Universidad del Bio-Bio

2,795 people started an undergraduate programme at Universidad del Bio-Bio in 2026, the 22nd largest intake of Chile's 50 universities, and 12,439 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: Biobío

CampusThe whole institution
First-year entrants
2,795
2026 · 22 of 50
Total enrolment
12,439
2026
Still here a year later · cohort 2025
86.8%
univ. 85.8%
Graduated here in 10 years · cohort 2015
64.0%
univ. 56.3%
Had it as first choice · 2026
57.9%
univ. 55.6%
Mean list fee · 2026
$4.3 M
univ. $5.9 M
Accreditation
5 years
2026
Women
46.8%
entrants 2026

At a glance

2026
Enrolled 2026
11,716
First year 2026
2,795
Titles 2025
1,844

Largest fields: engineering and industry, business and law, education.

Enrolled 2026
502
of them in a doctorate
154 · 31%
First year 2026
180
Titles 2025
128

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

Projects 2015–2024
318
Among universities
15 of 49
Fondecyt
147

Most specialised in: arts and architecture, mathematics, engineering 3.

Here94%
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
05,00010,00015,00020072017202611,7161,8442,795
05,00010,00015,00020072017202611,7161,8442,795

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, 7.3% of the 7,695 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 en Computación e Informática2012$4.6 M3.0%6.1%87.2%$2.2–2.3 M89.2%
Ingeniería Comercial1792$4.4–4.4 M7.1%7.3%69.2%$1.4–1.5 M86.9%
Ingeniería Civil Industrial1781$4.6 M3.4%5.0%74.3%$1.8–1.9 M92.4%
Ingeniería Civil, plan común y licenciatura en Ciencias de la Ingeniería1171$4.6 M9.5%3.6%79.1%$1.7–1.8 M78.0%
Contador Auditor1142$3.6–3.7 M11.4%14.2%75.7%$1.2–1.3 M78.2%
Trabajo Social1102$3.6 M6.2%18.0%52.5%$1.0–1.1 M79.4%
Arquitectura1071$4.8 M5.8%6.7%51.4%$1.3–1.4 M91.2%
Derecho1011$5.7 M6.2%7.4%n/an/an/a
Ingeniería Civil Mecánica961$4.6 M6.6%9.5%80.3%$2.1–2.2 M77.3%
Ingeniería Civil Eléctrica921$4.6 M5.4%6.5%87.0%$2.1–2.2 M81.8%
Bachillerato y/o Licenciatura en Ciencias Básicas862$3.6 M17.7%9.8%n/an/an/a
Otras Ingenierías Civiles851$4.6 M6.8%9.3%n/an/an/a
Psicología831$4.6 M1.9%6.8%62.1%$1.0–1.1 M96.9%
Ingeniería Civil Química781$4.6 M8.7%7.5%71.3%n/a67.4%
Ingeniería en Construcción771$4.4 M4.3%16.2%83.8%$1.6–1.7 M88.5%
Ingeniería en Computación e Informática691$3.9 M9.0%14.8%83.2%$1.8–1.9 M80.3%
Química y Farmacia651$5.3 M1.5%3.6%n/an/an/a
Diseño Industrial601$4.4 M7.4%11.5%45.9%n/a88.1%
Ingeniería en Electricidad591$4.5 M14.0%16.9%86.7%$1.9–2.0 M86.4%
Nutrición y Dietética571$3.9 M4.3%8.8%43.7%$1.0–1.1 M94.4%
Pedagogía en Educación Física571$3.4 M3.9%6.9%42.9%$1.0–1.1 M90.9%
Fonoaudiología561$4.5 M6.1%7.4%39.7%$1.0–1.1 M87.3%
Pedagogía en Educación de Párvulos561$3.4 M4.5%6.2%48.2%$0.9–1.0 M90.0%
Pedagogía en Idiomas561$3.4 M10.0%6.9%56.4%$0.9–1.0 M82.8%
Enfermería541$4.5 M1.7%5.3%76.5%$1.6–1.7 M89.1%
Pedagogía en Educación Básica501$3.4 M4.0%5.6%87.0%$1.0–1.1 M88.9%
Pedagogía en Lenguaje, Comunicación y/o Castellano501$3.4 M11.1%6.7%76.9%$1.1–1.2 M85.0%
Medicina481$8.5 M2.1%1.3%n/an/an/a
Diseño Gráfico471$4.3 M7.7%14.8%41.1%n/a93.9%
Pedagogía en Educación Diferencial451$3.4 M4.2%4.8%n/an/an/a
Ingeniería Mecánica431$4.7 M17.3%16.9%73.8%$1.6–1.7 Mn/a
Ingeniería en Electrónica431$4.8 M16.7%16.2%63.3%$1.6–1.7 Mn/a
Pedagogía en Ciencias341$3.4 M12.7%7.0%n/an/an/a
Ingeniería en Matemática y Estadística311$4.3 M—15.1%n/an/an/a
Ingeniería en Alimentos301$4.4 M14.1%11.3%64.0%n/a63.9%
Magister en Salud281$3.0 M8.2%9.3%n/an/an/a
Magister en Tecnología272$2.1–2.9 M12.5%12.0%n/an/an/a
Ingeniería en Recursos Renovables261$4.6 M14.5%7.2%n/an/an/a
Pedagogía en Historia, Geografía y Ciencias Sociales251$3.4 M15.3%8.8%66.0%$1.1–1.2 M72.5%
Magister en Ciencias Sociales212$2.0–2.3 M19.7%15.6%n/an/an/a
Magister en Educación201$1.7 M13.1%11.1%n/an/an/a
Pedagogía en Matemáticas y Computación201$3.4 M9.8%7.3%84.2%$1.2–1.3 M52.0%
Magister en Administración y Comercio182$5.0 M8.5%15.8%n/an/an/a
Magister en Ciencias Básicas172$2.4–2.8 M20.0%13.6%n/an/an/a
Doctorado en Tecnología122$3.8–4.6 M—11.8%n/an/an/a
Administración de Empresas e Ing. Asociadas101$2.4 M7.1%20.4%85.4%$1.2–1.3 Mn/a
Magister en Arte y Arquitectura101$3.2 M26.4%11.8%n/an/an/a
Doctorado en Ciencias Básicas92$3.4–3.5 M—11.0%n/an/an/a
Magister en Humanidades41$2.9 M—14.6%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, 11,716 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.

