Universidad de las Americas
7,162 people started an undergraduate programme at Universidad de las Americas in 2026, the 4th largest intake of Chile's 50 universities, and 38,495 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
- 36,354
- First year 2026
- 7,162
- Titles 2025
- 4,196
Largest fields: health and welfare, agriculture and veterinary, business and law.
- Enrolled 2026
- 409
- of them in a doctorate
- 10 · 2%
- First year 2026
- 190
- Titles 2025
- 98
1.1 postgraduate students per 100 undergraduates (universities: 7.3).
- Projects 2015–2024
- 20
- Among universities
- 43 of 49
- Fondecyt
- 15
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, 12.5% of the 20,892 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enfermería | 1,102 | 6 | $6.7–7.2 M | 5.2% | 5.3% | 73.9% | $1.7–1.8 M | 92.0% |
| Psicología | 929 | 6 | $5.7–6.5 M | 8.7% | 6.8% | 52.9% | $1.1–1.2 M | 88.9% |
| Medicina Veterinaria | 880 | 7 | $5.9–6.6 M | 8.7% | 6.9% | 63.2% | $1.2–1.3 M | 89.0% |
| Kinesiología | 656 | 6 | $5.7–6.4 M | 7.4% | 7.0% | 45.4% | $1.2–1.3 M | 88.5% |
| Derecho | 363 | 5 | $5.3–5.9 M | 8.4% | 7.4% | 63.6% | $1.6–1.7 M | 92.2% |
| Ingeniería Comercial | 291 | 4 | $4.4–5.3 M | 17.6% | 7.3% | 71.3% | $1.6–1.7 M | 76.2% |
| Técnico en Administración de Empresas | 274 | 1 | $2.6 M | 36.2% | 25.6% | 65.8% | $1.0–1.1 M | 52.8% |
| Técnico Veterinario | 241 | 4 | $3.3–3.6 M | 20.0% | 15.9% | 43.0% | n/a | 74.4% |
| Traducción e Interpretación | 228 | 3 | $4.6–5.1 M | 8.2% | 17.3% | 28.5% | n/a | 86.0% |
| Terapia Ocupacional | 225 | 3 | $4.7–5.6 M | 9.8% | 6.6% | 39.4% | $1.2–1.3 M | 87.4% |
| Obstetricia y Puericultura | 182 | 2 | $6.2 M | 3.3% | 3.5% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Nutrición y Dietética | 181 | 4 | $4.7–5.8 M | 15.5% | 8.8% | 37.5% | $1.0–1.1 M | 79.4% |
| Animación Digital | 162 | 1 | $6.1 M | 8.6% | 9.5% | 54.1% | n/a | 92.4% |
| Ingeniería en Computación e Informática | 148 | 2 | $3.8–3.9 M | 17.6% | 14.8% | 97.4% | n/a | 76.8% |
| Ingeniería Industrial | 135 | 1 | $4.0 M | 40.5% | 22.0% | 89.4% | n/a | 42.1% |
| Contador Auditor | 128 | 2 | $3.7–3.8 M | 25.2% | 14.2% | 88.0% | $1.5–1.6 M | 68.7% |
| Fonoaudiología | 127 | 3 | $5.0–5.7 M | 11.6% | 7.4% | 36.2% | $0.9–1.0 M | 83.2% |
| Ingeniería Civil Industrial | 77 | 1 | $5.6 M | 7.9% | 5.0% | 90.7% | n/a | 93.6% |
| Administración Gastronómica | 68 | 1 | $5.2 M | 5.7% | 11.4% | 37.5% | n/a | 87.9% |
| Arquitectura | 67 | 1 | $6.5 M | 13.5% | 6.7% | 46.2% | n/a | 74.7% |
| Agronomía | 66 | 2 | $5.4 M | 12.3% | 7.5% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Comunicación Audiovisual y/o Multimedia | 65 | 1 | $5.8 M | 8.8% | 11.8% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Otros Profesionales de Educación | 63 | 1 | $4.5 M | 16.6% | 12.7% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Técnico Agropecuario | 60 | 2 | $2.7 M | 30.5% | 25.9% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Administración de Empresas e Ing. Asociadas | 49 | 1 | $3.9 M | 37.4% | 20.4% | 70.0% | $1.4–1.5 M | 44.8% |
| Trabajo Social | 44 | 1 | $3.6 M | 16.5% | 18.0% | 46.0% | n/a | 80.3% |
| Magister en Educación | 43 | 1 | $4.5 M | 16.9% | 11.1% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Técnico en Enfermería | 42 | 2 | $2.6 M | 28.8% | 20.7% | 68.6% | $0.9–1.0 M | 73.3% |
| Construcción Civil | 38 | 1 | $4.7 M | 8.6% | 21.6% | 81.0% | $1.8–1.9 M | 80.0% |
| Ingeniería en Conectividad y Redes | 32 | 1 | $3.0 M | 31.7% | 19.8% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Magister en Ciencias Básicas | 32 | 1 | $4.6 M | 3.3% | 13.6% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Pedagogía en Educación Física | 31 | 1 | $4.4 M | 11.0% | 6.9% | 56.3% | $1.0–1.1 M | 82.5% |
