Universidad de los Andes
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1,863 people started an undergraduate programme at Universidad de los Andes in 2026, the 34th largest intake of Chile's 50 universities, and 22,297 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
- 9,393
- First year 2026
- 1,863
- Titles 2025
- 1,328
Largest fields: business and law, health and welfare, engineering and industry.
- Enrolled 2026
- 1,942
- of them in a doctorate
- 161 · 8%
- First year 2026
- 608
- Titles 2025
- 400
20.7 postgraduate students per 100 undergraduates (universities: 7.3).
- Projects 2015–2024
- 309
- Among universities
- 16 of 49
- Fondecyt
- 235
Most specialised in: philosophy, economics and management, law and political science.
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, 3.0% of the 5,604 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 | 287 | 1 | — | 2.4% | 3.6% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Magister en Administración y Comercio | 274 | 1 | — | 5.7% | 15.8% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Derecho | 250 | 1 | — | 3.9% | 7.4% | 87.1% | $2.2–2.3 M | 89.3% |
| Ingeniería Comercial | 239 | 1 | — | 3.1% | 7.3% | 82.7% | $2.5–3.0 M | 89.0% |
| Medicina | 175 | 1 | — | 1.5% | 1.3% | 87.9% | $3.0–3.5 M | 100.0% |
| Magister en Derecho | 153 | 1 | — | 10.5% | 12.5% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Enfermería | 121 | 1 | — | 2.9% | 5.3% | 81.8% | $2.0–2.1 M | 93.7% |
| Psicología | 111 | 1 | — | 0.8% | 6.8% | 52.7% | $1.5–1.6 M | 95.4% |
| Odontología | 95 | 1 | — | 4.2% | 4.1% | 49.2% | $1.7–1.8 M | 84.6% |
| Kinesiología | 76 | 1 | — | 2.7% | 7.0% | 63.9% | $1.5–1.6 M | 97.0% |
| Pedagogía en Educación Básica | 60 | 1 | — | 1.0% | 5.6% | 94.2% | $1.2–1.3 M | 93.8% |
| Bachillerato y/o Licenciatura en Tecnología | 55 | 1 | — | 8.7% | 5.7% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Terapia Ocupacional | 54 | 1 | — | 0.0% | 6.6% | 58.8% | $1.4–1.5 M | 91.4% |
| Periodismo | 52 | 1 | — | 1.4% | 5.1% | 72.8% | $1.5–1.6 M | 94.1% |
| Magister en Educación | 51 | 1 | — | 4.4% | 11.1% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Obstetricia y Puericultura | 47 | 1 | — | 3.8% | 3.5% | 72.6% | n/a | 77.8% |
| Magister en Ciencias Sociales | 45 | 1 | — | 9.9% | 15.6% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Administración de Empresas e Ing. Asociadas | 32 | 1 | — | 4.1% | 20.4% | 87.6% | $1.7–1.8 M | 93.8% |
| Pedagogía en Educación de Párvulos | 32 | 1 | — | 0.0% | 6.2% | 85.9% | n/a | 94.6% |
| Magister en Tecnología | 24 | 1 | — | 6.8% | 12.0% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Magister en Salud | 23 | 1 | — | 1.8% | 9.3% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Nutrición y Dietética | 18 | 1 | — | 4.3% | 8.8% | 44.0% | n/a | 64.1% |
| Magister en Humanidades | 16 | 1 | — | — | 14.6% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Historia | 9 | 1 | — | 8.3% | 8.1% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Licenciatura en Letras y Literatura | 5 | 1 | — | 7.7% | 7.9% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comunicación Audiovisual y/o Multimedia | — | — | — | 11.8% | 11.8% | 58.1% | n/a | n/a |
| Fonoaudiología | — | — | — | — | 7.4% | 48.9% | n/a | n/a |
| Ingeniería Civil Eléctrica | — | — | — | — | 6.5% | 90.4% | n/a | n/a |
| Ingeniería Civil Industrial | — | — | — | — | 5.0% | 94.2% | $2.5–3.0 M | n/a |
| Ingeniería Civil en Obras Civiles | — | — | — | — | 12.6% | 88.8% | $2.3–2.4 M | n/a |
| Programas de Formación Pedagógica | — | — | — | — | 10.6% | 86.1% | $1.5–1.6 M | n/a |
| Publicidad | — | — | — | 7.7% | 9.8% | 77.1% | n/a | 91.4% |
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, 9,393 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.
