiología109571$6,200,000—
Química y Farmacia102397$6,600,000—
Medicina Veterinaria100523$6,900,000—
Derecho97509$6,000,000−41%
Enfermería88481$6,500,000—
Ingeniería en Mecatrónica84137$5,900,000—
Tecnología Médica83565$6,500,000—
Terapia Ocupacional68266$5,800,000—
Otros Profesionales de Educación67224$4,500,000—
Medicina62342$11,000,000—
Obstetricia y Puericultura47451$6,600,000—
Ingeniería Civil Industrial47171$5,900,000+29%
Contador Auditor44130$4,000,000—
Ingeniería Comercial42177$5,100,000+30%
Fonoaudiología40199$5,500,000—
Nutrición y Dietética38220$6,000,000—
Pedagogía en Educación Física31124$4,100,000−78%
Trabajo Social30242$3,272,000—
Pedagogía en Educación Diferencial28105$4,000,000—
Periodismo26107$4,700,000—
Pedagogía en Educación de Párvulos24114$4,000,000+17%
Ingeniería Civil Ambiental1969$5,900,000—
Every other programme
Every other programme0———
10 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
Here21%15–1959%20–24Universities23%15–1955%20–2412%
Here21%59%20–24Universities23%55%20–24
15–1920–2425–2930–3435–3940 and over
Timetable
Here89%DaytimeUniversities87%Daytime
Here89%DaytimeUniversities87%Daytime
DaytimeEveningDistance
Sex
Here36%Men64%WomenUniversities44%Men56%Women
Here36%Men64%WomenUniversities44%Men56%Women
MenWomen
How first-year students came in
Here90%Direct entry (regular)Universities85%Direct entry (regular)
Here90%Direct entry (regular)Universities85%Direct entry (regular)
Direct entry (regular)Other forms of entrySpecial entry for foreign students
Plan
Here94%Regular planUniversities91%Regular plan
Here94%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. 4,384 of 4,519 (97.0%) have such a record since 2006; the rest — who left school earlier, studied abroad or validated their studies — are not placed.

88.1% finished school in Metropolitana, the region of its main campus.

Region of the school
Metropolitana88.1%O'Higgins5.1%Valparaíso2.3%Maule0.8%Coquimbo0.7%Araucanía0.5%Biobío0.5%Antofagasta0.5%Atacama0.3%Tarapacá0.3%Arica y Parinacota0.2%Los Lagos0.2%Ñuble0.2%Magallanes0.1%Los Ríos0.1%Aysén0.1%
Metropolitana88.1%O'Higgins5.1%Valparaíso2.3%Maule0.8%Coquimbo0.7%Araucanía0.5%Biobío0.5%Antofagasta0.5%Atacama0.3%Tarapacá0.3%Arica y Parinacota0.2%Los Lagos0.2%Ñuble0.2%Magallanes0.1%Los Ríos0.1%Aysén0.1%
Comuna of the school
Santiago3498.0%
Puente Alto3487.9%
Maipú2836.5%
San Bernardo2505.7%
La Florida1613.7%
La Cisterna1563.6%
Talagante1563.6%
San Miguel1443.3%
Quilicura1272.9%
El Bosque1192.7%
Recoleta1132.6%
Buin1052.4%
88 more comunas

