Universidad de Tarapaca

2,751 people started an undergraduate programme at Universidad de Tarapaca in 2026, the 23rd largest intake of Chile's 50 universities, and 11,270 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: Arica y Parinacota

CampusThe whole institution
First-year entrants
2,751
2026 · 23 of 50
Total enrolment
11,270
2026
Still here a year later · cohort 2025
87.0%
univ. 85.8%
Graduated here in 10 years · cohort 2015
54.7%
univ. 56.3%
Had it as first choice · 2026
76.0%
univ. 55.6%
Mean list fee · 2026
$5.7 M
univ. $5.9 M
Accreditation
6 years
2026
Women
53.1%
entrants 2026

At a glance

2026
Enrolled 2026
10,978
First year 2026
2,751
Titles 2025
1,461

Largest fields: health and welfare, engineering and industry, business and law.

Enrolled 2026
292
of them in a doctorate
91 · 31%
First year 2026
100
Titles 2025
119

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

Projects 2015–2024
192
Among universities
23 of 49
Fondecyt
145

Most specialised in: anthropology and archaeology, history, education.

Here97%
Universities86%
UndergraduateMaster'sDoctoratePost-title

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

Entrants, enrolment and titles

2007–2026

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

Undergraduate enrolmentFirst-year entrantsUndergraduate titles
05,00010,00015,00020072017202610,9781,4612,751
05,00010,00015,00020072017202610,9781,4612,751

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, 6.2% of the 6,435 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
Ingeniería Civil Industrial2582$6.1–6.3 M6.2%5.0%79.7%$1.8–1.9 M80.4%
Derecho2282$5.7 M4.6%7.4%73.6%$1.9–2.0 M82.3%
Ingeniería Civil en Computación e Informática1842$5.7 M7.7%6.1%81.0%n/a76.6%
Psicología1772$5.0 M1.6%6.8%59.8%$1.1–1.2 M96.9%
Enfermería1702$5.7–5.9 M4.4%5.3%72.3%$1.7–1.8 M91.6%
Kinesiología1442$5.7–5.9 M7.1%7.0%47.7%$1.3–1.4 M84.0%
Tecnología Médica1361$5.9 M3.8%5.3%77.7%$1.7–1.8 M87.3%
Ingeniería Comercial1332$5.7 M6.8%7.3%62.9%$1.4–1.5 M89.9%
Ingeniería Civil Eléctrica1322$6.1–6.3 M4.4%6.5%93.3%n/a80.3%
Nutrición y Dietética1062$5.7–5.9 M5.0%8.8%49.5%$1.1–1.2 M73.5%
Química y Farmacia891$6.3 M—3.6%n/an/an/a
Trabajo Social822$4.4 M4.8%18.0%53.0%n/a85.5%
Obstetricia y Puericultura781$5.9 M5.0%3.5%73.2%$1.6–1.7 M90.6%
Ingeniería Civil Mecánica731$6.3 M15.9%9.5%83.3%$2.2–2.3 M50.9%
Pedagogía en Educación Básica601$4.9 M1.8%5.6%94.8%n/a93.3%
Agronomía561$6.7 M10.3%7.5%70.7%n/a78.0%
Diseño Gráfico561$6.6 M6.3%14.8%39.5%n/a88.0%
Ingeniería Industrial551$4.7 M17.2%22.0%n/an/an/a
Bachillerato y/o Licenciatura en Humanidades511$6.6 M8.3%13.6%n/an/an/a
Pedagogía en Educación Diferencial481$4.9 M2.8%4.8%n/an/an/a
Ingeniería en Control de Gestión461$5.7 M8.1%8.9%64.6%n/a82.4%
Medicina441$7.9 M3.2%1.3%n/an/an/a
Antropología421$5.0 M5.0%6.7%57.5%n/a90.0%
Contador Auditor381$5.5 M8.0%14.2%n/an/an/a
Ingeniería Civil Electrónica341$6.3 M5.2%7.0%n/an/an/a
Pedagogía en Lenguaje, Comunicación y/o Castellano311$4.9 M7.3%6.7%90.2%n/a85.3%
Administración de Empresas e Ing. Asociadas271$4.7 M16.3%20.4%n/an/an/a
Magister en Educación251$3.0 M6.5%11.1%n/an/an/a
Sociología231$5.0 M—9.2%n/an/an/a
Magister en Derecho221$3.0 M—12.5%n/an/an/a
Pedagogía en Historia, Geografía y Ciencias Sociales221$4.9 M9.4%8.8%69.7%n/an/a
Administración Pública211$5.5 M16.4%13.5%n/an/an/a
Ingeniería en Química151$6.3 M7.7%18.1%n/an/an/a
Pedagogía en Ciencias121$4.9 M4.7%7.0%n/an/an/a
Magister en Humanidades81$3.0 M—14.6%n/an/an/a
Doctorado en Ciencias Básicas71$4.1 M—11.0%n/an/an/a
Magister en Ciencias Básicas61$2.5 M—13.6%n/an/an/a
Doctorado en Tecnología41$4.7 M—11.8%n/an/an/a
Magister en Ciencias Sociales41$3.0 M13.9%15.6%n/an/an/a
Magister en Tecnología11$3.6 M—12.0%n/an/an/a
3 more with SIES figures and no entrants in 2026
ProgrammeEntrants 2026CampusesYearly feeDropout, year 1 · 2023–2025Same programme, ChileEmployed, year 1Income, year 4Retention, year 1
Pedagogía en Educación Física———3.5%6.9%62.4%n/a88.9%
Pedagogía en Educación de Párvulos———5.3%6.2%52.8%n/a91.5%
Pedagogía en Idiomas———4.1%6.9%67.4%n/a85.3%

