Universidad Catolica de Temuco

2,922 people started an undergraduate programme at Universidad Catolica de Temuco in 2026, the 21st largest intake of Chile's 50 universities, and 12,591 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: Araucanía

First-year entrants
2,922
2026 · 21 of 50
Total enrolment
12,591
2026
Still here a year later · cohort 2025
87.1%
univ. 85.8%
Graduated here in 10 years · cohort 2015
56.1%
univ. 56.3%
Had it as first choice · 2026
75.5%
univ. 55.6%
Mean list fee · 2026
$5.2 M
univ. $5.9 M
Accreditation
5 years
2026
Women
59.7%
entrants 2026

At a glance

2026
Enrolled 2026
12,156
First year 2026
2,922
Titles 2025
1,395

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

Enrolled 2026
266
of them in a doctorate
85 · 32%
First year 2026
66
Titles 2025
66

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

Projects 2015–2024
211
Among universities
19 of 49
Fondecyt
118

Most specialised in: education, anthropology and archaeology, animal health and production.

Here97%
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
05,00010,00015,00020072017202612,1561,3952,922
05,00010,00015,00020072017202612,1561,3952,922

What you can study here

2026 · mifuturo.cl

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

The first-year dropout column is PuroChile's own count on Mineduc's register: of everyone who started the programme here in 2023–2025, the share enrolled at no institution at all the following year — the three cohorts added up, never an average of three rates — beside the same programme across Chile. Changing programme or institution is not dropping out, and some who drop out come back later. “—” is a programme with fewer than 30 entrants here in those years. Across all its undergraduate programmes, 7.7% of the 8,039 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
Bachillerato y/o Licenciatura en Ciencias Básicas2451$6.4 M11.6%9.8%n/an/an/a
Derecho1851$6.3 M2.0%7.4%46.9%$1.6–1.7 M91.2%
Ingeniería Comercial1041$5.3 M6.3%7.3%57.0%$1.3–1.4 M84.4%
Ingeniería Civil en Computación e Informática951$5.6 M4.0%6.1%n/an/an/a
Técnico Asistente del Educador de Párvulos891$2.4 M20.3%23.0%20.0%$0.7–0.8 M75.3%
Ingeniería Civil Industrial841$5.6 M3.8%5.0%80.5%n/a89.0%
Medicina Veterinaria841$6.7 M3.7%6.9%73.2%$1.4–1.5 M91.7%
Psicología831$4.7 M2.3%6.8%60.4%$1.1–1.2 M93.7%
Pedagogía en Educación Diferencial781$4.3 M5.6%4.8%91.4%$1.2–1.3 M87.5%
Pedagogía en Educación de Párvulos721$4.3 M6.0%6.2%55.7%$1.0–1.1 M84.1%
Pedagogía en Idiomas701$4.6 M9.7%6.9%53.9%$1.0–1.1 M76.4%
Técnico en Administración de Empresas701$2.6 M15.4%25.6%48.4%$0.8–0.9 M84.1%
Pedagogía en Educación Básica691$4.3 M9.6%5.6%89.5%$1.1–1.2 M83.9%
Diseño681$5.3 M8.6%4.5%n/an/an/a
Arquitectura671$5.5 M9.9%6.7%n/an/an/a
Ingeniería Civil en Obras Civiles671$5.5 M6.2%12.6%80.7%n/a77.4%
Agronomía661$5.6 M8.7%7.5%50.5%$1.5–1.6 M83.3%
Contador Auditor631$4.7 M4.6%14.2%71.8%n/a88.4%
Geología631$5.5 M11.4%9.6%n/an/an/a
Técnico en Computación e Informática621$3.1 M13.6%22.7%n/an/an/a
Medicina601$10.1 M0.0%1.3%n/an/an/a
Ingeniería en Construcción591$5.1 M7.1%16.2%n/an/an/a
Ingeniería en Electricidad591$5.4 M7.8%16.9%n/an/an/a
Técnico en Electricidad y Electricidad Industrial581$3.3 M12.0%25.3%n/an/an/a
Kinesiología551$5.0 M4.7%7.0%47.5%n/a89.8%
Trabajo Social521$3.9 M6.0%18.0%52.3%n/a86.0%
Administración Pública511$4.7 M1.7%13.5%48.8%n/a95.2%
Terapia Ocupacional501$5.0 M3.6%6.6%30.3%$1.1–1.2 M91.5%
Pedagogía en Educación Física481$4.3 M7.1%6.9%55.8%$1.0–1.1 M86.7%
Artes y Licenciatura en Artes461$5.3 M9.0%8.4%n/an/an/a
Pedagogía en Lenguaje, Comunicación y/o Castellano431$4.3 M8.3%6.7%76.1%n/a77.3%
Química y Farmacia431$5.4 M0.6%3.6%n/an/an/a
Traducción e Interpretación401$5.3 M16.6%17.3%n/an/an/a
Nutrición y Dietética391$4.8 M5.9%8.8%31.0%n/a78.7%
Tecnología Médica371$5.0 M1.0%5.3%50.8%n/a86.5%
Fonoaudiología361$5.0 M2.0%7.4%25.3%$0.9–1.0 M85.7%
Técnico Asistente del Educador Diferencial361$2.4 M15.4%22.2%n/an/an/a
Pedagogía en Historia, Geografía y Ciencias Sociales351$4.3 M11.9%8.8%n/an/an/a
Ingeniería Civil, plan común y licenciatura en Ciencias de la Ingeniería341$5.6 M13.9%3.6%n/an/an/a
Técnico Agropecuario341$3.1 M17.3%25.9%35.9%n/a78.4%
Pedagogía en Matemáticas y Computación331$4.3 M3.2%7.3%n/an/an/a
Otras Ingenierías Civiles321$5.6 M9.1%9.3%n/an/an/a
Ingeniería en Recursos Renovables311$6.5 M13.8%7.2%n/an/an/a
Ciencias Políticas281$4.6 M3.3%7.0%41.7%n/an/a
Magister en Educación271$2.0 M—11.1%n/an/an/a
Ingeniería Civil Ambiental221$5.4 M14.5%11.7%n/an/an/a
Sociología161$4.6 M13.6%9.2%n/an/an/a
Antropología151$4.6 M17.9%6.7%n/an/an/a
Magister en Ciencias Sociales141$2.4 M5.0%15.6%n/an/an/a
Otros Profesionales de Arte y Arquitectura141$4.5 M15.6%19.4%n/an/an/a
3 more with SIES figures and no entrants in 2026
ProgrammeEntrants 2026CampusesYearly feeDropout, year 1 · 2023–2025Same programme, ChileEmployed, year 1Income, year 4Retention, year 1
Técnico en Construcción y Obras Civiles————31.3%33.3%n/an/a
Técnico en Deporte, Recreación y Preparación Física————22.6%14.3%n/an/a
Técnico en Topografía————24.6%24.5%n/an/a