Engineering and industry 40%Education 15%Health and welfare 15%Business and law 12%Information technolo… 9.8%Social scienc… 3.2%Nat… 2.4%IngenieríaCivilIndustrial7.4%Arquitectura5.3%Ingeniería Civil,plan común ylicenciatura en…4.3%Ingeniería enConstrucción3.4%Otras IngenieríasCiviles3.1%Ingeniería CivilEléctrica3.1%Ingeniería CivilMecánica3.0%IngenieríaCivilQuímica2.8%Ingenie…enElectri…2.5%DiseñoIndustrial2.1%IngenieríaMecánicaIngen…enAlime…1.0%Ingen…enElect…PedagogíaenEducación…2.4%Pedagogíaen Idiomas2.3%PedagogíaenEducación…2.1%PedagogíaenEducación…2.0%PedagogíaenLenguaje…1.9%Pedago…enEducac…1.5%Pedag…enHisto…1.1%Pedagogía enCienciasPedagogía enMatemáticas y…Trabajo Social3.9%Enfermería2.5%Nutrición yDietética2.5%Fonoaudiolo…2.4%Química yFarmacia2.2%Medicina1.3%Ingeniería Comercial6.7%Contador Auditor3.7%Derecho1.6%Ingeniería Civilen Computación eInformática7.4%Ingeniería en Computacióne InformáticaPsicología3.2%Bachille…y/o…Ingen…enRecur…0.8%Ing…enMat…DiseñoGráfico1.9%
Engineering and industry 40%Educati… 15%Health and… 15%Busines… 12%Information … 9.8%Ingenier…CivilIndustri…7.4%Arquitec…5.3%Ingenie…Civil,plan…4.3%Ingen…enConst…3.4%OtrasIngen…Civil…3.1%Ingeni…CivilEléctr…Ingeni…CivilMecáni…Ingeni…CivilQuímicaIngen…enElect…DiseñoIndus…2.1%Ing…Mec…Inge…Inge…Pedag…enEduca…Pedag…enIdiom…Pedago…enEducac…Pedag…enEduca…Pedago…enLengua…Pedago…en…Pedago…Pedago…Pedago…TrabajoSocial3.9%Enfer…2.5%Nutricióny…Fonoaudi…QuímicayFarmac…Medici…IngenieríaComercial6.7%Contad…Auditor3.7%Der…IngenieríaCivil enComputación …Ing…enCom…Psico…3.2%Bachi…Dis…Grá…
Social sciencesArts and humanitieshover a tile for its count; click a group to open it