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, 10,978 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 32%Engineering and industry 19%Business and law 18%Education 9.6%Social sciences 8.7%Information … 5.2%Arts a… 3.8%Agricult… 2.6%Natural … 1.6%Enfermería6.6%Tecnología Médica6.2%Kinesiología4.5%Nutrición yDietética4.2%TrabajoSocial3.7%ObstetriciayPuericultu…3.6%Medicina2.4%Quími…yFarma…0.8%Ingeniería CivilIndustrial8.1%IngenieríaCivilEléctrica3.8%Ingeniería CivilMecánica2.0%Ingeni…enMecatr…1.2%Ingen…Indus…1.2%Ingenier…CivilElectrón…Ingenieríaen QuímicaDerecho8.4%IngenieríaComercial4.5%Ingeniería enControl de…Contad…Auditor1.5%Admin…deEmpre…1.1%PedagogíaenEducación…2.0%PedagogíaenEducació…1.6%PedagogíaenEducació…PedagogíaenEducació…Pedago…enLengua…1.0%Pedago…enIdiomas0.8%Pedago…enHistor…0.8%Pedagog…en…Pedagog…Psicología6.5%Antropología1.9%IngenieríaCivil enComputación e…5.2%DiseñoGráfico2.0%Bachilleratoy/oLicenciatur…1.7%Agronomía2.6%AnalistaQuímico
Health and welfare 32%Engineering … 19%Business and… 18%Education 9.6%Social scie… 8.7%Infor… 5.2%Arts … 3.8%Enfermería6.6%TecnologíaMédica6.2%Kinesio…4.5%Nutric…yDietét…4.2%Traba…Social3.7%Obstetriciay…Medicina2.4%Ingeniería CivilIndustrial8.1%Ingenie…CivilEléctri…Ingenierí…Ing…enMec…Ing…Derecho8.4%Ingeni…Comerc…4.5%Ing…enCon…Con…Aud…Admi…de…Pedago…en…Pedago…Ped…en…Ped…en…Psicología6.5%Ant…IngenieríaCivil en…Diseño…Bachi…Agrono…2.6%Ana…Quí…
Information technologyAgriculture and veterinaryhover a tile for its count; click a group to open it