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

What it teaches

2026

Everyone enrolled in an undergraduate programme here in 2026, 12,156 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.

Education 18%Business and law 17%Health and welfare 16%Engineering and industry 14%Agriculture and veteri… 8.4%Natural sciences 7.6%Arts and huma… 7.0%Social sciences 6.8%Information technology 4.3%Pedagogía enEducaciónDiferencial3.3%Pedagogía enEducación dePárvulos2.6%Pedagogíaen Idiomas2.6%PedagogíaenEducación…2.1%PedagogíaenEducació…1.7%TécnicoAsistentedel…1.7%Pedagogía enLenguaje,Comunicació…Pedagogía enHistoria,…Pedagog…enMatemát…Técni…Asist…del…0.6%Derecho7.9%IngenieríaComercial4.2%ContadorAuditor1.8%AdministraciónPública1.7%Técnico enAdministració…Kinesiolog…3.1%TecnologíaMédica2.3%Trabajo Social2.3%TerapiaOcupacional2.0%Nutrición yDietética2.0%Química yFarmacia1.8%Fonoaudiolo…1.5%Medicina1.5%Ingeniería CivilIndustrial3.0%Arquitectura2.7%IngenieríaCivil enObras…2.6%IngenieríaenConstrucci…Ingeniería enElectricidad1.5%Técni…enElect…1.0%OtrasIngen…Civil…0.7%Ingenie…Civil…Ing…Civ…Medicina Veterinaria5.0%Agronomía2.7%Técni…Agrop…0.8%Bachillerato y/oLicenciatura enCiencias Básicas4.0%Geología2.5%Ingen…enRecur…1.1%Diseño2.1%Traduc…eInterp…1.5%Artes yLicenc…en…1.5%Arqueolog…1.1%OtrosProfes…Psicología5.0%Cienci…Políti…Sociolo…Antropo…Ingeniería Civil enComputación eInformáticaTécnicoenComputa…1.2%
Education 18%Business and law 17%Health and welfare 16%Engineering and in… 14%Agricu… 8.4%Natu… 7.6%Social sc… 6.8%Informati… 4.3%Pedago…enEducac…Pedago…en…Pedag…enIdiom…Pedag…enEduca…Peda…enEduc…Técn…Asis…del…Pedag…en…Pedag…Ped…Derecho7.9%IngenieríaComercialCon…Aud…Admini…Técnico…Kinesi…3.1%Tecnolo…MédicaTraba…Social2.3%Terap…Ocupa…2.0%Nut…yDie…Quí…yFar…Fon…Med…Ingenier…Civil…Arquitec…2.7%Ingen…Civilen…Ingeni…en…Ingeni…Ing…Medic…Veter…5.0%Agro…Técn…Bachilleratoy/o…Geolog…2.5%Dise…Art…yLic…Arqu…Psicología5.0%Cie…Ingeniería…Téc…
Serviceshover a tile for its count; click a group to open it

