Universidad Mayor
Logo: Dirección de Comunicación Estratégica de la Universidad Mayor, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons5,234 people started an undergraduate programme at Universidad Mayor in 2026, the 9th largest intake of Chile's 50 universities, and 26,036 were enrolled there in all. Twenty years of it, 2007–2026, followed by the masked student id from school to title.
University · Enrolling in 2026 · main campus region: Metropolitana
At a glance
2026- Enrolled 2026
- 23,981
- First year 2026
- 5,234
- Titles 2025
- 3,764
Largest fields: business and law, health and welfare, engineering and industry.
- Enrolled 2026
- 1,197
- of them in a doctorate
- 96 · 8%
- First year 2026
- 357
- Titles 2025
- 552
5.0 postgraduate students per 100 undergraduates (universities: 7.3).
- Projects 2015–2024
- 209
- Among universities
- 20 of 49
- Fondecyt
- 151
Most specialised in: biology 2, biology 1, medicine g1 (biomedical sciences).
Entrants, enrolment and titles
2007–2026Three counts of the same institution. Undergraduate enrolment is everyone enrolled that year, in any year of their programme; first-year entrants are the people who started; titles are the undergraduate titles and degrees it awarded.
What you can study here
2026 · mifuturo.clEvery generic programme with a page of its own that took first-year entrants here in 2026, with its campuses and list fee from Mineduc's register, and what SIES publishes on mifuturo.cl for this institution and programme: employment the year after the title, the band of the monthly income in the fourth year, and first-year retention. Each programme's name opens what this institution's own students say about it — who stays, who graduates, how long it takes — next to the programme across the country.
The first-year dropout column is PuroChile's own count on Mineduc's register: of everyone who started the programme here in 2023–2025, the share enrolled at no institution at all the following year — the three cohorts added up, never an average of three rates — beside the same programme across Chile. Changing programme or institution is not dropping out, and some who drop out come back later. “—” is a programme with fewer than 30 entrants here in those years. Across all its undergraduate programmes, 9.5% of the 13,636 people who started here in 2023–2025 were enrolled nowhere the following year; across every university programme, 8.1%.
| Programme | Entrants 2026 | Campuses | Yearly fee | Dropout, year 1 · 2023–2025 | Same programme, Chile | Employed, year 1 | Income, year 4 | Retention, year 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingeniería Comercial | 397 | 2 | $5.8–7.2 M | 10.6% | 7.3% | 74.9% | $1.7–1.8 M | 82.9% |
| Psicología | 372 | 3 | $5.9–7.5 M | 6.1% | 6.8% | 48.5% | $1.1–1.2 M | 92.8% |
| Medicina Veterinaria | 287 | 2 | $6.4–7.7 M | 2.8% | 6.9% | 64.9% | $1.3–1.4 M | 93.9% |
| Ingeniería Civil Industrial | 274 | 2 | $5.8–7.4 M | 3.3% | 5.0% | 84.0% | $2.1–2.2 M | 92.3% |
| Derecho | 235 | 2 | $5.8–7.7 M | 8.5% | 7.4% | 69.0% | $1.7–1.8 M | 82.4% |
| Ingeniería Civil en Computación e Informática | 197 | 1 | $7.4 M | 2.7% | 6.1% | 83.3% | $2.1–2.2 M | 95.7% |
| Enfermería | 162 | 2 | $7.7 M | 1.6% | 5.3% | 83.6% | $1.8–1.9 M | 93.9% |
| Kinesiología | 153 | 2 | $7.7 M | 1.9% | 7.0% | 58.7% | $1.4–1.5 M | 93.9% |
| Odontología | 153 | 2 | $11.5 M | 2.1% | 4.1% | 57.5% | $1.7–1.8 M | 94.3% |