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 | 287 | 680 | — | +87% | |
| Derecho | 250 | 1,022 | — | +87% | |
| Ingeniería Comercial | 239 | 1,060 | — | +37% | |
| Medicina | 175 | 1,009 | — | +114% | |
| Enfermería | 121 | 578 | — | +55% | |
| Psicología | 111 | 635 | — | +99% | |
| Odontología | 95 | 564 | — | +23% | |
| Bachillerato y/o Licenciatura en Administración y Comercio | 84 | 328 | — | — | |
| Kinesiología | 76 | 377 | — | — | |
| Pedagogía en Educación Básica | 60 | 330 | — | +22% | |
| Otros Profesionales de Administración y Comercio | 59 | 94 | — | — | |
| Bachillerato y/o Licenciatura en Tecnología | 55 | 55 | — | — | |
| Terapia Ocupacional | 54 | 237 | — | — | |
| Periodismo | 52 | 247 | — | −9% | |
| Obstetricia y Puericultura | 47 | 239 | — | — | |
| Administración de Empresas e Ing. Asociadas | 32 | 174 | — | −38% | |
| Pedagogía en Educación de Párvulos | 32 | 151 | — | −27% | |
| Nutrición y Dietética | 18 | 160 | — | — | |
| Historia | 9 | 63 | — | — | |
| Licenciatura en Letras y Literatura | 5 | 51 | — | — | |
| Filosofía | 2 | 49 | — | — |
Every other programme
| Every other programme | 0 | — | — | — |
14 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. 5,560 of 5,630 (98.8%) have such a record since 2006; the rest — who left school earlier, studied abroad or validated their studies — are not placed.
81.6% finished school in Metropolitana, the region of its main campus.
| Las Condes | 1,295 | 23.3% |
| Lo Barnechea | 742 | 13.3% |
| Vitacura | 742 | 13.3% |
| Colina | 383 | 6.9% |
| La Reina | 245 | 4.4% |
| Providencia | 237 | 4.3% |
| Ñuñoa | 116 | 2.1% |
| Santiago | 96 | 1.7% |
| Peñalolén | 85 | 1.5% |
| Rancagua | 76 | 1.4% |
| Huechuraba | 75 | 1.3% |
| Curicó | 72 | 1.3% |
65 more comunas
Machalí 63 · Talca 63 · Puerto Varas 61 · Temuco 60 · La Florida 54 · Maipú 52 · La Serena 51 · Buin 49 · Puente Alto 46 · Osorno 45 · Talagante 37 · San Fernando 36 · Antofagasta 35 · Los Ángeles 34 · Concón 32 · Melipilla 32 · Chillán 31 · Quilicura 29 · La Pintana 28 · San Pedro de la Paz 27 · Viña del Mar 24 · Puerto Montt 23 · Copiapó 22 · San Bernardo 21 · Independencia 20 · Calera de Tango 20 · Valdivia 19 · Recoleta 18 · Iquique 17 · San Felipe 17 · Villarrica 16 · Renca 14 · Punta Arenas 13 · Los Andes 12 · Estación Central 12 · Paine 12 · Arica 12 · La Cisterna 11 · San Miguel 11 · Lampa 11 · Ovalle 10 · Quillota 10 · Linares 10 · Chiguayante 9 · Concepción 7 · Pudahuel 7 · Calama 6 · Panquehue 6 · Santa Cruz 6 · Coyhaique 6 · El Bosque 6 · Macul 6 · Coquimbo 5 · Pichilemu 5 · Angol 5 · La Granja 5 · La Unión 5 · Rengo 4 · Constitución 4 · Parral 4 · San Antonio 3 · Santo Domingo 3 · San Vicente 3 · Pucón 3 · Padre Hurtado 3
46 more comunas sent fewer than 3 each, together 61 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, 1,597 applicants put a programme of Universidad de los Andes as their first choice and 13,786 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).