| Diseño | 30 | 1 | $4.7 M | 2.7% | 4.5% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Administración Pública | 29 | 1 | $4.4 M | 9.5% | 13.5% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ingeniería en Prevención de Riesgos | 29 | 1 | $2.7 M | — | 21.5% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Pedagogía en Educación de Párvulos | 29 | 1 | $3.5 M | 10.7% | 6.2% | 61.6% | $0.9–1.0 M | 76.6% |
| Magister en Administración y Comercio | 28 | 1 | $5.3 M | 13.6% | 15.8% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Periodismo | 25 | 1 | $4.7 M | 14.9% | 5.1% | 63.6% | n/a | 73.8% |
| Publicidad | 20 | 1 | $3.0 M | 27.9% | 9.8% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Magister en Arte y Arquitectura | 18 | 1 | $5.4 M | — | 11.8% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Relaciones Públicas | 18 | 1 | $3.0 M | 24.7% | 16.6% | 58.1% | n/a | 66.7% |
| Magister en Ciencias Sociales | 16 | 1 | $4.5 M | 0.0% | 15.6% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Magister en Salud | 15 | 2 | $4.4–6.0 M | 2.9% | 9.3% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Pedagogía en Educación Básica | 14 | 1 | $3.7 M | 12.8% | 5.6% | 90.0% | $1.0–1.1 M | 85.7% |
| Pedagogía en Educación Diferencial | 14 | 1 | $4.0 M | 10.2% | 4.8% | 85.4% | $1.0–1.1 M | 85.9% |
| Magister en Tecnología | 13 | 1 | $4.2 M | — | 12.0% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Administración Turística y Hotelera | — | — | — | — | 13.5% | 45.9% | n/a | n/a |
| Ingeniería en Minas | — | — | — | — | 20.4% | 70.0% | $1.7–1.8 M | n/a |
| Técnico en Construcción y Obras Civiles | — | — | — | — | 31.3% | 70.0% | n/a | n/a |
| Técnico en Deporte, Recreación y Preparación Física | — | — | — | 16.5% | 22.6% | 37.4% | $0.7–0.8 M | 85.7% |
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, 36,354 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: $5,602,000 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enfermería | 1,102 | 5,386 | $7,032,000 | +141% | |
| Psicología | 929 | 4,479 | $6,215,000 | +161% | |
| Medicina Veterinaria | 880 | 4,694 | $6,366,000 | +346% | |
| Kinesiología | 656 | 2,430 | $6,205,000 | −17% | |
| Derecho | 363 | 2,365 | $5,648,000 | −25% | |
| Ingeniería Comercial | 291 | 1,128 | $5,138,000 | −19% | |
| Técnico en Administración de Empresas | 274 | 700 | $2,583,000 | −45% | |
| Técnico Veterinario | 241 | 808 | $3,537,000 | — | |
| Traducción e Interpretación | 228 | 1,199 | $4,947,000 | +116% | |
| Terapia Ocupacional | 225 | 944 | $5,215,000 | — | |
| Obstetricia y Puericultura | 182 | 617 | $6,150,000 | — | |
| Nutrición y Dietética | 181 | 910 | $5,355,000 | +29% | |
| Animación Digital | 162 | 632 | $6,100,000 | +496% | |
| Ingeniería en Computación e Informática | 148 | 485 | $3,837,000 | −59% | |
| Ingeniería Industrial | 135 | 1,110 | $4,008,000 | −36% | |
| Contador Auditor | 128 | 546 | $3,736,000 | −33% | |
| Fonoaudiología | 127 | 529 | $5,358,000 | — | |
| Ingeniería Civil Industrial | 77 | 2,639 | $5,662,000 | −61% | |
| Administración Gastronómica | 68 | 211 | $5,200,000 | — | |
| Arquitectura | 67 | 326 | $6,500,000 | −19% | |
| Agronomía | 66 | 238 | $5,127,000 | +62% | |
| Comunicación Audiovisual y/o Multimedia | 65 | 214 | $5,800,000 | +109% | |
| Otros Profesionales de Educación | 63 | 325 | $4,504,000 | — | |
| Técnico Agropecuario | 60 | 199 | $2,680,000 | — | |
| Administración de Empresas e Ing. Asociadas | 49 | 549 | $3,897,000 | −78% |
14 more, and every other programme
| Trabajo Social | 44 | 310 | $3,655,000 | −30% | |
