Universidad Catolica del Maule

3,171 people started an undergraduate programme at Universidad Catolica del Maule in 2026, the 20th largest intake of Chile's 50 universities, and 14,532 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: Maule

CampusThe whole institution
First-year entrants
3,171
2026 · 20 of 50
Total enrolment
14,532
2026
Still here a year later · cohort 2025
88.4%
univ. 85.8%
Graduated here in 10 years · cohort 2015
68.7%
univ. 56.3%
Had it as first choice · 2026
71.3%
univ. 55.6%
Mean list fee · 2026
$5.6 M
univ. $5.9 M
Accreditation
5 years
2026
Women
58.0%
entrants 2026

At a glance

2026
Enrolled 2026
13,810
First year 2026
3,171
Titles 2025
1,706

Largest fields: health and welfare, education, engineering and industry.

Enrolled 2026
493
of them in a doctorate
149 · 30%
First year 2026
170
Titles 2025
168

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

Projects 2015–2024
176
Among universities
25 of 49
Fondecyt
101

Most specialised in: education, interdisciplinary research, linguistics and literature.

Here95%
Universities86%
UndergraduateMaster'sDoctoratePost-title

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

Entrants, enrolment and titles

2007–2026

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

Undergraduate enrolmentFirst-year entrantsUndergraduate titles
05,00010,00015,00020072017202613,8101,7063,171
05,00010,00015,00020072017202613,8101,7063,171

