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7,226 people started an undergraduate programme at Universidad de Chile in 2026, the 3rd largest intake of Chile's 50 universities, and 53,156 were enrolled there in all. Twenty years of it, 2007–2026, followed by the masked student id from school to title.
University · Enrolling in 2026 · main campus region: Metropolitana
At a glance
2026- Enrolled 2026
- 37,086
- First year 2026
- 7,226
- Titles 2025
- 5,350
Largest fields: business and law, engineering and industry, health and welfare.
- Enrolled 2026
- 6,545
- of them in a doctorate
- 1,204 · 18%
- First year 2026
- 1,763
- Titles 2025
- 2,466
17.6 postgraduate students per 100 undergraduates (universities: 7.3).
- Projects 2015–2024
- 2,942
- Among universities
- 1 of 49
- Fondecyt
- 2,015
Most specialised in: medicine g1 (biomedical sciences), biology 2, biology 3.
Entrants, enrolment and titles
2007–2026Three 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.
What you can study here
2026 · mifuturo.clEvery 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, 3.2% of the 20,503 people who started here in 2023–2025 were enrolled nowhere the following year; across every university programme, 8.1%.
| Programme | Entrants 2026 | Campuses | Yearly fee | Dropout, year 1 · 2023–2025 | Same programme, Chile | Employed, year 1 | Income, year 4 | Retention, year 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingeniería Civil, plan común y licenciatura en Ciencias de la Ingeniería | 949 | 1 | $8.7 M | 1.2% | 3.6% | 93.4% | $2.3–2.4 M | 93.2% |
| Ingeniería Comercial | 663 | 1 | $8.0 M | 1.7% | 7.3% | 92.2% | $2.5–3.0 M | 94.8% |
| Derecho | 469 | 1 | $7.0 M | 1.0% | 7.4% | 91.6% | $2.5–3.0 M | 94.0% |
| Magister en Ciencias Sociales | 442 | 1 | $5.3 M | 19.5% | 15.6% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Bachillerato y/o Licenciatura en Ciencias Básicas | 330 | 1 | $6.2 M | 12.0% | 9.8% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Magister en Administración y Comercio | 287 | 1 | $9.3 M | 13.8% | 15.8% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Arquitectura | 236 | 1 | $6.2 M | 2.5% | 6.7% | 70.4% | $1.5–1.6 M | 87.6% |
| Medicina | 226 | 1 | $9.5 M | 0.6% | 1.3% | 86.2% | over $3.5 M | 96.9% |
| Ingeniería en Control de Gestión | 222 | 1 | $7.2 M | 2.8% | 8.9% | 97.1% | $2.4–2.5 M | 88.8% |
| Medicina Veterinaria | 212 | 1 | $6.9 M | 4.1% | 6.9% | 74.7% | $1.5–1.6 M | 93.5% |
| Artes y Licenciatura en Artes | 198 | 1 | $4.8 M | 4.1% | 8.4% | 40.1% | $0.9–1.0 M | 88.4% |
| Magister en Ciencias Básicas | 194 | 1 | $5.1 M | 8.2% | 13.6% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Administración Pública | 184 | 1 | $5.9 M | 1.7% | 13.5% | 74.7% | $1.7–1.8 M | 92.1% |
| Agronomía | 183 | 1 | $6.9 M | 3.8% | 7.5% | 73.9% | $1.6–1.7 M | 87.2% |
| Química y Farmacia | 168 | 1 | $6.3 M | 1.4% | 3.6% | 99.3% | $2.3–2.4 M | 94.5% |
| Licenciatura en Letras y Literatura | 163 | 1 | $4.6 M | 7.9% | 7.9% | 30.4% | $1.0–1.1 M | 79.9% |
| Magister en Tecnología | 158 | 1 | $6.0 M | 11.1% | 12.0% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Periodismo | 155 | 1 | $5.3 M | 0.5% | 5.1% | 76.6% | $1.3–1.4 M | 94.0% |