1,977 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. 3,181 of 4,015 titles have the dates to be measured.
| Generic programme (SIES) | Titles | Formal, years | Real, years | On time | Real in Chile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medicina | 385 | 7.0 | 7.6 | 52% | 7.5 |
| Ingeniería Comercial | 358 | 5.0 | 5.9 | 31% | 6.1 |
| Derecho | 323 | 5.0 | 6.9 | 1% | 8.4 |
| Enfermería | 308 | 5.0 | 5.6 | 50% | 6.0 |
| Psicología | 307 | 5.0 | 5.8 | 48% | 5.7 |
| Odontología | 211 | 6.0 | 6.8 | 46% | 7.5 |
| Periodismo | 176 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 49% | 5.7 |
| Terapia Ocupacional | 156 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 62% | 5.7 |
| Kinesiología | 153 | 5.0 | 5.8 | 51% | 6.1 |
| Pedagogía en Educación Básica | 127 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 75% | 5.4 |
| Obstetricia y Puericultura | 122 | 5.0 | 5.8 | 46% | 6.1 |
| Administración de Empresas e Ing. Asociadas | 120 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 45% | 5.0 |
| Nutrición y Dietética | 92 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 53% | 6.2 |
| Publicidad | 63 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 60% | 4.8 |
| Pedagogía en Educación de Párvulos | 62 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 45% | 5.0 |
| Ingeniería Civil, plan común y licenciatura en Ciencias de la Ingeniería | 59 | 5.6 | 9.1 | 0% | 7.9 |
| Comunicación Audiovisual y/o Multimedia | 40 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 33% | 4.9 |
| Fonoaudiología | 39 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 67% | 6.1 |
| Historia | 22 | 4.0 | 5.6 | 0% | 5.2 |
| Licenciatura en Letras y Literatura | 22 | 4.0 | 5.3 | 23% | 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
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.
| Las Condes | 1,863 |
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. 1,381 of 1,812 (76.2%) have one in the register, which starts in 2007; the rest graduated earlier or abroad, which is not the same as having no degree. Of those found, 18.4% 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 los Andes (itself) | 254 | 14.0% |
| Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile | 162 | 8.9% |
| Universidad Andres Bello | 91 | 5.0% |
| Universidad del Desarrollo | 85 | 4.7% |
| Universidad de Chile | 61 | 3.4% |
| Universidad Adolfo Ibañez | 50 | 2.8% |
| Universidad Diego Portales | 40 | 2.2% |
| Universidad San Sebastian | 37 | 2.0% |
| Universidad Mayor | 34 | 1.9% |
| Universidad de Concepcion | 33 | 1.8% |
| Universidad Central de Chile | 32 | 1.8% |
| Universidad Santo Tomas | 30 | 1.7% |
| Other institutions | 472 | 26.0% |
| No undergraduate title in the register (before 2007 or abroad) | 431 | 23.8% |
Where its graduates go on to a postgraduate degree
People with an undergraduate title from here in 2010–2021, followed forward to the first master's or doctorate they started, anywhere, up to 2026. 1,315 of 11,309 (11.6%) started one (universities: 9.9%); 47.4% 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».