| Administración de Empresas e Ing. Asociadas | 151 | 1 | $4.3 M | 16.2% | 20.4% | 78.5% | $1.6–1.7 M | 76.5% |
| Medicina | 148 | 2 | $11.5 M | 1.0% | 1.3% | 90.4% | over $3.5 M | 97.0% |
| Arquitectura | 146 | 2 | $5.8–7.8 M | 6.5% | 6.7% | 52.9% | $1.3–1.4 M | 87.0% |
| Tecnología Médica | 137 | 2 | $7.2–7.5 M | 1.7% | 5.3% | 81.2% | $1.6–1.7 M | 90.3% |
| Magister en Educación | 133 | 2 | $2.7–2.7 M | 3.7% | 11.1% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Animación Digital | 117 | 2 | $5.8–7.1 M | 4.9% | 9.5% | 27.4% | n/a | 90.3% |
| Nutrición y Dietética | 112 | 2 | $7.2–7.5 M | 7.5% | 8.8% | 47.9% | $1.2–1.3 M | 81.6% |
| Terapia Ocupacional | 112 | 2 | $7.2–7.5 M | 6.7% | 6.6% | 47.9% | $1.2–1.3 M | 89.6% |
| Administración Pública | 105 | 1 | $4.5 M | 13.0% | 13.5% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Agronomía | 102 | 2 | $5.8–7.7 M | 7.8% | 7.5% | 64.5% | $1.9–2.0 M | 84.2% |
| Ingeniería Industrial | 100 | 1 | $3.9 M | 30.2% | 22.0% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Técnico en Logística | 99 | 1 | $2.4 M | 26.6% | 25.9% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Técnico en Administración de Redes y Soporte | 98 | 1 | $2.4 M | 33.3% | 31.4% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Fonoaudiología | 97 | 2 | $7.7 M | 6.7% | 7.4% | 37.5% | $1.0–1.1 M | 85.1% |
| Técnico en Administración de Empresas | 89 | 1 | $2.4 M | 29.0% | 25.6% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Obstetricia y Puericultura | 84 | 2 | $7.7 M | 0.7% | 3.5% | 73.2% | $1.6–1.7 M | 97.1% |
| Magister en Administración y Comercio | 83 | 2 | $3.2–3.4 M | 13.3% | 15.8% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Técnico en Computación e Informática | 82 | 1 | $2.4 M | 26.8% | 22.7% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Otros Profesionales de Educación | 80 | 1 | $4.9 M | — | 12.7% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ingeniería Civil en Minas | 77 | 1 | $7.4 M | 1.6% | 7.6% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ingeniería en Computación e Informática | 73 | 1 | $3.9 M | 20.5% | 14.8% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ingeniería en Construcción | 67 | 2 | $5.4–7.5 M | 4.5% | 16.2% | 62.2% | n/a | 88.9% |
| Técnico en Contabilidad General | 67 | 1 | $2.4 M | 33.6% | 24.8% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Técnico en Administración en Marketing | 63 | 1 | $2.4 M | 33.8% | 37.5% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Diseño | 62 | 1 | $7.2 M | 6.8% | 4.5% | 39.7% | n/a | 87.2% |
| Geología | 58 | 1 | $7.4 M | 5.8% | 9.6% | 67.9% | n/a | 91.4% |
| Técnico en Administración Pública o Municipal | 54 | 1 | $2.4 M | 25.4% | 25.0% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Otras Ingenierías | 52 | 1 | $3.9 M | 30.6% | 12.5% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Realizador de Cine y Televisión | 51 | 1 | $7.1 M | 2.7% | 7.3% | 54.8% | n/a | 90.0% |
| Magister en Salud | 50 | 4 | $2.7–3.0 M | 7.9% | 9.3% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Contador Auditor | 47 | 1 | $3.9 M | 26.3% | 14.2% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Pedagogía en Educación Física | 47 | 1 | $5.5 M | 2.6% | 6.9% | 59.4% | $1.0–1.1 M | 94.6% |
