Universidad de Valparaiso

3,671 people started an undergraduate programme at Universidad de Valparaiso in 2026, the 17th largest intake of Chile's 50 universities, and 17,327 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: Valparaíso

CampusThe whole institution
First-year entrants
3,671
2026 · 17 of 50
Total enrolment
17,327
2026
Still here a year later · cohort 2025
82.7%
univ. 85.8%
Graduated here in 10 years · cohort 2015
58.8%
univ. 56.3%
Had it as first choice · 2026
54.6%
univ. 55.6%
Mean list fee · 2026
$5.5 M
univ. $5.9 M
Accreditation
6 years
2026
Women
57.4%
entrants 2026

At a glance

2026
Enrolled 2026
15,301
First year 2026
3,671
Titles 2025
1,784

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

Enrolled 2026
1,116
of them in a doctorate
331 · 30%
First year 2026
334
Titles 2025
216

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

Projects 2015–2024
598
Among universities
9 of 49
Fondecyt
304

Most specialised in: biology 2, astronomy, cosmology and particles, medicine g1 (biomedical sciences).

Here88%
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
05,00010,00015,00020,00020072017202615,3011,7843,671
05,00010,00015,00020,00020072017202615,3011,7843,671

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, 8.3% of the 10,148 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 Comercial2922$5.0 M12.0%7.3%74.1%$1.7–1.8 M72.1%
Ingeniería Civil Industrial2512$5.7 M5.8%5.0%85.2%$2.1–2.2 M80.8%
Ingeniería en Comercio Exterior2112$5.0 M10.2%14.3%80.1%n/a78.9%
Derecho1791$5.4 M4.0%7.4%82.3%$1.9–2.0 M90.3%
Administración Pública1362$4.7 M11.1%13.5%77.8%$1.4–1.5 M74.6%
Enfermería1362$5.2 M6.9%5.3%86.5%$1.7–1.8 M87.9%
Contador Auditor1322$5.0 M11.1%14.2%92.1%$1.5–1.6 M75.4%
Medicina1312$8.6 M1.0%1.3%88.5%over $3.5 M96.3%
Arquitectura1291$6.2 M6.9%6.7%48.9%$1.2–1.3 M84.4%
Tecnología Médica1282$5.2 M4.4%5.3%75.3%$1.7–1.8 M89.4%
Psicología1261$5.3 M4.4%6.8%82.8%$1.1–1.2 M92.9%
Ingeniería Civil en Computación e Informática1231$5.3 M10.1%6.1%88.6%n/a77.4%
Obstetricia y Puericultura1132$5.2 M2.0%3.5%85.9%$1.7–1.8 M91.5%
Administración Turística y Hotelera1101$5.0 M12.1%13.5%45.0%$0.9–1.0 M72.6%
Fonoaudiología992$5.2 M5.9%7.4%42.2%$1.0–1.1 M89.0%
Química y Farmacia881$6.1 M3.0%3.6%99.3%$2.2–2.3 M90.2%
Ingeniería en Control de Gestión842$5.0 M6.6%8.9%n/an/an/a
Trabajo Social841$4.3 M9.8%18.0%65.1%$1.2–1.3 M81.3%
Magister en Administración y Comercio821$3.7 M11.9%15.8%n/an/an/a
Kinesiología811$5.3 M8.8%7.0%51.1%$1.4–1.5 M79.5%
Odontología791$8.6 M6.8%4.1%87.6%$1.9–2.0 M92.3%
Magister en Ciencias Sociales771$2.7 M10.8%15.6%n/an/an/a
Ingeniería Civil en Biomédica761$5.7 M8.2%7.3%96.6%$1.8–1.9 M80.0%
Nutrición y Dietética751$5.2 M10.5%8.8%53.9%$1.2–1.3 M77.5%
Ingeniería en Computación e Informática641$5.3 M12.8%14.8%n/an/an/a
Ingeniería Civil, plan común y licenciatura en Ciencias de la Ingeniería611$5.7 M12.4%3.6%n/an/an/a
Biología Marina y Ecología Marina601$4.8 M8.9%6.9%69.0%n/a89.7%
Diseño571$5.7 M8.5%4.5%44.1%n/a81.8%
Ingeniería en Construcción561$5.3 M10.2%16.2%76.0%$1.6–1.7 M81.5%
Bachillerato y/o Licenciatura en Tecnología551$5.7 M6.0%5.7%n/an/an/a
Ingeniería en Finanzas501$5.0 M—16.8%n/an/an/a
Ingeniería en Logística471$5.0 M—17.6%n/an/an/a
Realizador de Cine y Televisión451$6.4 M7.9%7.3%40.4%n/a88.0%
Pedagogía en Educación de Párvulos351$4.4 M3.9%6.2%65.4%n/a92.6%
Magister en Ciencias Básicas341$2.8 M11.9%13.6%n/an/an/a
Ingeniería Civil Ambiental301$5.3 M7.2%11.7%n/an/an/a
Pedagogía en Historia, Geografía y Ciencias Sociales301$3.9 M18.1%8.8%62.2%$1.0–1.1 Mn/a
Sociología291$4.7 M14.3%9.2%58.5%$1.3–1.4 M65.3%
Ingeniería en Medio Ambiente241$4.7 M11.3%10.2%74.6%n/a55.6%
Bachillerato y/o Licenciatura en Ciencias Básicas221$4.7 M22.6%9.8%n/an/an/a
Pedagogía en Lenguaje, Comunicación y/o Castellano221$3.9 M—6.7%n/an/an/a
Doctorado en Ciencias Básicas211$4.3 M3.3%11.0%n/an/an/a
Magister en Salud201$3.3 M14.1%9.3%n/an/an/a
Pedagogía en Artes y Música201$4.0 M12.4%10.0%n/an/an/a
Ingeniería en Matemática y Estadística171$4.7 M11.1%15.1%n/an/an/a
Magister en Derecho171$3.9 M1.8%12.5%n/an/an/a
Magister en Tecnología171$3.1 M11.2%12.0%n/an/an/a
Magister en Humanidades151$3.2 M5.2%14.6%n/an/an/a
Otras Ingenierías Civiles141$5.3 M—9.3%n/an/an/a
Actuación y Teatro131$5.7 M12.5%13.0%24.1%n/an/a
Física y Astronomía131$4.8 M18.9%10.8%n/an/an/a
Doctorado en Tecnología111$4.7 M—11.8%n/an/an/a
Pedagogía en Matemáticas y Computación101$4.0 M—7.3%n/an/an/a
Pedagogía en Filosofía y Religión41$3.9 M18.8%13.1%n/an/an/a
Magister en Arte y Arquitectura31$2.5 M—11.8%n/an/an/a