Mean annual list fee of its undergraduate enrolment: $5,743,000 (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
Ingeniería Civil Industrial258889$6,296,000+281%
Derecho228926$5,650,000+14%
Ingeniería Civil en Computación e Informática184570$5,649,000+225%
Psicología177719$5,020,000+16%
Enfermería170726$5,807,000+153%
Kinesiología144499$5,841,000+91%
Tecnología Médica136682$5,905,000+42%
Ingeniería Comercial133494$5,655,000+4%
Ingeniería Civil Eléctrica132419$6,279,000—
Nutrición y Dietética106456$5,841,000+155%
Química y Farmacia8990$6,300,000—
Trabajo Social82407$4,445,000−34%
Obstetricia y Puericultura78390$5,905,000+112%
Ingeniería Civil Mecánica73221$6,350,000+162%
Pedagogía en Educación Básica60172$4,895,000−29%
Diseño Gráfico56218$6,555,000—
Agronomía56281$6,675,000+16%
Ingeniería Industrial55129$4,700,000—
Bachillerato y/o Licenciatura en Humanidades51187$6,555,000−31%
Pedagogía en Educación Diferencial48223$4,895,000—
Ingeniería en Control de Gestión46172$5,655,000+11%
Ingeniería en Mecatrónica44135$6,350,000—
Medicina44260$7,880,000—
Antropología42208$5,020,000−3%
Contador Auditor38160$5,455,000—
9 more, and every other programme
Analista Químico36168$6,300,000—
Ingeniería Civil Electrónica34118$6,350,000+49%
Pedagogía en Lenguaje, Comunicación y/o Castellano31113$4,895,000—
Administración de Empresas e Ing. Asociadas27126$4,700,000—
Sociología2323$5,020,000—
Pedagogía en Historia, Geografía y Ciencias Sociales2284$4,895,000—
Administración Pública2181$5,455,000—
Ingeniería en Química1583$6,350,000—
Pedagogía en Ciencias1267$4,895,000—
Every other programme0———
19 programmes it no longer opens
Bachillerato y/o Licenciatura en Tecnología0———
Ingeniería Mecánica027$6,350,000—
Bachillerato y/o Licenciatura en Ciencias Básicas0———
Pedagogía en Educación de Párvulos0129$4,861,000—
Ingeniería Civil, plan común y licenciatura en Ciencias de la Ingeniería0———
Pedagogía en Educación Física0132$4,895,000—
Historia06$6,920,000—
Química, Licenciado en Química0———
Ingeniería en Electricidad034$5,000,000—
Técnico en Mecánica Industrial0———
Licenciatura en Letras y Literatura02$6,555,000—
Pedagogía en Idiomas093$4,895,000—
Ingeniería en Computación e Informática0———
Ingeniería Civil en Minas0———
Técnico en Electricidad y Electricidad Industrial0———
Pedagogía en Matemáticas y Computación038$4,895,000—
Ingeniería Civil Metalúrgica0———
Ingeniería en Conectividad y Redes0———
Ingeniería en Matemática y Estadística06$5,100,000—

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%15–1953%20–2413%Universities23%15–1955%20–2412%
Here28%15–1953%20–24Universities23%55%20–24
15–1920–2425–2930–3435–3940 and over
Timetable
Here95%DaytimeUniversities87%Daytime
Here95%DaytimeUniversities87%Daytime
DaytimeEvening
Sex
Here44%Men56%WomenUniversities44%Men56%Women
Here44%Men56%WomenUniversities44%Men56%Women
MenWomen
How first-year students came in
Here76%Direct entry (regular)19%Other forms …Universities85%Direct entry (regular)
Here76%Direct entry (regular)19%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. 6,951 of 7,153 (97.2%) have such a record since 2006; the rest — who left school earlier, studied abroad or validated their studies — are not placed.

75.0% finished school in Arica y Parinacota, the region of its main campus.