What you can study here

2026 · mifuturo.cl

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

The first-year dropout column is PuroChile's own count on Mineduc's register: of everyone who started the programme here in 2023–2025, the share enrolled at no institution at all the following year — the three cohorts added up, never an average of three rates — beside the same programme across Chile. Changing programme or institution is not dropping out, and some who drop out come back later. “—” is a programme with fewer than 30 entrants here in those years. Across all its undergraduate programmes, 5.4% of the 8,647 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
Enfermería1752$6.1 M4.2%5.3%82.6%$1.7–1.8 M93.1%
Psicología1542$5.8 M1.3%6.8%71.6%$1.1–1.2 M96.0%
Contador Auditor1442$4.7–4.8 M4.6%14.2%82.6%$1.3–1.4 M92.0%
Ingeniería Civil Industrial1371$6.1 M2.3%5.0%72.0%n/a92.5%
Ingeniería Civil en Computación e Informática1301$6.2 M4.4%6.1%85.0%n/a84.0%
Trabajo Social1242$4.4 M4.0%18.0%63.4%$1.0–1.1 M94.4%
Ingeniería Comercial1161$5.3 M4.9%7.3%62.9%$1.3–1.4 M86.5%
Derecho1101$5.8 M5.5%7.4%n/an/an/a
Pedagogía en Educación de Párvulos1092$4.3 M4.7%6.2%63.8%$1.0–1.1 M86.8%
Pedagogía en Educación Básica1002$4.4 M4.1%5.6%89.1%$1.0–1.1 M93.7%
Pedagogía en Educación Física911$4.4 M7.6%6.9%56.4%$1.0–1.1 M90.7%
Química y Farmacia911$5.4 M2.7%3.6%n/an/an/a
Kinesiología901$6.1 M5.6%7.0%59.5%$1.3–1.4 M93.4%
Pedagogía en Idiomas881$4.4 M3.6%6.9%58.6%n/a87.2%
Ingeniería Civil, plan común y licenciatura en Ciencias de la Ingeniería851$6.7 M8.5%3.6%n/an/an/a
Tecnología Médica831$6.0 M4.1%5.3%n/an/an/a
Medicina811$10.5 M3.0%1.3%92.5%over $3.5 M89.9%
Agronomía801$5.8 M8.7%7.5%65.2%n/a85.5%
Nutrición y Dietética761$5.2 M6.9%8.8%52.3%$1.1–1.2 M83.3%
Pedagogía en Educación Diferencial742$4.4 M2.7%4.8%90.7%$1.1–1.2 M96.8%
Geología721$5.7 M6.4%9.6%n/an/an/a
Arquitectura681$6.2 M4.0%6.7%n/an/an/a
Ingeniería en Construcción681$6.0 M7.8%16.2%78.5%$1.5–1.6 M80.0%
Medicina Veterinaria671$6.2 M2.6%6.9%n/an/an/a
Terapia Ocupacional621$5.4 M5.7%6.6%n/an/an/a
Magister en Educación602$2.7–2.7 M13.0%11.1%n/an/an/a
Ingeniería en Biotecnología y Bioingeniería571$5.8 M7.6%7.1%66.3%n/a78.4%
Ingeniería en Matemática y Estadística561$5.8 M9.6%15.1%n/an/an/a
Pedagogía en Lenguaje, Comunicación y/o Castellano531$4.4 M6.7%6.7%78.0%$1.1–1.2 M86.0%
Ingeniería Civil Electrónica521$6.2 M7.1%7.0%n/an/an/a
Otras Ingenierías521$6.2 M9.7%12.5%n/an/an/a
Bachillerato y/o Licenciatura en Salud501$5.5 M15.9%21.2%n/an/an/a
Obstetricia y Puericultura471$5.1 M1.0%3.5%n/an/an/a
Magister en Salud461$3.2 M8.3%9.3%n/an/an/a
Administración Pública411$4.9 M12.8%13.5%n/an/an/a
Ingeniería en Computación e Informática401$4.3 M3.9%14.8%n/an/an/a
Pedagogía en Historia, Geografía y Ciencias Sociales391$4.3 M3.3%8.8%n/an/an/a
Administración de Empresas e Ing. Asociadas351$3.3 M14.5%20.4%n/an/an/a
Pedagogía en Ciencias281$4.6 M4.8%7.0%81.8%$1.1–1.2 M92.6%
Construcción Civil251$4.6 M26.2%21.6%n/an/an/a
Ingeniería en Automatización, Instrumentación y Control241$3.7 M25.6%20.7%n/an/an/a
Sociología221$5.1 M10.0%9.2%n/an/an/a
Pedagogía en Matemáticas y Computación211$4.4 M5.8%7.3%92.5%$1.1–1.2 M85.4%
Ingeniería Industrial171$3.8 M8.7%22.0%n/an/an/a
Ingeniería en Geomensura y Cartografía131$3.5 M5.1%21.6%n/an/an/a
Pedagogía en Filosofía y Religión131$4.4 M—13.1%n/an/an/a
Doctorado en Tecnología111$4.2 M0.0%11.8%n/an/an/a
Ingeniería en Recursos Renovables111$6.6 M7.9%7.2%n/an/an/a
Magister en Administración y Comercio111$2.2 M16.7%15.8%n/an/an/a
Magister en Ciencias Sociales101$2.2 M—15.6%n/an/an/a
Magister en Ciencias Básicas61$3.0 M—13.6%n/an/an/a
Magister en Humanidades41$2.7 M—14.6%n/an/an/a
