Universidad San Sebastian

8,235 people started an undergraduate programme at Universidad San Sebastian in 2026, the 2nd largest intake of Chile's 50 universities, and 53,505 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

CampusThe whole institution
First-year entrants
8,235
2026 · 2 of 50
Total enrolment
53,505
2026
Still here a year later · cohort 2025
83.2%
univ. 85.8%
Graduated here in 10 years · cohort 2015
53.6%
univ. 56.3%
Had it as first choice · 2026
47.8%
univ. 55.6%
Mean list fee · 2026
$6.7 M
univ. $5.9 M
Accreditation
5 years
2026
Women
63.0%
entrants 2026

At a glance

2026
Enrolled 2026
48,079
First year 2026
8,235
Titles 2025
6,899

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

Enrolled 2026
2,573
of them in a doctorate
170 · 7%
First year 2026
206
Titles 2025
1,055

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

Projects 2015–2024
167
Among universities
27 of 49
Fondecyt
105

Most specialised in: medicine g1 (biomedical sciences), biology 2, interdisciplinary research.

Here90%
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
020,00040,00060,00020072017202648,0796,8998,235
020,00040,00060,00020072017202648,0796,8998,235

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, 8.7% of the 27,668 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
Química y Farmacia7734$5.6–7.3 M5.3%3.6%98.2%$2.2–2.3 M90.5%
Bachillerato y/o Licenciatura en Salud7334$4.9–6.0 M16.8%21.2%n/an/an/a
Enfermería6234$5.8–7.4 M6.7%5.3%75.5%$1.7–1.8 M88.6%
Medicina Veterinaria6164$6.0–7.3 M8.5%6.9%57.6%n/a85.3%
Derecho6064$5.8–6.7 M13.8%7.4%62.5%$1.7–1.8 M76.3%
Odontología5364$9.4–11.7 M5.7%4.1%60.4%$1.6–1.7 M84.7%
Psicología5224$5.8–7.8 M6.9%6.8%53.4%$1.1–1.2 M88.3%
Obstetricia y Puericultura4994$5.8–6.7 M2.8%3.5%66.4%$1.6–1.7 M93.5%
Tecnología Médica4274$5.7–7.4 M7.2%5.3%67.2%$1.7–1.8 M89.3%
Medicina4224$10.6–11.7 M1.1%1.3%94.8%over $3.5 M96.5%
Kinesiología3834$6.4–7.6 M11.2%7.0%53.6%$1.3–1.4 M82.2%
Ingeniería Comercial3114$5.8–7.0 M10.0%7.3%70.0%$1.5–1.6 M77.6%
Ingeniería Civil Industrial2874$6.3–7.1 M7.3%5.0%82.1%$1.8–1.9 M84.9%
Ingeniería Civil en Computación e Informática2214$5.6–7.0 M9.2%6.1%77.8%n/a76.7%
Terapia Ocupacional2204$5.3–7.2 M8.3%6.6%48.3%$1.2–1.3 M84.4%
Arquitectura1734$5.6–7.4 M10.8%6.7%51.0%$1.3–1.4 M80.9%
Ingeniería Civil en Minas1642$6.4–7.1 M12.0%7.6%69.2%n/a75.0%
Magister en Administración y Comercio1432$4.1–5.5 M30.1%15.8%n/an/an/a
Nutrición y Dietética1314$4.9–7.2 M11.8%8.8%47.0%$1.0–1.1 M79.4%
Animación Digital982$5.4–6.6 M8.2%9.5%n/an/an/a
Fonoaudiología914$5.3–7.1 M10.8%7.4%33.9%$1.0–1.1 M80.6%
Administración Pública853$4.3–4.7 M8.6%13.5%59.9%$1.2–1.3 M80.5%
Pedagogía en Idiomas643$4.0–5.1 M7.5%6.9%51.7%$1.0–1.1 M83.0%
Ingeniería Civil, plan común y licenciatura en Ciencias de la Ingeniería612$6.1–7.1 M8.9%3.6%76.5%$1.9–2.0 M82.0%
Bioquímica431$6.5 M9.3%5.6%n/an/an/a
Otros Profesionales de Educación321$5.2 M20.0%12.7%n/an/an/a
Pedagogía en Educación Diferencial262$4.4–4.6 M6.4%4.8%88.2%$1.1–1.2 M88.4%
Administración Turística y Hotelera251$8.0 M10.3%13.5%44.0%n/a88.6%
Geología252$5.9–7.1 M10.0%9.6%n/an/an/a
Magister en Tecnología241$3.1 M6.7%12.0%n/an/an/a
Artes y Licenciatura en Artes231$5.3 M8.1%8.4%n/an/an/a
Doctorado en Ciencias Básicas152$3.8–4.0 M10.6%11.0%n/an/an/a
Pedagogía en Educación Básica151$4.6 M14.3%5.6%n/an/an/a
Doctorado en Tecnología81$4.4 M—11.8%n/an/an/a
4 more with SIES figures and no entrants in 2026
ProgrammeEntrants 2026CampusesYearly feeDropout, year 1 · 2023–2025Same programme, ChileEmployed, year 1Income, year 4Retention, year 1
Administración de Empresas e Ing. Asociadas————20.4%83.9%$1.5–1.6 Mn/a
Ingeniería Industrial————22.0%87.6%$1.9–2.0 Mn/a
Pedagogía en Educación Física———12.2%6.9%43.7%$1.0–1.1 M84.4%
Trabajo Social———11.0%18.0%61.2%$1.1–1.2 M67.7%