Region of the school
Arica y Parinacota75.0%Tarapacá20.5%Antofagasta2.8%Coquimbo0.3%Metropolitana0.3%Valparaíso0.2%Atacama0.2%Araucanía0.2%O'Higgins0.1%Maule0.1%Biobío0.1%Los Lagos0.1%Aysén0.1%Ñuble0.1%Los Ríos0.0%Magallanes0.0%
Arica y Parinacota75.0%Tarapacá20.5%Antofagasta2.8%Coquimbo0.3%Metropolitana0.3%Valparaíso0.2%Atacama0.2%Araucanía0.2%O'Higgins0.1%Maule0.1%Biobío0.1%Los Lagos0.1%Aysén0.1%Ñuble0.1%Los Ríos0.0%Magallanes0.0%
Comuna of the school
Arica5,19674.8%
Iquique77711.2%
Alto Hospicio5487.9%
Calama1422.0%
Pozo Almonte530.8%
Pica270.4%
Antofagasta190.3%
Tocopilla190.3%
Putre140.2%
Huara110.2%
San Pedro de Atacama110.2%
La Serena90.1%
10 more comunas

Camiña 7 · Coquimbo 6 · Copiapó 4 · Vallenar 4 · San Felipe 4 · Santiago 4 · Ovalle 3 · Quilpué 3 · Victoria 3 · Camarones 3

60 more comunas sent fewer than 3 each, together 79 entrants; they are not named.

The kind of school
Here32%Public (municipal or SLE…64%Subsidised privateUniversities28%Public (municipal or…54%Subsidised private16%
Here32%Public (municipa…64%Subsidised privateUniversities28%Public (munici…54%Subsidised private16%
Public (municipal or SLEP)Subsidised privateFee-paying privateDelegated administration
When they started, after leaving school
Here63%The next year19%A year later12%Universities54%The next year25%A year later13%
Here63%The next year19%Universities54%The next year25%A year later
The next yearA year later2–4 years later5 years or more

How they chose it

DEMRE · 2021–2026

Centralised admission only. DEMRE's register of the universities in the national admission system: every preference of every regular applicant, and who enrolled through it. Direct admission — the way most people enter an institute or a CFT, and some university programmes — is not in it. In 2026, 2,859 applicants put a programme of Universidad de Tarapaca as their first choice and 5,561 included one somewhere on their list.

In which preference its regular entrants had it · 2026
Here76%1st choice14%Universities56%1st choice19%2nd
Here76%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 de TarapacaUniversities
025507510020212024202655.6%76.0%
025507510020212024202655.6%76.0%
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
Here73%Regular places20%Special admis…Universities83%Regular places12%
Here73%Regular places20%Universities83%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 de TarapacaUniversities
025507510020072016202585.8%87.0%
025507510020072016202585.8%87.0%
Cohort 2025, in 2026
Here87%Still hereUniversities86%Still here
Here87%Still hereUniversities86%Still here
Still hereAt another institutionNot enrolled

Who graduates, and when

titles 2007–2025

Each cohort of first-year entrants followed into the register of titles: the share with an undergraduate title from this institution, by years since they started. A recent cohort has a short line, not a low one — the register only goes to 2025. A title is any undergraduate title or degree, including the intermediate ones some programmes award on the way; the register does not tell them apart.

Titled here, % of the cohort, by years since entry
Cohort 2007Cohort 2011Cohort 2015Cohort 2019Cohort 2021Universities 2015
0204060091855%15%
0204060091855%15%

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

Cohort 2015, 10 years on
Here55%Titled here17%29%No title yetUniversities56%Titled here17%26%No title yet
Here55%Titled here17%29%No title yetUniversities56%Titled here17%26%No title yet
Titled hereTitled elsewhereNo title yet