| Diseño | 140 | 1 | $6.5 M | 1.2% | 4.5% | 64.0% | $1.4–1.5 M | 92.5% |
| Enfermería | 128 | 1 | $6.4 M | 2.2% | 5.3% | 89.6% | $2.0–2.1 M | 89.6% |
| Sociología | 122 | 1 | $5.4 M | 3.4% | 9.2% | 78.2% | $1.6–1.7 M | 92.2% |
| Antropología | 121 | 1 | $5.4 M | 2.7% | 6.7% | 79.6% | $1.8–1.9 M | 95.7% |
| Odontología | 121 | 1 | $9.3 M | 0.8% | 4.1% | 80.9% | $2.3–2.4 M | 94.3% |
| Contador Auditor | 110 | 1 | $7.1 M | 4.9% | 14.2% | 94.5% | n/a | 88.5% |
| Magister en Salud | 107 | 1 | $4.0 M | 14.9% | 9.3% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Psicología | 106 | 1 | $5.4 M | 2.4% | 6.8% | 74.7% | $1.3–1.4 M | 93.3% |
| Tecnología Médica | 103 | 1 | $7.0 M | 0.6% | 5.3% | 88.3% | $1.8–1.9 M | 91.3% |
| Obstetricia y Puericultura | 95 | 1 | $6.4 M | 1.8% | 3.5% | 79.2% | $1.6–1.7 M | 94.4% |
| Historia | 92 | 1 | $4.6 M | 2.8% | 8.1% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Trabajo Social | 90 | 1 | $5.2 M | 5.9% | 18.0% | 78.4% | n/a | 88.1% |
| Ingeniería Forestal | 88 | 1 | $6.9 M | 4.5% | 8.3% | 90.1% | $1.6–1.7 M | 72.7% |
| Realizador de Cine y Televisión | 86 | 1 | $6.8 M | 3.8% | 7.3% | 42.8% | $1.0–1.1 M | 91.3% |
| Ingeniería en Recursos Renovables | 81 | 1 | $6.9 M | 4.1% | 7.2% | 88.8% | $1.7–1.8 M | 93.5% |
| Terapia Ocupacional | 81 | 1 | $6.4 M | 3.4% | 6.6% | 71.4% | $1.4–1.5 M | 91.0% |
| Ciencias Políticas | 80 | 1 | $5.7 M | 3.1% | 7.0% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Magister en Educación | 80 | 1 | $3.7 M | 10.8% | 11.1% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Magister en Arte y Arquitectura | 76 | 1 | $4.2 M | 19.4% | 11.8% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Química, Licenciado en Química | 73 | 1 | $6.3 M | 4.5% | 5.8% | 44.1% | n/a | 77.6% |
| Biología | 71 | 1 | $5.7 M | 7.5% | 6.8% | 57.7% | n/a | 78.6% |
| Pedagogía en Educación de Párvulos | 70 | 1 | $5.3 M | 5.1% | 6.2% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Magister en Derecho | 66 | 1 | $4.7 M | 8.8% | 12.5% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Pedagogía en Matemáticas y Computación | 64 | 1 | $6.0 M | 5.0% | 7.3% | 97.0% | $1.3–1.4 M | 78.4% |
| Kinesiología | 63 | 1 | $6.6 M | 1.0% | 7.0% | 72.0% | $1.6–1.7 M | 89.1% |
| Magister en Humanidades | 61 | 1 | $4.0 M | 17.0% | 14.6% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Nutrición y Dietética | 60 | 1 | $6.4 M | 2.5% | 8.8% | 64.1% | $1.3–1.4 M | 82.1% |
| Fonoaudiología | 58 | 1 | $6.6 M | 4.0% | 7.4% | 73.0% | $1.3–1.4 M | 81.4% |
| Pedagogía en Educación Física | 57 | 1 | $5.2 M | 4.0% | 6.9% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Otros Profesionales de Ciencias Sociales | 56 | 1 | $5.4 M | 0.6% | 4.9% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Doctorado en Ciencias Básicas | 55 | 1 | $6.4 M | 6.9% | 11.0% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Bioquímica | 54 | 1 | $6.6 M | 1.9% | 5.6% | 71.6% | $1.4–1.5 M | 86.0% |
| Pedagogía en Educación Básica | 54 | 1 | $4.8 M | 5.7% | 5.6% | 87.1% | n/a | 82.2% |
| Música, Canto o Danza | 52 | 1 | $5.5 M | 1.8% | 16.9% | 45.6% | n/a | 90.9% |