| Postgraduate institution | People | % |
|---|---|---|
| Universidad de los Andes (itself) | 623 | 47.4% |
| Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile | 211 | 16.0% |
| Universidad Adolfo Ibañez | 123 | 9.4% |
| Universidad del Desarrollo | 85 | 6.5% |
| Universidad de Chile | 77 | 5.9% |
| Universidad Finis Terrae | 54 | 4.1% |
| Universidad Andres Bello | 47 | 3.6% |
| Universidad San Sebastian | 20 | 1.5% |
| Universidad Mayor | 11 | 0.8% |
| Universidad Diego Portales | 11 | 0.8% |
| Universidad Alberto Hurtado | 8 | 0.6% |
| Universidad Central de Chile | 7 | 0.5% |
Research
ANID · 2006–2025The projects ANID (CONICYT until 2019) awarded with Universidad de los Andes 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philosophy | filosofia, historia de la filosofia and filosofia analitica | 29 | 12.3 | 4.62 |
| Economics and management | cs. economicas y administrativas, finanzas and teoria economica | 19 | 8.1 | 3.36 |
| Law and political science | cienicas juridicas y politicas, ciencia politica (inc. legislacion ) and derecho publico | 38 | 16.2 | 3.25 |
| 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 | 20 | 8.5 | 2.83 |
| Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences) | medicina g1 - cs. biomedicas, cardiologia fisiologia cardiovascular and oncologia quimioterapia cirugia oncologia | 22 | 9.4 | 2.68 |
| Engineering 3 | ingenieria quimica, procesamiento y tecnologia de alimentos and bioingenieria | 18 | 7.7 | 1.88 |
| History | historia de chile, historia hispanoamericana and historia | 11 | 4.7 | 1.71 |
| Linguistics and literature | linguistica literatura y filologia, linguistica and literatura chilena | 12 | 5.1 | 1.45 |
| Theoretical and experimental physics | fisica teorica y experimental, fisica de solidos and sistemas no lineales | 10 | 4.3 | 1.38 |
| Engineering 2 | ingenieria en computacion, ingenieria industrial y de sistemas and ingenieria de instrumentacion y control | 19 | 8.1 | 1.32 |
| Engineering 1 | ingenieria de materiales, ingenieria mecanica and ingenieria hidraulica | 12 | 5.1 | 1.17 |
| Education | pedagogia y educacion, formacion inicial and didactica especifica | 10 | 4.3 | 0.79 |
| Arts and architecture | musica, otras especialidades de la arquitectura and cine y fotografia | 3 | 1.3 | 0.57 |
| Psychology | psicologia, otras psicologias and psicobiologia | 3 | 1.3 | 0.49 |
| Sociology | sociologia, otras sociologias and cambio social y desarrollo | 4 | 1.7 | 0.44 |
| Interdisciplinary research | cambio climatico y desarrollo sostenible, biotecnologia y bioingenieria and otros | 2 | 0.9 | 0.44 |
| Biology 2 | biologia celular, fisiologia biofisica and inmunologia | 3 | 1.3 | 0.40 |
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 de los Andes 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Universidad Adolfo Ibañez | 72 | Economics and management · Philosophy · Theoretical and experimental physics · History · Engineering 1 · Engineering 2 · Law and political science · Linguistics and literature |
| Universidad Finis Terrae | 66 | History · Law and political science · Linguistics and literature · Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences) · Medicine G2–G3 (clinical and public health) |
| Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile | 65 | Economics and management · Philosophy · Engineering 1 · Linguistics and literature · Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences) · Medicine G2–G3 (clinical and public health) |
| Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso | 61 | Philosophy · History · Engineering 2 · Engineering 3 · Law and political science · Linguistics and literature |
| Universidad Diego Portales | 61 | Philosophy · History · Law and political science |
| Universidad de Chile | 59 | Economics and management · Theoretical and experimental physics · Engineering 1 · Engineering 2 · Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences) · Medicine G2–G3 (clinical and public health) |
| Universidad del Desarrollo | 58 | Economics and management · Law and political science · Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences) · Medicine G2–G3 (clinical and public health) |
| Universidad Alberto Hurtado | 54 | Philosophy · History · Law and political science · Linguistics and literature |
Each dot an institution, near the ones whose mix is similar and joined to its two closest; red is Universidad de los Andes, 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 79 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
31 names · 2026The wording each student enrolled under, as the institution filed it. Only names with at least three entrants are printed.
16 more names, together 354 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.