Mean annual list fee of its undergraduate enrolment: $4,331,000 (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 en Computación e Informática201872$4,594,000+30%
Ingeniería Comercial179786$4,409,000−10%
Ingeniería Civil Industrial178870$4,573,000+8%
Ingeniería Civil, plan común y licenciatura en Ciencias de la Ingeniería117506$4,594,000+28%
Contador Auditor114429$3,638,000−7%
Trabajo Social110457$3,592,000+14%
Arquitectura107617$4,811,000+18%
Derecho101189$5,734,000—
Ingeniería Civil Mecánica96355$4,594,000+40%
Ingeniería Civil Eléctrica92359$4,594,000—
Bachillerato y/o Licenciatura en Ciencias Básicas86121$3,606,000−3%
Otras Ingenierías Civiles85363$4,594,000+24%
Psicología83377$4,641,000+73%
Ingeniería Civil Química78329$4,594,000—
Ingeniería en Construcción77398$4,434,000−15%
Ingeniería en Computación e Informática69274$3,880,000−36%
Química y Farmacia65263$5,322,000—
Diseño Industrial60242$4,434,000+7%
Ingeniería en Electricidad59296$4,098,000−26%
Pedagogía en Educación Física57285$3,390,000+8%
Nutrición y Dietética57289$3,904,000+8%
Fonoaudiología56276$4,530,000+7%
Pedagogía en Idiomas56269$3,390,000+33%
Pedagogía en Educación de Párvulos56244$3,390,000+43%
Enfermería54291$4,530,000−13%
14 more, and every other programme
3 programmes it no longer opens
Técnico en Administración de Empresas018$2,118,000—
Ingeniería Civil en Industrias Forestales04$4,594,000—
Otras Ingenierías0———

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
Here30%15–1958%20–24Universities23%15–1955%20–2412%
Here30%15–1958%20–24Universities23%55%20–24
15–1920–2425–2930–3435–3940 and over
Timetable
Here98%DaytimeUniversities87%Daytime
Here98%DaytimeUniversities87%Daytime
DaytimeEvening
Sex
Here54%Men46%WomenUniversities44%Men56%Women
Here54%Men46%WomenUniversities44%Men56%Women
MenWomen
Kind of programme
Here100%Professional degreesUniversities97%Professional degrees
Here100%Professional degreesUniversities97%Professional degrees
Professional degreesTechnical programmes
How first-year students came in
Here94%Direct entry (regular)Universities85%Direct entry (regular)
Here94%Direct entry (regular)Universities85%Direct entry (regular)
Direct entry (regular)Special entry for foreign studentsPACEInclusion programmesSpecial characteristics
Plan
Here98%Regular planUniversities91%Regular plan
Here98%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. 7,978 of 8,134 (98.1%) have such a record since 2006; the rest — who left school earlier, studied abroad or validated their studies — are not placed.