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, 48,079 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 48%Business and law 14%Engineering and industry 11%Social sciences 8.6%Education 8.0%Agriculture and… 5.5%Information te… 2.7%Arts… 1.5%Enfermería6.9%Odontología6.6%Medicina6.0%Química y Farmacia5.7%Obstetricia yPuericultura4.9%Tecnología Médica4.8%Kinesiología3.8%TerapiaOcupacio…2.4%Nutrición yDietética2.1%Bachillerato y/oLicenciatura enSaludTrabajoSocial1.6%Fonoaudiol…1.1%Derecho6.2%IngenieríaComercial3.5%Adminis…deEmpresa…1.9%Administr…Pública1.3%Conta…Audit…Ing…enLog…IngenieríaCivilIndustrial4.9%Arquitect…2.5%Ingenie…Industr…1.9%IngenieríaCivil en…Ingen…Civil,plan…Psicología8.6%Pedagogía enEducaciónDiferencial3.2%Pedagogía enEducación dePárvulos3.1%PedagogíaenIdiomasProg…deForm…Ped…MedicinaVeterinaria5.5%IngenieríaCivil enComputación e…Ing…en…Ing…Animaci…Digital1.3%Bioquí…0.5%Admin…Turís…
Health and welfare 48%Business and law 14%Engineering and in… 11%Social… 8.6%Educa… 8.0%Agric… 5.5%Enfermería6.9%Odontología6.6%Medicina6.0%Química yFarmacia5.7%Obstetri…yPuericul…4.9%Tecnolog…Médica4.8%Kinesiología3.8%Terap…Ocupa…2.4%Nutri…yDieté…Bach…y/oLice…Tra…Soc…Derecho6.2%Ingenie…Comerci…Administ…Ingenier…CivilIndustri…Arqu…Ingeni…Inge…Psicología8.6%Pedag…enEduca…3.2%Pedag…enEduca…3.1%Pedago…MedicinaVeterinariaInge…Civilen…Ani…Dig…
Social sciencesAgriculture and veterinaryhover a tile for its count; click a group to open it