1,815 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 29%Education 20%Engineering and indust… 18%Business and law 14%Social sciences 7.2%Arts and hum… 5.9%Information … 2.7%Agri… 2.3%Tecnología Médica7.2%Enfermería6.2%TrabajoSocial5.1%Obstetricia yPuericultura3.4%Kinesiología2.7%NutriciónyDietética2.3%Medicina2.1%Pedagogía en Educación dePárvulos8.3%PedagogíaenEducación…3.1%PedagogíaenEducación…2.4%Pedago…enCienci…1.3%Pedago…enLengua…1.3%Pedagog…enEducaci…Pedago…enIdiomas1.0%Pedagog…en…Ingeniería Industrial6.7%Ingeniería CivilIndustrial5.6%Ingeni…CivilMecáni…1.5%Ingenieríaen Química1.4%IngenieríaCivil…Ingenie…Ing…Civ…Derecho6.2%IngenieríaComercial3.4%Ingenie…enControl…2.1%Contad…Auditor1.2%Adminis…de…Psicología5.9%Antr…Bachillerato y/oLicenciatura enHumanidades3.4%DiseñoGráfico1.8%Hist…Ingenier…enComputac…Ingen…Civilen…Agronomía1.2%IngenieríaAgrícolaAnali…Quími…1.3%
Health and welfare 29%Education 20%Engineering… 18%Busine… 14%Social scien… 7.2%TecnologíaMédica7.2%Enfermería6.2%TrabajoSocial5.1%Obste…yPueri…3.4%Kine…Nutricióny…MedicinaPedagogía enEducación dePárvulosPedagog…enEducaci…Pedagogíaen…Peda…en…Peda…en…Pedag…Pedago…Ped…IngenieríaIndustrialIngeni…CivilIndust…5.6%Ing…Ing…Derecho6.2%Ingen…Comer…3.4%Ing…enCon…Admi…Psicología5.9%Bachil…y/oLicenc…DiseñoGráfi…Inge…Agro…Ingen…Agríc…
hover a tile for its count; click a group to open it

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. 3,971 of 4,374 titles have the dates to be measured.

Here33%Within the formal length24%1–2 semesters more16%3–4 semesters more9.2%5–6 semesters …9.7%7–10 semesters m…8.3%11 semesters …Universities33%Within the formal length31%1–2 semesters more16%3–4 semesters more8.4%5–6 semesters…7.0%
Here33%Within the formal…24%1–2 semester…16%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
Tecnología Médica3115.36.247%6.4
Derecho2955.410.51%8.4
Psicología2735.16.051%5.7
Enfermería2655.06.043%6.0
Ingeniería Civil Industrial2436.07.421%6.9
Trabajo Social1914.55.452%5.0
Pedagogía en Educación de Párvulos1754.04.479%5.0
Ingeniería Industrial1704.07.33%5.0
Obstetricia y Puericultura1635.06.318%6.1
Ingeniería Comercial1385.06.720%6.1
Kinesiología1235.06.430%6.1
Nutrición y Dietética995.06.715%6.2
Ingeniería Civil en Computación e Informática846.07.638%7.0
Pedagogía en Educación Física825.07.544%5.6
Bachillerato y/o Licenciatura en Humanidades805.05.956%4.6
Diseño Gráfico804.05.319%5.2
Pedagogía en Educación Básica784.15.647%5.4
Ingeniería Civil Mecánica776.07.823%7.9
Ingeniería en Computación e Informática764.06.90%5.3
Ingeniería en Control de Gestión725.05.550%5.9

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
Arica y Parinacota2,208Tarapacá543
Arica y Parinacota2,208Tarapacá543
By commune
Arica2,208
Iquique543