Employment and income are SIES's own figures for this institution, published only where at least eleven graduates could be matched to a tax return; “n/a” is a figure SIES did not publish. Incomes are gross, in pesos of September 2025.

What it teaches

2026

Everyone enrolled in an undergraduate programme here in 2026, 15,301 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 33%Business and law 25%Engineering and industry 18%Social scienc… 5.1%Arts and … 4.2%Information… 4.0%Natural sci… 3.9%Education 3.5%Services 3.0%Medicina5.9%Enfermería4.1%ObstetriciayPuericultura3.7%TecnologíaMédica3.6%Química yFarmacia3.2%Fonoaudiolo…2.9%Odontología2.9%Kinesiología2.3%TrabajoSocial2.1%Nutrición yDietética2.0%IngenieríaComercial7.1%Derecho5.2%Ingeniería enComercio Exterior4.9%AdministraciónPública3.3%ContadorAuditor2.8%Ingenier…enControl…1.6%Ing…enFin…Ing…en…Ingeniería CivilIndustrial6.4%Arquitectura4.6%IngenieríaCivil enBiomédica2.0%IngenieríaenConstrucciónIngenieríaCivil, plancomún y…Ingen…CivilAmbie…0.8%Ingen…enMedio…0.7%Bachil…y/o…OtrasIngeni…Psicología4.0%SociologíaDiseño2.5%Realizad…de Cine yTelevisi…Actu…yTeat…IngenieríaCivil enComputación…3.3%Biolog…Marinay…1.8%Física y…Inge…enMate…Ing…Civ…Otr…Pro…Pedag…enEduca…1.3%Pedago…enArtes …0.8%Peda…enHist…Ped…en…Administraci…Turística yHotelera3.0%
Health and welfare 33%Business and law 25%Engineering and … 18%Soc… 5.1%Art… 4.2%Medicina5.9%Enfermería4.1%Obstetric…y…Tecnol…Médica3.6%QuímicayFarmac…3.2%Fonoa…2.9%Odont…2.9%Kine…Trab…Soci…Nut…yDie…IngenieríaComercial7.1%Derecho5.2%Ingen…enComer…4.9%Admin…Públi…3.3%Conta…Audit…2.8%Ingenierí…IngenieríaCivilIndustrialArquitectura4.6%Ingenie…Civil e…Ingenie…Inge…Civi…Psicol…4.0%Diseño2.5%Ingen…Civilen…Biolog…Fís…Ing…Peda…Admin…Turís…y…
Serviceshover a tile for its count; click a group to open it