Mean annual list fee of its undergraduate enrolment: $6,702,000 (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
Química y Farmacia7732,743$6,395,000+1,281%
Bachillerato y/o Licenciatura en Salud733867$5,585,000—
Enfermería6233,333$6,672,000+31%
Medicina Veterinaria6162,637$6,919,000+469%
Derecho6062,989$6,341,000+82%
Odontología5363,194$10,753,000+68%
Psicología5224,131$6,717,000+223%
Obstetricia y Puericultura4992,346$6,299,000—
Tecnología Médica4272,285$6,896,000+105%
Medicina4222,899$11,205,000+166%
Kinesiología3831,827$7,126,000−2%
Ingeniería Comercial3111,679$6,266,000+190%
Ingeniería Civil Industrial2872,334$6,577,000+218%
Ingeniería Civil en Computación e Informática2211,013$6,475,000+618%
Terapia Ocupacional2201,143$5,826,000+359%
Arquitectura1731,198$6,597,000+104%
Ingeniería Civil en Minas164535$6,795,000—
Nutrición y Dietética1311,012$5,765,000+7%
Animación Digital98615$6,080,000—
Fonoaudiología91506$6,216,000−49%
Administración Pública85636$4,295,000—
Pedagogía en Idiomas64448$4,312,000−58%
Ingeniería Civil, plan común y licenciatura en Ciencias de la Ingeniería61234$6,533,000+32%
Bioquímica43241$6,468,000—
Otros Profesionales de Educación3261$5,167,000—
5 more, and every other programme
Pedagogía en Educación Diferencial261,520$3,846,000−31%
Administración Turística y Hotelera25212$7,897,000—
Geología2555$6,250,000—
Artes y Licenciatura en Artes2347$5,252,000—
Pedagogía en Educación Básica1575$4,581,000−91%
Every other programme0———
25 programmes it no longer opens
Pedagogía en Educación Física095$5,141,000—
Trabajo Social0772$3,801,000—
Administración de Empresas e Ing. Asociadas0921$4,809,000—
Pedagogía en Historia, Geografía y Ciencias Sociales020$4,967,000—
Ingeniería Industrial0909$4,895,000—
Pedagogía en Matemáticas y Computación0———
Pedagogía en Lenguaje, Comunicación y/o Castellano07$4,967,000—
Bachillerato y/o Licenciatura en Humanidades020$5,222,000—
Técnico en Enfermería0———
Pedagogía en Educación de Párvulos01,468$3,845,000—
Ingeniería en Energía038$4,833,000—
Diseño0———
Ingeniería Civil en Biotecnología y/o Bioingeniería0———
Ingeniería en Computación e Informática0104$4,669,000—
Ingeniería en Logística0154$4,681,000—
Programas de Formación Pedagógica0225$1,691,000—
Contador Auditor0296$4,379,000—
Ingeniería en Prevención de Riesgos0———
Bachillerato y/o Licenciatura en Educación0———
Ciencias Políticas0———
Ingeniería en Comercio Exterior013$4,281,000—
Periodismo0———
Licenciatura en Letras y Literatura030$5,222,000—
Historia016$5,222,000—
Diseño Industrial08$6,375,000—

Who studies here

undergraduate · 2026

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

Age
Here17%54%20–2414%Universities23%15–1955%20–2412%
Here17%54%20–24Universities23%55%20–24
15–1920–2425–2930–3435–3940 and over
Timetable
Here81%DaytimeUniversities87%Daytime
Here81%DaytimeUniversities87%Daytime
DaytimeEveningBlendedDistanceOther
Sex
Here37%Men63%WomenUniversities44%Men56%Women
Here37%Men63%WomenUniversities44%Men56%Women
MenWomen
How first-year students came in
Here84%Direct entry (regular)15%Universities85%Direct entry (regular)
Here84%Direct entry (regular)15%Universities85%Direct entry (regular)
Direct entry (regular)Other forms of entrySpecial entry for foreign studentsPACESpecial characteristics
Plan
Here82%Regular plan18%Continuation…Universities91%Regular plan
Here82%Regular plan18%Universities91%Regular plan
Regular planSpecial planContinuation plan

Where its entrants come from

2024–2026

The comuna of their school, not of their home. First-year entrants of 2024–2026, followed by their masked id to the last time they finished secondary school before starting. Mineduc publishes no home address, and the school is where four years of their education happened. 25,652 of 26,270 (97.6%) have such a record since 2006; the rest — who left school earlier, studied abroad or validated their studies — are not placed.

31.2% finished school in Metropolitana, the region of its main campus.

Region of the school
Metropolitana31.2%Biobío29.6%Los Lagos16.9%Los Ríos8.7%Ñuble2.7%O'Higgins2.0%Araucanía1.9%Maule1.5%Valparaíso1.1%Antofagasta1.1%Aysén0.9%Coquimbo0.7%Tarapacá0.6%Magallanes0.5%Atacama0.3%Arica y Parinacota0.3%
Metropolitana31.2%Biobío29.6%Los Lagos16.9%Los Ríos8.7%Ñuble2.7%O'Higgins2.0%Araucanía1.9%Maule1.5%Valparaíso1.1%Antofagasta1.1%Aysén0.9%Coquimbo0.7%Tarapacá0.6%Magallanes0.5%Atacama0.3%Arica y Parinacota0.3%
Comuna of the school
Puerto Montt2,3259.1%
Concepción2,0177.9%
Valdivia1,4825.8%
Maipú7472.9%
Los Ángeles7462.9%
Santiago7412.9%
Coronel7302.8%
San Pedro de la Paz7262.8%
Talcahuano7062.8%
Puente Alto6862.7%
Chiguayante6532.5%
La Florida5862.3%
220 more comunas