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
05001,0001,500200720172026292100
05001,0001,500200720172026292100
Postgraduate enrolment by field · 2026
Master's 69%Doctorate 31%Magister enCiencias Sociales17%Magister enEducación16%Magister enAdministración yComercio8.2%Magister en Derecho7.5%Magister enTecnología6.2%MagisterenCiencias…4.1%Magister enHumanidades4.1%MagisterenAgropecu…3.1%Magist…enSalud2.1%Doctorado enCiencias Sociales15%Doctorado enCiencias Básicas7.2%Doctorado enEducación5.1%Doctora…enTecnolo…3.4%
Master's 69%Doctorate 31%Magister en CienciasSociales17%Magister enEducación16%Magister enAdministra…y Comercio8.2%Magisteren Derecho7.5%Magister enTecnología6.2%Magister enCiencias…Magister enHumanidadesMagis…enAgrop…3.1%Mag…enSal…Doctorado en CienciasSociales15%DoctoradoenCiencias…7.2%Doctor…enEducac…5.1%Doct…enTecn…
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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. 156 of 223 (70.0%) 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, 70.5% 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 de Tarapaca109 peopleUniversidad Santo Tomas3 peopleUniversidad de Valparaiso3 peopleOther institutions41 peopleNo title in the register67 peopleMagister en Derecho22 peopleMagister en Agropecuaria9 peopleMagister en Humanidades22 peopleMagister en Educación48 peopleMagister en Administración y Comercio17 peopleMagister en Ciencias Sociales32 peopleDoctorado en Ciencias Sociales21 peopleOther fields12 peopleDoctorado en Educación9 peopleMagister en Ciencias Básicas18 peopleDoctorado en Ciencias Básicas13 people
Universidad de …109 peopleUniversidad San…3 peopleUniversidad de …3 peopleOther instituti…41 peopleNo title in the…67 peopleMagister en Der…22 peopleMagister en Agr…9 peopleMagister en Hum…22 peopleMagister en Edu…48 peopleMagister en Adm…17 peopleMagister en Cie…32 peopleDoctorado en Ci…21 peopleOther fields12 peopleDoctorado en Ed…9 peopleMagister en Cie…18 peopleDoctorado en Ci…13 people
Undergraduate institutionPeople%
Universidad de Tarapaca (itself)11049.3%
Universidad Santo Tomas52.2%
Universidad Andres Bello31.3%
Universidad Tecnologica de Chile INACAP31.3%
Universidad de Valparaiso31.3%
Universidad de la Serena31.3%
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso31.3%
Universidad Catolica del Norte31.3%
Other institutions2310.3%
No undergraduate title in the register (before 2007 or abroad)6730.0%

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. 1,122 of 12,892 (8.7%) started one (universities: 9.9%); 15.2% of them here.

Left, the field of the undergraduate title they took here; right, the institution where they started a master's or a doctorate in Chile. Ribbon width is people. Only the ten largest destinations are named; the rest, and any receiving fewer than three people, are added into «other institutions».

Health and welfare267 peopleEducation223 peopleBusiness and law188 peopleSocial sciences173 peopleEngineering and industry111 peopleArts and humanities98 peopleAgriculture and veterinary30 peopleInformation technology18 peopleNatural sciences14 peopleUniversidad Bernardo O'Higgins25 peopleUniversidad Santo Tomas40 peopleUniversidad Miguel de Cervantes40 peopleUniversidad Andres Bello211 peopleUniversidad Central de Chile57 peoplePontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso25 peopleUniversidad Alberto Hurtado25 peopleUniversidad de Tarapaca168 peopleUniversidad de Chile75 peopleOther institutions375 peoplePontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile52 peopleUniversidad Adolfo Ibañez29 people
Health and welf…267 peopleEducation223 peopleBusiness and law188 peopleSocial sciences173 peopleEngineering and…111 peopleArts and humani…98 peopleAgriculture and…30 peopleInformation tec…18 peopleNatural sciences14 peopleUniversidad Ber…25 peopleUniversidad San…40 peopleUniversidad Mig…40 peopleUniversidad And…211 peopleUniversidad Cen…57 peoplePontificia Univ…25 peopleUniversidad Alb…25 peopleUniversidad de …168 peopleUniversidad de …75 peopleOther instituti…375 peoplePontificia Univ…52 peopleUniversidad Ado…29 people
Postgraduate institutionPeople%
Universidad Andres Bello21218.9%
Universidad de Tarapaca (itself)17115.2%
Universidad de Chile797.0%
Universidad Central de Chile605.3%
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile524.6%
Universidad Santo Tomas443.9%
Universidad Miguel de Cervantes413.7%
Universidad Adolfo Ibañez332.9%
Universidad Mayor282.5%
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso282.5%
Universidad Bernardo O'Higgins272.4%
Universidad Alberto Hurtado252.2%