Ñuñoa 95 · La Pintana 85 · Peñaflor 84 · Paine 79 · Providencia 78 · Colina 77 · Melipilla 75 · Padre Hurtado 71 · Rancagua 69 · Estación Central 65 · La Granja 65 · Peñalolén 65 · Independencia 63 · Quinta Normal 61 · Renca 59 · Pudahuel 51 · San Ramón 50 · Lampa 50 · Pedro Aguirre Cerda 49 · Isla de Maipo 30 · Cerro Navia 28 · Conchalí 28 · Lo Espejo 28 · Cerrillos 26 · Las Condes 25 · Macul 24 · Los Andes 22 · San Fernando 22 · Curacaví 20 · San Vicente 19 · San Antonio 18 · Huechuraba 18 · La Reina 17 · Lo Prado 17 · San Felipe 15 · Graneros 13 · La Serena 12 · Santa Cruz 12 · San Joaquín 12 · Curicó 10 · Lo Barnechea 10 · Calera de Tango 10 · Arica 10 · Iquique 9 · Calama 9 · Rengo 9 · Pirque 9 · Antofagasta 8 · Cartagena 8 · Machalí 8 · San José de Maipo 8 · Doñihue 7 · Las Cabras 7 · Pichilemu 7 · Ovalle 6 · Coltauco 6 · Mostazal 6 · Requínoa 6 · Linares 6 · Los Ángeles 6 · María Pinto 6 · Copiapó 5 · Valparaíso 5 · Litueche 5 · Constitución 5 · Parral 5 · Vitacura 5 · Vallenar 4 · Coquimbo 4 · Viña del Mar 4 · Villa Alemana 4 · Chimbarongo 4 · Talca 4 · Coronel 4 · Temuco 4 · Punta Arenas 4 · Tiltil 4 · El Monte 4 · Tocopilla 3 · Los Vilos 3 · Calle Larga 3 · Quillota 3 · Olivar 3 · Pichidegua 3 · Navidad 3 · Villarrica 3 · Angol 3 · Chillán 3

73 more comunas sent fewer than 3 each, together 101 entrants; they are not named.

The kind of school
Here23%Public (municipa…69%Subsidised privateUniversities28%Public (municipal or…54%Subsidised private16%
Here23%69%Subsidised privateUniversities28%Public (munici…54%Subsidised private16%
Public (municipal or SLEP)Subsidised privateFee-paying privateDelegated administration
When they started, after leaving school
Here52%The next year28%A year later13%Universities54%The next year25%A year later13%
Here52%The next year28%A year laterUniversities54%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, 1,143 applicants put a programme of Universidad Bernardo O'Higgins as their first choice and 16,786 included one somewhere on their list.

In which preference its regular entrants had it · 2026
Here33%1st choice20%2nd15%17%12%Universities56%1st choice19%2nd
Here33%1st choice20%15%17%Universities56%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 Bernardo O'HigginsUniversities
02040608020212024202655.6%33.0%
02040608020212024202655.6%33.0%
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
Here94%Regular placesUniversities83%Regular places12%
Here94%Regular placesUniversities83%Regular places
Regular placesAcademic 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 Bernardo O'HigginsUniversities
025507510020072016202585.8%93.4%
025507510020072016202585.8%93.4%
Cohort 2025, in 2026
Here93%Still hereUniversities86%Still here
Here93%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
020406080091855%47%
020406080091855%47%

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

Cohort 2015, 10 years on
Here55%Titled here14%31%No title yetUniversities56%Titled here17%26%No title yet
Here55%Titled here31%No title yetUniversities56%Titled here17%26%No title yet
Titled hereTitled elsewhereNo title yet

1,232 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 48%Education 12%Social sciences 10%Business and law 10%Information techno… 5.8%Agriculture an… 5.7%Natural scienc… 4.3%Engin… 2.2%Obstetricia yPuericultura9.9%Bachillerato y/oLicenciatura en Salud9.0%TecnologíaMédica7.9%Kinesiología6.1%Enfermería5.8%Fonoaudio…2.2%NutriciónyDietética2.1%TerapiaOcupaci…2.1%TrabajoSocial1.8%Quí…yFar…Bachillera…y/oLicenciatu…5.5%Pedagog…enEducaci…Pedagog…enIdiomasPedag…enEduca…1.4%Pedagogíaen…Pedagogía…Psicología9.1%Per…Derecho6.8%IngenieríaComercialConta…Audit…0.9%Ingeniería enComputación eInformática5.8%MedicinaVeterinaria5.7%Ingeniería enGeomensura yCartografíaIngeni…CivilAmbien…Inge…CivilIndu…OtrosProfe…de…1.2%
Health and welfare 48%Education 12%Social sciences 10%Business … 10%Informat… 5.8%Agric… 5.7%Natur… 4.3%Obstetricia yPuericultura9.9%Bachillerato y/oLicenciatura enSaludTecnologíaMédica7.9%Kinesiología6.1%Enfermería5.8%Fonoa…2.2%Nutric…yDietét…TerapiaOcupaci…Trab…Soci…Bachill…y/oLicenci…5.5%Peda…en…Peda…en…Ped…enEdu…Pedag…Pedag…Psicología9.1%Derecho6.8%Ing…Com…Cont…Ingeniería enComputación e…MedicinaVeterinaria5.7%Ingeniería enGeomensura y…Ing…Civ…
Information technologyAgriculture and veterinaryNatural sciencesServiceshover a tile for its count; click a group to open it