Doctorado en Ciencias Básicas31$4.2 M—11.0%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, 13,810 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 29%Education 20%Engineering and industry 19%Business and law 13%Social sciences 5.7%Information technology 5.3%Agricult… 4.4%Natura… 4.0%Enfermería6.1%Medicina4.3%TrabajoSocial3.3%Química yFarmacia3.1%Kinesiología3.0%TecnologíaMédica2.7%NutriciónyDietética2.5%TerapiaOcupacional2.0%Obstetric…yPuericult…Bach…y/oLice…PedagogíaenEducación…3.4%Pedagogía enEducación dePárvulos3.3%PedagogíaenEducación…2.9%Pedagogía enEducaciónFísica2.8%PedagogíaenIdiomas2.8%PedagogíaenLenguaje,…1.7%Pedago…enHistor…1.1%Pedagog…enMatemát…Pedag…enCienc…Ingeniería CivilIndustrial5.4%Ingeniería Civil,plan común ylicenciatura en…Arquitectura2.4%IngenieríaenConstrucc…1.9%IngenieríaenBiotecnolog…OtrasIngenierías1.5%IngenieríaCivilElectrónicaConstru…CivilIngenier…Ing…Ind…Ing…ContadorAuditor4.2%IngenieríaComercial3.7%Derecho3.5%Administ…PúblicaAdminis…de…Psicología5.1%Ingeniería Civil enComputación eInformática4.2%Ingen…enCompu…1.1%Agronomía2.3%MedicinaVeterinaria1.8%Geología2.0%Ingen…enMatem…1.1%Inge…enGeom…Inge…en…
Health and welfare 29%Education 20%Engineering … 19%Busine… 13%Enfermer…6.1%Medicina4.3%TrabajoSocialQuímicayFarmac…Kinesi…3.0%Tecnol…MédicaNutricióny…Tera…Ocup…Obs…y…Bac…Pedagogíaen…Pedagog…en…Pedago…en…Pedago…en…Pedag…enIdiom…Ped…enLen…IngenieríaCivilIndustrial5.4%Ingen…Civil,plan…2.7%Arqui…2.4%Ingeni…en…Ingen…enBiote…Otr…Ing…Ing…Civ…Ele…Con…ContadorAuditorIngenieríaComercialDerecho3.5%Psicolo…5.1%Ingeni…Civilen…Agr…Med…Vet…GeologíaInge…
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Mean annual list fee of its undergraduate enrolment: $5,579,000 (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
Enfermería175843$6,058,000+142%
Psicología154703$5,822,000+143%
Contador Auditor144576$4,674,000+71%
Ingeniería Civil Industrial137741$6,058,000—
Ingeniería Civil en Computación e Informática130581$6,183,000+173%
Trabajo Social124456$4,436,000+61%
Ingeniería Comercial116505$5,327,000—
Derecho110485$5,762,000—
Pedagogía en Educación de Párvulos109458$4,278,000+115%
Pedagogía en Educación Básica100474$4,442,000−6%
Pedagogía en Educación Física91387$4,356,000+16%
Química y Farmacia91423$5,372,000—
Kinesiología90416$6,058,000+33%
Pedagogía en Idiomas88384$4,377,000+37%
Ingeniería Civil, plan común y licenciatura en Ciencias de la Ingeniería85379$6,707,000+201%
Tecnología Médica83377$6,032,000—
Medicina81600$10,453,000+24%
Agronomía80315$5,848,000+11%
Nutrición y Dietética76344$5,196,000—
Pedagogía en Educación Diferencial74394$4,377,000+54%
Geología72281$5,664,000—
Ingeniería en Construcción68260$6,028,000−19%
Arquitectura68338$6,183,000—
Medicina Veterinaria67246$6,209,000—
Terapia Ocupacional62271$5,409,000—
20 more, and every other programme
Ingeniería en Biotecnología y Bioingeniería57259$5,805,000—
Ingeniería en Matemática y Estadística56156$5,849,000—
Pedagogía en Lenguaje, Comunicación y/o Castellano53236$4,377,000—
Otras Ingenierías52213$6,243,000—
Ingeniería Civil Electrónica52168$6,183,000—
Bachillerato y/o Licenciatura en Salud5074$5,520,000—
Obstetricia y Puericultura47149$5,089,000—
Administración Pública41119$4,854,000—
Ingeniería en Computación e Informática40151$4,266,000—
Pedagogía en Historia, Geografía y Ciencias Sociales39149$4,278,000—
Administración de Empresas e Ing. Asociadas35115$3,312,000−52%
Pedagogía en Ciencias28103$4,565,000−65%
Construcción Civil25116$4,572,000—
Ingeniería en Automatización, Instrumentación y Control2473$3,685,000—
Sociología2278$5,100,000—
Pedagogía en Matemáticas y Computación21134$4,356,000−34%
Ingeniería Industrial1757$3,827,000—
Pedagogía en Filosofía y Religión1337$4,442,000—
Ingeniería en Geomensura y Cartografía1364$3,450,000—
Ingeniería en Recursos Renovables1151$6,631,000—
Every other programme0———
5 programmes it no longer opens
Ingeniería Agrícola044$3,214,000—
Ingeniería Agroindustrial027$3,464,000—
Ingeniería Forestal0———
Ingeniería Civil en Obras Civiles0———
Técnico en Computación e Informática0———