Mean annual list fee of its undergraduate enrolment: $5,167,000 (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. 9 enrolments whose fee is written in UF or not recorded are left out.

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
Bachillerato y/o Licenciatura en Ciencias Básicas245487$6,421,000—
Derecho185965$6,267,000+61%
Ingeniería Comercial104507$5,261,000+125%
Ingeniería Civil en Computación e Informática95379$5,644,000+12%
Técnico Asistente del Educador de Párvulos89208$2,417,000—
Medicina Veterinaria84602$6,728,000−12%
Ingeniería Civil Industrial84362$5,644,000−7%
Psicología83605$4,652,000—
Pedagogía en Educación Diferencial78399$4,254,000−4%
Pedagogía en Educación de Párvulos72318$4,254,000+25%
Pedagogía en Idiomas70311$4,571,000−29%
Técnico en Administración de Empresas70159$2,621,000—
Pedagogía en Educación Básica69260$4,254,000−43%
Diseño68254$5,276,000—
Ingeniería Civil en Obras Civiles67310$5,504,000—
Arquitectura67334$5,475,000—
Agronomía66330$5,591,000+10%
Geología63298$5,457,000—
Contador Auditor63223$4,722,000—
Técnico en Computación e Informática62148$3,111,000—
Medicina60177$10,066,000—
Ingeniería en Construcción59203$5,145,000—
Ingeniería en Electricidad59178$5,430,000—
Técnico en Electricidad y Electricidad Industrial58120$3,308,000—
Kinesiología55372$4,985,000—
25 more, and every other programme
Trabajo Social52280$3,944,000−23%
Administración Pública51203$4,722,000—
Terapia Ocupacional50246$4,978,000—
Pedagogía en Educación Física48208$4,254,000+87%
Artes y Licenciatura en Artes46180$5,276,000+30%
Química y Farmacia43213$5,415,000—
Pedagogía en Lenguaje, Comunicación y/o Castellano43173$4,254,000+26%
Traducción e Interpretación40187$5,276,000−20%
Nutrición y Dietética39239$4,836,000—
Tecnología Médica37281$4,978,000—
Fonoaudiología36184$4,978,000—
Técnico Asistente del Educador Diferencial3673$2,417,000—
Pedagogía en Historia, Geografía y Ciencias Sociales35126$4,254,000—
Técnico Agropecuario3492$3,143,000—
Ingeniería Civil, plan común y licenciatura en Ciencias de la Ingeniería3439$5,644,000—
Pedagogía en Matemáticas y Computación33109$4,254,000−61%
Otras Ingenierías Civiles3291$5,644,000—
Ingeniería en Recursos Renovables31139$6,490,000—
Ciencias Políticas2892$4,638,000−45%
Arqueología28129$5,824,000—
Ingeniería Civil Ambiental2285$5,430,000—
Sociología1666$4,572,000—
Antropología1565$4,622,000—
Otros Profesionales de Arte y Arquitectura1468$4,505,000—
Filosofía428$5,824,000—
20 programmes it no longer opens
Técnico en Prevención de Riesgos0———
Técnico en Topografía0———
Técnico en Deporte, Recreación y Preparación Física0———
Ingeniería en Acuicultura y Pesca0———
Técnico en Construcción y Obras Civiles0———
Pedagogía en Ciencias03$4,254,000—
Diseño Industrial03$5,430,000—
Ingeniería en Prevención de Riesgos01$4,795,000—
Técnico en Turismo y Hotelería0———
Diseño Gráfico0———
Ingeniería Civil Química03$5,637,000—
Técnico en Telecomunicaciones0———
Bachillerato y/o Licenciatura en Tecnología0———
Biología0———
Técnico en Acuicultura y Pesca0———
Geografía02$5,229,000—
Ingeniería Forestal0———
Ingeniería en Computación e Informática0———
Pedagogía en Artes y Música030$4,254,000—
Pedagogía en Filosofía y Religión09——