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. 2,883 of 3,828 titles have the dates to be measured.

Here44%Within the formal length28%1–2 semesters more14%3–4 semesters more6.6%5.2%Universities33%Within the formal length31%1–2 semesters more16%3–4 semesters more8.4%5–6 semesters…7.0%
Here44%Within the formal length28%1–2 semesters …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
Obstetricia y Puericultura6275.05.936%6.1
Tecnología Médica3735.06.430%6.4
Enfermería3175.06.046%6.0
Psicología2845.05.672%5.7
Derecho1985.37.919%8.4
Ingeniería en Computación e Informática1334.14.750%5.3
Kinesiología1335.06.533%6.1
Terapia Ocupacional1065.05.849%5.7
Medicina Veterinaria935.05.185%7.2
Nutrición y Dietética725.06.631%6.2
Ingeniería Comercial715.05.946%6.1
Química y Farmacia465.05.267%7.1
Fonoaudiología455.06.151%6.1
Pedagogía en Idiomas435.05.577%5.8
Pedagogía en Educación Física425.06.060%5.6
Pedagogía en Educación Diferencial414.55.10%5.2
Trabajo Social364.54.775%5.0
Periodismo324.54.966%5.7
Ingeniería Civil Industrial295.26.659%6.9
Contador Auditor284.04.454%5.3

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

1 commune · 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
Metropolitana1,514
Metropolitana1,514
By commune
Santiago1,514

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
05001,0001,5002,00020072017202692195
05001,0001,5002,00020072017202692195
Postgraduate enrolment by field · 2026
Master's 94%Magister en Ciencias Sociales41%Magister en Educación21%Magister en Salud18%Magister enAdministración yComercio7.1%Magister enCienciasBásicas5.0%Magi…enTecn…Docto…enEduca…4.0%Docto…enCienc…1.5%
Master's 94%Magister en CienciasSociales41%Magister en Educación21%Magister enSalud18%Magister enAdministración yComercioMagister enCienciasBásicas
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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. 176 of 193 (91.2%) 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, 19.3% 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 Bernardo O'Higgins34 peopleUniversidad Autonoma de Chile8 peopleUniversidad Santo Tomas6 peopleIP AIEP6 peopleUniversidad de las Americas5 peopleUniversidad San Sebastian3 peopleUniversidad de Chile3 peopleUniversidad de Tarapaca3 peopleUniversidad Arturo Prat3 peopleOther institutions105 peopleNo title in the register17 peopleMagister en Educación74 peopleMagister en Salud58 peopleMagister en Ciencias Sociales61 people
Universidad Ber…34 peopleUniversidad Aut…8 peopleUniversidad San…6 peopleIP AIEP6 peopleUniversidad de …5 peopleUniversidad San…3 peopleUniversidad de …3 peopleUniversidad de …3 peopleUniversidad Art…3 peopleOther instituti…105 peopleNo title in the…17 peopleMagister en Edu…74 peopleMagister en Sal…58 peopleMagister en Cie…61 people
Undergraduate institutionPeople%
Universidad Bernardo O'Higgins (itself)3417.6%
Universidad Autonoma de Chile105.2%
Universidad de las Americas84.1%
Universidad Santo Tomas73.6%
IP AIEP63.1%
Universidad de Tarapaca63.1%
Universidad San Sebastian52.6%
Universidad de Valparaiso52.6%
Universidad Arturo Prat52.6%
Universidad del Alba52.6%
Universidad de Chile42.1%
Universidad de Santiago de Chile42.1%
Other institutions7739.9%
No undergraduate title in the register (before 2007 or abroad)178.8%

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. 671 of 6,668 (10.1%) started one (universities: 9.9%); 23.7% 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».