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
Here28%15–1961%20–24Universities23%15–1955%20–2412%
Here28%15–1961%20–24Universities23%55%20–24
15–1920–2425–2930–3435–3940 and over
Timetable
Here94%DaytimeUniversities87%Daytime
Here94%DaytimeUniversities87%Daytime
DaytimeEvening
Sex
Here43%Men57%WomenUniversities44%Men56%Women
Here43%Men57%WomenUniversities44%Men56%Women
MenWomen
How first-year students came in
Here85%Direct entry (regular)Universities85%Direct entry (regular)
Here85%Direct entry (regular)Universities85%Direct entry (regular)
Direct entry (regular)Other forms of entrySpecial entry for foreign studentsPACEInclusion programmesSpecial characteristics
Plan
Here99%Regular planUniversities91%Regular plan
Here99%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. 9,096 of 9,206 (98.8%) have such a record since 2006; the rest — who left school earlier, studied abroad or validated their studies — are not placed.

87.2% finished school in Maule, the region of its main campus.

Region of the school
Maule87.2%O'Higgins9.5%Metropolitana1.3%Ñuble0.5%Biobío0.3%Valparaíso0.2%Los Lagos0.2%Tarapacá0.1%Araucanía0.1%Coquimbo0.1%Magallanes0.1%Antofagasta0.1%Aysén0.1%Arica y Parinacota0.1%Atacama0.1%Los Ríos0.0%
Maule87.2%O'Higgins9.5%Metropolitana1.3%Ñuble0.5%Biobío0.3%Valparaíso0.2%Los Lagos0.2%Tarapacá0.1%Araucanía0.1%Coquimbo0.1%Magallanes0.1%Antofagasta0.1%Aysén0.1%Arica y Parinacota0.1%Atacama0.1%Los Ríos0.0%
Comuna of the school
Talca2,94532.4%
Curicó1,49316.4%
Linares7768.5%
San Javier5245.8%
Constitución3453.8%
Molina3363.7%
San Fernando1922.1%
Maule1882.1%
Cauquenes1812.0%
Teno1711.9%
San Clemente1501.6%
Santa Cruz1441.6%
81 more comunas

Parral 107 · Hualañé 89 · Sagrada Familia 89 · Chimbarongo 88 · Romeral 77 · San Vicente 76 · Rancagua 65 · Retiro 59 · Rengo 54 · Chépica 51 · Licantén 49 · Colbún 49 · Curepto 38 · Longaví 38 · Empedrado 37 · Yerbas Buenas 34 · Nancagua 31 · Río Claro 30 · Chanco 27 · Pichilemu 26 · Pelarco 21 · Pelluhue 18 · Vichuquén 18 · Chillán 18 · Lolol 17 · Villa Alegre 17 · Las Cabras 16 · Rauco 16 · Maipú 16 · Santiago 14 · Puente Alto 14 · Machalí 13 · San Carlos 12 · Peumo 11 · Quinta de Tilcoco 11 · Peralillo 11 · Paredones 10 · Los Ángeles 10 · Iquique 9 · Graneros 8 · Pencahue 8 · La Florida 8 · Arica 7 · Puerto Montt 6 · San Bernardo 6 · Doñihue 5 · Olivar 5 · Litueche 5 · Palmilla 5 · Punta Arenas 5 · El Bosque 5 · Providencia 5 · San Felipe 4 · Pichidegua 4 · Requínoa 4 · Victoria 4 · Natales 4 · Estación Central 4 · Quilicura 4 · Paine 4 · Peñaflor 4 · Bulnes 4 · Quirihue 4 · Pozo Almonte 3 · Antofagasta 3 · Calama 3 · Copiapó 3 · La Serena 3 · Illapel 3 · Los Andes 3 · Mostazal 3 · Marchihue 3 · Concepción 3 · Talcahuano 3 · Temuco 3 · Angol 3 · Coyhaique 3 · Aysén 3 · Ñuñoa 3 · Pudahuel 3 · Buin 3

67 more comunas sent fewer than 3 each, together 89 entrants; they are not named.