| Técnico en Enfermería | 42 | 300 | $2,968,000 | +240% | |
| Construcción Civil | 38 | 187 | $5,010,000 | −52% | |
| Ingeniería en Conectividad y Redes | 32 | 140 | $2,950,000 | — | |
| Pedagogía en Educación Física | 31 | 229 | $4,370,000 | −91% | |
| Diseño | 30 | 70 | $4,730,000 | −49% | |
| Pedagogía en Educación de Párvulos | 29 | 166 | $3,455,000 | −62% | |
| Ingeniería en Prevención de Riesgos | 29 | 185 | $2,758,000 | — | |
| Administración Pública | 29 | 239 | $3,702,000 | — | |
| Periodismo | 25 | 126 | $4,730,000 | +30% | |
| Publicidad | 20 | 100 | $2,990,000 | −32% | |
| Relaciones Públicas | 18 | 138 | $2,990,000 | −32% | |
| Pedagogía en Educación Básica | 14 | 200 | $3,852,000 | −87% | |
| Pedagogía en Educación Diferencial | 14 | 206 | $3,863,000 | +128% | |
| Every other programme | 0 | — | — | — |
32 programmes it no longer opens
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. 20,201 of 21,711 (93.0%) have such a record since 2006; the rest — who left school earlier, studied abroad or validated their studies — are not placed.
62.5% finished school in Metropolitana, the region of its main campus.
| Santiago | 1,231 | 6.1% |
| Puente Alto | 1,164 | 5.8% |
| Maipú | 1,075 | 5.3% |
| La Florida | 738 | 3.7% |
| Melipilla | 545 | 2.7% |
| San Bernardo | 541 | 2.7% |
| Concepción | 514 | 2.5% |
| Viña del Mar | 394 | 2.0% |
| San Miguel | 381 | 1.9% |
| Quilicura | 373 | 1.8% |
| Ñuñoa | 366 | 1.8% |
| La Cisterna | 351 | 1.7% |
234 more comunas
Valparaíso 341 · La Pintana 338 · Talagante 319 · Recoleta 315 · Providencia 272 · El Bosque 270 · Coronel 265 · Colina 262 · Quilpué 255 · Pudahuel 245 · Peñalolén 237 · Rancagua 235 · Renca 231 · San Antonio 222 · Estación Central 221 · Independencia 217 · Quinta Normal 214 · Buin 208 · Peñaflor 198 · Talcahuano 197 · Quillota 195 · Lampa 180 · Paine 180 · Villa Alemana 171 · Padre Hurtado 158 · Los Andes 142 · San Ramón 137 · La Granja 136 · Macul 134 · San Pedro de la Paz 130 · San Felipe 124 · Chiguayante 115 · Conchalí 114 · Las Condes 113 · Antofagasta 110 · La Reina 108 · Lota 107 · Calama 104 · San Fernando 104 · Cerrillos 104 · Los Ángeles 103 · Cañete 96 · Calera 95 · Tomé 95 · Isla de Maipo 95 · Pedro Aguirre Cerda 94 · Limache 89 · Curicó 79 · Curacaví 78 · Cerro Navia 77 · Lo Barnechea 77 · Santa Cruz 76 · Chillán 74 · La Ligua 73 · San Vicente 72 · Lo Prado 71 · Lo Espejo 70 · Ovalle 69 · Quintero 69 · San Joaquín 69 · Iquique 61 · Cartagena 60 · Curanilahue 60 · Linares 58 · Huechuraba 57 · Concón 56 · Rengo 56 · Arauco 56 · María Pinto 56 · La Serena 53 · Hualpén 53 · Arica 53 · Copiapó 52 · Graneros 52 · Cabrero 52 · Illapel 50 · Yumbel 50 · Angol 44 · Salamanca 43 · Pirque 42 · Coelemu 41 · Las Cabras 40 · Coyhaique 40 · Los Álamos 39 · Llaillay 38 · Coquimbo 35 · Cabildo 35 · Puerto Montt 35 · Talca 34 · Lebu 34 · Casablanca 33 · Hijuelas 33 · Temuco 33 · Machalí 32 · Punta Arenas 32 · La Cruz 31 · Tiltil 31 · Chimbarongo 30 · Calera de Tango 30 · Santa Juana 29 · Alto Hospicio 27 · Santo Domingo 27 · Osorno 27 · El Monte 27 · Penco 26 · San José de Maipo 26 · Parral 25 · Los Vilos 24 · Coltauco 24 · Castro 24 · Valdivia 24 · Algarrobo 23 · Cauquenes 22 · Vallenar 21 · Vitacura 21 · Olmué 20 · Nacimiento 20 · Quellón 20 · San Pedro 20 · Nogales 19 · San Carlos 19 · Mostazal 18 · Florida 18 · Laja 18 · Villarrica 18 · Bulnes 18 · Requínoa 17 · Hualqui 17 · Calle Larga 16 · El Quisco 16 · Quirihue 16 · Catemu 15 · Santa María 15 · Ancud 15 · Alhué 15 · Pichilemu 14 · Puchuncaví 13 · Petorca 13 · Putaendo 13 · Olivar 13 · San Javier 13 · Yungay 13 · San Nicolás 13 · Zapallar 12 · Doñihue 