Research

ANID · 2006–2025

The projects ANID (CONICYT until 2019) awarded with Universidad de Tarapaca 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
192
23 of 49 universities
Fondecyt (Regular, Iniciación, Postdoctorado)
145
2015–2024
Applied research
4%
universities 13%
Led by a woman
36%
universities 33%

Projects awarded each year

01020304020062016202529
01020304020062016202529

By OECD area · 2015–2024

0.0%20.0%40.0%60.0%Natural sciencesEngineering and technologyMedical and health sciencesAgricultural sciencesSocial sciencesHumanitiesMultidisciplinaryNo area declared
0.0%20.0%40.0%60.0%Natural sciencesEngineering and technologyMedical and health sciencesAgricultural sciencesSocial sciencesHumanitiesMultidisciplinaryNo area declared
HereUniversities

By ANID programme · 2015–2024

050100150Fondecyt146PCI13Other programmes9Fondef6PAI6Explora5CORFO3Astronomy2Fonis1Fondequip1
050100150Fondecyt146PCI13Other programmes9Fondef6PAI6Explora5CORFO3Astronomy2Fonis1Fondequip1

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
Anthropology and archaeologyantropologia y arqueologia, antropologia cultural y social and arqueologia2416.69.07
Historyhistoria de chile, historia hispanoamericana and historia128.33.01
Educationpedagogia y educacion, formacion inicial and didactica especifica2315.92.93
Arts and architecturemusica, otras especialidades de la arquitectura and cine y fotografia96.22.75
Theoretical and experimental physicsfisica teorica y experimental, fisica de solidos and sistemas no lineales96.22.02
Mathematicsanalisis, ecuaciones diferenciales and metodos numericos1611.02.00
Astronomy, cosmology and particlesastronomia cosmologia y particulas, astronomia and gravitacion y cosmologia106.91.39
Psychologypsicologia, otras psicologias and psicobiologia53.41.33
Sociologysociologia, otras sociologias and cambio social y desarrollo74.81.25
Engineering 3ingenieria quimica, procesamiento y tecnologia de alimentos and bioingenieria64.11.02
Philosophyfilosofia, historia de la filosofia and filosofia analitica32.10.78
Law and political sciencecienicas juridicas y politicas, ciencia politica (inc. legislacion ) and derecho publico53.40.69
Biology 3biologia molecular, microbiologia and bioquimica42.80.66
Geography and urbanismgeografia y urbanismo, geografia fisica and geografia humana y cultural21.40.63
Engineering 1ingenieria de materiales, ingenieria mecanica and ingenieria hidraulica21.40.32
Economics and managementcs. economicas y administrativas, finanzas and teoria economica10.70.29
Chemistryquimica, fisico quimica quimica teorica y computacional fotoquimica-fotofisica catalisis y coloides and quimica organica32.10.26
Biology 2biologia celular, fisiologia biofisica and inmunologia10.70.22
Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences)medicina g1 - cs. biomedicas, cardiologia fisiologia cardiovascular and oncologia quimioterapia cirugia oncologia10.70.20
Agronomyciencias del suelo, fisiologia vegetal and fruticultura y viticultura10.70.17
Biology 1ecologia y ciencias ambientales, genetica y evolucion and biologia marina10.70.16

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 10 groups Universidad de Tarapaca is specialised in. The axes mean nothing; what the picture says is near and far.