Mean annual list fee of its undergraduate enrolment: $5,505,000 (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 Comercial2921,081$5,024,000+10%
Ingeniería Civil Industrial251980$5,688,000+30%
Ingeniería en Comercio Exterior211747$5,024,000—
Derecho179791$5,399,000+36%
Administración Pública136504$4,684,000−26%
Enfermería136625$5,168,000+18%
Contador Auditor132429$5,016,000−22%
Medicina131897$8,589,000+38%
Arquitectura129699$6,169,000+58%
Tecnología Médica128550$5,194,000+43%
Psicología126618$5,311,000+30%
Ingeniería Civil en Computación e Informática123499$5,200,000+26%
Obstetricia y Puericultura113566$5,168,000+37%
Administración Turística y Hotelera110455$4,996,0000%
Fonoaudiología99444$5,168,000+6%
Química y Farmacia88489$6,059,000+40%
Trabajo Social84326$4,277,000−26%
Ingeniería en Control de Gestión84239$5,024,000—
Kinesiología81351$5,300,000+76%
Odontología79439$8,589,000−20%
Ingeniería Civil en Biomédica76311$5,343,000+156%
Nutrición y Dietética75305$5,168,000+20%
Ingeniería en Computación e Informática64112$5,289,000—
Ingeniería Civil, plan común y licenciatura en Ciencias de la Ingeniería61199$5,386,000−19%
Biología Marina y Ecología Marina60280$4,805,000+75%
22 more, and every other programme
Diseño57383$5,713,000−41%
Ingeniería en Construcción56247$4,688,000−64%
Bachillerato y/o Licenciatura en Tecnología5555$5,688,000—
Ingeniería en Finanzas5057$5,024,000—
Ingeniería en Logística4748$5,024,000—
Realizador de Cine y Televisión45174$6,389,000+16%
Pedagogía en Educación de Párvulos35201$4,385,000−16%
Pedagogía en Historia, Geografía y Ciencias Sociales30100$3,886,000−51%
Ingeniería Civil Ambiental30120$5,289,000—
Sociología29169$4,728,000−31%
Ingeniería en Medio Ambiente24104$4,580,000−62%
Bachillerato y/o Licenciatura en Ciencias Básicas2260$4,739,000−78%
Pedagogía en Lenguaje, Comunicación y/o Castellano2238$3,914,000—
Otros Profesionales de Ciencias Básicas2147$4,570,000—
Pedagogía en Artes y Música20123$3,980,000—
Ingeniería en Matemática y Estadística1772$4,640,000—
Otras Ingenierías Civiles1455$4,970,000—
Física y Astronomía1396$4,849,000−32%
Actuación y Teatro1392$5,713,000−35%
Pedagogía en Matemáticas y Computación1046$4,013,000—
Ingeniería Civil Matemática y Estadística947$5,443,000—
Pedagogía en Filosofía y Religión431$3,914,000—
7 programmes it no longer opens

Who studies here

undergraduate · 2026

Its undergraduate enrolment of 2026, each split drawn over the same split for all universities. Every bar is a share of its own total, so the two can be compared whatever their size. How the first year came in is the institution's own declaration to SIES.

Age
Here28%15–1961%20–24Universities23%15–1955%20–2412%
Here28%15–1961%20–24Universities23%55%20–24
15–1920–2425–2930–3435–3940 and over
Timetable
Here100%DaytimeUniversities87%Daytime
Here100%DaytimeUniversities87%Daytime
DaytimeEveningBlended
Sex
Here42%Men58%WomenUniversities44%Men56%Women
Here42%Men58%WomenUniversities44%Men56%Women
MenWomen
How first-year students came in
Here85%Direct entry (regular)12%Universities85%Direct entry (regular)
Here85%Direct entry (regular)Universities85%Direct entry (regular)
Direct entry (regular)Other forms of entrySpecial entry for foreign studentsPACEInclusion programmesSpecial characteristics
Plan
Here100%Regular planUniversities91%Regular plan
Here100%Regular planUniversities91%Regular plan
Regular planSpecial 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. 10,478 of 10,599 (98.9%) have such a record since 2006; the rest — who left school earlier, studied abroad or validated their studies — are not placed.