Puerto Varas 478 · Providencia 413 · Ñuñoa 347 · Chillán 338 · Quilicura 310 · Las Condes 303 · Osorno 302 · San Bernardo 287 · Lota 278 · Tomé 241 · Castro 235 · Hualpén 233 · Arauco 226 · Colina 217 · San Miguel 205 · Peñalolén 198 · La Cisterna 188 · Ancud 176 · La Reina 176 · Recoleta 176 · Rancagua 175 · El Bosque 169 · Talagante 162 · Calama 158 · Melipilla 150 · Coyhaique 149 · Mariquina 147 · Cañete 142 · Pudahuel 134 · Calbuco 132 · Temuco 127 · La Unión 126 · Iquique 121 · Paillaco 120 · Angol 116 · Antofagasta 110 · Curanilahue 110 · Independencia 108 · Buin 106 · Peñaflor 106 · Macul 105 · Lampa 104 · Vitacura 101 · Estación Central 99 · La Pintana 99 · Lebu 98 · Frutillar 98 · Yumbel 95 · Penco 94 · Quellón 92 · Quinta Normal 92 · Los Muermos 91 · Renca 91 · Purranque 89 · Panguipulli 88 · Cabrero 87 · Punta Arenas 87 · Padre Hurtado 86 · Linares 85 · Paine 83 · La Serena 82 · Laja 77 · Coelemu 77 · Nacimiento 74 · Huechuraba 74 · Arica 74 · Futrono 73 · Villarrica 70 · Cauquenes 67 · Los Álamos 66 · San Carlos 66 · Curicó 64 · San Fernando 63 · Conchalí 63 · Los Lagos 63 · Los Andes 60 · Yungay 59 · Machalí 55 · Lo Barnechea 55 · Copiapó 54 · Parral 54 · Santa Juana 54 · Río Bueno 54 · La Granja 50 · Llanquihue 49 · Aysén 49 · San Ramón 49 · Curacaví 49 · Cerrillos 45 · Santa Cruz 42 · Ovalle 38 · San Felipe 38 · Maullín 37 · Talca 36 · San Antonio 35 · Rengo 34 · Pedro Aguirre Cerda 34 · Mulchén 32 · Loncoche 32 · Quinchao 32 · Calera de Tango 32 · Lanco 32 · Coquimbo 30 · Hualaihué 30 · Isla de Maipo 30 · Bulnes 30 · Graneros 29 · Natales 29 · Hualqui 28 · Fresia 27 · Quirihue 27 · San Nicolás 27 · Río Negro 26 · San Vicente 25 · Lo Prado 24 · Tiltil 24 · Máfil 24 · Viña del Mar 23 · Tucapel 22 · Pucón 22 · San Joaquín 22 · Pirque 22 · Alto Hospicio 21 · Chaitén 21 · Constitución 20 · Quillón 20 · Vallenar 19 · Florida 19 · Victoria 19 · Santa Bárbara 18 · Futaleufú 18 · Cerro Navia 18 · Corral 18 · Lo Espejo 17 · Valparaíso 14 · Pitrufquén 14 · Quillota 13 · Collipulli 13 · Lago Ranco 13 · Cartagena 12 · Quilpué 12 · Cochamó 12 · Porvenir 12 · San José de Maipo 12 · Illapel 11 · Las Cabras 11 · Pichilemu 11 · Chonchi 11 · Purén 10 · Traiguén 10 · Palena 10 · Cochrane 10 · Coihueco 10 · Isla de Pascua 9 · La Ligua 9 · Quilleco 9 · Cisnes 9 · Trehuaco 9 · Doñihue 8 · Requínoa 8 · Molina 8 · San Javier 8 · Puerto Octay 8 · Ránquil 8 · Santo Domingo 7 · Putaendo 7 · Villa Alemana 7 · Mostazal 7 · Antuco 7 · Nueva Imperial 7 · Curaco de Vélez 7 · Queilén 7 · Chillán Viejo 7 · Casablanca 6 · Calle Larga 6 · Coltauco 6 · Litueche 6 · Retiro 6 · Alhué 6 · El Carmen 6 · Pinto 6 · Taltal 5 · Tocopilla 5 · Algarrobo 5 · Quinta de Tilcoco 5 · Chimbarongo 5 · Pelluhue 5 · Longaví 5 · Caldera 4 · Codegua 4 · Nancagua 4 · Teno 4 · Contulmo 4 · Quilaco 4 · Carahue 4 · Lautaro 4 · Padre las Casas 4 · Curacautín 4 · Puyehue 4 · Cabo de Hornos 4 · María Pinto 4 · El Monte 4 · Los Vilos 3 · Salamanca 3 · Concón 3 · Zapallar 3 · Llaillay 3 · Limache 3 · Pichidegua 3 · Peralillo 3 · Maule 3 · San Clemente 3 · Tirúa 3 · Toltén 3 · Cholchol 3 · Lumaco 3 · Quemchi 3 · San Pablo 3 · Guaitecas 3 · Chile Chico 3

61 more comunas sent fewer than 3 each, together 85 entrants; they are not named.