42.2% finished school in Biobío, the region of its main campus.

Region of the school
Ñuble49.5%Biobío42.2%Maule2.9%Araucanía1.1%Metropolitana0.9%Los Lagos0.8%O'Higgins0.6%Antofagasta0.4%Aysén0.4%Tarapacá0.3%Valparaíso0.2%Coquimbo0.2%Arica y Parinacota0.2%Los Ríos0.1%Magallanes0.1%Atacama0.1%
Ñuble49.5%Biobío42.2%Maule2.9%Araucanía1.1%Metropolitana0.9%Los Lagos0.8%O'Higgins0.6%Antofagasta0.4%Aysén0.4%Tarapacá0.3%Valparaíso0.2%Coquimbo0.2%Arica y Parinacota0.2%Los Ríos0.1%Magallanes0.1%Atacama0.1%
Comuna of the school
Chillán1,99024.9%
Concepción87210.9%
San Carlos4575.7%
San Pedro de la Paz3153.9%
Coronel3013.8%
Talcahuano2763.5%
San Nicolás2493.1%
Los Ángeles2453.1%
Chiguayante2302.9%
Bulnes1772.2%
El Carmen1401.8%
Lota1301.6%
92 more comunas

Coihueco 130 · Hualpén 121 · Tomé 120 · San Ignacio 118 · Chillán Viejo 106 · Cañete 86 · Quirihue 86 · Parral 82 · Pinto 80 · Cabrero 77 · Yungay 74 · Arauco 72 · Laja 72 · Yumbel 67 · Penco 66 · Nacimiento 63 · Curanilahue 60 · Linares 52 · Coelemu 51 · Portezuelo 48 · Ñiquén 45 · Ninhue 44 · Angol 42 · Quillón 42 · Santa Juana 36 · Los Álamos 36 · Ránquil 35 · Retiro 29 · Pemuco 29 · Lebu 25 · San Fabián 25 · Cauquenes 24 · Hualqui 23 · Calama 20 · Castro 19 · Coyhaique 18 · Iquique 17 · Arica 15 · Trehuaco 15 · Talca 14 · Florida 14 · Mulchén 14 · Rancagua 13 · Santa Bárbara 12 · Temuco 12 · Puerto Montt 12 · Antofagasta 11 · Contulmo 11 · Tucapel 10 · Curicó 9 · Quellón 9 · Osorno 9 · Alto Hospicio 8 · San Fernando 8 · Santa Cruz 8 · Punta Arenas 8 · Villarrica 7 · Aysén 7 · Cobquecura 7 · Ovalle 6 · Constitución 6 · Puente Alto 6 · Quilpué 5 · San Vicente 5 · Pucón 5 · Purén 5 · Santiago 5 · La Florida 5 · Coquimbo 4 · Longaví 4 · Calbuco 4 · Puerto Varas 4 · Ancud 4 · Maipú 4 · San Bernardo 4 · Buin 4 · Valdivia 4 · Copiapó 3 · La Serena 3 · San Antonio 3 · San Felipe 3 · San Javier 3 · Tirúa 3 · Antuco 3 · Collipulli 3 · Cochrane 3 · El Bosque 3 · La Cisterna 3 · Providencia 3 · Quilicura 3 · Peñaflor 3 · Panguipulli 3

72 more comunas sent fewer than 3 each, together 94 entrants; they are not named.

The kind of school
Here34%Public (municipal or SLEP)59%Subsidised privateUniversities28%Public (municipal or…54%Subsidised private16%
Here34%Public (municipal …59%Subsidised privateUniversities28%Public (munici…54%Subsidised private16%
Public (municipal or SLEP)Subsidised privateFee-paying privateDelegated administration
When they started, after leaving school
Here61%The next year24%A year laterUniversities54%The next year25%A year later13%
Here61%The next year24%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, 3,469 applicants put a programme of Universidad del Bio-Bio as their first choice and 12,063 included one somewhere on their list.