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
Here30%15–1958%20–24Universities23%15–1955%20–2412%
Here30%15–1958%20–24Universities23%55%20–24
15–1920–2425–2930–3435–3940 and over
Timetable
Here99%DaytimeUniversities87%Daytime
Here99%DaytimeUniversities87%Daytime
DaytimeEvening
Sex
Here39%Men61%WomenUniversities44%Men56%Women
Here39%Men61%WomenUniversities44%Men56%Women
MenWomen
Kind of programme
Here93%Professional degreesUniversities97%Professional degrees
Here93%Professional degreesUniversities97%Professional degrees
Professional degreesTechnical programmes
How first-year students came in
Here69%Direct entry (regular)12%13%Universities85%Direct entry (regular)
Here69%Direct entry (regular)Universities85%Direct entry (regular)
Direct entry (regular)Other forms of entryRecognition of prior learningSpecial entry for foreign studentsPACEInclusion programmesSpecial characteristics
Plan
Here99%Regular planUniversities91%Regular plan
Here99%Regular planUniversities91%Regular plan
Regular planSpecial planContinuation plan

Where its entrants come from

2024–2026

The comuna of their school, not of their home. First-year entrants of 2024–2026, followed by their masked id to the last time they finished secondary school before starting. Mineduc publishes no home address, and the school is where four years of their education happened. 8,249 of 8,348 (98.8%) have such a record since 2006; the rest — who left school earlier, studied abroad or validated their studies — are not placed.

86.7% finished school in Araucanía, the region of its main campus.

Region of the school
Araucanía86.7%Los Lagos3.3%Los Ríos3.2%Biobío2.0%Metropolitana1.4%Aysén1.4%O'Higgins0.4%Ñuble0.3%Valparaíso0.3%Maule0.3%Antofagasta0.2%Magallanes0.2%Tarapacá0.2%Atacama0.1%Coquimbo0.1%Arica y Parinacota0.0%
Araucanía86.7%Los Lagos3.3%Los Ríos3.2%Biobío2.0%Metropolitana1.4%Aysén1.4%O'Higgins0.4%Ñuble0.3%Valparaíso0.3%Maule0.3%Antofagasta0.2%Magallanes0.2%Tarapacá0.2%Atacama0.1%Coquimbo0.1%Arica y Parinacota0.0%
Comuna of the school
Temuco2,83834.4%
Villarrica4054.9%
Nueva Imperial3634.4%
Pitrufquén3584.3%
Lautaro3233.9%
Carahue2953.6%
Angol2623.2%
Victoria2443.0%
Cunco2332.8%
Vilcún2102.5%
Padre las Casas1712.1%
Pucón1632.0%
96 more comunas