| Pedagogía en Educación Diferencial | 51 | 1 | $5.2 M | 4.9% | 4.8% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ingeniería en Alimentos | 47 | 1 | $6.5 M | 8.9% | 11.3% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ingeniería en Biotecnología y Bioingeniería | 46 | 1 | $6.4 M | 3.6% | 7.1% | 61.1% | n/a | 93.5% |
| Física y Astronomía | 45 | 1 | $5.5 M | 9.0% | 10.8% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Geografía | 43 | 1 | $5.1 M | 5.3% | 5.2% | 70.5% | $1.3–1.4 M | 92.7% |
| Doctorado en Tecnología | 39 | 1 | $7.9 M | 7.9% | 11.8% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ingeniería en Sonido | 38 | 1 | $6.4 M | 4.5% | 16.4% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Otras Ingenierías | 36 | 1 | $6.9 M | 6.4% | 12.5% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Pedagogía en Ciencias | 34 | 1 | $6.0 M | 7.5% | 7.0% | 94.6% | n/a | 80.8% |
| Actuación y Teatro | 22 | 1 | $5.5 M | 2.4% | 13.0% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
7 more with SIES figures and no entrants in 2026
| Programme | Entrants 2026 | Campuses | Yearly fee | Dropout, year 1 · 2023–2025 | Same programme, Chile | Employed, year 1 | Income, year 4 | Retention, year 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geología | — | — | — | — | 9.6% | 73.2% | $2.5–3.0 M | n/a |
| Ingeniería Civil Eléctrica | — | — | — | — | 6.5% | 93.3% | $2.5–3.0 M | n/a |
| Ingeniería Civil Industrial | — | — | — | — | 5.0% | 95.1% | $3.0–3.5 M | n/a |
| Ingeniería Civil Mecánica | — | — | — | — | 9.5% | 91.9% | $2.5–3.0 M | n/a |
| Ingeniería Civil Química | — | — | — | — | 7.5% | 81.2% | $2.1–2.2 M | n/a |
| Ingeniería Civil en Computación e Informática | — | — | — | — | 6.1% | 92.4% | $3.0–3.5 M | n/a |
| Ingeniería Civil en Minas | — | — | — | — | 7.6% | 92.3% | over $3.5 M | n/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
2026Everyone enrolled in an undergraduate programme here in 2026, 37,086 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.
Mean annual list fee of its undergraduate enrolment: $7,007,000 (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.
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 2026 | Enrolled 2026 | Mean list fee | 2007–2026 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingeniería Civil, plan común y licenciatura en Ciencias de la Ingeniería | 949 | 2,941 | $8,695,000 | +54% | |
| Ingeniería Comercial | 663 | 3,166 | $7,968,000 | +133% | |
| Derecho | 469 | 3,218 | $6,964,000 | +20% | |
| Bachillerato y/o Licenciatura en Ciencias Básicas | 330 | 532 | $6,175,000 | +11% | |
| Arquitectura | 236 | 1,446 | $6,198,000 | +15% | |
| Medicina | 226 | 1,831 | $9,468,000 | +13% | |
| Ingeniería en Control de Gestión | 222 | 947 | $7,227,000 | +66% | |
| Medicina Veterinaria | 212 | 1,356 | $6,923,000 | +39% | |
| Artes y Licenciatura en Artes | 198 | 656 | $4,908,000 | −24% | |
| Administración Pública | 184 | 756 | $5,921,000 | +64% | |
| Agronomía | 183 | 711 | $6,923,000 | +10% | |
| Química y Farmacia | 168 | 1,124 | $6,272,000 | +28% | |
| Licenciatura en Letras y Literatura | 163 | 673 | $4,607,000 | +53% | |
| Periodismo | 155 | 727 | $5,288,000 | +125% | |
| Diseño | 140 | 801 | $6,487,000 | +7% | |
| Enfermería | 128 | 617 | $6,389,000 | +30% | |