78.1% finished school in Valparaíso, the region of its main campus.

Region of the school
Valparaíso78.1%Metropolitana8.6%Coquimbo3.8%O'Higgins3.6%Antofagasta0.9%Atacama0.9%Tarapacá0.8%Maule0.7%Los Lagos0.6%Magallanes0.5%Aysén0.3%Arica y Parinacota0.3%Biobío0.3%Araucanía0.2%Ñuble0.2%Los Ríos0.1%
Valparaíso78.1%Metropolitana8.6%Coquimbo3.8%O'Higgins3.6%Antofagasta0.9%Atacama0.9%Tarapacá0.8%Maule0.7%Los Lagos0.6%Magallanes0.5%Aysén0.3%Arica y Parinacota0.3%Biobío0.3%Araucanía0.2%Ñuble0.2%Los Ríos0.1%
Comuna of the school
Viña del Mar1,50114.3%
Valparaíso1,41813.5%
Quilpué9459.0%
Villa Alemana6896.6%
Quillota6035.8%
San Felipe5024.8%
Los Andes3673.5%
San Antonio3133.0%
Calera2242.1%
Limache1821.7%
Concón1751.7%
Casablanca1381.3%
136 more comunas

Rancagua 137 · Quintero 134 · La Ligua 130 · Santiago 113 · Llaillay 101 · Ovalle 93 · Salamanca 79 · Illapel 75 · Maipú 70 · Nogales 65 · Cabildo 62 · Zapallar 60 · Iquique 55 · Puente Alto 54 · Calama 53 · La Serena 51 · Melipilla 51 · Petorca 50 · San Miguel 49 · Copiapó 48 · Hijuelas 47 · Santo Domingo 47 · Providencia 47 · San Fernando 46 · Puchuncaví 44 · Cartagena 44 · Santa María 43 · La Cisterna 41 · La Florida 40 · Los Vilos 38 · San Bernardo 38 · Punta Arenas 37 · Coquimbo 35 · Curicó 35 · Arica 35 · Algarrobo 34 · Machalí 34 · Catemu 32 · La Cruz 30 · Olmué 30 · Calle Larga 29 · Vallenar 28 · Putaendo 28 · Recoleta 28 · San Vicente 27 · Colina 27 · San Esteban 26 · Santa Cruz 26 · Ñuñoa 26 · Antofagasta 25 · Peñalolén 23 · Alto Hospicio 22 · El Quisco 22 · Talagante 22 · Panquehue 21 · Coyhaique 21 · La Pintana 21 · Puerto Montt 20 · Rengo 19 · Isla de Pascua 18 · San Ramón 18 · El Bosque 17 · Quilicura 16 · Natales 14 · Estación Central 14 · Peñaflor 13 · Huechuraba 12 · Curacaví 12 · El Tabo 11 · Aysén 11 · Independencia 11 · Las Condes 11 · Quinta Normal 11 · Paine 11 · Chillán 11 · Graneros 10 · Pichilemu 10 · Linares 10 · Castro 10 · Osorno 10 · Pudahuel 10 · Rinconada 9 · Requínoa 9 · Chimbarongo 9 · Talca 9 · San Joaquín 9 · Lampa 9 · San Pedro de Atacama 8 · Combarbalá 8 · Litueche 8 · Puerto Varas 8 · Pedro Aguirre Cerda 8 · Papudo 7 · La Granja 7 · La Reina 7 · Taltal 6 · Tocopilla 6 · Chañaral 6 · Canela 6 · Coltauco 6 · Doñihue 6 · Las Cabras 6 · Navidad 6 · Los Ángeles 6 · Temuco 6 · Juan Fernández 5 · Parral 5 · Villarrica 5 · Cerrillos 5 · Macul 5 · Renca 5 · Tiltil 5 · Buin 5 · Padre Hurtado 5 · Valdivia 5 · Pozo Almonte 4 · Vicuña 4 · Monte Patria 4 · Concepción 4 · San José de Maipo 4 · Alhué 4 · Caldera 3 · Diego de Almagro 3 · Peumo 3 · Lolol 3 · Cauquenes 3 · Chiguayante 3 · Ancud 3 · Quellón 3 · Quinchao 3 · Cabo de Hornos 3 · Conchalí 3 · Lo Barnechea 3 · Vitacura 3 · Panguipulli 3 · San Carlos 3

66 more comunas sent fewer than 3 each, together 87 entrants; they are not named.