Traiguén 159 · Curacautín 133 · Galvarino 132 · Cholchol 131 · Loncoche 120 · Panguipulli 119 · Collipulli 111 · Freire 105 · Coyhaique 74 · Gorbea 73 · Osorno 69 · Los Ángeles 58 · Perquenco 53 · Purén 52 · Castro 51 · Teodoro Schmidt 44 · Toltén 44 · Lanco 40 · Melipeuco 37 · Ancud 37 · Lonquimay 32 · Quellón 26 · Mariquina 23 · Puerto Montt 21 · Valdivia 21 · Aysén 19 · La Unión 18 · Tirúa 17 · Santiago 17 · Lumaco 16 · Río Bueno 15 · Cañete 13 · Saavedra 13 · Renaico 13 · Mulchén 12 · Quinchao 12 · Los Sauces 11 · Cisnes 11 · Futrono 11 · Chillán 11 · Iquique 10 · Rancagua 10 · Nacimiento 10 · Puerto Varas 10 · Maipú 10 · Providencia 10 · Los Álamos 9 · Purranque 9 · Punta Arenas 9 · San Vicente 8 · Santa Bárbara 8 · Lago Ranco 8 · Curicó 7 · Ñuñoa 7 · Yungay 7 · Antofagasta 6 · Calama 6 · San Fernando 6 · Curarrehue 6 · Río Negro 6 · Puente Alto 6 · San Pedro de la Paz 5 · Negrete 5 · Ercilla 5 · Fresia 5 · Chile Chico 5 · La Cisterna 5 · Colina 5 · San Bernardo 5 · Copiapó 4 · Valparaíso 4 · Concepción 4 · Chiguayante 4 · Contulmo 4 · Quilleco 4 · Puyehue 4 · Natales 4 · La Florida 4 · Pudahuel 4 · Renca 4 · Paillaco 4 · Alto Hospicio 3 · Taltal 3 · La Serena 3 · Coquimbo 3 · Constitución 3 · Coronel 3 · Calbuco 3 · San Pablo 3 · Palena 3 · Cochrane 3 · El Bosque 3 · La Granja 3 · Lo Prado 3 · Recoleta 3 · Los Lagos 3

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

The kind of school
Here44%Public (municipal or SLEP)51%Subsidised privateUniversities28%Public (municipal or…54%Subsidised private16%
Here44%Public (municipal or SLE…51%Subsidised privateUniversities28%Public (munici…54%Subsidised private16%
Public (municipal or SLEP)Subsidised privateFee-paying privateDelegated administration
When they started, after leaving school
Here66%The next year20%A year laterUniversities54%The next year25%A year later13%
Here66%The next year20%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, 3,610 applicants put a programme of Universidad Catolica de Temuco as their first choice and 12,569 included one somewhere on their list.

In which preference its regular entrants had it · 2026
Here75%1st choiceUniversities56%1st choice19%2nd
Here75%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 Catolica de TemucoUniversities
02040608020212024202655.6%75.5%
02040608020212024202655.6%75.5%
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
Here77%Regular places14%Universities83%Regular places12%
Here77%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 TemucoUniversities
025507510020072016202585.8%87.1%
025507510020072016202585.8%87.1%
Cohort 2025, in 2026
Here87%Still hereUniversities86%Still here
Here87%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
0204060091856%27%
0204060091856%27%

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

Cohort 2015, 10 years on
Here56%Titled here16%28%No title yetUniversities56%Titled here17%26%No title yet
Here56%Titled here16%28%No title yetUniversities56%Titled here17%26%No title yet
Titled hereTitled elsewhereNo title yet