Education320 peopleBusiness and law130 peopleSocial sciences102 peopleHealth and welfare81 peopleServices22 peopleNatural sciences7 peopleEngineering and industry6 peopleInformation technology3 peopleUniversidad Alberto Hurtado14 peopleUniversidad Andres Bello143 peopleUniversidad de Chile16 peopleUniversidad de los Andes12 peopleUniversidad Mayor61 peopleUniversidad de Santiago de Chile12 peopleUniversidad Finis Terrae18 peopleUniversidad Central de Chile74 peopleUniversidad Diego Portales18 peopleOther institutions129 peopleUniversidad San Sebastian16 peopleUniversidad Bernardo O'Higgins158 people
Education320 peopleBusiness and law130 peopleSocial sciences102 peopleHealth and welf…81 peopleServices22 peopleNatural sciences7 peopleEngineering and…6 peopleInformation tec…3 peopleUniversidad Alb…14 peopleUniversidad And…143 peopleUniversidad de …16 peopleUniversidad de …12 peopleUniversidad May…61 peopleUniversidad de …12 peopleUniversidad Fin…18 peopleUniversidad Cen…74 peopleUniversidad Die…18 peopleOther instituti…129 peopleUniversidad San…16 peopleUniversidad Ber…158 people
Postgraduate institutionPeople%
Universidad Bernardo O'Higgins (itself)15923.7%
Universidad Andres Bello14321.3%
Universidad Central de Chile7411.0%
Universidad Mayor639.4%
Universidad Finis Terrae192.8%
Universidad de Chile192.8%
Universidad Diego Portales182.7%
Universidad Alberto Hurtado182.7%
Universidad San Sebastian172.5%
Universidad de Santiago de Chile162.4%
Universidad del Desarrollo142.1%
Universidad de los Andes131.9%

Research

ANID · 2006–2025

The projects ANID (CONICYT until 2019) awarded with Universidad Bernardo O'Higgins 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
80
36 of 49 universities
Fondecyt (Regular, Iniciación, Postdoctorado)
62
2015–2024
Applied research
9%
universities 13%
Led by a woman
43%
universities 33%

Projects awarded each year

0510152020062016202513
0510152020062016202513

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

020406080Fondecyt63Fondef6PCI4PAI3Other programmes2Explora1Fonis1
020406080Fondecyt63Fondef6PCI4PAI3Other programmes2Explora1Fonis1

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
Historyhistoria de chile, historia hispanoamericana and historia1219.47.05
Chemistryquimica, fisico quimica quimica teorica y computacional fotoquimica-fotofisica catalisis y coloides and quimica organica1829.03.71
Interdisciplinary researchcambio climatico y desarrollo sostenible, biotecnologia y bioingenieria and otros46.53.33
Biology 1ecologia y ciencias ambientales, genetica y evolucion and biologia marina58.11.92
Arts and architecturemusica, otras especialidades de la arquitectura and cine y fotografia23.21.43
Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences)medicina g1 - cs. biomedicas, cardiologia fisiologia cardiovascular and oncologia quimioterapia cirugia oncologia34.81.39
Law and political sciencecienicas juridicas y politicas, ciencia politica (inc. legislacion ) and derecho publico46.51.30
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 critica23.21.07
Anthropology and archaeologyantropologia y arqueologia, antropologia cultural y social and arqueologia11.60.88
Sociologysociologia, otras sociologias and cambio social y desarrollo23.20.83
Agronomyciencias del suelo, fisiologia vegetal and fruticultura y viticultura23.20.79
Biology 3biologia molecular, microbiologia and bioquimica23.20.77
Astronomy, cosmology and particlesastronomia cosmologia y particulas, astronomia and gravitacion y cosmologia23.20.65
Earth sciencesoceanografia, geologia y mineralogia and meteorologia y climatologia11.60.52
Engineering 1ingenieria de materiales, ingenieria mecanica and ingenieria hidraulica11.60.37
Educationpedagogia y educacion, formacion inicial and didactica especifica11.60.30

