Universidad San Sebastian
Logo: Universidad San Sebastián, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons8,235 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
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.
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, 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%.
| Programme | Entrants 2026 | Campuses | Yearly fee | Dropout, year 1 · 2023–2025 | Same programme, Chile | Employed, year 1 | Income, year 4 | Retention, year 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Química y Farmacia | 773 | 4 | $5.6–7.3 M | 5.3% | 3.6% | 98.2% | $2.2–2.3 M | 90.5% |
| Bachillerato y/o Licenciatura en Salud | 733 | 4 | $4.9–6.0 M | 16.8% | 21.2% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Enfermería | 623 | 4 | $5.8–7.4 M | 6.7% | 5.3% | 75.5% | $1.7–1.8 M | 88.6% |
| Medicina Veterinaria | 616 | 4 | $6.0–7.3 M | 8.5% | 6.9% | 57.6% | n/a | 85.3% |
| Derecho | 606 | 4 | $5.8–6.7 M | 13.8% | 7.4% | 62.5% | $1.7–1.8 M | 76.3% |
| Odontología | 536 | 4 | $9.4–11.7 M | 5.7% | 4.1% | 60.4% | $1.6–1.7 M | 84.7% |
| Psicología | 522 | 4 | $5.8–7.8 M | 6.9% | 6.8% | 53.4% | $1.1–1.2 M | 88.3% |
| Obstetricia y Puericultura | 499 | 4 | $5.8–6.7 M | 2.8% | 3.5% | 66.4% | $1.6–1.7 M | 93.5% |
| Tecnología Médica | 427 | 4 | $5.7–7.4 M | 7.2% | 5.3% | 67.2% | $1.7–1.8 M | 89.3% |
| Medicina | 422 | 4 | $10.6–11.7 M | 1.1% | 1.3% | 94.8% | over $3.5 M | 96.5% |
| Kinesiología | 383 | 4 | $6.4–7.6 M | 11.2% | 7.0% | 53.6% | $1.3–1.4 M | 82.2% |
| Ingeniería Comercial | 311 | 4 | $5.8–7.0 M | 10.0% | 7.3% | 70.0% | $1.5–1.6 M | 77.6% |
| Ingeniería Civil Industrial | 287 | 4 | $6.3–7.1 M | 7.3% | 5.0% | 82.1% | $1.8–1.9 M | 84.9% |
| Ingeniería Civil en Computación e Informática | 221 | 4 | $5.6–7.0 M | 9.2% | 6.1% | 77.8% | n/a | 76.7% |
| Terapia Ocupacional | 220 | 4 | $5.3–7.2 M | 8.3% | 6.6% | 48.3% | $1.2–1.3 M | 84.4% |
| Arquitectura | 173 | 4 | $5.6–7.4 M | 10.8% | 6.7% | 51.0% | $1.3–1.4 M | 80.9% |
| Ingeniería Civil en Minas | 164 | 2 | $6.4–7.1 M | 12.0% | 7.6% | 69.2% | n/a | 75.0% |
| Magister en Administración y Comercio | 143 | 2 | $4.1–5.5 M | 30.1% | 15.8% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Nutrición y Dietética | 131 | 4 | $4.9–7.2 M | 11.8% | 8.8% | 47.0% | $1.0–1.1 M | 79.4% |
| Animación Digital | 98 | 2 | $5.4–6.6 M | 8.2% | 9.5% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Fonoaudiología | 91 | 4 | $5.3–7.1 M | 10.8% | 7.4% | 33.9% | $1.0–1.1 M | 80.6% |
| Administración Pública | 85 | 3 | $4.3–4.7 M | 8.6% | 13.5% | 59.9% | $1.2–1.3 M | 80.5% |
| Pedagogía en Idiomas | 64 | 3 | $4.0–5.1 M | 7.5% | 6.9% | 51.7% | $1.0–1.1 M | 83.0% |
| Ingeniería Civil, plan común y licenciatura en Ciencias de la Ingeniería | 61 | 2 | $6.1–7.1 M | 8.9% | 3.6% | 76.5% | $1.9–2.0 M | 82.0% |
| Bioquímica | 43 | 1 | $6.5 M | 9.3% | 5.6% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Otros Profesionales de Educación | 32 | 1 | $5.2 M | 20.0% | 12.7% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Pedagogía en Educación Diferencial | 26 | 2 | $4.4–4.6 M | 6.4% | 4.8% | 88.2% | $1.1–1.2 M | 88.4% |
| Administración Turística y Hotelera | 25 | 1 | $8.0 M | 10.3% | 13.5% | 44.0% | n/a | 88.6% |
