Universidad Santo Tomas
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5,885 people started an undergraduate programme at Universidad Santo Tomas in 2026, the 7th largest intake of Chile's 50 universities, and 30,724 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
- 29,290
- First year 2026
- 5,885
- Titles 2025
- 4,256
Largest fields: health and welfare, social sciences, business and law.
- Enrolled 2026
- 615
- of them in a doctorate
- 45 · 7%
- First year 2026
- 134
- Titles 2025
- 209
2.1 postgraduate students per 100 undergraduates (universities: 7.3).
- Projects 2015–2024
- 82
- Among universities
- 35 of 49
- Fondecyt
- 44
Most specialised in: sociology, psychology, biology 1.
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, 6.2% of the 16,960 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psicología | 1,114 | 12 | $4.7–6.5 M | 6.5% | 6.8% | 62.9% | $1.1–1.2 M | 91.5% |
| Enfermería | 704 | 12 | $4.9–7.2 M | 4.5% | 5.3% | 78.8% | $1.7–1.8 M | 92.4% |
| Derecho | 549 | 11 | $5.0–6.1 M | 7.5% | 7.4% | 64.6% | $1.5–1.6 M | 83.8% |
| Kinesiología | 537 | 12 | $4.6–6.6 M | 4.9% | 7.0% | 51.0% | $1.3–1.4 M | 89.8% |
| Medicina Veterinaria | 453 | 6 | $5.5–7.0 M | 3.1% | 6.9% | 63.1% | $1.2–1.3 M | 93.1% |
| Terapia Ocupacional | 380 | 9 | $4.9–5.5 M | 5.2% | 6.6% | 55.3% | $1.2–1.3 M | 89.7% |
| Ingeniería Comercial | 366 | 7 | $4.2–5.5 M | 9.1% | 7.3% | 71.3% | $1.4–1.5 M | 83.2% |
| Nutrición y Dietética | 320 | 9 | $4.6–6.0 M | 6.6% | 8.8% | 47.9% | $1.1–1.2 M | 87.2% |
| Tecnología Médica | 313 | 7 | $5.1–6.6 M | 4.7% | 5.3% | 76.5% | $1.5–1.6 M | 92.6% |
| Trabajo Social | 189 | 5 | $3.4–3.9 M | 9.0% | 18.0% | 66.6% | $1.0–1.1 M | 88.3% |
| Ingeniería Civil en Computación e Informática | 152 | 3 | $5.5–5.9 M | 10.1% | 6.1% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Fonoaudiología | 129 | 4 | $4.8–5.6 M | 3.7% | 7.4% | 44.2% | $1.1–1.2 M | 89.8% |
| Ingeniería Civil en Minas | 99 | 2 | $5.1–5.5 M | 8.0% | 7.6% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Otros Profesionales de Educación | 87 | 2 | $5.1–5.2 M | 9.8% | 12.7% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Agronomía | 86 | 2 | $5.6–6.2 M | 7.3% | 7.5% | 80.4% | $1.1–1.2 M | 78.0% |
| Geología | 84 | 2 | $4.8–5.5 M | 7.7% | 9.6% | 63.5% | n/a | 95.3% |
| Pedagogía en Educación Física | 80 | 2 | $4.0–4.9 M | 9.4% | 6.9% | 60.3% | $0.9–1.0 M | 81.3% |
| Ingeniería Civil Industrial | 78 | 2 | $5.8–5.9 M | 6.5% | 5.0% | 88.1% | $1.9–2.0 M | 86.4% |
| Pedagogía en Educación Diferencial | 60 | 2 | $3.6–4.1 M | 7.8% | 4.8% | 90.0% | $1.1–1.2 M | 91.3% |