In which preference its regular entrants had it · 2026
Here58%1st choice22%2ndUniversities56%1st choice19%2nd
Here58%1st choice22%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 del Bio-BioUniversities
02040608020212024202655.6%57.9%
02040608020212024202655.6%57.9%
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
Here84%Regular placesUniversities83%Regular places12%
Here84%Regular placesUniversities83%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 del Bio-BioUniversities
025507510020072016202585.8%86.8%
025507510020072016202585.8%86.8%
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
020406080091864%24%
020406080091864%24%

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

Cohort 2015, 10 years on
Here64%Titled here15%21%No title yetUniversities56%Titled here17%26%No title yet
Here64%Titled here15%21%Universities56%Titled here17%26%No title yet
Titled hereTitled elsewhereNo title yet

2,709 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
Engineering and industry 41%Education 17%Health and welfare 13%Business and law 13%Information technology 11%Social… 3.4%Arts… 2.0%IngenieríaCivilIndustrial5.9%Arquitectura4.4%IngenieríaCivil, plancomún y…4.3%Ingeniería enConstrucción4.1%Ingeniería CivilQuímica4.0%OtrasIngenieríasCiviles3.4%IngenieríaCivilMecánica3.4%IngenieríaMecánica2.9%IngenieríaenElectricid…2.7%Ingenier…CivilEléctrica2.3%DiseñoIndust…1.8%Ingeni…Ingeni…Técn…en…Pedagogíaen Idiomas2.9%PedagogíaenLenguaje,…2.9%PedagogíaenEducación…2.5%PedagogíaenMatemátic…2.4%Pedagog…enHistori…2.2%Pedagogía enCienciasPedagogía enEducación…TrabajoSocial5.0%Enfermería4.3%Fonoaudi…2.0%NutriciónyDietéticaIngenieríaComercial6.2%Contador Auditor4.1%Adminis…de…Técnicoen…Ingeniería Civil enComputación eInformática7.3%Ingeniería enComputación e…Técn…enComp…Psicología3.4%DiseñoGráfico1.8%Ingenieríaen Recurso…
Engineering and industry 41%Education 17%Health a… 13%Business… 13%Information te… 11%IngenieríaCivilIndustrialArquitectura4.4%IngenieríaCivil, plancomún y…IngenieríaenConstrucc…IngenieríaCivilQuímicaOtrasIngeni…CivilesIngeni…CivilMecáni…Ingen…Mecán…2.9%Ingeni…enElectr…2.7%Inge…CivilEléc…Diseño…Pedag…enIdiom…2.9%Pedag…enLengu…2.9%Pedag…enEduca…Pedago…enMatemá…Ped…enHis…Pedagog…Pedago…en…TrabajoSocialEnfer…4.3%Fonoa…2.0%Nutri…y…IngenieríaComercial6.2%ContadorAuditor4.1%Admi…Técn…IngenieríaCivil enComputació…Ingen…enCompu…2.5%PsicologíaDise…Gráf…
Social scienceshover 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. 5,185 of 5,627 titles have the dates to be measured.

Here29%Within the formal length35%1–2 semesters more15%3–4 semesters more8.1%5–6 semester…8.0%7–10 semeste…5.5%Universities33%Within the formal length31%1–2 semesters more16%3–4 semesters more8.4%5–6 semesters…7.0%
Here29%Within the for…35%1–2 semesters more15%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 Comercial3605.05.924%6.1
Ingeniería Civil en Computación e Informática3425.06.427%7.0
Ingeniería Civil Industrial3055.07.06%6.9
Trabajo Social2585.05.650%5.0
Ingeniería Civil, plan común y licenciatura en Ciencias de la Ingeniería2475.57.59%7.9
Contador Auditor2464.05.214%5.3
Arquitectura2355.18.19%7.4
Enfermería2345.05.458%6.0
Ingeniería en Construcción2115.07.81%6.1
Psicología1935.05.281%5.7
Ingeniería Civil Mecánica1635.68.09%7.9
Ingeniería Civil Química1615.57.27%7.5
Pedagogía en Educación de Párvulos1424.34.775%5.0
Pedagogía en Educación Física1404.65.158%5.6
Diseño Gráfico1334.85.920%5.2
Pedagogía en Lenguaje, Comunicación y/o Castellano1325.05.752%5.7
Pedagogía en Educación Básica1314.04.375%5.4
Ingeniería Civil Eléctrica1305.57.119%7.6
Ingeniería en Electricidad1304.07.31%5.7
Ingeniería Mecánica1284.07.91%6.6