| Técnico en Farmacia | 47 | 1 | $3.0 M | — | 18.4% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ingeniería en Minas | 44 | 1 | $3.9 M | — | 20.4% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Técnico en Instrumentación, Automatización y Control Industrial | 42 | 1 | $2.4 M | — | 30.1% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Técnico en Minería | 39 | 1 | $2.4 M | 33.3% | 28.9% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ingeniería Civil Electrónica | 36 | 1 | $7.4 M | 4.9% | 7.0% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Magister en Tecnología | 32 | 2 | $2.9–2.9 M | 2.7% | 12.0% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Técnico en Administración de Ventas | 28 | 1 | $2.4 M | — | 31.9% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Psicopedagogía | 24 | 1 | $5.0 M | 17.9% | 20.1% | 58.7% | n/a | n/a |
| Técnico en Enfermería | 24 | 1 | $3.0 M | — | 20.7% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Magister en Ciencias Sociales | 23 | 2 | $2.8–3.3 M | 9.1% | 15.6% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Técnico en Administración de Recursos Humanos y Personal | 22 | 1 | $2.4 M | 21.2% | 24.3% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Técnico Dental y Asistente de Odontología | 20 | 1 | $3.0 M | — | 18.6% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Técnico en Telecomunicaciones | 20 | 1 | $2.4 M | 44.7% | 23.4% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ingeniería en Matemática y Estadística | 19 | 1 | $7.5 M | — | 15.1% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Técnico en Radiología y Radioterapia | 18 | 1 | $3.0 M | — | 19.4% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Doctorado en Ciencias Básicas | 10 | 1 | $4.5 M | 0.0% | 11.0% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Magister en Ciencias Básicas | 8 | 1 | $5.0 M | — | 13.6% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Magister en Arte y Arquitectura | 5 | 1 | $2.8 M | — | 11.8% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Doctorado en Tecnología | 3 | 1 | $4.5 M | — | 11.8% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
8 more with SIES figures and no entrants in 2026
| Programme | Entrants 2026 | Campuses | Yearly fee | Dropout, year 1 · 2023–2025 | Same programme, Chile | Employed, year 1 | Income, year 4 | Retention, year 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actuación y Teatro | — | — | — | 3.7% | 13.0% | 27.7% | n/a | 96.8% |
| Construcción Civil | — | — | — | — | 21.6% | 77.6% | $1.6–1.7 M | n/a |
| Ingeniería en Prevención de Riesgos | — | — | — | — | 21.5% | 97.6% | n/a | n/a |
| Pedagogía en Artes y Música | — | — | — | — | 10.0% | 61.5% | $1.0–1.1 M | n/a |
| Pedagogía en Educación Diferencial | — | — | — | 3.3% | 4.8% | 91.3% | $1.1–1.2 M | 97.2% |
| Pedagogía en Educación de Párvulos | — | — | — | 9.2% | 6.2% | 86.8% | n/a | 77.8% |
| Pedagogía en Idiomas | — | — | — | — | 6.9% | 71.6% | $1.1–1.2 M | n/a |
| Periodismo | — | — | — | — | 5.1% | 45.2% | n/a | n/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
2026Everyone enrolled in an undergraduate programme here in 2026, 23,981 enrolments, by CINE-F field and SIES generic programme. Each tile is a programme and its area is its share; click a field's band to open it, or a tile to see that programme across the country.
Mean annual list fee of its undergraduate enrolment: $6,720,000 (universities: $5,901,000). It is the published price of each programme averaged over the students enrolled in it, not what each one pays: free tuition (gratuidad), scholarships and loans are not subtracted.