The kind of school
Here25%Public (municipal…62%Subsidised private11%Universities28%Public (municipal or…54%Subsidised private16%
Here25%Public (muni…62%Subsidised privateUniversities28%Public (munici…54%Subsidised private16%
Public (municipal or SLEP)Subsidised privateFee-paying privateDelegated administration
When they started, after leaving school
Here60%The next year26%A year laterUniversities54%The next year25%A year later13%
Here60%The next year26%A year laterUniversities54%The next year25%A year later
The next yearA year later2–4 years later5 years or more

How they chose it

DEMRE · 2021–2026

Centralised admission only. DEMRE's register of the universities in the national admission system: every preference of every regular applicant, and who enrolled through it. Direct admission — the way most people enter an institute or a CFT, and some university programmes — is not in it. In 2026, 4,171 applicants put a programme of Universidad de Valparaiso as their first choice and 18,337 included one somewhere on their list.

In which preference its regular entrants had it · 2026
Here55%1st choice20%2nd12%Universities56%1st choice19%2nd
Here55%1st choice20%Universities56%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 ValparaisoUniversities
02040608020212024202655.6%54.6%
02040608020212024202655.6%54.6%
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
Here78%Regular places18%Special admi…Universities83%Regular places12%
Here78%Regular places18%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 ValparaisoUniversities
025507510020072016202585.8%82.7%
025507510020072016202585.8%82.7%
Cohort 2025, in 2026
Here83%Still hereUniversities86%Still here
Here83%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
0204060091859%2%
0204060091859%2%

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

Cohort 2015, 10 years on
Here59%Titled here20%Titled elsewh…22%No title yetUniversities56%Titled here17%26%No title yet
Here59%Titled here20%22%Universities56%Titled here17%26%No title yet
Titled hereTitled elsewhereNo title yet

3,126 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
Business and law 32%Health and welfare 23%Engineering and industry 19%Social scienc… 5.8%Arts and hum… 5.5%Educat… 5.2%Natural sciences 4.3%Services 2.9%Inf… 2.1%IngenieríaComercial9.3%Derecho7.6%AdministraciónPública6.2%Contador Auditor3.9%Ingenieríaen ComercioExterior3.1%Ingenie…enControl…1.9%Enfermería3.6%Química yFarmacia3.6%ObstetriciayPuericultura3.5%TecnologíaMédica3.0%TrabajoSocial2.6%Nutric…yDietét…1.9%Odontología1.8%Medicina1.3%Fonoau…1.0%Kinesi…0.8%Ingeniería CivilIndustrial7.2%Arquitectura3.6%IngenieríaenConstrucc…2.7%IngenieríaCivil enBiomédica2.5%Ingen…enMedio…1.2%Ingenie…OtrasInge…Civi…Psicolog…3.0%Sociolo…2.9%Diseño3.1%Realiz…de Ciney…Actuac…yTeatroPedagogía enHistoria,…Pedag…enArtes…1.4%Pedag…enEduca…1.3%Pedagogía…BiologíaMarina yEcología…Físi…yAstr…Bac…y/o…Ing…Civ…Inge…Administra…Turística yHoteleraIngenier…Civil enComputac…2.0%
Business and law 32%Health and welf… 23%Engineering and… 19%Socia… 5.8%Arts … 5.5%Education 5.2%IngenieríaComercial9.3%Derecho7.6%Administra…Pública6.2%ContadorAuditorIngeni…enComerc…Inge…enCont…Enfermer…3.6%Química yFarmaciaObstet…yPueric…Tecnol…Médica3.0%Traba…Social2.6%Nut…yDie…Odonto…MedicinaFon…Kin…IngenieríaCivilIndustrial7.2%Arquitectu…3.6%Ingeni…en…Ingenie…Civil e…Inge…Psico…3.0%Socio…2.9%Diseño3.1%Real…Act…Ped…en…Ped…en…Biolog…Marinay…Fís…Admin…Turís…y…Ingeni…Civil…
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How long it really takes

titles 2023–2025

Undergraduate titles of 2023–2025 in regular plans: the time from the start of the semester they entered (March or August) to the date of the title, in semesters, against the formal length the institution declares. Special and continuation plans are left out, because they take in people with earlier studies whose clock did not start at entry. 6,473 of 6,563 titles have the dates to be measured.