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 Bernardo O'Higgins is specialised in. The axes mean nothing; what the picture says is near and far.

ChemistryLaw and political scienceBiology 1Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences)Medicine G2–G3 (clinical and publ…HistoryArts and architectureInterdisciplinary researchEngineering 2MathematicsEducationAstronomy, cosmology and particlesEngineering 1Biology 3AgronomyEngineering 3SociologyLinguistics and literatureBiology 2Theoretical and experimental phys…Earth sciencesPhilosophyPsychologyAnimal health and productionEconomics and managementGeography and urbanismAnthropology and archaeology
ChemistryLaw and political sci…Biology 1Medicine G2–G3 (clini…HistoryArts and architectureInterdisciplinary res…
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 Autonoma de Chile77Arts and architecture · History · Interdisciplinary research · Law and political science · Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences) · Medicine G2–G3 (clinical and public health) · Chemistry
Universidad de Santiago de Chile73History · Chemistry
Universidad Tecnologica Metropolitana70Chemistry
Universidad Andres Bello66History · Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences) · Chemistry
Universidad de Concepcion64Biology 1 · Interdisciplinary research · Chemistry
Universidad de Chile57Arts and architecture · Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences) · Medicine G2–G3 (clinical and public health) · Chemistry
Universidad de Talca56Law and political science · Chemistry
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile53Arts and architecture · Biology 1 · Interdisciplinary research · Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences) · Medicine G2–G3 (clinical and public health)
Universidad Bernardo O'HigginsUniversidad de ChileUniversidad de ConcepcionUniversidad de Santiago de ChileUniversidad Andres BelloUniversidad de TalcaUniversidad Autonoma de Chile
U. Bernardo O'HigginsU. de ChileU. de ConcepcionU. de Santiago de ChileU. Andres BelloU. de TalcaU. Autonoma de Chile

Each dot an institution, near the ones whose mix is similar and joined to its two closest; red is Universidad Bernardo O'Higgins, 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 21 projects are read apart, by discipline, and are not part of the specialisation above.

0246Ciencias quimicas6Historia y arqueologia6Ciencias de la educacion3Ingenieria de los materiales2Ciencias agricolas1Ciencias de la tierra y del medio ambiente1Derecho1Otras ciencias sociales1
0246Ciencias quimicas6Historia y arqueologia6Ciencias de la educacion3Ingenieria de los materiales2Ciencias agricolas1Ciencias de la tierra y del medio ambiente1Derecho1Otras ciencias sociales1

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

25 names · 2026

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

050100150Psicologia119Kinesiologia109Quimica y Farmacia102Medicina Veterinaria100Derecho97Enfermeria88Ingenieria en Informatica87Ingenieria en Mecatronica84Tecnologia Medica83Terapia Ocupacional68Entrenador en Actividad Fisica y Deporte/licenciatura en Ciencias de la A…67Medicina62Ingenieria Civil Industrial47Obstetricia y Puericultura47Contador Auditor44
050100150Psicologia119Kinesiologia109Quimica y Farmacia102Medicina Veterinaria100Derecho97Enfermeria88Ingenieria en Informatica87Ingenieria en Mecatronica84Tecnologia Medica83Terapia Ocupacional68Entrenador en Actividad Fisica y Deporte/licenciatura e…67Medicina62Ingenieria Civil Industrial47Obstetricia y Puericultura47Contador Auditor44

10 more names, together 310 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.