By SIES's generic programme, largest intake first. Only programmes that reached 10 entrants here in some year are listed; the rest are added together at the end. The change compares the first three years with the last three and is only given where both average at least 20 entrants.
| Generic programme (SIES) | First year 2026 | Enrolled 2026 | Mean list fee | 2007–2026 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingeniería Comercial | 397 | 1,421 | $6,754,000 | +31% | |
| Psicología | 372 | 1,598 | $6,942,000 | +194% | |
| Medicina Veterinaria | 287 | 1,669 | $7,441,000 | +43% | |
| Ingeniería Civil Industrial | 274 | 1,193 | $6,903,000 | +183% | |
| Derecho | 235 | 1,006 | $7,049,000 | +125% | |
| Ingeniería Civil en Computación e Informática | 197 | 702 | $7,296,000 | — | |
| Enfermería | 162 | 871 | $7,675,000 | +18% | |
| Odontología | 153 | 908 | $11,465,000 | −19% | |
| Kinesiología | 153 | 797 | $7,675,000 | +13% | |
| Administración de Empresas e Ing. Asociadas | 151 | 761 | $4,189,000 | +16% | |
| Medicina | 148 | 1,099 | $11,465,000 | −2% | |
| Arquitectura | 146 | 799 | $7,222,000 | +22% | |
| Tecnología Médica | 137 | 792 | $7,378,000 | +49% | |
| Animación Digital | 117 | 547 | $6,674,000 | — | |
| Terapia Ocupacional | 112 | 581 | $7,378,000 | +78% | |
| Nutrición y Dietética | 112 | 550 | $7,395,000 | +40% | |
| Administración Pública | 105 | 649 | $4,187,000 | — | |
| Agronomía | 102 | 564 | $7,238,000 | −40% | |
| Ingeniería Industrial | 100 | 345 | $3,898,000 | +119% | |
| Técnico en Logística | 99 | 228 | $2,377,000 | — | |
| Técnico en Administración de Redes y Soporte | 98 | 241 | $2,377,000 | — | |
| Fonoaudiología | 97 | 429 | $7,675,000 | −32% | |
| Técnico en Administración de Empresas | 89 | 267 | $2,377,000 | — | |
| Obstetricia y Puericultura | 84 | 584 | $7,675,000 | +48% | |
| Técnico en Computación e Informática | 82 | 241 | $2,377,000 | — |
27 more, and every other programme
35 programmes it no longer opens
Who studies here
undergraduate · 2026Its undergraduate enrolment of 2026, each split drawn over the same split for all universities. Every bar is a share of its own total, so the two can be compared whatever their size. How the first year came in is the institution's own declaration to SIES.
Where its entrants come from
2024–2026The comuna of their school, not of their home. First-year entrants of 2024–2026, followed by their masked id to the last time they finished secondary school before starting. Mineduc publishes no home address, and the school is where four years of their education happened. 13,431 of 14,717 (91.3%) have such a record since 2006; the rest — who left school earlier, studied abroad or validated their studies — are not placed.
61.7% finished school in Metropolitana, the region of its main campus.
| Temuco | 1,472 | 11.0% |
| Santiago | 887 | 6.6% |
| Puente Alto | 704 | 5.2% |
| Maipú | 672 | 5.0% |
| La Florida | 538 | 4.0% |
| Providencia | 453 | 3.4% |
| Quilicura | 388 | 2.9% |
| Ñuñoa | 326 | 2.4% |
| Recoleta | 284 | 2.1% |
| Villarrica | 273 | 2.0% |
| Las Condes | 258 | 1.9% |
| San Bernardo | 248 | 1.8% |
185 more comunas