The kind of school
Here23%Public (municipa…62%Subsidised private13%Universities28%Public (municipal or…54%Subsidised private16%
Here23%62%Subsidised privateUniversities28%Public (munici…54%Subsidised private16%
Public (municipal or SLEP)Subsidised privateFee-paying privateDelegated administration
When they started, after leaving school
Here46%The next year30%A year later17%Universities54%The next year25%A year later13%
Here46%The next year30%A year later17%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, 4,753 applicants put a programme of Universidad San Sebastian as their first choice and 33,963 included one somewhere on their list.

In which preference its regular entrants had it · 2026
Here48%1st choice22%2nd12%Universities56%1st choice19%2nd
Here48%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 San SebastianUniversities
02040608020212024202655.6%47.8%
02040608020212024202655.6%47.8%
Weighted score of its regular entrants · 2026
0.0%10.0%20.0%under 500500–549550–599600–649650–699700–749750–799800–849850–899900–949950+
0.0%10.0%20.0%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
Here80%Regular places19%Special admis…Universities83%Regular places12%
Here80%Regular places19%Universities83%Regular places
Regular placesAcademic Excellence placesTeaching-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 San SebastianUniversities
025507510020072016202585.8%83.2%
025507510020072016202585.8%83.2%
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
0204060091854%31%
0204060091854%31%

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

Cohort 2015, 10 years on
Here54%Titled here18%29%No title yetUniversities56%Titled here17%26%No title yet
Here54%Titled here18%29%No title yetUniversities56%Titled here17%26%No title yet
Titled hereTitled elsewhereNo title yet

5,737 people started here in 2015. "Titled elsewhere" is a title from any other institution and no title from this one: someone who changed institution and finished there.

The undergraduate titles it awarded in 2025
Health and welfare 38%Education 19%Business and law 17%Engineering and industry 12%Social sciences 11%TrabajoSocial5.3%TecnologíaMédica5.2%Medicina4.9%Enfermería4.8%Obstetricia yPuericultura4.5%Odontología3.8%Química yFarmacia2.5%TerapiaOcupacio…2.2%Kinesio…2.1%Nutrición yDietética1.8%Fonoaudiolog…Pedagogía enEducación de Párvulos10.0%Pedagogía enEducaciónDiferencial6.9%Progr…deForma…1.0%Pedago…en…Pedagog…Administración deEmpresas e Ing.Asociadas5.7%IngenieríaComercial4.2%Derecho2.7%Administ…Pública1.9%ContadorAuditor1.7%IngenieríaIndustrial5.0%IngenieríaCivilIndustrial4.0%Arquit…1.3%Ing…enEne…Ing…Civ…pla…Psicología11%Ing…Civ…Ing…en…Admini…Turíst…Medicin…Anima…
Health and welfare 38%Education 19%Business and l… 17%Enginee… 12%Social sci… 11%TrabajoSocial5.3%TecnologíaMédica5.2%Medicina4.9%Enfermer…4.8%Obstetr…yPuericu…4.5%Odontol…3.8%Química yFarmaciaTera…Ocup…Kine…Nutri…yDieté…Fon…Pedagogía enEducación dePárvulos10.0%PedagogíaenEducación…6.9%Administ…deEmpresas…IngenieríaComercialDerec…2.7%Admini…Conta…Audit…IngenieríaIndustrialIngen…CivilIndus…4.0%Arqu…Psicología11%Adm…
Social sciencesAgriculture and veterinaryNatural 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. 11,323 of 18,452 titles have the dates to be measured.