The kind of school
Here41%Public (municipal or SLEP)53%Subsidised privateUniversities28%Public (municipal or…54%Subsidised private16%
Here41%Public (municipal or S…53%Subsidised privateUniversities28%Public (munici…54%Subsidised private16%
Public (municipal or SLEP)Subsidised privateFee-paying privateDelegated administration
When they started, after leaving school
Here59%The next year26%A year later11%Universities54%The next year25%A year later13%
Here59%The next year26%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, 4,420 applicants put a programme of Universidad Catolica del Maule as their first choice and 12,969 included one somewhere on their list.

In which preference its regular entrants had it · 2026
Here71%1st choice13%Universities56%1st choice19%2nd
Here71%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 del MauleUniversities
02040608020212024202655.6%71.3%
02040608020212024202655.6%71.3%
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
Here83%Regular placesUniversities83%Regular places12%
Here83%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 del MauleUniversities
025507510020072016202585.8%88.4%
025507510020072016202585.8%88.4%
Cohort 2025, in 2026
Here88%Still hereUniversities86%Still here
Here88%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
020406080091869%27%
020406080091869%27%

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

Cohort 2015, 10 years on
Here69%Titled here12%19%No title yetUniversities56%Titled here17%26%No title yet
Here69%Titled here19%Universities56%Titled here17%26%No title yet
Titled hereTitled elsewhereNo title yet

1,414 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 32%Education 21%Engineering and indus… 17%Business and law 11%Social sci… 6.4%Information tech… 6.3%Agricu… 3.8%Enfermería9.0%Nutrición yDietética4.7%Medicina4.7%TrabajoSocial3.9%Kinesiología3.4%TecnologíaMédica3.1%QuímicayFarmac…1.5%TerapiaOcupac…1.4%Pedagogía enEducaciónBásica5.3%PedagogíaenEducación…3.4%Pedagogía enEducaciónFísica3.3%Pedagogía enEducación dePárvulos2.9%Pedago…enLengua…1.8%Pedag…enIdiom…1.7%Pedagog…enMatemát…1.6%Pedag…enCienc…1.0%Ingeniería CivilIndustrial4.9%IngenieríaenBiotecnolo…3.2%IngenieríaenConstrucc…3.2%Ingeni…Civil,plan…1.6%Ingenier…Agroindu…Construcci…CivilOtrasIngenie…Ingenie…Civil…Ingenie…Contador Auditor4.4%AdministraciónPública3.1%Ingenie…Comerci…3.0%Adm…Der…Psicología5.4%IngenieríaCivil enComputación …4.9%Ing…enCom…Agronomía2.0%IngenieríaAgrícolaIngenie…enMatemát…1.7%Ingen…enRecur…
Health and welfare 32%Education 21%Engineering … 17%Business and… 11%Social scie… 6.4%Inform… 6.3%Enfermería9.0%Nutrición yDietética4.7%Medicina4.7%Traba…Social3.9%Kinesiología3.4%TecnologíaMédicaQuím…yFarm…Tera…Ocup…PedagogíaenEducación…Pedag…enEduca…Pedagog…enEducaci…Pedagog…en…Peda…enLeng…Ped…enIdi…Peda…enMate…Ped…en…Ingenier…CivilIndustri…4.9%Ingen…enBiote…3.2%Ingen…enConst…3.2%Ingen…Civil…Ing…Agr…Con…Civ…Conta…Audit…4.4%Administra…PúblicaIngenier…ComercialPsicologíaIngenier…Civil enComputac…Agrono…2.0%Ingeni…Agríco…Ing…enMat…
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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. 4,923 of 5,152 titles have the dates to be measured.

Here46%Within the formal length31%1–2 semesters more13%3–4 semesters more4.9%Universities33%Within the formal length31%1–2 semesters more16%3–4 semesters more8.4%5–6 semesters…7.0%
Here46%Within the formal length31%1–2 semesters mo…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
Enfermería5475.05.471%6.0
Pedagogía en Educación Básica3185.05.287%5.4
Medicina2497.07.755%7.5
Psicología2425.05.569%5.7
Trabajo Social2345.05.438%5.0
Ingeniería Civil Industrial2295.56.424%6.9
Pedagogía en Educación Física2214.55.49%5.6
Pedagogía en Educación Diferencial2085.05.288%5.2
Contador Auditor2075.06.624%5.3
Kinesiología2065.05.264%6.1
Ingeniería Civil en Computación e Informática2035.77.215%7.0
Nutrición y Dietética1885.06.229%6.2
Ingeniería en Construcción1865.06.614%6.1
Ingeniería Comercial1835.06.332%6.1
Agronomía1605.07.19%7.2
Ingeniería en Biotecnología y Bioingeniería1385.06.57%6.8
Pedagogía en Lenguaje, Comunicación y/o Castellano1304.55.033%5.7
Tecnología Médica1295.05.379%6.4
Pedagogía en Idiomas1265.05.941%5.8
Pedagogía en Educación de Párvulos1074.44.880%5.0

