Universidad Catolica de la Santisima Concepcion

4,967 people started an undergraduate programme at Universidad Catolica de la Santisima Concepcion in 2026, the 10th largest intake of Chile's 50 universities, and 18,315 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: Biobío

CampusThe whole institution
First-year entrants
4,967
2026 · 10 of 50
Total enrolment
18,315
2026
Still here a year later · cohort 2025
83.3%
univ. 85.8%
Graduated here in 10 years · cohort 2015
66.5%
univ. 56.3%
Had it as first choice · 2026
49.1%
univ. 55.6%
Mean list fee · 2026
$5.2 M
univ. $5.9 M
Accreditation
5 years
2026
Women
57.0%
entrants 2026

At a glance

2026
Enrolled 2026
17,196
First year 2026
4,967
Titles 2025
2,614

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

Enrolled 2026
522
of them in a doctorate
94 · 18%
First year 2026
226
Titles 2025
205

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

Projects 2015–2024
187
Among universities
24 of 49
Fondecyt
129

Most specialised in: education, earth sciences, engineering 1.

Here94%
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
05,00010,00015,00020,00020072017202617,1962,6144,967
05,00010,00015,00020,00020072017202617,1962,6144,967

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, 13.2% of the 13,076 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
Técnico en Enfermería3384$3.0 M20.8%20.7%46.1%$0.7–0.8 M67.1%
Administración de Empresas e Ing. Asociadas3265$3.7 M12.6%20.4%65.8%$1.1–1.2 M66.7%
Técnico Asistente del Educador de Párvulos2434$2.3 M22.1%23.0%13.6%$0.6–0.7 M66.5%
Técnico en Logística1864$2.7 M21.1%25.9%44.8%$0.9–1.0 M66.5%
Técnico en Administración de Empresas1845$2.7 M21.4%25.6%37.3%$0.8–0.9 M68.8%
Ingeniería Civil Industrial1611$6.2 M2.5%5.0%84.5%$1.8–1.9 M90.3%
Ingeniería Comercial1591$6.0 M5.5%7.3%72.0%$1.4–1.5 M93.2%
Derecho1561$6.6 M4.4%7.4%55.2%$1.8–1.9 M86.0%
Psicología1421$6.1 M3.2%6.8%n/an/an/a
Ingeniería Industrial1364$4.0 M18.4%22.0%74.4%$1.3–1.4 Mn/a
Técnico en Construcción y Obras Civiles1324$2.6 M36.3%31.3%51.6%$0.9–1.0 M54.0%
Técnico en Deporte, Recreación y Preparación Física1213$2.8 M21.9%22.6%27.9%n/a74.5%
Tecnología Médica1201$7.0 M4.6%5.3%69.8%n/a93.8%
Ingeniería en Computación e Informática1184$4.1 M21.2%14.8%n/an/an/a
Ingeniería Civil en Computación e Informática1121$6.2 M5.1%6.1%87.8%n/a85.6%
Kinesiología1111$7.2 M4.0%7.0%39.4%$1.2–1.3 M93.3%
Ingeniería Civil, plan común y licenciatura en Ciencias de la Ingeniería1071$6.2 M8.7%3.6%73.3%$1.8–1.9 M75.5%
Enfermería1021$6.3 M1.8%5.3%69.1%$1.8–1.9 M93.1%
Medicina991$11.0 M0.7%1.3%92.9%over $3.5 M97.9%
Odontología971$10.4 M2.9%4.1%n/an/an/a
Trabajo Social911$4.2 M9.2%18.0%43.4%$0.9–1.0 M84.1%
Arquitectura901$6.8 M4.7%6.7%n/an/an/a
Técnico en Administración Pública o Municipal865$2.7 M21.5%25.0%n/an/an/a
Contador Auditor851$4.8 M6.9%14.2%77.5%$1.3–1.4 M83.8%
Pedagogía en Educación de Párvulos851$4.4 M5.4%6.2%63.9%$1.0–1.1 M85.7%
Nutrición y Dietética831$4.9 M6.5%8.8%32.5%n/a90.9%
Química y Farmacia811$6.3 M—3.6%n/an/an/a
Pedagogía en Educación Física791$4.4 M7.1%6.9%44.4%$1.0–1.1 M90.7%
Ingeniería Civil Eléctrica761$6.2 M7.6%6.5%n/an/an/a
Construcción Civil744$3.9 M16.9%21.6%62.9%$1.3–1.4 Mn/a
Pedagogía en Educación Diferencial721$4.4 M5.1%4.8%84.5%$1.1–1.2 M94.3%
Pedagogía en Lenguaje, Comunicación y/o Castellano721$4.4 M9.8%6.7%75.0%$1.1–1.2 M86.7%
Pedagogía en Idiomas711$4.4 M4.2%6.9%37.4%$1.0–1.1 M90.1%