2,577 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
Education 23%Business and law 18%Health and welfare 17%Agriculture and veterinary 12%Engineering and industry 10%Social sciences 8.7%Arts and h… 6.4%Natur… 2.4%Infor… 2.0%Pedagogía enEducación dePárvulos4.8%Pedagogía enEducaciónDiferencial4.6%PedagogíaenEducació…2.1%PedagogíaenEducació…2.1%Pedagogíaen Artes yMúsica2.0%Pedagogíaen Idiomas2.0%Pedagogía enLenguaje,Comunicación…Pedagogía enMatemáticas yComputaciónPedagogíaen…TécnicoAsistente…Pedagogíaen…Derecho9.3%IngenieríaComercial3.4%Contador Auditor2.6%Admin…Públi…2.0%TerapiaOcupacional4.1%TrabajoSocial3.6%Kinesiolog…2.8%TecnologíaMédica2.5%Nutrición yDietética2.2%Fonoaudi…1.8%MedicinaVeterinaria7.5%Agronomía3.7%Ingen…IngenieríaCivil en ObrasCivilesIngenieríaCivilIndustrialArquitectura2.0%OtrasIngenie…CivilesIngenier…Ingeni…Civil…Diseño…Téc…Psicología7.2%Geo…Ant…Cie…Pol…Artes yLicenci…en Artes1.9%Diseño1.7%Traduc…eInterp…1.4%Arqueo…0.7%DiseñoGráfi…Geolo…1.2%Ingen…enRecur…1.1%IngenieríaCivil enComputació…
Education 23%Business and law 18%Health and welfare 17%Agriculture and vet… 12%Enginee… 10%Soc… 8.7%Arts an… 6.4%PedagogíaenEducación…PedagogíaenEducación…Peda…enEduc…Peda…enEduc…Peda…enArte…Pedago…en…Pedago…Peda…en…Téc…Asi…Derecho9.3%Ingenie…Comerci…ContadorAuditorAdminis…TerapiaOcupacion…TrabajoSocialKines…2.8%Tecno…Médica2.5%Nutric…yDietét…Fono…MedicinaVeterinaria7.5%Agrono…3.7%Ingen…Civilen…Ingen…CivilIndus…Arqu…Otr…Ing…Psicolog…7.2%Art…yLic…DiseñoTraducc…Geol…Ing…en…Ingenie…
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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. 4,556 of 4,730 titles have the dates to be measured.

Here41%Within the formal length21%1–2 semesters more14%3–4 semesters more9.1%5–6 semesters …9.6%7–10 semesters …6.2%Universities33%Within the formal length31%1–2 semesters more16%3–4 semesters more8.4%5–6 semesters…7.0%
Here41%Within the formal leng…21%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
Derecho4425.07.225%8.4
Psicología2735.05.568%5.7
Pedagogía en Educación Diferencial2275.05.375%5.2
Medicina Veterinaria2265.08.215%7.2
Terapia Ocupacional2065.05.663%5.7
Kinesiología1515.06.428%6.1
Pedagogía en Educación de Párvulos1454.04.568%5.0
Técnico Asistente del Educador de Párvulos1422.52.873%2.9
Ingeniería Comercial1415.07.414%6.1
Trabajo Social1415.05.567%5.0
Agronomía1395.06.724%7.2
Ingeniería Civil Industrial1265.18.91%6.9
Ingeniería Civil en Obras Civiles1245.07.94%7.4
Nutrición y Dietética1225.06.331%6.2
Pedagogía en Educación Básica1225.05.578%5.4
Tecnología Médica1135.06.519%6.4
Técnico en Administración de Empresas1022.52.870%3.3
Administración Pública935.05.286%5.1
Arquitectura885.06.515%7.4
Artes y Licenciatura en Artes864.04.858%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

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
Araucanía2,922
Araucanía2,922
By commune
Temuco2,922

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
010020030040020072017202626666
010020030040020072017202626666
Postgraduate enrolment by field · 2026
Master's 68%Doctorate 32%Magister en CienciasSociales22%Magister enAdministración yComercio20%Magister en Educación11%Magister en Humanidades8.6%MagisterenCiencias…3.8%Magisteren Arte yArquitec…Magisteren…Doctorado en CienciasSociales20%Doctorado enAgropecuaria7.1%Doctorado enEducación4.9%
Master's 68%Doctorate 32%Magister en CienciasSociales22%Magister en Administracióny Comercio20%Magister enEducación11%Magister enHumanidades8.6%MagisterenCiencias…Magist…Magiste…Doctorado en CienciasSociales20%DoctoradoenAgropecu…7.1%Docto…enEduca…4.9%
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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. 131 of 152 (86.2%) 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, 58.8% graduated here (universities: 29.0% stay at their own).

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

Universidad Catolica de Temuco77 peopleUniversidad de la Frontera16 peopleOther institutions38 peopleNo title in the register21 peopleDoctorado en Agropecuaria12 peopleDoctorado en Educación9 peopleMagister en Educación48 peopleMagister en Ciencias Sociales44 peopleDoctorado en Ciencias Sociales39 people
Universidad Cat…77 peopleUniversidad de …16 peopleOther instituti…38 peopleNo title in the…21 peopleDoctorado en Ag…12 peopleDoctorado en Ed…9 peopleMagister en Edu…48 peopleMagister en Cie…44 peopleDoctorado en Ci…39 people
Undergraduate institutionPeople%
Universidad Catolica de Temuco (itself)7750.7%
Universidad de la Frontera1912.5%
Universidad de Concepcion53.3%
Other institutions3019.7%
No undergraduate title in the register (before 2007 or abroad)2113.8%

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. 1,433 of 12,694 (11.3%) started one (universities: 9.9%); 12.2% 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».