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
Biobío1,591Ñuble1,204
Biobío1,591Ñuble1,204
By commune
Concepción1,591
Chillán1,204

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
0200400600200720172026502180
0200400600200720172026502180
Postgraduate enrolment by field · 2026
Master's 69%Doctorate 31%Magister enTecnología16%Magister enSalud13%Magister en CienciasSociales10.0%Magister en Educación8.8%Magister enCienciasBásicas7.4%Magister enAdministrac…y Comercio6.6%Magister en Arte yArquitectura5.4%MagisterenHumanid…2.2%Doctorado enTecnología12%Doctorado enCienciasBásicas6.8%Doctoradoen Arte yArquitectu…6.4%Doctorado enCienciasSocialesDoctoradoenEducación2.4%
Master's 69%Doctorate 31%Magister enTecnología16%Magister en Salud13%Magister enCienciasSociales10.0%Magister enEducación8.8%MagisterenCiencias…7.4%Magister enAdministracióny ComercioMagister enArte y…Doctorado enTecnología12%DoctoradoenCiencias…6.8%Doctoradoen Arte yArquitec…6.4%Doctora…en…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. 417 of 549 (76.0%) 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, 70.0% 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 del Bio-Bio292 peopleUniversidad de Concepcion35 peopleIP Dr. Virginio Gomez G.3 peopleUniversidad de la Serena3 peopleOther institutions84 peopleNo title in the register132 peopleMagister en Educación56 peopleMagister en Salud67 peopleMagister en Administración y Comercio49 peopleOther fields33 peopleMagister en Ciencias Sociales80 peopleMagister en Tecnología90 peopleMagister en Arte y Arquitectura42 peopleDoctorado en Arte y Arquitectura24 peopleMagister en Ciencias Básicas51 peopleDoctorado en Tecnología33 peopleDoctorado en Ciencias Básicas24 people
Universidad del…292 peopleUniversidad de …35 peopleIP Dr. Virginio…3 peopleUniversidad de …3 peopleOther instituti…84 peopleNo title in the…132 peopleMagister en Edu…56 peopleMagister en Sal…67 peopleMagister en Adm…49 peopleOther fields33 peopleMagister en Cie…80 peopleMagister en Tec…90 peopleMagister en Art…42 peopleDoctorado en Ar…24 peopleMagister en Cie…51 peopleDoctorado en Te…33 peopleDoctorado en Ci…24 people
Undergraduate institutionPeople%
Universidad del Bio-Bio (itself)29253.2%
Universidad de Concepcion427.7%
Universidad Catolica de la Santisima Concepcion81.5%
Universidad Adventista de Chile61.1%
Universidad San Sebastian61.1%
Universidad de la Serena50.9%
Universidad Andres Bello40.7%
Universidad de Valparaiso40.7%
IP Dr. Virginio Gomez G.30.5%
Universidad La Republica30.5%
Universidad Autonoma de Chile30.5%
Universidad del Desarrollo30.5%
Other institutions386.9%
No undergraduate title in the register (before 2007 or abroad)13224.0%

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. 1,997 of 19,357 (10.3%) started one (universities: 9.9%); 31.5% 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».