Biología Marina y Ecología Marina691$6.4 M3.6%6.9%n/an/an/a
Periodismo671$5.8 M4.3%5.1%64.6%$1.1–1.2 M89.9%
Comunicación Audiovisual y/o Multimedia631$5.1 M6.0%11.8%23.7%n/a89.5%
Técnico en Topografía633$2.7 M26.8%24.6%60.0%n/a60.0%
Técnico en Instrumentación, Automatización y Control Industrial622$2.9 M28.1%30.1%60.2%$1.0–1.1 M58.9%
Pedagogía en Educación Básica611$4.4 M3.2%5.6%77.9%$1.0–1.1 M91.2%
Ingeniería en Control de Gestión601$5.3 M8.4%8.9%n/an/an/a
Magister en Administración y Comercio491$3.9 M13.2%15.8%n/an/an/a
Magister en Derecho471$3.8 M27.1%12.5%n/an/an/a
Técnico en Gastronomía y Cocina471$3.0 M31.2%18.9%n/an/an/a
Magister en Educación441$2.8 M15.0%11.1%n/an/an/a
Otras Ingenierías Civiles371$5.5 M9.8%9.3%n/an/an/a
Técnico en Refrigeración y Climatización351$3.0 M34.5%30.8%n/an/an/a
Bachillerato y/o Licenciatura en Ciencias Básicas331$6.5 M—9.8%n/an/an/a
Técnico Agropecuario321$2.6 M14.8%25.9%n/an/an/a
Historia251$5.7 M9.5%8.1%n/an/an/a
Técnico en Electricidad y Electricidad Industrial251$2.7 M29.0%25.3%n/an/an/a
Pedagogía en Matemáticas y Computación221$4.4 M5.4%7.3%80.5%n/an/a
Magister en Tecnología171$4.5 M17.9%12.0%n/an/an/a
Técnico en Alimentos151$2.7 M33.3%26.1%n/an/an/a
Pedagogía en Ciencias141$4.5 M6.1%7.0%n/an/an/a
Magister en Humanidades131$1.4 M—14.6%n/an/an/a
Magister en Salud131$3.3 M20.6%9.3%n/an/an/a
Bachillerato y/o Licenciatura en Humanidades101$5.7 M—13.6%n/an/an/a
Doctorado en Ciencias Básicas91$5.4 M—11.0%n/an/an/a
Magister en Ciencias Básicas91$3.4 M—13.6%n/an/an/a
Doctorado en Tecnología51$5.4 M—11.8%n/an/an/a
Magister en Ciencias Sociales41$3.3 M19.4%15.6%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, 17,196 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%Business and law 23%Engineering and industry 20%Education 17%Social sciences 5.2%Information techno… 4.0%Arts… 2.2%Natu… 2.1%Services 1.9%Técnico enEnfermería5.6%Medicina3.4%Enfermería3.1%TecnologíaMédica3.1%Kinesiolo…3.1%Nutrición yDietética2.2%Trabajo Social2.2%Odont…1.1%Quími…yFarma…IngenieríaComercial5.0%Administraci…de Empresas eIng.…4.6%Derecho4.6%Técnico enAdministra…de Empresas2.5%ContadorAuditor2.4%TécnicoenLogísti…1.8%Ingenieríaen Controlde GestiónTécnico enAdministrac…IngenieríaCivilIndustrial5.8%IngenieríaCivil, plancomún y…2.8%IngenieríaIndustrial2.5%IngenieríaCivilEléctrica1.7%Construc…Civil1.4%TécnicoenConstruc…1.3%Arquitec…1.0%OtrasIngeni…Civiles0.9%Técni…enInstr…0.7%Técn…enTopo…Técnico…Téc…en…TécnicoAsistente delEducador de…2.6%Pedagogía enEducación dePárvulos2.4%PedagogíaenEducación…2.2%Pedagogíaen Idiomas2.1%PedagogíaenLenguaje,…2.0%PedagogíaenEducación…1.9%PedagogíaenEducación…1.9%Pedagogía enMatemáticasy…Pedagog…Psicología3.3%Period…1.9%IngenieríaCivil enComputación…2.6%Ingeni…enComput…1.4%Comunicaci…Audiovisualy/o…Histor…BiologíaMarina yEcología…Química…Técnico enDeporte,…Técnicoen…
Health and welfare 24%Business and law 23%Engineering … 20%Education 17%Social … 5.2%TécnicoenEnferme…5.6%Medicina3.4%Enfer…3.1%Tecno…Médica3.1%Kinesio…3.1%Nutricióny…Traba…Social2.2%Odo…Ingenier…Comercial5.0%Administ…deEmpresas…4.6%Derecho4.6%Técni…enAdmin…Conta…Audit…2.4%Técni…enLogís…Ing…enCon…IngenieríaCivilIndustrialIngen…Civil,plan…2.8%Ingen…Indus…2.5%Ingeni…Civil…Cons…CivilTécn…en…Arqu…Otra…TécnicoAsiste…Pedago…enEducac…Pedago…en…Pedago…en…Pedago…en…Pedago…en…Pedagog…en…Ped…en…Psicolog…Peri…Inge…Civilen…Com…Aud…y/o…Biolog…Técn…
Agriculture and veterinaryhover a tile for its count; click a group to open it