Here36%Within the formal length29%1–2 semesters more16%3–4 semesters more8.6%5–6 semesters…7.5%Universities33%Within the formal length31%1–2 semesters more16%3–4 semesters more8.4%5–6 semesters…7.0%
Here36%Within the formal l…29%1–2 semesters …16%Universities33%Within the formal…31%1–2 semesters mo…16%
Within the formal length1–2 semesters more3–4 semesters more5–6 semesters more7–10 semesters more11 semesters or more
Programme by programme
Generic programme (SIES)TitlesFormal, yearsReal, yearsOn timeReal in Chile
Psicología1,3205.05.564%5.7
Enfermería1,1615.06.037%6.0
Tecnología Médica9575.06.724%6.4
Odontología8776.07.625%7.5
Obstetricia y Puericultura8745.06.417%6.1
Medicina8567.08.140%7.5
Derecho6205.08.64%8.4
Kinesiología5095.06.135%6.1
Terapia Ocupacional5045.05.471%5.7
Nutrición y Dietética4715.05.943%6.2
Química y Farmacia4485.06.221%7.1
Ingeniería Comercial3685.05.929%6.1
Fonoaudiología3595.06.626%6.1
Ingeniería Civil Industrial2655.05.940%6.9
Administración Turística y Hotelera2254.05.61%5.1
Medicina Veterinaria2225.06.87%7.2
Arquitectura2115.57.025%7.4
Pedagogía en Educación Diferencial1755.05.188%5.2
Administración Pública1715.05.279%5.1
Trabajo Social1135.05.570%5.0

Programmes with at least ten titles in the three years. Years are means over every title, formal and real alike; "on time" is the share titled within the formal length. The last column is the same generic programme at every institution in Chile.

Where its campuses are

4 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
Metropolitana3,099Biobío2,872Los Lagos1,241Los Ríos1,023
Metropolitana3,099Biobío2,872Los Lagos1,241Los Ríos1,023
By commune
Santiago3,099
Concepción2,872
Puerto Montt1,241
Valdivia1,023

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
01,0002,0003,0004,0002007201720262,573206
01,0002,0003,0004,0002007201720262,573206
Postgraduate enrolment by field · 2026
Master's 93%Magister en Administración y Comercio43%Magister en Educación19%Magister enTecnología8.6%Magister en Salud7.8%Magister enCiencias Sociales7.5%MagisterenCiencias…3.2%Magister enDerecho2.3%Magister enHumanidades2.1%Doctora…enCiencia…3.1%Doctoradoen SaludDoctorad…Docto…enCienc…
Master's 93%Magister enAdministración yComercio43%Magister en Educación19%Magister enTecnología8.6%Magister enSalud7.8%Magister enCienciasSociales7.5%Magis…enCienc…Magi…enDere…Magister en…Doctora…Doctora…
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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. 1,465 of 1,720 (85.2%) have one in the register, which starts in 2007; the rest graduated earlier or abroad, which is not the same as having no degree. Of those found, 32.5% graduated here (universities: 29.0% stay at their own).

Left, where each entrant took their last undergraduate title; right, the postgraduate field they started here. Ribbon width is people. Only the eight largest institutions are named; the rest, and any contributing fewer than three people, are added into «other institutions».

Universidad San Sebastian476 peopleUniversidad Santo Tomas90 peopleUniversidad de Concepcion79 peopleUniversidad Austral de Chile68 peopleUniversidad Andres Bello42 peopleUniversidad del Bio-Bio39 peopleUniversidad del Desarrollo32 peopleUniversidad Autonoma de Chile28 peopleUniversidad de las Americas27 peopleOther institutions584 peopleNo title in the register255 peopleMagister en Salud165 peopleMagister en Educación303 peopleMagister en Administración y Comercio782 peopleOther fields44 peopleDoctorado en Ciencias Básicas50 peopleMagister en Ciencias Básicas62 peopleMagister en Derecho71 peopleMagister en Tecnología128 peopleMagister en Ciencias Sociales70 peopleDoctorado en Ciencias Sociales23 peopleMagister en Humanidades22 people
Universidad San…476 peopleUniversidad San…90 peopleUniversidad de …79 peopleUniversidad Aus…68 peopleUniversidad And…42 peopleUniversidad del…39 peopleUniversidad del…32 peopleUniversidad Aut…28 peopleUniversidad de …27 peopleOther instituti…584 peopleNo title in the…255 peopleMagister en Sal…165 peopleMagister en Edu…303 peopleMagister en Adm…782 peopleOther fields44 peopleDoctorado en Ci…50 peopleMagister en Cie…62 peopleMagister en Der…71 peopleMagister en Tec…128 peopleMagister en Cie…70 peopleDoctorado en Ci…23 peopleMagister en Hum…22 people
Undergraduate institutionPeople%
Universidad San Sebastian (itself)47627.7%
Universidad Santo Tomas925.3%
Universidad de Concepcion824.8%
Universidad Austral de Chile744.3%
Universidad Andres Bello513.0%
Universidad del Bio-Bio412.4%
Universidad del Desarrollo372.2%
Universidad Catolica de la Santisima Concepcion362.1%
Universidad Autonoma de Chile321.9%
Universidad de las Americas311.8%
IP DUOC UC301.7%
Universidad de los Lagos261.5%
Other institutions45726.6%
No undergraduate title in the register (before 2007 or abroad)25514.8%

Where its graduates go on to a postgraduate degree

People with an undergraduate title from here in 2010–2021, followed forward to the first master's or doctorate they started, anywhere, up to 2026. 3,766 of 34,277 (11.0%) started one (universities: 9.9%); 38.4% of them here.