| Sociología | 122 | 501 | $5,363,000 | +155% | |
| Odontología | 121 | 812 | $9,307,000 | +21% | |
| Antropología | 121 | 663 | $5,443,000 | +145% | |
| Contador Auditor | 110 | 468 | $7,146,000 | — | |
| Psicología | 106 | 623 | $5,443,000 | +102% | |
| Tecnología Médica | 103 | 508 | $6,958,000 | +17% | |
| Obstetricia y Puericultura | 95 | 490 | $6,389,000 | +14% | |
| Historia | 92 | 344 | $4,607,000 | +62% | |
| Trabajo Social | 90 | 330 | $5,245,000 | — |
30 more, and every other programme
| Ingeniería Forestal | 88 | 333 | $6,923,000 | +14% | |
| Realizador de Cine y Televisión | 86 | 382 | $6,781,000 | +83% | |
| Ingeniería en Recursos Renovables | 81 | 451 | $6,923,000 | +79% | |
| Terapia Ocupacional | 81 | 347 | $6,389,000 | +61% | |
| Ciencias Políticas | 80 | 265 | $5,715,000 | — | |
| Química, Licenciado en Química | 73 | 315 | $6,317,000 | 0% | |
| Biología | 71 | 329 | $5,722,000 | −4% | |
| Pedagogía en Educación de Párvulos | 70 | 276 | $5,303,000 | +181% | |
| Pedagogía en Matemáticas y Computación | 64 | 259 | $5,995,000 | −11% | |
| Kinesiología | 63 | 377 | $6,567,000 | +27% | |
| Nutrición y Dietética | 60 | 313 | $6,389,000 | +46% | |
| Fonoaudiología | 58 | 262 | $6,590,000 | +29% | |
| Pedagogía en Educación Física | 57 | 110 | $5,245,000 | — | |
| Otros Profesionales de Ciencias Sociales | 56 | 286 | $5,417,000 | — | |
| Bioquímica | 54 | 354 | $6,565,000 | +16% | |
| Pedagogía en Educación Básica | 54 | 208 | $4,781,000 | — | |
| Música, Canto o Danza | 52 | 386 | $5,492,000 | — | |
| Pedagogía en Educación Diferencial | 51 | 95 | $5,245,000 | — | |
| Filosofía | 50 | 216 | $4,607,000 | +25% | |
| Ingeniería en Alimentos | 47 | 195 | $6,515,000 | +26% | |
| Ingeniería en Biotecnología y Bioingeniería | 46 | 298 | $6,399,000 | +49% | |
| Física y Astronomía | 45 | 207 | $6,760,000 | +13% | |
| Geografía | 43 | 185 | $5,138,000 | −26% | |
| Ingeniería en Sonido | 38 | 204 | $6,399,000 | — | |
| Otras Ingenierías | 36 | 111 | $6,923,000 | — | |
| Matemática y/o Estadística | 35 | 90 | $5,540,000 | −5% | |
| Pedagogía en Ciencias | 34 | 154 | $5,995,000 | — | |
| Diseño Teatral | 25 | 104 | $5,492,000 | — | |
| Actuación y Teatro | 22 | 125 | $5,492,000 | — | |
| Química Ambiental | 20 | 98 | $5,784,000 | −38% | |
| Every other programme | 0 | — | — | — |
12 programmes it no longer opens
| Ingeniería Civil Industrial | 0 | 841 | $8,695,000 | — | |
| Pedagogía en Educación Media | 0 | 192 | $4,878,000 | — | |
| Bachillerato y/o Licenciatura en Agropecuaria | 0 | — | — | — | |
| Geología | 0 | 182 | $8,695,000 | — | |
| Ingeniería Civil Eléctrica | 0 | 588 | $8,695,000 | — | |
| Ingeniería Civil en Minas | 0 | 196 | $8,695,000 | — | |
| Ingeniería Civil Mecánica | 0 | 321 | $8,695,000 | — | |
| Ingeniería Civil en Computación e Informática | 0 | 694 | $8,695,000 | — | |
| Ingeniería Civil Matemática y Estadística | 0 | 232 | $8,695,000 | — | |
| Ingeniería Civil Química | 0 | 136 | $8,695,000 | — | |
| Ingeniería Civil en Biotecnología y/o Bioingeniería | 0 | 128 | $8,695,000 | — | |
| Ingeniería en Industria de la Madera | 0 | — | — | — |
Who studies here
undergraduate · 2026Its 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.