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

Where its campuses are

2 communes · 2026

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

By region
Maule3,171
Maule3,171
By commune
Talca2,414
Curicó757

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
0200400600800200720172026493170
0200400600800200720172026493170
Postgraduate enrolment by field · 2026
Master's 70%Doctorate 30%Magister en Educación27%Magister en Salud19%Magister enAdministracióny Comercio12%Magister enCiencias Sociales3.7%Magister enTecnología3.2%MagisterenHumanid…2.6%Magist…enCienci…2.4%Doctorado enEducación11%Doctorado en Tecnología9.1%DoctoradoenCiencias…4.3%Doctorado enCienciasSocialesDoctorado enHumanidades
Master's 70%Doctorate 30%Magister enEducación27%Magister en Salud19%Magister enAdministra…y Comercio12%Magist…enCienci…3.7%Magis…enTecno…3.2%Magis…enHuman…Magist…enCienci…Doctorado enEducación11%Doctorado enTecnología9.1%Docto…enCienc…4.3%Doctora…en…Doctoradoen…
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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. 371 of 445 (83.4%) 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, 53.1% 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 del Maule194 peopleUniversidad Autonoma de Chile44 peopleUniversidad de Talca17 peopleUniversidad Santo Tomas10 peopleUniversidad del Bio-Bio4 peopleUniversidad Academia de Humanismo Cristiano3 peopleUniversidad SEK3 peopleUniversidad Andres Bello3 peopleUniversidad San Sebastian3 peopleOther institutions90 peopleNo title in the register74 peopleDoctorado en Educación29 peopleMagister en Salud108 peopleDoctorado en Tecnología33 peopleMagister en Humanidades11 peopleMagister en Educación155 peopleMagister en Administración y Comercio40 peopleMagister en Ciencias Básicas18 peopleMagister en Ciencias Sociales26 peopleDoctorado en Ciencias Básicas9 peopleOther fields7 peopleDoctorado en Ciencias Sociales9 people
Universidad Cat…194 peopleUniversidad Aut…44 peopleUniversidad de …17 peopleUniversidad San…10 peopleUniversidad del…4 peopleUniversidad Aca…3 peopleUniversidad SEK3 peopleUniversidad And…3 peopleUniversidad San…3 peopleOther instituti…90 peopleNo title in the…74 peopleDoctorado en Ed…29 peopleMagister en Sal…108 peopleDoctorado en Te…33 peopleMagister en Hum…11 peopleMagister en Edu…155 peopleMagister en Adm…40 peopleMagister en Cie…18 peopleMagister en Cie…26 peopleDoctorado en Ci…9 peopleOther fields7 peopleDoctorado en Ci…9 people
Undergraduate institutionPeople%
Universidad Catolica del Maule (itself)19744.3%
Universidad Autonoma de Chile4911.0%
Universidad de Talca255.6%
Universidad Santo Tomas132.9%
Universidad del Bio-Bio92.0%
Universidad de Concepcion92.0%
Universidad Academia de Humanismo Cristiano61.3%
Universidad SEK61.3%
Universidad de Chile61.3%
Universidad Andres Bello40.9%
Universidad Catolica de la Santisima Concepcion40.9%
Universidad San Sebastian30.7%
Other institutions409.0%
No undergraduate title in the register (before 2007 or abroad)7416.6%

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. 1,298 of 10,032 (12.9%) started one (universities: 9.9%); 38.4% 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».