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

Education1,402 peopleHealth and welfare1,339 peopleBusiness and law486 peopleEngineering and industry225 peopleSocial sciences218 peopleAgriculture and veterinary52 peopleInformation technology20 peopleNatural sciences16 peopleServices5 peopleArts and humanities3 peopleUniversidad Andres Bello718 peopleUniversidad Santo Tomas92 peopleUniversidad Finis Terrae56 peopleUniversidad Mayor187 peopleUniversidad Catolica de la Santisima Concepcion127 peopleUniversidad San Sebastian1,446 peopleUniversidad de Concepcion179 peopleUniversidad Central de Chile99 peopleUniversidad del Desarrollo122 peopleOther institutions571 peopleUniversidad de Chile106 peopleUniversidad Austral de Chile63 people
Education1,402 peopleHealth and welf…1,339 peopleBusiness and law486 peopleEngineering and…225 peopleSocial sciences218 peopleAgriculture and…52 peopleInformation tec…20 peopleNatural sciences16 peopleServices5 peopleArts and humani…3 peopleUniversidad And…718 peopleUniversidad San…92 peopleUniversidad Fin…56 peopleUniversidad May…187 peopleUniversidad Cat…127 peopleUniversidad San…1,446 peopleUniversidad de …179 peopleUniversidad Cen…99 peopleUniversidad del…122 peopleOther instituti…571 peopleUniversidad de …106 peopleUniversidad Aus…63 people
Postgraduate institutionPeople%
Universidad San Sebastian (itself)1,44838.4%
Universidad Andres Bello72419.2%
Universidad Mayor1915.1%
Universidad de Concepcion1824.8%
Universidad Catolica de la Santisima Concepcion1273.4%
Universidad del Desarrollo1263.3%
Universidad de Chile1072.8%
Universidad Central de Chile1012.7%
Universidad Santo Tomas962.5%
Universidad Austral de Chile641.7%
Universidad Finis Terrae581.5%
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile571.5%

Research

ANID · 2006–2025

The projects ANID (CONICYT until 2019) awarded with Universidad San Sebastian 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
167
27 of 49 universities
Fondecyt (Regular, Iniciación, Postdoctorado)
105
2015–2024
Applied research
17%
universities 13%
Led by a woman
43%
universities 33%

Projects awarded each year

02040608020062016202563
02040608020062016202563

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

050100150Fondecyt107Fondef23PCI14PAI10Fonis5Fondequip3PIA2Astronomy1Other programmes1CORFO1
050100150Fondecyt107Fondef23PCI14PAI10Fonis5Fondequip3PIA2Astronomy1Other programmes1CORFO1

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
Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences)medicina g1 - cs. biomedicas, cardiologia fisiologia cardiovascular and oncologia quimioterapia cirugia oncologia2221.06.01
Biology 2biologia celular, fisiologia biofisica and inmunologia1514.34.52
Interdisciplinary researchcambio climatico y desarrollo sostenible, biotecnologia y bioingenieria and otros76.73.44
Biology 3biologia molecular, microbiologia and bioquimica1110.52.51
Historyhistoria de chile, historia hispanoamericana and historia54.81.73
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 critica43.81.27
Engineering 3ingenieria quimica, procesamiento y tecnologia de alimentos and bioingenieria54.81.17
Engineering 1ingenieria de materiales, ingenieria mecanica and ingenieria hidraulica54.81.09
Philosophyfilosofia, historia de la filosofia and filosofia analitica32.91.07
Earth sciencesoceanografia, geologia y mineralogia and meteorologia y climatologia32.90.93
Engineering 2ingenieria en computacion, ingenieria industrial y de sistemas and ingenieria de instrumentacion y control54.80.78
Astronomy, cosmology and particlesastronomia cosmologia y particulas, astronomia and gravitacion y cosmologia43.80.77
Animal health and productionsalud y produccion animal, acuicultura and ciencias veterinarias21.90.75
Psychologypsicologia, otras psicologias and psicobiologia21.90.74
Theoretical and experimental physicsfisica teorica y experimental, fisica de solidos and sistemas no lineales21.90.62
Biology 1ecologia y ciencias ambientales, genetica y evolucion and biologia marina21.90.45
Geography and urbanismgeografia y urbanismo, geografia fisica and geografia humana y cultural11.00.43
Arts and architecturemusica, otras especialidades de la arquitectura and cine y fotografia11.00.42
Law and political sciencecienicas juridicas y politicas, ciencia politica (inc. legislacion ) and derecho publico21.90.38
Sociologysociologia, otras sociologias and cambio social y desarrollo11.00.25
Chemistryquimica, fisico quimica quimica teorica y computacional fotoquimica-fotofisica catalisis y coloides and quimica organica21.90.24
Educationpedagogia y educacion, formacion inicial and didactica especifica11.00.18