Colina 240 · Peñalolén 206 · San Miguel 198 · La Cisterna 192 · El Bosque 161 · Talagante 154 · La Reina 150 · Pitrufquén 146 · Independencia 146 · Melipilla 133 · Rancagua 132 · Lampa 126 · Quinta Normal 125 · Angol 123 · Renca 120 · Estación Central 115 · Pudahuel 113 · La Pintana 106 · Buin 103 · Huechuraba 97 · Macul 96 · Lo Barnechea 93 · Osorno 92 · Victoria 90 · Vitacura 83 · Los Ángeles 79 · La Granja 77 · Nueva Imperial 76 · Paine 76 · La Serena 75 · Peñaflor 75 · Santa Cruz 74 · Pucón 73 · Curicó 72 · San Fernando 70 · Iquique 67 · San Ramón 65 · Padre Hurtado 64 · Panguipulli 64 · Loncoche 60 · Conchalí 60 · Padre las Casas 57 · Lautaro 56 · Vilcún 56 · Cerrillos 56 · Carahue 55 · Coyhaique 55 · Los Andes 53 · Antofagasta 51 · Puerto Montt 49 · Traiguén 48 · Copiapó 43 · Rengo 42 · Calama 41 · Pedro Aguirre Cerda 41 · Cunco 40 · Castro 40 · San Vicente 39 · Arica 39 · Valdivia 38 · San Antonio 37 · Punta Arenas 37 · San Joaquín 37 · Curacautín 35 · Chillán 35 · Curacaví 34 · Coquimbo 33 · Machalí 33 · Talca 33 · Isla de Maipo 33 · San Felipe 32 · Lo Prado 31 · Collipulli 28 · Valparaíso 27 · Viña del Mar 26 · Ovalle 25 · Linares 25 · Lo Espejo 25 · Calera de Tango 25 · Concepción 22 · Cerro Navia 22 · Quilpué 21 · Freire 20 · Graneros 19 · Lanco 19 · Cartagena 18 · La Unión 18 · Ancud 17 · Aysén 17 · Las Cabras 16 · Cañete 16 · Vallenar 15 · Pichilemu 15 · Quellón 15 · Río Bueno 15 · Cauquenes 14 · Tiltil 14 · Chimbarongo 13 · Mulchén 13 · Cholchol 13 · Toltén 12 · San José de Maipo 12 · Mariquina 12 · Nacimiento 11 · Puerto Varas 11 · Illapel 10 · Quillota 10 · Requínoa 10 · Maule 10 · Melipeuco 10 · Perquenco 10 · Villa Alemana 9 · Doñihue 9 · Parral 9 · Teodoro Schmidt 9 · Calbuco 9 · María Pinto 9 · San Carlos 9 · Alto Hospicio 8 · La Ligua 8 · San Javier 8 · Los Álamos 8 · Lonquimay 8 · Purén 8 · Pirque 8 · Algarrobo 7 · El Quisco 7 · Limache 7 · Constitución 7 · San Pedro de la Paz 7 · Talcahuano 7 · Gorbea 7 · Purranque 7 · Natales 7 · Llaillay 6 · Quinta de Tilcoco 6 · Lago Ranco 6 · Yungay 6 · Diego de Almagro 5 · Los Vilos 5 · Salamanca 5 · Concón 5 · Calera 5 · Coltauco 5 · Chiguayante 5 · Lebu 5 · Santa Bárbara 5 · Galvarino 5 · Los Sauces 5 · Lumaco 5 · Quinchao 5 · Río Negro 5 · Cisnes 5 · Porvenir 5 · El Monte 5 · Taltal 4 · Casablanca 4 · Quintero 4 · Santo Domingo 4 · Santa María 4 · Litueche 4 · Navidad 4 · Nancagua 4 · Molina 4 · Teno 4 · Retiro 4 · Frutillar 4 · San Pedro 4 · Bulnes 4 · San Nicolás 4 · San Pedro de Atacama 3 · Isla de Pascua 3 · Calle Larga 3 · San Esteban 3 · Zapallar 3 · Chépica 3 · Peralillo 3 · Coronel 3 · Tirúa 3 · Laja 3 · Saavedra 3 · Chonchi 3 · Queilén 3 · Chile Chico 3 · Putre 3
72 more comunas sent fewer than 3 each, together 101 entrants; they are not named.
How they chose it
DEMRE · 2021–2026Centralised admission only. DEMRE's register of the universities in the national admission system: every preference of every regular applicant, and who enrolled through it. Direct admission — the way most people enter an institute or a CFT, and some university programmes — is not in it. In 2026, 3,241 applicants put a programme of Universidad Mayor as their first choice and 33,780 included one somewhere on their list.
The order of the programme they enrolled in, on the list they applied with.