| Contador Auditor | 46 | 1 | $3.8 M | 9.5% | 14.2% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Magister en Administración y Comercio | 42 | 1 | $3.2 M | 9.8% | 15.8% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Magister en Salud | 39 | 1 | $2.9 M | 18.9% | 9.3% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Magister en Educación | 26 | 1 | $2.7 M | 13.6% | 11.1% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Pedagogía en Educación de Párvulos | 18 | 1 | $4.1 M | 15.8% | 6.2% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Magister en Derecho | 12 | 1 | $3.2 M | — | 12.5% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Doctorado en Ciencias Básicas | 7 | 1 | $4.9 M | — | 11.0% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Magister en Ciencias Sociales | 3 | 1 | $2.5 M | — | 15.6% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingeniería en Control de Gestión | — | — | — | 6.6% | 8.9% | 93.8% | n/a | 76.7% |
| Pedagogía en Idiomas | — | — | — | — | 6.9% | 70.0% | $1.0–1.1 M | n/a |
| Periodismo | — | — | — | — | 5.1% | 69.1% | $1.3–1.4 M | n/a |
| Relaciones Públicas | — | — | — | — | 16.6% | 70.5% | $1.1–1.2 M | 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, 29,290 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: $5,342,000 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psicología | 1,114 | 5,251 | $5,415,000 | +64% | |
| Enfermería | 704 | 4,107 | $5,774,000 | −8% | |
| Derecho | 549 | 2,606 | $5,375,000 | +1% | |
| Kinesiología | 537 | 2,623 | $5,447,000 | −31% | |
| Medicina Veterinaria | 453 | 2,599 | $6,343,000 | +53% | |
| Terapia Ocupacional | 380 | 1,911 | $4,997,000 | — | |
| Ingeniería Comercial | 366 | 1,383 | $4,856,000 | +23% | |
| Nutrición y Dietética | 320 | 1,656 | $4,990,000 | +67% | |
| Tecnología Médica | 313 | 1,806 | $5,828,000 | +102% | |
| Trabajo Social | 189 | 1,223 | $3,463,000 | −45% | |
| Ingeniería Civil en Computación e Informática | 152 | 276 | $5,853,000 | — | |
| Fonoaudiología | 129 | 574 | $5,173,000 | — | |
| Ingeniería Civil en Minas | 99 | 276 | $5,403,000 | — | |
| Otros Profesionales de Educación | 87 | 517 | $5,145,000 | — | |
| Agronomía | 86 | 358 | $5,161,000 | −5% | |
| Geología | 84 | 268 | $5,267,000 | — | |
| Pedagogía en Educación Física | 80 | 508 | $4,409,000 | −77% | |
| Ingeniería Civil Industrial | 78 | 372 | $5,717,000 | — | |
| Pedagogía en Educación Diferencial | 60 | 368 | $3,639,000 | −82% | |
| Contador Auditor | 46 | 173 | $3,797,000 | −56% | |
| Biotecnología | 41 | 149 | $5,429,000 | +24% | |
| Pedagogía en Educación de Párvulos | 18 | 188 | $3,798,000 | — |
Every other programme
| Every other programme | 0 | — | — | — |
13 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. 16,883 of 17,329 (97.4%) have such a record since 2006; the rest — who left school earlier, studied abroad or validated their studies — are not placed.
20.4% finished school in Metropolitana, the region of its main campus.