Here19%Within the formal length34%1–2 semesters more20%3–4 semesters more11%5–6 semesters more9.3%7–10 semesters …6.4%Universities33%Within the formal length31%1–2 semesters more16%3–4 semesters more8.4%5–6 semesters…7.0%
Here19%34%1–2 semesters more20%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
Ingeniería Comercial5185.06.89%6.1
Ingeniería Civil Industrial4105.57.84%6.9
Derecho3665.09.61%8.4
Administración Pública3605.06.01%5.1
Contador Auditor3155.07.18%5.3
Obstetricia y Puericultura2975.06.040%6.1
Enfermería2815.05.469%6.0
Arquitectura2436.07.71%7.4
Psicología2425.05.840%5.7
Medicina2377.07.368%7.5
Ingeniería en Comercio Exterior2255.06.53%5.3
Tecnología Médica2225.05.958%6.4
Trabajo Social2205.05.818%5.0
Química y Farmacia1805.57.19%7.1
Administración Turística y Hotelera1784.56.56%5.1
Ingeniería en Construcción1745.08.23%6.1
Sociología1655.07.87%6.9
Fonoaudiología1615.05.759%6.1
Odontología1486.07.51%7.5
Diseño1465.08.84%6.2

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

3 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
Valparaíso3,367Metropolitana304
Valparaíso3,367Metropolitana304
By commune
Valparaíso3,065
Santiago304
San Felipe302

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
05001,0001,5002007201720261,116334
05001,0001,5002007201720261,116334
Postgraduate enrolment by field · 2026
Master's 70%Doctorate 30%Magister en CienciasSociales19%Magister enAdministración yComercio16%Magister en CienciasBásicas9.3%Magister en Tecnología9.1%Magister en Humanidades6.6%Magister enSalud6.1%MagisterenDerecho3.4%Magister e…Doctorado enCiencias Básicas16%Doctorado en Salud5.6%Doctorado enTecnología3.5%Doctorado enHumanidades3.0%
Master's 70%Doctorate 30%Magister en CienciasSociales19%Magister enAdministración yComercio16%Magister enCienciasBásicas9.3%MagisterenTecnología9.1%MagisterenHumanid…6.6%Magister enSalud6.1%Magister enDerechoDoctorado en CienciasBásicas16%Doctora…en Salud5.6%Doctoradoen…Doctoradoen…
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Where its postgraduate students did their undergraduate degree

Postgraduate entrants of 2024–2026, followed back to their most recent undergraduate title. 681 of 908 (75.0%) 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, 36.3% 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 Valparaiso244 peoplePontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso58 peopleUniversidad Andres Bello35 peopleUniversidad de Playa Ancha de Ciencias de la Educacion16 peopleUniversidad de Viña del Mar14 peoplePontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile14 peopleUniversidad Santo Tomas11 peopleUniversidad de Chile11 peopleUniversidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria11 peopleOther institutions267 peopleNo title in the register227 peopleMagister en Ciencias Básicas121 peopleMagister en Derecho46 peopleDoctorado en Salud37 peopleMagister en Salud77 peopleMagister en Administración y Comercio183 peopleMagister en Ciencias Sociales171 peopleMagister en Humanidades59 peopleDoctorado en Ciencias Básicas68 peopleMagister en Tecnología78 peopleOther fields46 peopleDoctorado en Humanidades22 people
Universidad de …244 peoplePontificia Univ…58 peopleUniversidad And…35 peopleUniversidad de …16 peopleUniversidad de …14 peoplePontificia Univ…14 peopleUniversidad San…11 peopleUniversidad de …11 peopleUniversidad Tec…11 peopleOther instituti…267 peopleNo title in the…227 peopleMagister en Cie…121 peopleMagister en Der…46 peopleDoctorado en Sa…37 peopleMagister en Sal…77 peopleMagister en Adm…183 peopleMagister en Cie…171 peopleMagister en Hum…59 peopleDoctorado en Ci…68 peopleMagister en Tec…78 peopleOther fields46 peopleDoctorado en Hu…22 people
Undergraduate institutionPeople%
Universidad de Valparaiso (itself)24727.2%
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso616.7%
Universidad Andres Bello444.8%
Universidad de Playa Ancha de Ciencias de la Educacion222.4%
Universidad de Viña del Mar202.2%
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile192.1%
Universidad Santo Tomas182.0%
Universidad de Chile171.9%
Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria171.9%
IP DUOC UC131.4%
Universidad de Santiago de Chile121.3%
Universidad de Concepcion111.2%
Other institutions18019.8%
No undergraduate title in the register (before 2007 or abroad)22725.0%

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. 2,667 of 23,074 (11.6%) started one (universities: 9.9%); 24.7% 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».