12 · Constitución 12 · Molina 12 · Aysén 12 · Teno 11 · Contulmo 11 · Panguipulli 11 · Ránquil 11 · El Tabo 10 · Pichidegua 10 · Retiro 10 · Peumo 9 · Litueche 9 · Mulchén 9 · Santa Bárbara 9 · Diego de Almagro 8 · Combarbalá 8 · Malloa 8 · Navidad 8 · Nancagua 8 · Tucapel 8 · Lanco 8 · Trehuaco 8 · Pozo Almonte 7 · Taltal 7 · Chañaral 7 · Papudo 7 · Quinta de Tilcoco 7 · Maule 7 · Pelluhue 7 · Lautaro 7 · Loncoche 7 · Pucón 7 · El Carmen 7 · Isla de Pascua 6 · San Esteban 6 · Longaví 6 · Negrete 6 · Nueva Imperial 6 · Porvenir 6 · Quillón 6 · Tocopilla 5 · Lolol 5 · Palmilla 5 · Colbún 5 · Melipeuco 5 · Cholchol 5 · Collipulli 5 · Traiguén 5 · Victoria 5 · Cochrane 5 · La Unión 5 · Chillán Viejo 5 · Pinto 5 · Pica 4 · Caldera 4 · Vicuña 4 · Canela 4 · Codegua 4 · Marchihue 4 · Paredones 4 · Tirúa 4 · Quilleco 4 · Carahue 4 · Pitrufquén 4 · Los Sauces 4 · Purén 4 · Frutillar 4 · Puerto Varas 4 · Río Negro 4 · Natales 4 · Paillaco 4 · San Pedro de Atacama 3 · Huasco 3 · Monte Patria 3 · Chépica 3 · Peralillo 3 · Licantén 3 · Romeral 3 · Sagrada Familia 3 · San Rosendo 3 · Cunco 3 · Padre las Casas 3 · Renaico 3 · Lago Ranco 3 · San Ignacio 3 · Cobquecura 3 · Ninhue 3 · Portezuelo 3 · San Fabián 3
48 more comunas sent fewer than 3 each, together 63 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, 4,224 applicants put a programme of Universidad de las Americas as their first choice and 26,495 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).
4,722 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. 10,602 of 12,703 titles have the dates to be measured.
| Generic programme (SIES) | Titles | Formal, years | Real, years | On time | Real in Chile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enfermería | 1,471 | 5.0 | 5.9 | 52% | 6.0 |
| Psicología | 1,137 | 5.2 | 6.0 | 59% | 5.7 |
| Medicina Veterinaria | 793 | 5.0 | 6.3 | 33% | 7.2 |
| Técnico en Administración de Empresas | 774 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 63% | 3.3 |
| Terapia Ocupacional | 569 | 5.0 | 5.8 | 52% | 5.7 |
| Técnico en Enfermería | 543 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 65% | 3.0 |
| Kinesiología | 496 | 5.0 | 5.9 | 51% | 6.1 |
| Técnico Veterinario | 415 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 58% | 3.2 |
| Ingeniería Industrial | 381 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 91% | 5.0 |
| Administración de Empresas e Ing. Asociadas | 367 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 87% | 5.0 |
| Trabajo Social | 323 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 63% | 5.0 |
| Traducción e Interpretación | 313 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 63% | 6.0 |
| Nutrición y Dietética | 287 | 5.0 | 5.9 | 49% | 6.2 |
| Ingeniería Comercial | 285 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 78% | 6.1 |
| Contador Auditor | 255 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 75% | 5.3 |
| Fonoaudiología | 238 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 45% | 6.1 |
| Derecho | 207 | 5.1 | 9.4 | 3% | 8.4 |
| Otros Profesionales de Educación | 201 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 77% | 4.9 |
| Técnico en Deporte, Recreación y Preparación Física | 148 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 71% | 3.3 |
| Pedagogía en Educación Diferencial | 141 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 84% | 5.2 |
Programmes with at least ten titles in the three years. Years are means over every title, formal and real alike; "on time" is the share titled within the formal length. The last column is the same generic programme at every institution in Chile.