Education628 peopleEngineering and industry484 peopleHealth and welfare339 peopleBusiness and law314 peopleInformation technology113 peopleSocial sciences72 peopleNatural sciences29 peopleArts and humanities18 peopleUniversidad de Talca43 peopleUniversidad Andres Bello256 peoplePontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile56 peopleUniversidad Mayor41 peopleUniversidad de Concepcion196 peopleUniversidad San Sebastian109 peopleUniversidad del Desarrollo89 peopleUniversidad del Bio-Bio629 peopleOther institutions375 peopleUniversidad de Chile92 peopleUniversidad Adolfo Ibañez42 peopleUniversidad Catolica de la Santisima Concepcion69 people
Education628 peopleEngineering and…484 peopleHealth and welf…339 peopleBusiness and law314 peopleInformation tec…113 peopleSocial sciences72 peopleNatural sciences29 peopleArts and humani…18 peopleUniversidad de …43 peopleUniversidad And…256 peoplePontificia Univ…56 peopleUniversidad May…41 peopleUniversidad de …196 peopleUniversidad San…109 peopleUniversidad del…89 peopleUniversidad del…629 peopleOther instituti…375 peopleUniversidad de …92 peopleUniversidad Ado…42 peopleUniversidad Cat…69 people
Postgraduate institutionPeople%
Universidad del Bio-Bio (itself)62931.5%
Universidad Andres Bello25712.9%
Universidad de Concepcion19910.0%
Universidad San Sebastian1105.5%
Universidad de Chile944.7%
Universidad del Desarrollo914.6%
Universidad Catolica de la Santisima Concepcion713.6%
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile643.2%
Universidad de Talca472.4%
Universidad Mayor442.2%
Universidad Adolfo Ibañez442.2%
Universidad Catolica del Maule311.6%

Research

ANID · 2006–2025

The projects ANID (CONICYT until 2019) awarded with Universidad del Bio-Bio 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
318
15 of 49 universities
Fondecyt (Regular, Iniciación, Postdoctorado)
147
2015–2024
Applied research
38%
universities 13%
Led by a woman
29%
universities 33%

Projects awarded each year

020406020062016202544
020406020062016202544

By OECD area · 2015–2024

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

By ANID programme · 2015–2024

050100150Fondecyt148Fondef118Other programmes17PCI15Fondequip10CORFO4PAI3PIA2Fonis1
050100150Fondecyt148Fondef118Other programmes17PCI15Fondequip10CORFO4PAI3PIA2Fonis1

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
Arts and architecturemusica, otras especialidades de la arquitectura and cine y fotografia2114.36.32
Mathematicsanalisis, ecuaciones diferenciales and metodos numericos3322.44.08
Engineering 3ingenieria quimica, procesamiento y tecnologia de alimentos and bioingenieria1711.62.84
Educationpedagogia y educacion, formacion inicial and didactica especifica1510.21.89
Engineering 1ingenieria de materiales, ingenieria mecanica and ingenieria hidraulica96.11.41
Geography and urbanismgeografia y urbanismo, geografia fisica and geografia humana y cultural42.71.24
Astronomy, cosmology and particlesastronomia cosmologia y particulas, astronomia and gravitacion y cosmologia85.41.10
Earth sciencesoceanografia, geologia y mineralogia and meteorologia y climatologia42.70.88
Historyhistoria de chile, historia hispanoamericana and historia32.00.74
Interdisciplinary researchcambio climatico y desarrollo sostenible, biotecnologia y bioingenieria and otros21.40.70
Engineering 2ingenieria en computacion, ingenieria industrial y de sistemas and ingenieria de instrumentacion y control64.10.67
Theoretical and experimental physicsfisica teorica y experimental, fisica de solidos and sistemas no lineales32.00.66
Biology 1ecologia y ciencias ambientales, genetica y evolucion and biologia marina42.70.65
Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences)medicina g1 - cs. biomedicas, cardiologia fisiologia cardiovascular and oncologia quimioterapia cirugia oncologia32.00.59
Linguistics and literaturelinguistica literatura y filologia, linguistica and literatura chilena32.00.58
Sociologysociologia, otras sociologias and cambio social y desarrollo32.00.53
Chemistryquimica, fisico quimica quimica teorica y computacional fotoquimica-fotofisica catalisis y coloides and quimica organica64.10.52
Agronomyciencias del suelo, fisiologia vegetal and fruticultura y viticultura32.00.50

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 7 groups Universidad del Bio-Bio is specialised in. The axes mean nothing; what the picture says is near and far.