Mean annual list fee of its undergraduate enrolment: $5,185,000 (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
Técnico en Enfermería338967$3,050,000+395%
Administración de Empresas e Ing. Asociadas326790$3,700,000+76%
Técnico Asistente del Educador de Párvulos243452$2,340,000+581%
Técnico en Logística186315$2,680,000—
Técnico en Administración de Empresas184437$2,670,000—
Ingeniería Civil Industrial161999$6,200,000+16%
Ingeniería Comercial159868$5,990,000+56%
Derecho156790$6,620,000+40%
Psicología142571$6,070,000—
Ingeniería Industrial136426$4,026,000+3%
Técnico en Construcción y Obras Civiles132231$2,570,000+211%
Técnico en Deporte, Recreación y Preparación Física121216$2,800,000—
Tecnología Médica120529$7,000,000—
Ingeniería en Computación e Informática118248$4,080,000—
Ingeniería Civil en Computación e Informática112439$6,200,000−0%
Kinesiología111525$7,230,000—
Ingeniería Civil, plan común y licenciatura en Ciencias de la Ingeniería107483$6,200,000−16%
Enfermería102536$6,300,000+35%
Medicina99591$11,030,000+85%
Odontología97195$10,400,000—
Trabajo Social91378$4,200,000−9%
Arquitectura90171$6,830,000—
Técnico en Administración Pública o Municipal86169$2,670,000—
Contador Auditor85408$4,830,000−17%
Pedagogía en Educación de Párvulos85407$4,410,000+29%
28 more, and every other programme
Nutrición y Dietética83384$4,940,000+46%
Química y Farmacia8181$6,300,000—
Pedagogía en Educación Física79332$4,410,000—
Ingeniería Civil Eléctrica76295$6,200,000—
Construcción Civil74238$3,850,000—
Pedagogía en Educación Diferencial72377$4,410,000+54%
Pedagogía en Lenguaje, Comunicación y/o Castellano72352$4,410,000+17%
Pedagogía en Idiomas71356$4,410,000+22%
Biología Marina y Ecología Marina69241$6,400,000+4%
Periodismo67323$5,780,000+26%
Técnico en Topografía63101$2,690,000—
Comunicación Audiovisual y/o Multimedia63234$5,070,000—
Técnico en Instrumentación, Automatización y Control Industrial62125$2,920,000—
Pedagogía en Educación Básica61320$4,410,000+4%
Ingeniería en Control de Gestión60257$5,250,000—
Técnico en Gastronomía y Cocina47110$3,050,000—
Otras Ingenierías Civiles37149$5,480,000−24%
Técnico en Refrigeración y Climatización3564$3,050,000—
Bachillerato y/o Licenciatura en Ciencias Básicas3333$6,550,000—
Técnico Agropecuario3255$2,630,000—
Historia2593$5,670,000—
Química Ambiental2593$6,400,000−37%
Técnico en Electricidad y Electricidad Industrial2542$2,690,000—
Pedagogía en Matemáticas y Computación22193$4,410,000—
Técnico en Alimentos1540$2,670,000—
Pedagogía en Ciencias1482$4,550,000−38%
Bachillerato y/o Licenciatura en Humanidades1015$5,670,000—
Filosofía733$5,670,000—
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
Here26%15–1952%20–2411%Universities23%15–1955%20–2412%
Here26%15–1952%20–24Universities23%55%20–24
15–1920–2425–2930–3435–3940 and over
Timetable
Here85%Daytime11%Universities87%Daytime
Here85%DaytimeUniversities87%Daytime
DaytimeEveningBlendedDistance
Sex
Here44%Men56%WomenUniversities44%Men56%Women
Here44%Men56%WomenUniversities44%Men56%Women
MenWomen
Kind of programme
Here81%Professional degrees19%Technical pro…Universities97%Professional degrees
Here81%Professional degrees19%Universities97%Professional degrees
Professional degreesTechnical programmes
How first-year students came in
Here94%Direct entry (regular)Universities85%Direct entry (regular)
Here94%Direct entry (regular)Universities85%Direct entry (regular)
Direct entry (regular)Other forms of entrySpecial entry for foreign studentsPACESpecial characteristics
Plan
Here89%Regular planUniversities91%Regular plan
Here89%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. 13,044 of 14,016 (93.1%) have such a record since 2006; the rest — who left school earlier, studied abroad or validated their studies — are not placed.