MathematicsEducationAstronomy, cosmology and particlesEngineering 3SociologyTheoretical and experimental phys…HistoryPsychologyArts and architectureAnthropology and archaeologyChemistryEngineering 2Law and political scienceEngineering 1Biology 1Biology 3AgronomyLinguistics and literatureMedicine G1 (biomedical sciences)Biology 2Earth sciencesMedicine G2–G3 (clinical and publ…PhilosophyAnimal health and productionEconomics and managementGeography and urbanismInterdisciplinary research
MathematicsAstronomy, cosmology…Engineering 3SociologyTheoretical and exper…HistoryPsychologyArts and architectureAnthropology and arch…
Natural sciencesEngineering and technologyMedical and health sciencesAgricultural sciencesSocial sciencesHumanitiesMultidisciplinary

Institutions that research something similar

Affinity compares two institutions' mix of Fondecyt study groups: 100 is the same mix, 0 nothing in common. «In common» are the groups both are specialised in. It is similarity of agenda, not collaboration: ANID publishes only the principal institution of each project, and no network of who works with whom can be read from it.

InstitutionAffinitySpecialised, both, in
Universidad de los Lagos69Anthropology and archaeology · Arts and architecture · Education · Sociology
Universidad Catolica de Temuco68Anthropology and archaeology · Education · History · Sociology
Universidad del Bio-Bio64Arts and architecture · Astronomy, cosmology and particles · Education · Engineering 3 · Mathematics
Universidad Arturo Prat63Anthropology and archaeology · Astronomy, cosmology and particles · History · Sociology
Universidad Academia de Humanismo Cristiano63Anthropology and archaeology · Arts and architecture · History · Psychology · Sociology
Universidad Alberto Hurtado62Anthropology and archaeology · Arts and architecture · Education · History · Sociology
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile59Arts and architecture · Education · Mathematics · Psychology
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso58Arts and architecture · Astronomy, cosmology and particles · Education · History · Engineering 3 · Mathematics
Universidad de TarapacaUniversidad Alberto HurtadoUniversidad del Bio-BioUniversidad Catolica de TemucoUniversidad de los LagosUniversidad Arturo PratUniversidad Academia de Humanismo Crist…
U. de TarapacaU. del Bio-BioU. Catolica de TemucoU. de los LagosU. Arturo Prat

Each dot an institution, near the ones whose mix is similar and joined to its two closest; red is Universidad de Tarapaca, 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 59 projects are read apart, by discipline, and are not part of the specialisation above.

051015Antropologia12Ciencias fisicas8Historia y arqueologia5Matematicas4Psicologia4Ciencias de la tierra y del medio ambiente3Ciencias naturales3Otras ciencias sociales3Ciencias de la educacion2Ciencias politicas2
051015Antropologia12Ciencias fisicas8Historia y arqueologia5Matematicas4Psicologia4Ciencias de la tierra y del medio ambiente3Ciencias naturales3Otras ciencias sociales3Ciencias de la educacion2Ciencias politicas2

ANID's historical register of awarded projects (CC0), cut at 31 December 2025. Institutions are matched to the SIES by name, with an explicit table for ANID's other spellings; foundations, centres and faculties with a legal personality of their own count as their own institution. Research across Chile →

The names it registers its programmes under

38 names · 2026

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

0100200300Ingenieria Civil Industrial258Derecho228Psicologia177Enfermeria170Kinesiologia y Rehabilitacion144Ingenieria Civil en Computacion E Informatica138Ingenieria Civil Electrica132Nutricion y Dietetica106Quimica y Farmacia89Ingenieria Comercial85Trabajo Social82Obstetricia y Puericultura78Ingenieria Civil Mecanica73Pedagogia en Educacion Basica60Agronomia56
0100200300Ingenieria Civil Industrial258Derecho228Psicologia177Enfermeria170Kinesiologia y Rehabilitacion144Ingenieria Civil en Computacion E Informatica138Ingenieria Civil Electrica132Nutricion y Dietetica106Quimica y Farmacia89Ingenieria Comercial85Trabajo Social82Obstetricia y Puericultura78Ingenieria Civil Mecanica73Pedagogia en Educacion Basica60Agronomia56

23 more names, together 875 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.