Health and welfare727 peopleBusiness and law723 peopleSocial sciences293 peopleEducation277 peopleEngineering and industry277 peopleNatural sciences231 peopleArts and humanities74 peopleServices38 peopleInformation technology27 peopleUniversidad Andres Bello282 peopleUniversidad de Viña del Mar68 peopleUniversidad Diego Portales69 peopleUniversidad de Santiago de Chile77 peopleUniversidad Alberto Hurtado58 peopleUniversidad de Chile415 peopleUniversidad de Valparaiso658 peopleOther institutions490 peopleUniversidad Adolfo Ibañez115 peoplePontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso222 peoplePontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile155 peopleUniversidad de Playa Ancha de Ciencias de la Educacion58 people
Health and welf…727 peopleBusiness and law723 peopleSocial sciences293 peopleEducation277 peopleEngineering and…277 peopleNatural sciences231 peopleArts and humani…74 peopleServices38 peopleInformation tec…27 peopleUniversidad And…282 peopleUniversidad de …68 peopleUniversidad Die…69 peopleUniversidad de …77 peopleUniversidad Alb…58 peopleUniversidad de …415 peopleUniversidad de …658 peopleOther instituti…490 peopleUniversidad Ado…115 peoplePontificia Univ…222 peoplePontificia Univ…155 peopleUniversidad de …58 people
Postgraduate institutionPeople%
Universidad de Valparaiso (itself)65824.7%
Universidad de Chile41515.6%
Universidad Andres Bello28210.6%
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso2278.5%
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile1565.8%
Universidad Adolfo Ibañez1154.3%
Universidad de Santiago de Chile803.0%
Universidad de Viña del Mar712.7%
Universidad Diego Portales702.6%
Universidad Central de Chile612.3%
Universidad Alberto Hurtado612.3%
Universidad de Playa Ancha de Ciencias de la Educacion612.3%

Research

ANID · 2006–2025

The projects ANID (CONICYT until 2019) awarded with Universidad de Valparaiso 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
598
9 of 49 universities
Fondecyt (Regular, Iniciación, Postdoctorado)
304
2015–2024
Applied research
10%
universities 13%
Led by a woman
39%
universities 33%

Projects awarded each year

02040608020062016202549
02040608020062016202549

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

0100200300400Fondecyt309Astronomy91PCI68Fondef49PAI27Other programmes19Fondequip13Fonis12PIA6CORFO3Explora1
0100200300400Fondecyt309Astronomy91PCI68Fondef49PAI27Other programmes19Fondequip13Fonis12PIA6CORFO3Explora1

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
Biology 2biologia celular, fisiologia biofisica and inmunologia4113.54.26
Astronomy, cosmology and particlesastronomia cosmologia y particulas, astronomia and gravitacion y cosmologia4514.82.99
Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences)medicina g1 - cs. biomedicas, cardiologia fisiologia cardiovascular and oncologia quimioterapia cirugia oncologia258.22.36
Sociologysociologia, otras sociologias and cambio social y desarrollo185.91.53
Historyhistoria de chile, historia hispanoamericana and historia123.91.44
Engineering 2ingenieria en computacion, ingenieria industrial y de sistemas and ingenieria de instrumentacion y control268.61.40
Arts and architecturemusica, otras especialidades de la arquitectura and cine y fotografia93.01.31
Philosophyfilosofia, historia de la filosofia and filosofia analitica103.31.23
Mathematicsanalisis, ecuaciones diferenciales and metodos numericos196.31.13
Law and political sciencecienicas juridicas y politicas, ciencia politica (inc. legislacion ) and derecho publico175.61.12
Interdisciplinary researchcambio climatico y desarrollo sostenible, biotecnologia y bioingenieria and otros62.01.02
Chemistryquimica, fisico quimica quimica teorica y computacional fotoquimica-fotofisica catalisis y coloides and quimica organica237.60.97
Linguistics and literaturelinguistica literatura y filologia, linguistica and literatura chilena103.30.93
Earth sciencesoceanografia, geologia y mineralogia and meteorologia y climatologia82.60.86
Psychologypsicologia, otras psicologias and psicobiologia62.00.76
Anthropology and archaeologyantropologia y arqueologia, antropologia cultural y social and arqueologia31.00.54
Biology 1ecologia y ciencias ambientales, genetica y evolucion and biologia marina62.00.47
Geography and urbanismgeografia y urbanismo, geografia fisica and geografia humana y cultural31.00.45
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 critica41.30.44
Biology 3biologia molecular, microbiologia and bioquimica41.30.31
Educationpedagogia y educacion, formacion inicial and didactica especifica51.60.30
Engineering 1ingenieria de materiales, ingenieria mecanica and ingenieria hidraulica20.70.15
Economics and managementcs. economicas y administrativas, finanzas and teoria economica10.30.14
Animal health and productionsalud y produccion animal, acuicultura and ciencias veterinarias10.30.13

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 Valparaiso is specialised in. The axes mean nothing; what the picture says is near and far.