79.7% finished school in Biobío, the region of its main campus.

Region of the school
Biobío79.7%Ñuble12.3%Maule1.6%Araucanía1.6%Metropolitana1.3%Los Lagos1.0%O'Higgins0.5%Aysén0.5%Antofagasta0.3%Valparaíso0.3%Magallanes0.2%Tarapacá0.2%Coquimbo0.2%Los Ríos0.2%Arica y Parinacota0.1%Atacama0.1%
Biobío79.7%Ñuble12.3%Maule1.6%Araucanía1.6%Metropolitana1.3%Los Lagos1.0%O'Higgins0.5%Aysén0.5%Antofagasta0.3%Valparaíso0.3%Magallanes0.2%Tarapacá0.2%Coquimbo0.2%Los Ríos0.2%Arica y Parinacota0.1%Atacama0.1%
Comuna of the school
Concepción2,06215.8%
Talcahuano1,33510.2%
Los Ángeles1,1608.9%
Cañete8936.8%
Coronel6705.1%
Chillán6705.1%
San Pedro de la Paz5404.1%
Chiguayante4983.8%
Hualpén3782.9%
Los Álamos3172.4%
Curanilahue3112.4%
Tomé2922.2%
127 more comunas

Lota 290 · Cabrero 199 · Arauco 177 · Lebu 165 · San Carlos 149 · Penco 130 · Bulnes 129 · Coelemu 127 · Laja 125 · Yumbel 115 · Nacimiento 113 · Yungay 111 · Santa Juana 95 · Angol 91 · Mulchén 87 · Contulmo 84 · Hualqui 77 · Quirihue 71 · Tucapel 57 · Linares 53 · Chillán Viejo 50 · San Nicolás 50 · Florida 47 · Santa Bárbara 47 · Parral 46 · Tirúa 46 · Quillón 43 · Puerto Montt 35 · Cauquenes 32 · Castro 32 · Coyhaique 30 · El Carmen 29 · Trehuaco 29 · Calama 27 · Pinto 25 · Negrete 22 · Ancud 21 · Puente Alto 21 · Coihueco 21 · Curicó 19 · Antuco 19 · Temuco 19 · Santiago 19 · Ránquil 18 · Collipulli 17 · Purén 17 · San Ignacio 17 · Iquique 16 · Quilleco 16 · Maipú 16 · Arica 16 · San Fabián 16 · Aysén 15 · Talca 13 · La Serena 12 · Rancagua 12 · San Bernardo 12 · San Fernando 11 · Retiro 11 · San Rosendo 11 · Punta Arenas 11 · Ñiquén 11 · San Antonio 10 · San Vicente 10 · Traiguén 10 · Osorno 10 · Portezuelo 10 · Antofagasta 9 · Quilaco 9 · Alto Biobío 9 · Puerto Varas 9 · Alto Hospicio 8 · Valparaíso 8 · Chimbarongo 8 · Villarrica 8 · Victoria 8 · Quellón 8 · Porvenir 8 · Natales 8 · La Cisterna 8 · Valdivia 8 · Pemuco 8 · Machalí 7 · Constitución 7 · Colina 7 · Cobquecura 7 · Ninhue 7 · Coquimbo 6 · Calbuco 6 · El Bosque 6 · Macul 6 · Lampa 6 · Copiapó 5 · Viña del Mar 5 · Curacautín 5 · Cisnes 5 · Chile Chico 5 · La Pintana 5 · Providencia 5 · Vallenar 4 · San Javier 4 · Pucón 4 · Los Sauces 4 · Renaico 4 · Purranque 4 · La Florida 4 · San Miguel 4 · La Unión 4 · Los Andes 3 · Quilpué 3 · Graneros 3 · Maule 3 · Pelluhue 3 · Colbún 3 · Longaví 3 · Carahue 3 · Chonchi 3 · Hualaihué 3 · Conchalí 3 · Estación Central 3 · Independencia 3 · Pudahuel 3 · Recoleta 3 · San Ramón 3 · Talagante 3 · Padre Hurtado 3 · Mariquina 3

75 more comunas sent fewer than 3 each, together 108 entrants; they are not named.