Education780 peopleHealth and welfare227 peopleSocial sciences113 peopleEngineering and industry54 peopleBusiness and law49 peopleInformation technology39 peopleAgriculture and veterinary35 peopleArts and humanities1 peopleUniversidad Miguel de Cervantes19 peopleUniversidad de Concepcion24 peopleUniversidad Catolica del Maule496 peopleUniversidad Andres Bello160 peopleUniversidad Mayor44 peopleUniversidad Alberto Hurtado17 peopleUniversidad Central de Chile14 peopleUniversidad de Chile56 peopleUniversidad de Talca178 peoplePontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile38 peopleOther institutions228 peopleUniversidad San Sebastian24 people
Education780 peopleHealth and welf…227 peopleSocial sciences113 peopleEngineering and…54 peopleBusiness and law49 peopleInformation tec…39 peopleAgriculture and…35 peopleArts and humani…1 peopleUniversidad Mig…19 peopleUniversidad de …24 peopleUniversidad Cat…496 peopleUniversidad And…160 peopleUniversidad May…44 peopleUniversidad Alb…17 peopleUniversidad Cen…14 peopleUniversidad de …56 peopleUniversidad de …178 peoplePontificia Univ…38 peopleOther instituti…228 peopleUniversidad San…24 people
Postgraduate institutionPeople%
Universidad Catolica del Maule (itself)49938.4%
Universidad de Talca17813.7%
Universidad Andres Bello16212.5%
Universidad de Chile604.6%
Universidad Mayor493.8%
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile382.9%
Universidad San Sebastian272.1%
Universidad de Concepcion272.1%
Universidad Miguel de Cervantes201.5%
Universidad Alberto Hurtado171.3%
Universidad Finis Terrae161.2%
Universidad Central de Chile161.2%

Research

ANID · 2006–2025

The projects ANID (CONICYT until 2019) awarded with Universidad Catolica del Maule 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
176
25 of 49 universities
Fondecyt (Regular, Iniciación, Postdoctorado)
101
2015–2024
Applied research
7%
universities 13%
Led by a woman
45%
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

050100150Fondecyt101PCI31Other programmes13Fondef10PAI8Explora4Fondequip3CORFO3Fonis2PIA1
050100150Fondecyt101PCI31Other programmes13Fondef10PAI8Explora4Fondequip3CORFO3Fonis2PIA1

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 especifica2423.84.40
Interdisciplinary researchcambio climatico y desarrollo sostenible, biotecnologia y bioingenieria and otros76.93.58
Linguistics and literaturelinguistica literatura y filologia, linguistica and literatura chilena98.92.52
Psychologypsicologia, otras psicologias and psicobiologia55.01.92
Philosophyfilosofia, historia de la filosofia and filosofia analitica55.01.86
Agronomyciencias del suelo, fisiologia vegetal and fruticultura y viticultura65.91.46
Geography and urbanismgeografia y urbanismo, geografia fisica and geografia humana y cultural33.01.35
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 critica44.01.32
Sociologysociologia, otras sociologias and cambio social y desarrollo55.01.28
Engineering 3ingenieria quimica, procesamiento y tecnologia de alimentos and bioingenieria55.01.21
Biology 1ecologia y ciencias ambientales, genetica y evolucion and biologia marina55.01.18
Engineering 2ingenieria en computacion, ingenieria industrial y de sistemas and ingenieria de instrumentacion y control65.90.97
Chemistryquimica, fisico quimica quimica teorica y computacional fotoquimica-fotofisica catalisis y coloides and quimica organica65.90.76
Engineering 1ingenieria de materiales, ingenieria mecanica and ingenieria hidraulica33.00.68
Earth sciencesoceanografia, geologia y mineralogia and meteorologia y climatologia22.00.64
Anthropology and archaeologyantropologia y arqueologia, antropologia cultural y social and arqueologia11.00.54
Animal health and productionsalud y produccion animal, acuicultura and ciencias veterinarias11.00.39
Biology 2biologia celular, fisiologia biofisica and inmunologia11.00.31
Astronomy, cosmology and particlesastronomia cosmologia y particulas, astronomia and gravitacion y cosmologia11.00.20
Law and political sciencecienicas juridicas y politicas, ciencia politica (inc. legislacion ) and derecho publico11.00.20
Mathematicsanalisis, ecuaciones diferenciales and metodos numericos11.00.18

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 11 groups Universidad Catolica del Maule is specialised in. The axes mean nothing; what the picture says is near and far.