PAES scale, which starts in 2023; the years before are another test on another scale and are not drawn. Each bar is a share of its own entrants.
Who is still here a year later
cohorts 2007–2025Each year's first-year entrants, followed into the next year's register: still enrolled here (in any programme), enrolled at another institution, or not enrolled anywhere. It is SIES's first-year retention, counted on the published register; a cohort under 30 people has no rate.
Who graduates, and when
titles 2007–2025Each cohort of first-year entrants followed into the register of titles: the share with an undergraduate title from this institution, by years since they started. A recent cohort has a short line, not a low one — the register only goes to 2025. A title is any undergraduate title or degree, including the intermediate ones some programmes award on the way; the register does not tell them apart.
Horizontal axis: years since entry (0 is the year they started).
4,428 people started here in 2015. "Titled elsewhere" is a title from any other institution and no title from this one: someone who changed institution and finished there.
How long it really takes
titles 2023–2025Undergraduate titles of 2023–2025 in regular plans: the time from the start of the semester they entered (March or August) to the date of the title, in semesters, against the formal length the institution declares. Special and continuation plans are left out, because they take in people with earlier studies whose clock did not start at entry. 7,545 of 10,131 titles have the dates to be measured.
| Generic programme (SIES) | Titles | Formal, years | Real, years | On time | Real in Chile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psicología | 530 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 75% | 5.7 |
| Medicina Veterinaria | 499 | 5.0 | 7.4 | 0% | 7.2 |
| Ingeniería Comercial | 487 | 4.7 | 6.1 | 18% | 6.1 |
| Enfermería | 478 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 63% | 6.0 |
| Obstetricia y Puericultura | 374 | 5.0 | 5.8 | 47% | 6.1 |
| Medicina | 372 | 7.0 | 7.3 | 77% | 7.5 |
| Administración de Empresas e Ing. Asociadas | 342 | 4.0 | 5.5 | 22% | 5.0 |
| Tecnología Médica | 320 | 5.0 | 6.3 | 34% | 6.4 |
| Derecho | 298 | 5.0 | 8.4 | 0% | 8.4 |
| Terapia Ocupacional | 274 | 5.0 | 5.9 | 43% | 5.7 |
| Agronomía | 258 | 5.0 | 7.1 | 1% | 7.2 |
| Arquitectura | 226 | 5.5 | 7.5 | 1% | 7.4 |
| Odontología | 221 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 43% | 7.5 |
| Animación Digital | 209 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 54% | 4.9 |
| Kinesiología | 204 | 5.0 | 5.8 | 45% | 6.1 |
| Ingeniería Civil Industrial | 185 | 5.5 | 7.4 | 9% | 6.9 |
| Pedagogía en Educación Física | 185 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 81% | 5.6 |
| Nutrición y Dietética | 167 | 5.0 | 6.1 | 39% | 6.2 |
| Fonoaudiología | 128 | 5.0 | 6.1 | 43% | 6.1 |
| Actuación y Teatro | 119 | 4.0 | 6.3 | 13% | 5.7 |
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
4 communes · 2026Where it teaches, not where its students are from. First-year entrants of 2026 by the commune of the campus they enrolled at.
| Providencia | 2,672 |
| Temuco | 1,094 |
| Huechuraba | 958 |
| Santiago | 510 |
Postgraduate
2007–2026First year of a master's or a doctorate, and everyone enrolled in one. At this level the register classifies into broad fields, not programmes.