Where its entrants come from
2024–2026The 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. 20,743 of 21,024 (98.7%) have such a record since 2006; the rest — who left school earlier, studied abroad or validated their studies — are not placed.
75.7% finished school in Metropolitana, the region of its main campus.
| Santiago | 2,120 | 10.2% |
| Providencia | 1,397 | 6.7% |
| Maipú | 1,181 | 5.7% |
| Puente Alto | 1,017 | 4.9% |
| Ñuñoa | 988 | 4.8% |
| Las Condes | 898 | 4.3% |
| La Florida | 828 | 4.0% |
| Vitacura | 527 | 2.5% |
| Peñalolén | 526 | 2.5% |
| San Bernardo | 500 | 2.4% |
| Rancagua | 450 | 2.2% |
| La Reina | 432 | 2.1% |
187 more comunas
Colina 421 · Lo Barnechea 389 · Quilicura 360 · San Miguel 354 · Talagante 304 · Recoleta 250 · El Bosque 236 · La Cisterna 234 · La Serena 232 · Melipilla 221 · Buin 209 · Huechuraba 177 · Antofagasta 176 · Estación Central 172 · Iquique 166 · Macul 162 · Pudahuel 158 · Curicó 157 · Puerto Montt 152 · Independencia 148 · Renca 148 · Calama 139 · Quinta Normal 132 · Arica 130 · Talca 128 · Paine 125 · Copiapó 123 · Santa Cruz 123 · San Fernando 120 · Machalí 116 · Viña del Mar 110 · Lampa 109 · San Antonio 108 · La Pintana 108 · Ovalle 105 · Los Andes 103 · Temuco 99 · Chillán 98 · La Granja 96 · Osorno 92 · San Felipe 89 · Valdivia 84 · San Vicente 82 · Peñaflor 72 · San Ramón 70 · Padre Hurtado 70 · Cerrillos 69 · Calera de Tango 66 · Coyhaique 65 · Coquimbo 64 · Valparaíso 64 · Punta Arenas 63 · Linares 61 · Conchalí 58 · Los Ángeles 57 · Pedro Aguirre Cerda 57 · Rengo 49 · Puerto Varas 49 · Curacaví 48 · Concepción 46 · Castro 45 · Isla de Maipo 44 · Quillota 41 · Graneros 39 · Vallenar 38 · Villarrica 37 · San Nicolás 33 · Pichilemu 32 · Lo Espejo 32 · Pirque 31 · Quilpué 30 · Villa Alemana 29 · Cerro Navia 29 · Parral 27 · Alto Hospicio 26 · Chimbarongo 24 · Constitución 24 · Lo Prado 24 · Doñihue 23 · San Joaquín 23 · Las Cabras 22 · San Pedro de la Paz 22 · Concón 21 · Calera 21 · Cañete 20 · Pucón 20 · Angol 20 · Aysén 18 · San José de Maipo 17 · Cauquenes 16 · Tiltil 16 · San Carlos 16 · San Pedro 15 · Los Vilos 14 · Algarrobo 14 · Llaillay 14 · Requínoa 13 · Nancagua 13 · Hualañé 13 · María Pinto 13 · La Ligua 12 · Cartagena 12 · Teno 12 · Chiguayante 12 · Ancud 12 · Salamanca 11 · Zapallar 11 · El Quisco 11 · San Javier 11 · La Unión 11 · Caldera 10 · Mostazal 10 · Chépica 10 · Combarbalá 9 · Calle Larga 9 · Litueche 9 · Navidad 9 · Maule 9 · Talcahuano 9 · Pitrufquén 9 · Quellón 9 · Illapel 8 · Casablanca 8 · Santo Domingo 8 · Olivar 8 · Quinta de Tilcoco 8 · Hualpén 8 · Laja 8 · El Monte 8 · Monte Patria 7 · Molina 7 · Frutillar 7 · Natales 7 · Diego de Almagro 6 · Isla de Pascua 6 · Petorca 6 · Peralillo 6 · Retiro 6 · Tomé 6 · Arauco 6 · Mulchén 6 · Alhué 6 · Panguipulli 6 · El Tabo 5 · Limache 5 · Yumbel 5 · Loncoche 5 · Quinchao 5 · San Pedro de Atacama 4 · Vicuña 4 · Cabildo 4 · Nogales 4 · Panquehue 4 · Licantén 4 · Coronel 4 · Lebu 4 · Nacimiento 4 · Tucapel 4 · Nueva Imperial 4 · Curacautín 4 · Victoria 4 · Purranque 4 · Cisnes 4 · El Carmen 4 · Pica 3 · Chañaral 3 · Puchuncaví 3 · Papudo 3 · Hijuelas 3 · Codegua 3 · Coltauco 3 · Peumo 3 · Pichidegua 3 · Lolol 3 · Romeral 3 · Carahue 3 · Cunco 3 · Collipulli 3 · Lonquimay 3 · Purén 3 · Traiguén 3 · Fresia 3 · Los Muermos 3 · Maullín 3 · Pemuco 3 · Pinto 3 · San Ignacio 3