The kind of school
Here43%Public (municipal or SLEP)50%Subsidised privateUniversities28%Public (municipal or…54%Subsidised private16%
Here43%Public (municipal or SL…50%Subsidised privateUniversities28%Public (munici…54%Subsidised private16%
Public (municipal or SLEP)Subsidised privateFee-paying privateDelegated administration
When they started, after leaving school
Here48%The next year22%A year later16%14%Universities54%The next year25%A year later13%
Here48%The next year22%16%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, 3,789 applicants put a programme of Universidad Catolica de la Santisima Concepcion as their first choice and 16,373 included one somewhere on their list.

In which preference its regular entrants had it · 2026
Here49%1st choice30%2ndUniversities56%1st choice19%2nd
Here49%1st choice30%2ndUniversities56%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 Catolica de la Santisima ConcepcionUniversities
02040608020212024202655.6%49.1%
02040608020212024202655.6%49.1%
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
Here79%Regular places13%Universities83%Regular places12%
Here79%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.

Universidad Catolica de la Santisima ConcepcionUniversities
025507510020072016202585.8%83.3%
025507510020072016202585.8%83.3%
Cohort 2025, in 2026
Here83%Still here13%Universities86%Still here
Here83%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
020406080091867%49%
020406080091867%49%

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

Cohort 2015, 10 years on
Here67%Titled here12%22%No title yetUniversities56%Titled here17%26%No title yet
Here67%Titled here22%Universities56%Titled here17%26%No title yet
Titled hereTitled elsewhereNo title yet

3,273 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 25%Business and law 24%Education 22%Engineering and industry 20%Arts … 2.8%Socia… 1.6%Natur… 1.1%Técnico en Enfermería10%TecnologíaMédica3.6%Enfermería2.6%Kinesiol…2.6%Medicina2.5%NutriciónyDietéticaTrabajoSocial1.5%Técnico enAdministraciónde Empresas5.6%Administraciónde Empresas eIng. Asociadas5.3%Técnico enLogística3.3%IngenieríaComercial3.1%Derecho2.0%TécnicoenAdminis…2.0%ContadorAuditor1.9%Ingen…enContr…1.1%TécnicoAsistente delEducador de…5.3%Pedagogíaen Idiomas3.3%PedagogíaenEducación…2.6%PedagogíaenEducación…2.4%PedagogíaenLenguaje…2.4%Pedago…enEducac…1.8%Pedagogía enEducación…Pedagogía enMatemáticas …Pedag…enCienc…Progra…de…IngenieríaIndustrial4.0%IngenieríaCivilIndustrial3.5%IngenieríaCivil, plancomún y…2.6%Técnico enConstrucc…y Obras…2.1%Construc…Civil1.8%OtrasIngenierí…CivilesIngeni…CivilEléctr…TécnicoenInstru…Técn…enTopo…Técnicoen…Técnicoen…ComunicaciónAudiovisual…Histor…0.8%Filo…TécnicoenDeporte…Técnicoen…Periodismo1.5%Biologí…Quím…Técni…Agrop…1.0%Ingeni…Civil…
Health and welfare 25%Business and law 24%Education 22%Engineering a… 20%TécnicoenEnfermer…10%Tecnol…Médica3.6%Enfer…2.6%Kinesio…2.6%Medicina2.5%Nutr…yDiet…Trab…Soci…TécnicoenAdminist…5.6%Administ…deEmpresas…5.3%Técni…enLogís…3.3%Ingen…Comer…3.1%Derecho2.0%Técnicoen…Cont…Audi…Inge…TécnicoAsistentedel Educado…Pedag…enIdiom…Pedag…en…Pedag…en…Pedag…enLengu…Peda…enEduc…Ped…enEdu…Peda…Prog…Ingenier…Industri…4.0%Ingeni…CivilIndust…Ingen…Civil,plan…TécnicoenConstr…Constr…CivilOtr…Ing…Inge…Técn…Com…Aud…His…Téc…en…Per…Téc…
Agriculture and veterinaryInformation technologyhover 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. 6,867 of 8,049 titles have the dates to be measured.