EducationBiology 1AgronomyEngineering 3SociologyLinguistics and literatureMedicine G2–G3 (clinical and publ…PhilosophyPsychologyGeography and urbanismInterdisciplinary researchChemistryEngineering 2MathematicsLaw and political scienceAstronomy, cosmology and particlesEngineering 1Biology 3Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences)Biology 2Theoretical and experimental phys…Earth sciencesHistoryAnimal health and productionEconomics and managementArts and architectureAnthropology and archaeology
Biology 1AgronomyEngineering 3SociologyMedicine G2–G3 (clini…PhilosophyPsychologyGeography and urbanismInterdisciplinary 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 Catolica de la Santisima Concepcion83Biology 1 · Education · Engineering 3 · Linguistics and literature
Universidad Catolica de Temuco81Agronomy · Education · Geography and urbanism · Linguistics and literature · Sociology
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso78Agronomy · Education · Philosophy · Geography and urbanism · Engineering 3 · Linguistics and literature
Universidad de Playa Ancha de Ciencias de la Educacion75Biology 1 · Education · Philosophy · Interdisciplinary research · Linguistics and literature · Psychology · Sociology
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile65Biology 1 · Education · Philosophy · Geography and urbanism · Interdisciplinary research · Linguistics and literature · Medicine G2–G3 (clinical and public health) · Psychology
Universidad Alberto Hurtado63Education · Philosophy · Geography and urbanism · Linguistics and literature · Sociology
Universidad de los Lagos61Biology 1 · Education · Philosophy · Geography and urbanism · Interdisciplinary research · Sociology
Universidad de la Frontera60Agronomy · Education · Geography and urbanism · Engineering 3 · Interdisciplinary research · Medicine G2–G3 (clinical and public health) · Psychology · Sociology
Universidad Catolica del MauleUniversidad de la FronteraUniversidad Alberto HurtadoUniversidad Catolica de la Santisima Co…Universidad Catolica de TemucoUniversidad de Playa Ancha de Ciencias…Universidad de los Lagos
U. de la FronteraU. Catolica de la Santi…U. Catolica de TemucoU. de los Lagos

Each dot an institution, near the ones whose mix is similar and joined to its two closest; red is Universidad Catolica del Maule, 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 54 projects are read apart, by discipline, and are not part of the specialisation above.

051015Ciencias de la educacion12Ciencias de la tierra y del medio ambiente5Ciencias de la salud4Ciencias quimicas3Sociologia3Arte (artes, historia del arte, artes escenicas, musica)2Biotecnologia industrial2Biotecnologia medica2Ciencias biologicas2Ciencias de la informacion y computacion2
051015Ciencias de la educacion12Ciencias de la tierra y del medio ambiente5Ciencias de la salud4Ciencias quimicas3Sociologia3Arte (artes, historia del arte, artes escenicas, musica)2Biotecnologia industrial2Biotecnologia medica2Ciencias biologicas2Ciencias de la informacion y computacion2

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

47 names · 2026

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

050100150200Enfermeria175Psicologia154Ingenieria Civil Industrial137Ingenieria Civil Informatica130Trabajo Social124Ingenieria Comercial116Derecho110Pedagogia en Educacion Parvularia Con Mencion en Psicomotricidad y Vida S…109Contador Publico y Auditor107Pedagogia en Educacion General Basica Mencion Matematica, Ciencias Social…100Pedagogia en Educacion Fisica91Quimica y Farmacia91Kinesiologia90Pedagogia en Ingles88Ingenieria Civil85
050100150200Enfermeria175Psicologia154Ingenieria Civil Industrial137Ingenieria Civil Informatica130Trabajo Social124Ingenieria Comercial116Derecho110Pedagogia en Educacion Parvularia Con Mencion en Psicom…109Contador Publico y Auditor107Pedagogia en Educacion General Basica Mencion Matematic…100Pedagogia en Educacion Fisica91Quimica y Farmacia91Kinesiologia90Pedagogia en Ingles88Ingenieria Civil85

32 more names, together 1,464 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.