66 more comunas sent fewer than 3 each, together 98 entrants; they are not named.
How they chose it
DEMRE · 2021–2026Centralised 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, 19,670 applicants put a programme of Universidad de Chile as their first choice and 60,838 included one somewhere on their list.
The order of the programme they enrolled in, on the list they applied with.
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.
Who is still here a year later
cohorts 2007–2025Each 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.
Who graduates, and when
titles 2007–2025Each 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.
Horizontal axis: years since entry (0 is the year they started).
6,561 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.
How long it really takes
titles 2023–2025Undergraduate 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. 12,915 of 15,730 titles have the dates to be measured.
| Generic programme (SIES) | Titles | Formal, years | Real, years | On time | Real in Chile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingeniería Comercial | 1,343 | 5.0 | 6.1 | 20% | 6.1 |
| Derecho | 1,070 | 5.0 | 9.3 | 0% | 8.4 |
| Medicina | 819 | 7.0 | 7.7 | 58% | 7.5 |
| Arquitectura | 511 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 30% | 7.4 |
| Psicología | 498 | 6.0 | 7.6 | 33% | 5.7 |
| Medicina Veterinaria | 440 | 5.0 | 9.5 | 0% | 7.2 |
| Química y Farmacia | 435 | 6.0 | 8.1 | 13% | 7.1 |
| Odontología | 430 | 6.0 | 8.2 | 12% | 7.5 |
| Periodismo | 376 | 5.0 | 6.5 | 32% | 5.7 |
| Artes y Licenciatura en Artes | 373 | 4.4 | 6.4 | 19% | 5.4 |
| Administración Pública | 369 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 83% | 5.1 |
| Licenciatura en Letras y Literatura | 353 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 51% | 5.0 |
| Sociología | 350 | 5.0 | 7.5 | 23% | 6.9 |
| Diseño | 328 | 5.0 | 7.5 | 1% | 6.2 |
| Ingeniería en Control de Gestión | 314 | 5.0 | 6.3 | 13% | 5.9 |
| Obstetricia y Puericultura | 312 | 5.0 | 6.4 | 0% | 6.1 |
| Enfermería | 301 | 5.0 | 5.6 | 58% | 6.0 |
| Agronomía | 258 | 5.0 | 8.7 | 0% | 7.2 |
| Tecnología Médica | 254 | 5.0 | 6.2 | 33% | 6.4 |
| Antropología | 224 | 5.0 | 9.2 | 0% | 7.7 |
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 · 2026Where it teaches, not where its students are from. First-year entrants of 2026 by the commune of the campus they enrolled at.
| Santiago | 7,226 |
Postgraduate
2007–2026First year of a master's or a doctorate, and everyone enrolled in one. At this level the register classifies into broad fields, not programmes.