Where its postgraduate students did their undergraduate degree
Postgraduate entrants of 2024–2026, followed back to their most recent undergraduate title. 825 of 949 (86.9%) 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, 22.5% 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».
| Undergraduate institution | People | % |
|---|---|---|
| Universidad Mayor (itself) | 186 | 19.6% |
| Universidad de la Frontera | 38 | 4.0% |
| Universidad Catolica de Temuco | 38 | 4.0% |
| Universidad Autonoma de Chile | 37 | 3.9% |
| Universidad Santo Tomas | 34 | 3.6% |
| Universidad Andres Bello | 34 | 3.6% |
| Universidad San Sebastian | 34 | 3.6% |
| Universidad Arturo Prat | 23 | 2.4% |
| Universidad de las Americas | 21 | 2.2% |
| Universidad de Chile | 20 | 2.1% |
| Universidad Tecnologica de Chile INACAP | 19 | 2.0% |
| Universidad Austral de Chile | 17 | 1.8% |
| Other institutions | 324 | 34.1% |
| No undergraduate title in the register (before 2007 or abroad) | 124 | 13.1% |
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. 2,950 of 26,793 (11.0%) started one (universities: 9.9%); 52.2% 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».
| Postgraduate institution | People | % |
|---|---|---|
| Universidad Mayor (itself) | 1,541 | 52.2% |
| Universidad Andres Bello | 223 | 7.6% |
| Universidad de Chile | 184 | 6.2% |
| Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile | 151 | 5.1% |
| Universidad Adolfo Ibañez | 116 | 3.9% |
| Universidad del Desarrollo | 75 | 2.5% |
| Universidad de la Frontera | 69 | 2.3% |
| Universidad de los Andes | 66 | 2.2% |
| Universidad Central de Chile | 65 | 2.2% |
| Universidad Finis Terrae | 53 | 1.8% |
| Universidad San Sebastian | 42 | 1.4% |
| Universidad Diego Portales | 41 | 1.4% |
Research
ANID · 2006–2025The projects ANID (CONICYT until 2019) awarded with Universidad Mayor as principal institution — the one that answers for the project. Each figure is a count of awarded projects: not publications, not money, not people, and a project with partners counts once, here. The year is the year it was decided.
Projects awarded each year
By OECD area · 2015–2024
By ANID programme · 2015–2024
What it is specialised in: Fondecyt's study groups
Its Fondecyt projects of 2015–2024, by the panel each was evaluated in. Specialisation is Balassa's revealed advantage: the group's share here over its share in Chile; above 1, it weighs more here than in the country.
| Study group | Its projects declare mostly | Projects | % | Specialisation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biology 2 | biologia celular, fisiologia biofisica and inmunologia | 24 | 15.9 | 5.03 |
| Biology 1 | ecologia y ciencias ambientales, genetica y evolucion and biologia marina | 21 | 13.9 | 3.32 |
| Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences) | medicina g1 - cs. biomedicas, cardiologia fisiologia cardiovascular and oncologia quimioterapia cirugia oncologia | 15 | 9.9 | 2.85 |
| Interdisciplinary research | cambio climatico y desarrollo sostenible, biotecnologia y bioingenieria and otros | 7 | 4.6 | 2.40 |
| Theoretical and experimental physics | fisica teorica y experimental, fisica de solidos and sistemas no lineales | 10 | 6.6 | 2.15 |
| Earth sciences | oceanografia, geologia y mineralogia and meteorologia y climatologia | 10 | 6.6 | 2.15 |
| Biology 3 | biologia molecular, microbiologia and bioquimica | 12 | 7.9 | 1.90 |
| Agronomy | ciencias del suelo, fisiologia vegetal and fruticultura y viticultura | 10 | 6.6 | 1.63 |
| Arts and architecture | musica, otras especialidades de la arquitectura and cine y fotografia | 4 | 2.6 | 1.17 |
| Medicine G2–G3 (clinical and public health) | medicina g2-g3 - cs. clinicas y cs. de la salud publica, enfermedades de la nutricion y endocrinologia and anestesiologia reanimacion tratamiento intensivo medicina critica | 5 | 3.3 | 1.10 |
| Anthropology and archaeology | antropologia y arqueologia, antropologia cultural y social and arqueologia | 3 | 2.0 | 1.09 |
| Geography and urbanism | geografia y urbanismo, geografia fisica and geografia humana y cultural | 3 | 2.0 | 0.90 |
| Psychology | psicologia, otras psicologias and psicobiologia | 3 | 2.0 | 0.77 |
| Chemistry | quimica, fisico quimica quimica teorica y computacional fotoquimica-fotofisica catalisis y coloides and quimica organica | 8 | 5.3 | 0.68 |