Here54%Within the formal length23%1–2 semesters more9.7%3–4 semesters m…5.5%5.5%Universities33%Within the formal length31%1–2 semesters more16%3–4 semesters more8.4%5–6 semesters…7.0%
Here54%Within the formal length23%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
Técnico en Enfermería6812.52.873%3.0
Técnico en Administración de Empresas4712.12.481%3.3
Técnico Asistente del Educador de Párvulos4282.02.477%2.9
Técnico en Logística2942.02.286%3.0
Ingeniería Comercial2855.06.125%6.1
Tecnología Médica2755.06.038%6.4
Pedagogía en Lenguaje, Comunicación y/o Castellano2405.05.466%5.7
Kinesiología2245.05.941%6.1
Enfermería2235.05.379%6.0
Ingeniería Civil Industrial2156.07.328%6.9
Pedagogía en Educación Diferencial2124.54.880%5.2
Técnico en Construcción y Obras Civiles1952.02.662%3.9
Derecho1815.09.40%8.4
Ingeniería Civil, plan común y licenciatura en Ciencias de la Ingeniería1786.08.27%7.9
Medicina1777.07.369%7.5
Pedagogía en Idiomas1745.06.336%5.8
Pedagogía en Educación de Párvulos1704.54.586%5.0
Pedagogía en Educación Física1674.55.649%5.6
Trabajo Social1674.55.42%5.0
Nutrición y Dietética1455.05.943%6.2

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

5 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
Biobío4,584Ñuble383
Biobío4,584Ñuble383

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
0200400600800200720172026522226
0200400600800200720172026522226
Postgraduate enrolment by field · 2026
Master's 82%Doctorate 18%Magister enAdministración yComercio20%Magister en Derecho18%Magister enEducación16%Magister en Salud9.4%Magister en Humanidades7.1%Magister enTecnología6.7%MagisterenCiencias…3.4%Magist…enCienci…1.9%Doctorado enTecnología5.4%DoctoradoenEducación4.4%Doctoradoen CienciasBásicas4.0%Doctorado enAdministrac…y ComercioDoctorado enDerecho
Master's 82%Doctorate 18%Magister enAdministración yComercio20%Magister enDerecho18%Magister en Educación16%Magister enSalud9.4%Magister enHumanidades7.1%MagisterenTecnolog…6.7%Magist…enCienci…3.4%Mag…enCie…Doctorado enTecnologíaDoctorado enEducaciónDoctoradoen Ciencia…Doctor…enAdmini…Doc…enDer…
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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. 548 of 641 (85.5%) 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, 42.7% 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 Catolica de la Santisima Concepcion231 peopleUniversidad de Concepcion77 peopleUniversidad San Sebastian40 peopleUniversidad Andres Bello17 peopleUniversidad del Bio-Bio12 peopleUniversidad Santo Tomas10 peopleUniversidad del Desarrollo9 peopleUniversidad de las Americas8 peopleUniversidad Catolica de Temuco5 peopleOther institutions139 peopleNo title in the register93 peopleMagister en Ciencias Sociales24 peopleMagister en Educación131 peopleMagister en Salud58 peopleDoctorado en Ciencias Básicas18 peopleMagister en Administración y Comercio119 peopleMagister en Derecho140 peopleMagister en Tecnología54 peopleMagister en Humanidades25 peopleMagister en Ciencias Básicas21 peopleOther fields33 peopleDoctorado en Educación18 people
Universidad Cat…231 peopleUniversidad de …77 peopleUniversidad San…40 peopleUniversidad And…17 peopleUniversidad del…12 peopleUniversidad San…10 peopleUniversidad del…9 peopleUniversidad de …8 peopleUniversidad Cat…5 peopleOther instituti…139 peopleNo title in the…93 peopleMagister en Cie…24 peopleMagister en Edu…131 peopleMagister en Sal…58 peopleDoctorado en Ci…18 peopleMagister en Adm…119 peopleMagister en Der…140 peopleMagister en Tec…54 peopleMagister en Hum…25 peopleMagister en Cie…21 peopleOther fields33 peopleDoctorado en Ed…18 people
Undergraduate institutionPeople%
Universidad Catolica de la Santisima Concepcion (itself)23436.5%
Universidad de Concepcion8513.3%
Universidad San Sebastian457.0%
Universidad Andres Bello233.6%
Universidad del Bio-Bio193.0%
Universidad Santo Tomas152.3%
Universidad de las Americas142.2%
Universidad del Desarrollo121.9%
Universidad Catolica de Temuco81.2%
IP DUOC UC50.8%
Universidad La Republica50.8%
Universidad Austral de Chile50.8%
Other institutions7812.2%
No undergraduate title in the register (before 2007 or abroad)9314.5%

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. 1,857 of 22,178 (8.4%) started one (universities: 9.9%); 36.3% 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».