Education580 peopleBusiness and law257 peopleSocial sciences217 peopleAgriculture and veterinary146 peopleHealth and welfare84 peopleEngineering and industry42 peopleArts and humanities39 peopleNatural sciences32 peopleInformation technology29 peopleServices7 peopleUniversidad Mayor356 peopleUniversidad Andres Bello92 peopleUniversidad Santo Tomas29 peopleUniversidad Catolica de Temuco172 peopleUniversidad Central de Chile31 peopleUniversidad de Concepcion48 peopleUniversidad Autonoma de Chile51 peopleUniversidad de Chile40 peopleUniversidad Austral de Chile76 peoplePontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile32 peopleOther institutions308 peopleUniversidad de la Frontera198 people
Education580 peopleBusiness and law257 peopleSocial sciences217 peopleAgriculture and…146 peopleHealth and welf…84 peopleEngineering and…42 peopleArts and humani…39 peopleNatural sciences32 peopleInformation tec…29 peopleServices7 peopleUniversidad May…356 peopleUniversidad And…92 peopleUniversidad San…29 peopleUniversidad Cat…172 peopleUniversidad Cen…31 peopleUniversidad de …48 peopleUniversidad Aut…51 peopleUniversidad de …40 peopleUniversidad Aus…76 peoplePontificia Univ…32 peopleOther instituti…308 peopleUniversidad de …198 people
Postgraduate institutionPeople%
Universidad Mayor35724.9%
Universidad de la Frontera20014.0%
Universidad Catolica de Temuco (itself)17512.2%
Universidad Andres Bello986.8%
Universidad Austral de Chile805.6%
Universidad Autonoma de Chile543.8%
Universidad de Concepcion523.6%
Universidad de Chile433.0%
Universidad Santo Tomas342.4%
Universidad Central de Chile332.3%
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile332.3%
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso221.5%

Research

ANID · 2006–2025

The projects ANID (CONICYT until 2019) awarded with Universidad Catolica de Temuco 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
211
19 of 49 universities
Fondecyt (Regular, Iniciación, Postdoctorado)
118
2015–2024
Applied research
25%
universities 13%
Led by a woman
33%
universities 33%

Projects awarded each year

010203020062016202526
010203020062016202526

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

050100150Fondecyt118Fondef52Other programmes18PCI12PAI5Fondequip3Explora2CORFO1
050100150Fondecyt118Fondef52Other programmes18PCI12PAI5Fondequip3Explora2CORFO1

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 especifica2622.04.08
Anthropology and archaeologyantropologia y arqueologia, antropologia cultural y social and arqueologia86.83.72
Animal health and productionsalud y produccion animal, acuicultura and ciencias veterinarias108.53.35
Geography and urbanismgeografia y urbanismo, geografia fisica and geografia humana y cultural75.92.70
Law and political sciencecienicas juridicas y politicas, ciencia politica (inc. legislacion ) and derecho publico1311.02.21
Sociologysociologia, otras sociologias and cambio social y desarrollo108.52.19
Linguistics and literaturelinguistica literatura y filologia, linguistica and literatura chilena86.81.92
Historyhistoria de chile, historia hispanoamericana and historia43.41.23
Agronomyciencias del suelo, fisiologia vegetal and fruticultura y viticultura54.21.04
Psychologypsicologia, otras psicologias and psicobiologia32.50.98
Engineering 1ingenieria de materiales, ingenieria mecanica and ingenieria hidraulica54.20.97
Engineering 3ingenieria quimica, procesamiento y tecnologia de alimentos and bioingenieria43.40.83
Biology 1ecologia y ciencias ambientales, genetica y evolucion and biologia marina43.40.81
Philosophyfilosofia, historia de la filosofia and filosofia analitica21.70.64
Astronomy, cosmology and particlesastronomia cosmologia y particulas, astronomia and gravitacion y cosmologia21.70.34
Chemistryquimica, fisico quimica quimica teorica y computacional fotoquimica-fotofisica catalisis y coloides and quimica organica32.50.33
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 critica10.80.28
Earth sciencesoceanografia, geologia y mineralogia and meteorologia y climatologia10.80.28
Biology 3biologia molecular, microbiologia and bioquimica10.80.20
Mathematicsanalisis, ecuaciones diferenciales and metodos numericos10.80.15

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 9 groups Universidad Catolica de Temuco is specialised in. The axes mean nothing; what the picture says is near and far.