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 9 groups Universidad San Sebastian is specialised in. The axes mean nothing; what the picture says is near and far.

Engineering 1Biology 3Engineering 3Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences)Biology 2Medicine G2–G3 (clinical and publ…HistoryPhilosophyInterdisciplinary researchChemistryEngineering 2MathematicsEducationLaw and political scienceAstronomy, cosmology and particlesBiology 1AgronomySociologyLinguistics and literatureTheoretical and experimental phys…Earth sciencesPsychologyAnimal health and productionEconomics and managementArts and architectureGeography and urbanismAnthropology and archaeology
Engineering 1Biology 3Engineering 3Biology 2Medicine G2–G3 (clini…HistoryPhilosophyInterdisciplinary 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 Mayor75Biology 2 · Biology 3 · Interdisciplinary research · Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences) · Medicine G2–G3 (clinical and public health)
Universidad de Chile68Biology 2 · Biology 3 · Engineering 1 · Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences) · Medicine G2–G3 (clinical and public health)
Universidad de Valparaiso67Biology 2 · Philosophy · History · Interdisciplinary research · Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences)
Universidad del Desarrollo57Biology 2 · Biology 3 · Interdisciplinary research · Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences) · Medicine G2–G3 (clinical and public health)
Universidad Andres Bello57Biology 2 · Biology 3 · History · Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences)
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile56Philosophy · Engineering 1 · Interdisciplinary research · Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences) · Medicine G2–G3 (clinical and public health)
Universidad Autonoma de Chile54Biology 2 · Biology 3 · History · Interdisciplinary research · Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences) · Medicine G2–G3 (clinical and public health)
Universidad de los Andes50Philosophy · History · Engineering 1 · Engineering 3 · Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences) · Medicine G2–G3 (clinical and public health)
Universidad San SebastianUniversidad de ChileUniversidad Andres BelloUniversidad de ValparaisoUniversidad de los AndesUniversidad Autonoma de ChileUniversidad MayorUniversidad del Desarrollo
U. San SebastianU. de ChileU. Andres BelloU. de ValparaisoU. de los AndesU. Autonoma de ChileU. del Desarrollo

Each dot an institution, near the ones whose mix is similar and joined to its two closest; red is Universidad San Sebastian, 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 111 projects are read apart, by discipline, and are not part of the specialisation above.

05101520Ciencias biologicas18Ciencias fisicas11Otras ingenierias y tecnologias8Ciencias de la salud7Ciencias quimicas6Ingenieria electrica, ingenieria electronica, informatica5Medicina basica5Medicina clinica5Ciencias de la educacion4Biotecnologia medica3
05101520Ciencias biologicas18Ciencias fisicas11Otras ingenierias y tecnologias8Ciencias de la salud7Ciencias quimicas6Ingenieria electrica, ingenieria electronica, informati…5Medicina basica5Medicina clinica5Ciencias de la educacion4Biotecnologia medica3

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

30 names · 2026

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

0200400600800Quimica y Farmacia773Bachillerato en Ciencias de la Salud733Enfermeria623Medicina Veterinaria616Derecho606Odontologia536Psicologia522Obstetricia499Tecnologia Medica427Medicina422Kinesiologia383Ingenieria Comercial311Ingenieria Civil Industrial287Ingenieria Civil Informatica221Terapia Ocupacional220
0200400600800Quimica y Farmacia773Bachillerato en Ciencias de la Salud733Enfermeria623Medicina Veterinaria616Derecho606Odontologia536Psicologia522Obstetricia499Tecnologia Medica427Medicina422Kinesiologia383Ingenieria Comercial311Ingenieria Civil Industrial287Ingenieria Civil Informatica221Terapia Ocupacional220

15 more names, together 1,056 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.