| Geología | 25 | 2 | $5.9–7.1 M | 10.0% | 9.6% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Magister en Tecnología | 24 | 1 | $3.1 M | 6.7% | 12.0% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Artes y Licenciatura en Artes | 23 | 1 | $5.3 M | 8.1% | 8.4% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Doctorado en Ciencias Básicas | 15 | 2 | $3.8–4.0 M | 10.6% | 11.0% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Pedagogía en Educación Básica | 15 | 1 | $4.6 M | 14.3% | 5.6% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Doctorado en Tecnología | 8 | 1 | $4.4 M | — | 11.8% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Administración de Empresas e Ing. Asociadas | — | — | — | — | 20.4% | 83.9% | $1.5–1.6 M | n/a |
| Ingeniería Industrial | — | — | — | — | 22.0% | 87.6% | $1.9–2.0 M | n/a |
| Pedagogía en Educación Física | — | — | — | 12.2% | 6.9% | 43.7% | $1.0–1.1 M | 84.4% |
| Trabajo Social | — | — | — | 11.0% | 18.0% | 61.2% | $1.1–1.2 M | 67.7% |
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
2026Everyone 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.
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Química y Farmacia | 773 | 2,743 | $6,395,000 | +1,281% | |
| Bachillerato y/o Licenciatura en Salud | 733 | 867 | $5,585,000 | — | |
| Enfermería | 623 | 3,333 | $6,672,000 | +31% | |
| Medicina Veterinaria | 616 | 2,637 | $6,919,000 | +469% | |
| Derecho | 606 | 2,989 | $6,341,000 | +82% | |
| Odontología | 536 | 3,194 | $10,753,000 | +68% | |
| Psicología | 522 | 4,131 | $6,717,000 | +223% | |
| Obstetricia y Puericultura | 499 | 2,346 | $6,299,000 | — | |
| Tecnología Médica | 427 | 2,285 | $6,896,000 | +105% | |
| Medicina | 422 | 2,899 | $11,205,000 | +166% | |
| Kinesiología | 383 | 1,827 | $7,126,000 | −2% | |
| Ingeniería Comercial | 311 | 1,679 | $6,266,000 | +190% | |
| Ingeniería Civil Industrial | 287 | 2,334 | $6,577,000 | +218% | |
| Ingeniería Civil en Computación e Informática | 221 | 1,013 | $6,475,000 | +618% | |
| Terapia Ocupacional | 220 | 1,143 | $5,826,000 | +359% | |
| Arquitectura | 173 | 1,198 | $6,597,000 | +104% | |
| Ingeniería Civil en Minas | 164 | 535 | $6,795,000 | — | |
| Nutrición y Dietética | 131 | 1,012 | $5,765,000 | +7% | |
| Animación Digital | 98 | 615 | $6,080,000 | — | |
| Fonoaudiología | 91 | 506 | $6,216,000 | −49% | |
| Administración Pública | 85 | 636 | $4,295,000 | — | |
| Pedagogía en Idiomas | 64 | 448 | $4,312,000 | −58% | |
| Ingeniería Civil, plan común y licenciatura en Ciencias de la Ingeniería | 61 | 234 | $6,533,000 | +32% | |
| Bioquímica | 43 | 241 | $6,468,000 | — | |
| Otros Profesionales de Educación | 32 | 61 | $5,167,000 | — |
5 more, and every other programme
| Pedagogía en Educación Diferencial | 26 | 1,520 | $3,846,000 | −31% | |
| Administración Turística y Hotelera | 25 | 212 | $7,897,000 | — | |
| Geología | 25 | 55 | $6,250,000 | — | |
| Artes y Licenciatura en Artes | 23 | 47 | $5,252,000 | — | |
| Pedagogía en Educación Básica | 15 | 75 | $4,581,000 | −91% | |
| Every other programme | 0 | — | — | — |
25 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. 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.
| Puerto Montt | 2,325 | 9.1% |
| Concepción | 2,017 | 7.9% |
| Valdivia | 1,482 | 5.8% |
| Maipú | 747 | 2.9% |
| Los Ángeles | 746 | 2.9% |
| Santiago | 741 | 2.9% |
| Coronel | 730 | 2.8% |
| San Pedro de la Paz | 726 | 2.8% |
| Talcahuano | 706 | 2.8% |
| Puente Alto | 686 | 2.7% |
| Chiguayante | 653 | 2.5% |
| La Florida | 586 | 2.3% |
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.