EducationLaw and political scienceAgronomySociologyLinguistics and literatureHistoryAnimal health and productionGeography and urbanismAnthropology and archaeologyChemistryEngineering 2MathematicsAstronomy, cosmology and particlesEngineering 1Biology 1Biology 3Engineering 3Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences)Biology 2Theoretical and experimental phys…Earth sciencesMedicine G2–G3 (clinical and publ…PhilosophyPsychologyEconomics and managementArts and architectureInterdisciplinary research
Law and political sci…AgronomySociologyHistoryAnimal 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 Maule81Agronomy · Education · Geography and urbanism · Linguistics and literature · Sociology
Universidad Alberto Hurtado79Anthropology and archaeology · Education · Geography and urbanism · History · Law and political science · Linguistics and literature · Sociology
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso77Agronomy · Animal health and production · Education · Geography and urbanism · History · Law and political science · Linguistics and literature
Universidad de los Lagos74Animal health and production · Anthropology and archaeology · Education · Geography and urbanism · Sociology
Universidad Catolica de la Santisima Concepcion72Education · Linguistics and literature
Universidad de Tarapaca68Anthropology and archaeology · Education · History · Sociology
Universidad de Playa Ancha de Ciencias de la Educacion64Education · History · Linguistics and literature · Sociology
Universidad Diego Portales61Education · History · Law and political science · Sociology
Universidad Catolica de TemucoUniversidad Diego PortalesUniversidad Alberto HurtadoUniversidad de TarapacaUniversidad Catolica de la Santisima Co…Universidad de Playa Ancha de Ciencias…Universidad de los Lagos
U. Catolica de TemucoU. Diego PortalesU. de TarapacaU. Catolica de la Santi…U. de Playa Ancha de Ci…U. de los Lagos

Each dot an institution, near the ones whose mix is similar and joined to its two closest; red is Universidad Catolica de Temuco, 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 52 projects are read apart, by discipline, and are not part of the specialisation above.

035810Ciencias de la educacion10Historia y arqueologia6Sociologia5Agricultura, silvicultura, pesca4Ciencias agricolas4Geografia economica y social4Ciencias biologicas3Ciencias de la salud3Ciencias naturales2Ciencias politicas2
035810Ciencias de la educacion10Historia y arqueologia6Sociologia5Agricultura, silvicultura, pesca4Ciencias agricolas4Geografia economica y social4Ciencias biologicas3Ciencias de la salud3Ciencias naturales2Ciencias politicas2

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

51 names · 2026

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

0100200300Bachiller en Ciencias y Humanidades245Derecho185Ingenieria Comercial104Ingenieria Civil en Informatica95Tecnico Universitario en Educacion Parvularia y Nb189Ingenieria Civil Industrial84Medicina Veterinaria84Psicologia83Pedagogia en Educacion Diferencial Con Especialidad en N.e.e.t. y Discapa…78Educacion de Parvulos72Tecnico Universitario en Gestion y Administracion de Empresas70Pedagogia en Educacion Basica Con Mencion69Diseño68Arquitectura67Ingenieria Civil en Obras Civiles67
0100200300Bachiller en Ciencias y Humanidades245Derecho185Ingenieria Comercial104Ingenieria Civil en Informatica95Tecnico Universitario en Educacion Parvularia y Nb189Ingenieria Civil Industrial84Medicina Veterinaria84Psicologia83Pedagogia en Educacion Diferencial Con Especialidad en…78Educacion de Parvulos72Tecnico Universitario en Gestion y Administracion de Em…70Pedagogia en Educacion Basica Con Mencion69Diseño68Arquitectura67Ingenieria Civil en Obras Civiles67

36 more names, together 1,462 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.