Education687 peopleBusiness and law411 peopleHealth and welfare231 peopleEngineering and industry219 peopleArts and humanities123 peopleNatural sciences83 peopleSocial sciences66 peopleInformation technology19 peopleServices11 peopleAgriculture and veterinary7 peopleUniversidad Andres Bello304 peopleUniversidad Central de Chile28 peopleUniversidad del Desarrollo110 peopleUniversidad Catolica de la Santisima Concepcion670 peopleUniversidad de Chile47 peopleUniversidad Adolfo Ibañez23 peoplePontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso23 peopleUniversidad San Sebastian101 peopleUniversidad de Concepcion201 peoplePontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile28 peopleUniversidad del Bio-Bio34 peopleOther institutions288 people
Education687 peopleBusiness and law411 peopleHealth and welf…231 peopleEngineering and…219 peopleArts and humani…123 peopleNatural sciences83 peopleSocial sciences66 peopleInformation tec…19 peopleServices11 peopleAgriculture and…7 peopleUniversidad And…304 peopleUniversidad Cen…28 peopleUniversidad del…110 peopleUniversidad Cat…670 peopleUniversidad de …47 peopleUniversidad Ado…23 peoplePontificia Univ…23 peopleUniversidad San…101 peopleUniversidad de …201 peoplePontificia Univ…28 peopleUniversidad del…34 peopleOther instituti…288 people
Postgraduate institutionPeople%
Universidad Catolica de la Santisima Concepcion (itself)67436.3%
Universidad Andres Bello30616.5%
Universidad de Concepcion20310.9%
Universidad del Desarrollo1116.0%
Universidad San Sebastian1035.5%
Universidad de Chile492.6%
Universidad del Bio-Bio361.9%
Universidad Central de Chile341.8%
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile311.7%
Universidad Adolfo Ibañez271.5%
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso241.3%
Universidad Mayor221.2%

Research

ANID · 2006–2025

The projects ANID (CONICYT until 2019) awarded with Universidad Catolica de la Santisima Concepcion 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
187
24 of 49 universities
Fondecyt (Regular, Iniciación, Postdoctorado)
129
2015–2024
Applied research
9%
universities 13%
Led by a woman
35%
universities 33%

Projects awarded each year

01020304020062016202532
01020304020062016202532

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

050100150Fondecyt130Fondef17PAI13Other programmes10PCI7Astronomy6CORFO3Explora1
050100150Fondecyt130Fondef17PAI13Other programmes10PCI7Astronomy6CORFO3Explora1

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
Educationpedagogia y educacion, formacion inicial and didactica especifica2418.63.44
Earth sciencesoceanografia, geologia y mineralogia and meteorologia y climatologia97.02.27
Engineering 1ingenieria de materiales, ingenieria mecanica and ingenieria hidraulica129.32.14
Linguistics and literaturelinguistica literatura y filologia, linguistica and literatura chilena97.01.98
Biology 1ecologia y ciencias ambientales, genetica y evolucion and biologia marina107.81.85
Engineering 3ingenieria quimica, procesamiento y tecnologia de alimentos and bioingenieria97.01.71
Engineering 2ingenieria en computacion, ingenieria industrial y de sistemas and ingenieria de instrumentacion y control1310.11.65
Mathematicsanalisis, ecuaciones diferenciales and metodos numericos107.81.41
Agronomyciencias del suelo, fisiologia vegetal and fruticultura y viticultura53.90.95
Historyhistoria de chile, historia hispanoamericana and historia32.30.85
Interdisciplinary researchcambio climatico y desarrollo sostenible, biotecnologia y bioingenieria and otros21.60.80
Law and political sciencecienicas juridicas y politicas, ciencia politica (inc. legislacion ) and derecho publico53.90.78
Astronomy, cosmology and particlesastronomia cosmologia y particulas, astronomia and gravitacion y cosmologia43.10.63
Biology 3biologia molecular, microbiologia and bioquimica32.30.56
Biology 2biologia celular, fisiologia biofisica and inmunologia21.60.49
Chemistryquimica, fisico quimica quimica teorica y computacional fotoquimica-fotofisica catalisis y coloides and quimica organica43.10.40
Sociologysociologia, otras sociologias and cambio social y desarrollo21.60.40
Geography and urbanismgeografia y urbanismo, geografia fisica and geografia humana y cultural10.80.35
Philosophyfilosofia, historia de la filosofia and filosofia analitica10.80.29
Theoretical and experimental physicsfisica teorica y experimental, fisica de solidos and sistemas no lineales10.80.25

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 Catolica de la Santisima Concepcion is specialised in. The axes mean nothing; what the picture says is near and far.