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, 4,753 applicants put a programme of Universidad San Sebastian as their first choice and 33,963 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).
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.
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. 11,323 of 18,452 titles have the dates to be measured.
| Generic programme (SIES) | Titles | Formal, years | Real, years | On time | Real in Chile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psicología | 1,320 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 64% | 5.7 |
| Enfermería | 1,161 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 37% | 6.0 |
| Tecnología Médica | 957 | 5.0 | 6.7 | 24% | 6.4 |
| Odontología | 877 | 6.0 | 7.6 | 25% | 7.5 |
| Obstetricia y Puericultura | 874 | 5.0 | 6.4 | 17% | 6.1 |
| Medicina | 856 | 7.0 | 8.1 | 40% | 7.5 |
| Derecho | 620 | 5.0 | 8.6 | 4% | 8.4 |
| Kinesiología | 509 | 5.0 | 6.1 | 35% | 6.1 |
| Terapia Ocupacional | 504 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 71% | 5.7 |
| Nutrición y Dietética | 471 | 5.0 | 5.9 | 43% | 6.2 |
| Química y Farmacia | 448 | 5.0 | 6.2 | 21% | 7.1 |
| Ingeniería Comercial | 368 | 5.0 | 5.9 | 29% | 6.1 |
| Fonoaudiología | 359 | 5.0 | 6.6 | 26% | 6.1 |
| Ingeniería Civil Industrial | 265 | 5.0 | 5.9 | 40% | 6.9 |
| Administración Turística y Hotelera | 225 | 4.0 | 5.6 | 1% | 5.1 |
| Medicina Veterinaria | 222 | 5.0 | 6.8 | 7% | 7.2 |
| Arquitectura | 211 | 5.5 | 7.0 | 25% | 7.4 |
| Pedagogía en Educación Diferencial | 175 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 88% | 5.2 |
| Administración Pública | 171 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 79% | 5.1 |
| Trabajo Social | 113 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 70% | 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 · 2026Where it teaches, not where its students are from. First-year entrants of 2026 by the commune of the campus they enrolled at.
| Santiago | 3,099 |
| Concepción | 2,872 |
| Puerto Montt | 1,241 |
| Valdivia | 1,023 |
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. 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».
| Undergraduate institution | People | % |
|---|---|---|
| Universidad San Sebastian (itself) | 476 | 27.7% |
| Universidad Santo Tomas | 92 | 5.3% |
| Universidad de Concepcion | 82 | 4.8% |
| Universidad Austral de Chile | 74 | 4.3% |
| Universidad Andres Bello | 51 | 3.0% |
| Universidad del Bio-Bio | 41 | 2.4% |
| Universidad del Desarrollo | 37 | 2.2% |
| Universidad Catolica de la Santisima Concepcion | 36 | 2.1% |
| Universidad Autonoma de Chile | 32 | 1.9% |
| Universidad de las Americas | 31 | 1.8% |
| IP DUOC UC | 30 | 1.7% |
| Universidad de los Lagos | 26 | 1.5% |
| Other institutions | 457 | 26.6% |
| No undergraduate title in the register (before 2007 or abroad) | 255 | 14.8% |
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».