Where its postgraduate students did their undergraduate degree
Postgraduate entrants of 2024–2026, followed back to their most recent undergraduate title. 3,654 of 5,037 (72.5%) 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, 40.4% 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».
| Undergraduate institution | People | % |
|---|---|---|
| Universidad de Chile (itself) | 1,477 | 29.3% |
| Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile | 194 | 3.9% |
| Universidad de Santiago de Chile | 189 | 3.8% |
| Universidad Andres Bello | 165 | 3.3% |
| Universidad Diego Portales | 138 | 2.7% |
| Universidad de Valparaiso | 117 | 2.3% |
| Universidad de Concepcion | 111 | 2.2% |
| Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso | 106 | 2.1% |
| Universidad Alberto Hurtado | 65 | 1.3% |
| Universidad Central de Chile | 56 | 1.1% |
| Universidad de Talca | 56 | 1.1% |
| Universidad Tecnologica Metropolitana | 49 | 1.0% |
| Other institutions | 931 | 18.5% |
| No undergraduate title in the register (before 2007 or abroad) | 1,383 | 27.5% |
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. 7,513 of 39,225 (19.2%) started one (universities: 9.9%); 57.6% 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».
| Postgraduate institution | People | % |
|---|---|---|
| Universidad de Chile (itself) | 4,328 | 57.6% |
| Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile | 1,000 | 13.3% |
| Universidad Adolfo Ibañez | 276 | 3.7% |
| Universidad Andres Bello | 231 | 3.1% |
| Universidad de Santiago de Chile | 208 | 2.8% |
| Universidad Diego Portales | 169 | 2.2% |
| Universidad Alberto Hurtado | 154 | 2.0% |
| Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso | 147 | 2.0% |
| Universidad de los Andes | 115 | 1.5% |
| Universidad Austral de Chile | 96 | 1.3% |
| Universidad Central de Chile | 84 | 1.1% |
| Universidad Mayor | 79 | 1.1% |
Research
ANID · 2006–2025The projects ANID (CONICYT until 2019) awarded with Universidad de Chile as principal institution — the one that answers for the project. Each figure is a count of awarded projects: not publications, not money, not people, and a project with partners counts once, here. The year is the year it was decided.
Projects awarded each year
By OECD area · 2015–2024
By ANID programme · 2015–2024
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 group | Its projects declare mostly | Projects | % | Specialisation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences) | medicina g1 - cs. biomedicas, cardiologia fisiologia cardiovascular and oncologia quimioterapia cirugia oncologia | 131 | 6.5 | 1.86 |
| Biology 2 | biologia celular, fisiologia biofisica and inmunologia | 95 | 4.7 | 1.49 |
| Biology 3 | biologia molecular, microbiologia and bioquimica | 121 | 6.0 | 1.44 |
| Earth sciences | oceanografia, geologia y mineralogia and meteorologia y climatologia | 88 | 4.4 | 1.42 |
| 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 critica | 82 | 4.1 | 1.35 |
| Theoretical and experimental physics | fisica teorica y experimental, fisica de solidos and sistemas no lineales | 81 | 4.0 | 1.31 |
| Economics and management | cs. economicas y administrativas, finanzas and teoria economica | 63 | 3.1 | 1.30 |
| Animal health and production | salud y produccion animal, acuicultura and ciencias veterinarias | 61 | 3.0 | 1.20 |
| Engineering 2 | ingenieria en computacion, ingenieria industrial y de sistemas and ingenieria de instrumentacion y control | 141 | 7.0 | 1.15 |
| Chemistry | quimica, fisico quimica quimica teorica y computacional fotoquimica-fotofisica catalisis y coloides and quimica organica | 180 | 8.9 | 1.14 |
| Engineering 1 | ingenieria de materiales, ingenieria mecanica and ingenieria hidraulica | 97 | 4.8 | 1.11 |
| Mathematics | analisis, ecuaciones diferenciales and metodos numericos | 120 | 6.0 | 1.08 |
| Arts and architecture | musica, otras especialidades de la arquitectura and cine y fotografia | 46 | 2.3 | 1.01 |