Engineering 2MathematicsEducationEngineering 1Biology 1Engineering 3Linguistics and literatureEarth sciencesChemistryLaw and political scienceAstronomy, cosmology and particlesBiology 3AgronomySociologyMedicine G1 (biomedical sciences)Biology 2Theoretical and experimental phys…Medicine G2–G3 (clinical and publ…HistoryPhilosophyPsychologyAnimal health and productionEconomics and managementArts and architectureGeography and urbanismInterdisciplinary researchAnthropology and archaeology
Engineering 2MathematicsEngineering 1Biology 1Engineering 3Earth sciences
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
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso85Education · Engineering 2 · Engineering 3 · Linguistics and literature · Mathematics
Universidad Catolica del Maule83Biology 1 · Education · Engineering 3 · Linguistics and literature
Universidad Catolica de Temuco72Education · Linguistics and literature
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile71Biology 1 · Education · Engineering 1 · Linguistics and literature · Mathematics
Universidad de O'Higgins71Education · Engineering 2 · Mathematics · Earth sciences
Universidad de Concepcion69Biology 1 · Engineering 1 · Engineering 2 · Engineering 3 · Linguistics and literature · Earth sciences
Universidad del Bio-Bio66Education · Engineering 1 · Engineering 3 · Mathematics
Universidad de Playa Ancha de Ciencias de la Educacion66Biology 1 · Education · Linguistics and literature · Earth sciences
Universidad Catolica de la Santisima Co…Universidad de ConcepcionUniversidad del Bio-BioUniversidad Catolica de TemucoUniversidad de O'HigginsUniversidad de Playa Ancha de Ciencias…
U. Catolica de la Santi…U. de ConcepcionU. del Bio-BioU. 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 Universidad Catolica de la Santisima Concepcion, 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 47 projects are read apart, by discipline, and are not part of the specialisation above.

0246Ciencias de la educacion6Ciencias biologicas5Ingenieria quimica4Ciencias de la tierra y del medio ambiente3Ciencias fisicas3Ingenieria de los materiales3Lenguaje y literatura3Ciencias quimicas2Ingenieria civil2Ingenieria electrica, ingenieria electronica, informatica2
0246Ciencias de la educacion6Ciencias biologicas5Ingenieria quimica4Ciencias de la tierra y del medio ambiente3Ciencias fisicas3Ingenieria de los materiales3Lenguaje y literatura3Ciencias quimicas2Ingenieria civil2Ingenieria electrica, ingenieria electronica, informati…2

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

54 names · 2026

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

0100200300400Tecnico Universitario en Enfermeria338Tecnico Universitario en Educacion de Parvulos243Tecnico Universitario en Logistica186Tecnico Universitario en Administracion184Programa de Continuidad de Estudios en Ingenieria de Ejecucion en Adminis…170Ingenieria Civil Industrial161Ingenieria Comercial159Ingenieria de Ejecucion en Administracion de Empresas156Licenciatura en Derecho156Psicologia142Programa de Continuidad de Estudios en Ingenieria de Ejecucion Industrial136Tecnico Universitario en Construccion132Tecnico Universitario en Actividad Fisica y Salud121Tecnologia Medica120Ingenieria de Ejecucion en Informatica118
0100200300400Tecnico Universitario en Enfermeria338Tecnico Universitario en Educacion de Parvulos243Tecnico Universitario en Logistica186Tecnico Universitario en Administracion184Programa de Continuidad de Estudios en Ingenieria de Ej…170Ingenieria Civil Industrial161Ingenieria Comercial159Ingenieria de Ejecucion en Administracion de Empresas156Licenciatura en Derecho156Psicologia142Programa de Continuidad de Estudios en Ingenieria de Ej…136Tecnico Universitario en Construccion132Tecnico Universitario en Actividad Fisica y Salud121Tecnologia Medica120Ingenieria de Ejecucion en Informatica118

39 more names, together 2,445 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.