Where its campuses are
7 communes · 2026Where it teaches, not where its students are from. First-year entrants of 2026 by the commune of the campus they enrolled at.
| Providencia | 2,618 |
| Santiago | 1,615 |
| Concepción | 839 |
| Viña del Mar | 824 |
| La Florida | 643 |
| Maipú | 392 |
| Melipilla | 231 |
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. 415 of 514 (80.7%) 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, 30.1% 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».
| Undergraduate institution | People | % |
|---|---|---|
| Universidad de las Americas (itself) | 125 | 24.3% |
| Universidad Santo Tomas | 26 | 5.1% |
| Universidad San Sebastian | 24 | 4.7% |
| Universidad Andres Bello | 18 | 3.5% |
| Universidad Mayor | 16 | 3.1% |
| Universidad de Concepcion | 14 | 2.7% |
| Universidad Austral de Chile | 12 | 2.3% |
| IP DUOC UC | 11 | 2.1% |
| Universidad de Viña del Mar | 10 | 1.9% |
| Universidad de Chile | 8 | 1.6% |
| Universidad de Valparaiso | 8 | 1.6% |
| Universidad Catolica de Temuco | 8 | 1.6% |
| Other institutions | 135 | 26.3% |
| No undergraduate title in the register (before 2007 or abroad) | 99 | 19.3% |
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. 2,609 of 42,606 (6.1%) started one (universities: 9.9%); 3.7% of them here.
Left, the field of the undergraduate title they took here; right, the institution where they started a master's or a doctorate in Chile. Ribbon width is people. Only the ten largest destinations are named; the rest, and any receiving fewer than three people, are added into «other institutions».
| Postgraduate institution | People | % |
|---|---|---|
| Universidad Andres Bello | 807 | 30.9% |
| Universidad Mayor | 216 | 8.3% |
| Universidad Central de Chile | 199 | 7.6% |
| Universidad San Sebastian | 121 | 4.6% |
| Universidad de Chile | 107 | 4.1% |
| Universidad de las Americas (itself) | 96 | 3.7% |
| Universidad Adolfo Ibañez | 84 | 3.2% |
| Universidad del Desarrollo | 81 | 3.1% |
| Universidad Finis Terrae | 63 | 2.4% |
| Universidad de Concepcion | 61 | 2.3% |
| Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso | 61 | 2.3% |
| Universidad de Viña del Mar | 60 | 2.3% |
Research
ANID · 2006–2025The projects ANID (CONICYT until 2019) awarded with Universidad de las Americas 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. It is computed only for institutions with at least 40 projects in the window, and this one has 15: its shares are shown, its specialisation is not.
| Study group | Its projects declare mostly | Projects | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education | pedagogia y educacion, formacion inicial and didactica especifica | 5 | 33.3 |
| Agronomy | ciencias del suelo, fisiologia vegetal and fruticultura y viticultura | 2 | 13.3 |
| Animal health and production | salud y produccion animal, acuicultura and ciencias veterinarias | 1 | 6.7 |
| Biology 3 | biologia molecular, microbiologia and bioquimica | 1 | 6.7 |
| Geography and urbanism | geografia y urbanismo, geografia fisica and geografia humana y cultural | 1 | 6.7 |
| History | historia de chile, historia hispanoamericana and historia | 1 | 6.7 |
| Law and political science | cienicas juridicas y politicas, ciencia politica (inc. legislacion ) and derecho publico | 1 | 6.7 |
| Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences) | medicina g1 - cs. biomedicas, cardiologia fisiologia cardiovascular and oncologia quimioterapia cirugia oncologia | 1 | 6.7 |
| Psychology | psicologia, otras psicologias and psicobiologia | 1 | 6.7 |
| Chemistry | quimica, fisico quimica quimica teorica y computacional fotoquimica-fotofisica catalisis y coloides and quimica organica | 1 | 6.7 |
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 24 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
39 names · 2026The wording each student enrolled under, as the institution filed it. Only names with at least three entrants are printed.
24 more names, together 1,165 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.