| Sociology | sociologia, otras sociologias and cambio social y desarrollo | 4 | 2.6 | 0.68 |
| Engineering 2 | ingenieria en computacion, ingenieria industrial y de sistemas and ingenieria de instrumentacion y control | 4 | 2.6 | 0.43 |
| Engineering 1 | ingenieria de materiales, ingenieria mecanica and ingenieria hidraulica | 2 | 1.3 | 0.30 |
| Law and political science | cienicas juridicas y politicas, ciencia politica (inc. legislacion ) and derecho publico | 2 | 1.3 | 0.27 |
| Education | pedagogia y educacion, formacion inicial and didactica especifica | 2 | 1.3 | 0.25 |
| Engineering 3 | ingenieria quimica, procesamiento y tecnologia de alimentos and bioingenieria | 1 | 0.7 | 0.16 |
| Astronomy, cosmology and particles | astronomia cosmologia y particulas, astronomia and gravitacion y cosmologia | 1 | 0.7 | 0.13 |
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 Mayor is specialised in. The axes mean nothing; what the picture says is near and far.
Institutions that research something similar
Affinity compares two institutions' mix of Fondecyt study groups: 100 is the same mix, 0 nothing in common. «In common» are the groups both are specialised in. It is similarity of agenda, not collaboration: ANID publishes only the principal institution of each project, and no network of who works with whom can be read from it.
| Institution | Affinity | Specialised, both, in |
|---|---|---|
| Universidad San Sebastian | 75 | Biology 2 · Biology 3 · Interdisciplinary research · Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences) · Medicine G2–G3 (clinical and public health) |
| Universidad de Chile | 70 | Anthropology and archaeology · Arts and architecture · Biology 2 · Biology 3 · Theoretical and experimental physics · Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences) · Medicine G2–G3 (clinical and public health) · Earth sciences |
| Universidad Austral de Chile | 65 | Agronomy · Anthropology and archaeology · Biology 1 · Biology 3 · Earth sciences |
| Universidad de Concepcion | 63 | Agronomy · Biology 1 · Biology 3 · Theoretical and experimental physics · Interdisciplinary research · Earth sciences |
| Universidad Autonoma de Chile | 62 | Agronomy · Arts and architecture · Biology 2 · Biology 3 · Interdisciplinary research · Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences) · Medicine G2–G3 (clinical and public health) |
| Universidad de Valparaiso | 59 | Arts and architecture · Biology 2 · Interdisciplinary research · Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences) |
| Universidad Andres Bello | 59 | Biology 2 · Biology 3 · Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences) |
| Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile | 59 | Arts and architecture · Biology 1 · Interdisciplinary research · Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences) · Medicine G2–G3 (clinical and public health) |
Each dot an institution, near the ones whose mix is similar and joined to its two closest; red is Universidad Mayor, 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 44 projects are read apart, by discipline, and are not part of the specialisation above.
ANID's historical register of awarded projects (CC0), cut at 31 December 2025. Institutions are matched to the SIES by name, with an explicit table for ANID's other spellings; foundations, centres and faculties with a legal personality of their own count as their own institution. Research across Chile →
The names it registers its programmes under
54 names · 2026The wording each student enrolled under, as the institution filed it. Only names with at least three entrants are printed.
39 more names, together 2,211 entrants.
Similar institutions
Other universities with a first-year intake of similar size in 2026.
- Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile 6,673
- Universidad Santo Tomas 5,885
- Universidad de Santiago de Chile 5,807
- Universidad Catolica de la Santisima Concepcion 4,967
- Universidad de Concepcion 4,922
- Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria 4,832
- Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso 4,395
- Universidad Diego Portales 4,292
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.