Engineering 2MathematicsLaw and political scienceAstronomy, cosmology and particlesSociologyMedicine G1 (biomedical sciences)Biology 2HistoryPhilosophyArts and architectureInterdisciplinary researchChemistryEducationEngineering 1Biology 1Biology 3AgronomyEngineering 3Linguistics and literatureTheoretical and experimental phys…Earth sciencesMedicine G2–G3 (clinical and publ…PsychologyAnimal health and productionEconomics and managementGeography and urbanismAnthropology and archaeology
Engineering 2MathematicsLaw and political sci…Astronomy, cosmology…SociologyBiology 2HistoryPhilosophyArts and architectureInterdisciplinary res…
Natural sciencesEngineering and technologyMedical and health sciencesAgricultural sciencesSocial sciencesHumanitiesMultidisciplinary

Institutions that research something similar

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

InstitutionAffinitySpecialised, both, in
Universidad de Chile75Arts and architecture · Biology 2 · Engineering 2 · Mathematics · Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences)
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile73Arts and architecture · Philosophy · Interdisciplinary research · Mathematics · Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences)
Universidad Andres Bello68Astronomy, cosmology and particles · Biology 2 · History · Engineering 2 · Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences) · Sociology
Universidad San Sebastian67Biology 2 · Philosophy · History · Interdisciplinary research · Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences)
Universidad Autonoma de Chile65Arts and architecture · Biology 2 · History · Interdisciplinary research · Law and political science · Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences) · Sociology
Universidad Arturo Prat63Astronomy, cosmology and particles · History · Law and political science · Sociology
Universidad Diego Portales60Astronomy, cosmology and particles · Philosophy · History · Law and political science · Sociology
Universidad Adolfo Ibañez60Arts and architecture · Astronomy, cosmology and particles · Philosophy · History · Engineering 2 · Law and political science · Mathematics
Universidad de ValparaisoUniversidad de ChileUniversidad Andres BelloUniversidad Adolfo IbañezUniversidad Diego PortalesUniversidad Autonoma de ChileUniversidad San SebastianUniversidad Arturo Prat
U. de ValparaisoU. de ChileU. Andres BelloU. Adolfo IbañezU. Diego PortalesU. Autonoma de ChileU. San SebastianU. Arturo Prat

Each dot an institution, near the ones whose mix is similar and joined to its two closest; red is Universidad de Valparaiso, 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 74 projects are read apart, by discipline, and are not part of the specialisation above.

051015Ciencias fisicas15Ciencias biologicas9Derecho5Ciencias de la tierra y del medio ambiente4Matematicas4Otras ciencias sociales4Sociologia4Ciencias de la educacion3Ciencias quimicas3Ciencias de la informacion y computacion2
051015Ciencias fisicas15Ciencias biologicas9Derecho5Ciencias de la tierra y del medio ambiente4Matematicas4Otras ciencias sociales4Sociologia4Ciencias de la educacion3Ciencias quimicas3Ciencias de la informacion y computacion2

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

The names it registers its programmes under

49 names · 2026

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

0100200300Ingenieria Comercial292Ingenieria Civil Industrial251Ingenieria en Negocios Internacionales211Derecho179Administracion Publica136Enfermeria136Auditoria132Medicina131Arquitectura129Tecnologia Medica128Psicologia126Ingenieria Civil en Informatica123Obstetricia y Puericultura113Fonoaudiologia99Quimica y Farmacia88
0100200300Ingenieria Comercial292Ingenieria Civil Industrial251Ingenieria en Negocios Internacionales211Derecho179Administracion Publica136Enfermeria136Auditoria132Medicina131Arquitectura129Tecnologia Medica128Psicologia126Ingenieria Civil en Informatica123Obstetricia y Puericultura113Fonoaudiologia99Quimica y Farmacia88

34 more names, together 1,397 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.