| Postgraduate institution | People | % |
|---|---|---|
| Universidad San Sebastian (itself) | 1,448 | 38.4% |
| Universidad Andres Bello | 724 | 19.2% |
| Universidad Mayor | 191 | 5.1% |
| Universidad de Concepcion | 182 | 4.8% |
| Universidad Catolica de la Santisima Concepcion | 127 | 3.4% |
| Universidad del Desarrollo | 126 | 3.3% |
| Universidad de Chile | 107 | 2.8% |
| Universidad Central de Chile | 101 | 2.7% |
| Universidad Santo Tomas | 96 | 2.5% |
| Universidad Austral de Chile | 64 | 1.7% |
| Universidad Finis Terrae | 58 | 1.5% |
| Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile | 57 | 1.5% |
Research
ANID · 2006–2025The 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences) | medicina g1 - cs. biomedicas, cardiologia fisiologia cardiovascular and oncologia quimioterapia cirugia oncologia | 22 | 21.0 | 6.01 |
| Biology 2 | biologia celular, fisiologia biofisica and inmunologia | 15 | 14.3 | 4.52 |
| Interdisciplinary research | cambio climatico y desarrollo sostenible, biotecnologia y bioingenieria and otros | 7 | 6.7 | 3.44 |
| Biology 3 | biologia molecular, microbiologia and bioquimica | 11 | 10.5 | 2.51 |
| History | historia de chile, historia hispanoamericana and historia | 5 | 4.8 | 1.73 |
| 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 critica | 4 | 3.8 | 1.27 |
| Engineering 3 | ingenieria quimica, procesamiento y tecnologia de alimentos and bioingenieria | 5 | 4.8 | 1.17 |
| Engineering 1 | ingenieria de materiales, ingenieria mecanica and ingenieria hidraulica | 5 | 4.8 | 1.09 |
| Philosophy | filosofia, historia de la filosofia and filosofia analitica | 3 | 2.9 | 1.07 |
| Earth sciences | oceanografia, geologia y mineralogia and meteorologia y climatologia | 3 | 2.9 | 0.93 |
| Engineering 2 | ingenieria en computacion, ingenieria industrial y de sistemas and ingenieria de instrumentacion y control | 5 | 4.8 | 0.78 |
| Astronomy, cosmology and particles | astronomia cosmologia y particulas, astronomia and gravitacion y cosmologia | 4 | 3.8 | 0.77 |
| Animal health and production | salud y produccion animal, acuicultura and ciencias veterinarias | 2 | 1.9 | 0.75 |
| Psychology | psicologia, otras psicologias and psicobiologia | 2 | 1.9 | 0.74 |
| Theoretical and experimental physics | fisica teorica y experimental, fisica de solidos and sistemas no lineales | 2 | 1.9 | 0.62 |
| Biology 1 | ecologia y ciencias ambientales, genetica y evolucion and biologia marina | 2 | 1.9 | 0.45 |
| Geography and urbanism | geografia y urbanismo, geografia fisica and geografia humana y cultural | 1 | 1.0 | 0.43 |
| Arts and architecture | musica, otras especialidades de la arquitectura and cine y fotografia | 1 | 1.0 | 0.42 |
| Law and political science | cienicas juridicas y politicas, ciencia politica (inc. legislacion ) and derecho publico | 2 | 1.9 | 0.38 |
| Sociology | sociologia, otras sociologias and cambio social y desarrollo | 1 | 1.0 | 0.25 |
| Chemistry | quimica, fisico quimica quimica teorica y computacional fotoquimica-fotofisica catalisis y coloides and quimica organica | 2 | 1.9 | 0.24 |
| Education | pedagogia y educacion, formacion inicial and didactica especifica | 1 | 1.0 | 0.18 |
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.
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 Mayor | 75 | Biology 2 · Biology 3 · Interdisciplinary research · Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences) · Medicine G2–G3 (clinical and public health) |
| Universidad de Chile | 68 | Biology 2 · Biology 3 · Engineering 1 · Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences) · Medicine G2–G3 (clinical and public health) |
| Universidad de Valparaiso | 67 | Biology 2 · Philosophy · History · Interdisciplinary research · Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences) |
| Universidad del Desarrollo | 57 | Biology 2 · Biology 3 · Interdisciplinary research · Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences) · Medicine G2–G3 (clinical and public health) |
| Universidad Andres Bello | 57 | Biology 2 · Biology 3 · History · Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences) |
| Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile | 56 | Philosophy · Engineering 1 · Interdisciplinary research · Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences) · Medicine G2–G3 (clinical and public health) |
| Universidad Autonoma de Chile | 54 | Biology 2 · Biology 3 · History · Interdisciplinary research · Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences) · Medicine G2–G3 (clinical and public health) |
| Universidad de los Andes | 50 | Philosophy · History · Engineering 1 · Engineering 3 · 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 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.
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 · 2026The wording each student enrolled under, as the institution filed it. Only names with at least three entrants are printed.
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.