| Anthropology and archaeology | antropologia y arqueologia, antropologia cultural y social and arqueologia | 37 | 1.8 | 1.01 |
| Linguistics and literature | linguistica literatura y filologia, linguistica and literatura chilena | 61 | 3.0 | 0.86 |
| Agronomy | ciencias del suelo, fisiologia vegetal and fruticultura y viticultura | 67 | 3.3 | 0.82 |
| Geography and urbanism | geografia y urbanismo, geografia fisica and geografia humana y cultural | 36 | 1.8 | 0.81 |
| Law and political science | cienicas juridicas y politicas, ciencia politica (inc. legislacion ) and derecho publico | 79 | 3.9 | 0.79 |
| Sociology | sociologia, otras sociologias and cambio social y desarrollo | 62 | 3.1 | 0.79 |
| Psychology | psicologia, otras psicologias and psicobiologia | 41 | 2.0 | 0.79 |
| Interdisciplinary research | cambio climatico y desarrollo sostenible, biotecnologia y bioingenieria and otros | 28 | 1.4 | 0.72 |
| Education | pedagogia y educacion, formacion inicial and didactica especifica | 73 | 3.6 | 0.67 |
| Astronomy, cosmology and particles | astronomia cosmologia y particulas, astronomia and gravitacion y cosmologia | 63 | 3.1 | 0.63 |
| Biology 1 | ecologia y ciencias ambientales, genetica y evolucion and biologia marina | 53 | 2.6 | 0.63 |
| Philosophy | filosofia, historia de la filosofia and filosofia analitica | 33 | 1.6 | 0.61 |
| Engineering 3 | ingenieria quimica, procesamiento y tecnologia de alimentos and bioingenieria | 46 | 2.3 | 0.56 |
| History | historia de chile, historia hispanoamericana and historia | 30 | 1.5 | 0.54 |
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 14 groups Universidad de Chile is specialised in. The axes mean nothing; what the picture says is near and far.
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.
| Institution | Affinity | Specialised, both, in |
|---|---|---|
| Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile | 92 | Arts and architecture · Economics and management · Engineering 1 · Mathematics · Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences) · Medicine G2–G3 (clinical and public health) |
| Universidad de Concepcion | 87 | Animal health and production · Biology 3 · Theoretical and experimental physics · Engineering 1 · Engineering 2 · Chemistry · Earth sciences |
| Universidad Andres Bello | 82 | Animal health and production · Biology 2 · Biology 3 · Engineering 2 · Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences) · Chemistry |
| Universidad de Santiago de Chile | 80 | Biology 3 · Theoretical and experimental physics · Engineering 1 · Mathematics · Chemistry |
| Universidad Autonoma de Chile | 76 | Arts and architecture · Biology 2 · Biology 3 · Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences) · Medicine G2–G3 (clinical and public health) · Chemistry |
| Universidad de Valparaiso | 75 | Arts and architecture · Biology 2 · Engineering 2 · Mathematics · Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences) |
| Universidad de Talca | 74 | Economics and management · Engineering 2 · Mathematics · Chemistry |
| Universidad Mayor | 70 | Anthropology and archaeology · Arts and architecture · Biology 2 · Biology 3 · Theoretical and experimental physics · Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences) · Medicine G2–G3 (clinical and public health) · Earth sciences |
Each dot an institution, near the ones whose mix is similar and joined to its two closest; red is Universidad de Chile, blue its 8 closest.
The newest competitions · 2025–2026
From the 2025 competitions ANID classifies every project by OECD discipline (the second level of the Frascati Manual), and Fondecyt evaluates in new groups. These 428 projects are read apart, by discipline, and are not part of the specialisation above.
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
63 names · 2026The wording each student enrolled under, as the institution filed it. Only names with at least three entrants are printed.
48 more names, together 2,839 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.