MathematicsEducationAstronomy, cosmology and particlesEngineering 1Engineering 3Arts and architectureGeography and urbanismChemistryEngineering 2Law and political scienceBiology 1Biology 3AgronomySociologyLinguistics and literatureMedicine G1 (biomedical sciences)Biology 2Theoretical and experimental phys…Earth sciencesMedicine G2–G3 (clinical and publ…HistoryPhilosophyPsychologyAnimal health and productionEconomics and managementInterdisciplinary researchAnthropology and archaeology
MathematicsAstronomy, cosmology…Engineering 1Engineering 3Arts and architectureGeography and urbanism
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 O'Higgins67Education · Mathematics
Universidad Catolica de la Santisima Concepcion66Education · Engineering 1 · Engineering 3 · Mathematics
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso66Arts and architecture · Astronomy, cosmology and particles · Education · Geography and urbanism · Engineering 3 · Mathematics
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile65Arts and architecture · Education · Geography and urbanism · Engineering 1 · Mathematics
Universidad de Tarapaca64Arts and architecture · Astronomy, cosmology and particles · Education · Engineering 3 · Mathematics
Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria61Astronomy, cosmology and particles · Engineering 1 · Engineering 3 · Mathematics
Universidad de Santiago de Chile59Engineering 1 · Engineering 3 · Mathematics
Universidad de Chile58Arts and architecture · Engineering 1 · Mathematics
Universidad del Bio-BioUniversidad de ChileUniversidad de Santiago de ChileUniversidad Tecnica Federico Santa MariaUniversidad de TarapacaUniversidad Catolica de la Santisima Co…Universidad de O'Higgins
U. del Bio-BioU. de ChileU. de Santiago de ChileU. Tecnica Federico San…U. de Tarapaca

Each dot an institution, near the ones whose mix is similar and joined to its two closest; red is Universidad del Bio-Bio, 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 62 projects are read apart, by discipline, and are not part of the specialisation above.

02468Ingenieria de los materiales7Otras ingenierias y tecnologias7Ciencias de la educacion6Matematicas6Ciencias quimicas3Ingenieria civil3Otras ciencias sociales3Ciencias biologicas2Ciencias fisicas2Geografia economica y social2
02468Ingenieria de los materiales7Otras ingenierias y tecnologias7Ciencias de la educacion6Matematicas6Ciencias quimicas3Ingenieria civil3Otras ciencias sociales3Ciencias biologicas2Ciencias fisicas2Geografia economica y social2

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

41 names · 2026

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

0100200300Ingenieria Civil en Informatica201Ingenieria Comercial179Ingenieria Civil Industrial178Ingenieria Civil117Contador Publico y Auditor114Trabajo Social110Arquitectura107Derecho101Ingenieria Civil Mecanica96Ingenieria Civil Electrica92Bachillerato en Ciencias86Ingenieria Civil en Automatizacion85Psicologia83Ingenieria Civil Quimica78Ingenieria en Construccion77
0100200300Ingenieria Civil en Informatica201Ingenieria Comercial179Ingenieria Civil Industrial178Ingenieria Civil117Contador Publico y Auditor114Trabajo Social110Arquitectura107Derecho101Ingenieria Civil Mecanica96Ingenieria Civil Electrica92Bachillerato en Ciencias86Ingenieria Civil en Automatizacion85Psicologia83Ingenieria Civil Quimica78Ingenieria en Construccion77

26 more names, together 1,091 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.