| Los Ángeles | 877 | 5.2% |
| La Serena | 781 | 4.6% |
| Antofagasta | 713 | 4.2% |
| Iquique | 683 | 4.0% |
| Talca | 662 | 3.9% |
| Temuco | 549 | 3.3% |
| Puerto Montt | 545 | 3.2% |
| Arica | 545 | 3.2% |
| Coquimbo | 534 | 3.2% |
| Alto Hospicio | 381 | 2.3% |
| Santiago | 359 | 2.1% |
| Puente Alto | 307 | 1.8% |
263 more comunas
Maipú 298 · Valdivia 292 · Viña del Mar 250 · Ovalle 208 · Linares 204 · Calama 199 · Quilpué 194 · Concepción 194 · La Florida 181 · Valparaíso 176 · Curicó 176 · San Bernardo 165 · Quillota 150 · Coronel 139 · Ñuñoa 122 · Villa Alemana 120 · Talagante 108 · Angol 107 · La Cisterna 107 · Vallenar 104 · Quilicura 104 · Melipilla 99 · San Javier 98 · Recoleta 91 · Providencia 85 · Mulchén 83 · Constitución 82 · Ancud 82 · Nacimiento 81 · Rancagua 80 · Calera 79 · San Fernando 79 · Puerto Varas 77 · Colina 77 · San Felipe 76 · Pudahuel 76 · Peñalolén 74 · El Bosque 72 · Vicuña 69 · Tomé 68 · Pitrufquén 68 · Villarrica 68 · Estación Central 68 · Paine 68 · San Miguel 67 · Chiguayante 66 · Talcahuano 65 · La Pintana 65 · Quinta Normal 63 · Renca 63 · Los Andes 62 · Laja 62 · San Antonio 61 · Santa Cruz 61 · Buin 61 · Peñaflor 61 · Limache 60 · San Pedro de la Paz 59 · Independencia 57 · Cauquenes 53 · Cañete 53 · Copiapó 52 · Illapel 52 · Maule 51 · La Granja 51 · Calbuco 50 · Castro 50 · Tocopilla 49 · Mariquina 49 · Parral 47 · Panguipulli 47 · Los Muermos 46 · Osorno 46 · Coyhaique 46 · San Ramón 45 · San Vicente 43 · Lota 43 · Futrono 43 · La Ligua 42 · Lampa 41 · Salamanca 38 · Paillaco 38 · Cabrero 37 · Los Lagos 36 · Quintero 35 · Chillán 35 · Arauco 34 · Macul 34 · Lanco 34 · Lautaro 33 · Aysén 33 · Pedro Aguirre Cerda 33 · Padre Hurtado 33 · La Unión 33 · Padre las Casas 32 · Las Condes 32 · Molina 30 · Máfil 30 · Nueva Imperial 29 · Cerrillos 29 · Conchalí 29 · Monte Patria 28 · Frutillar 28 · Pozo Almonte 27 · Los Vilos 27 · Negrete 27 · Fresia 27 · Tucapel 26 · Victoria 26 · Quellón 26 · Cerro Navia 26 · Carahue 25 · Pucón 25 · Concón 24 · Hijuelas 24 · Santa Bárbara 24 · San Clemente 23 · Lo Prado 23 · Curacaví 23 · Rengo 22 · Yumbel 22 · La Reina 22 · Nogales 21 · Lebu 21 · Lo Espejo 21 · Cabildo 20 · Hualpén 20 · Loncoche 20 · Punta Arenas 20 · Pica 19 · Curanilahue 19 · Hualaihué 19 · Taltal 18 · Cartagena 18 · Santa Juana 18 · Quilleco 18 · Vilcún 18 · Llanquihue 18 · Yungay 18 · Combarbalá 17 · Casablanca 17 · Penco 17 · San Joaquín 17 · Isla de Maipo 17 · La Cruz 16 · Los Álamos 16 · Collipulli 16 · Coelemu 16 · Andacollo 15 · Llaillay 15 · Olmué 15 · Chimbarongo 15 · Retiro 15 · Graneros 14 · Teno 14 · Huechuraba 14 · Lago Ranco 14 · Diego de Almagro 13 · Punitaqui 13 · Zapallar 13 · Colbún 13 · San Carlos 13 · Catemu 12 · Cholchol 12 · Maullín 12 · Mejillones 11 · Caldera 11 · Petorca 11 · Las Cabras 11 · Pichilemu 11 · Longaví 11 · Florida 11 · Renaico 11 · Quinchao 11 · Purranque 11 · Quirihue 11 · Canela 10 · Putaendo 10 · Pelluhue 10 · Hualqui 10 · Antuco 10 · Quilaco 10 · Cunco 10 · Traiguén 10 · Lo Barnechea 10 · Pirque 10 · Bulnes 10 · Santo Domingo 9 · Machalí 9 · Hualañé 9 · Freire 9 · Purén 9 · Río Negro 9 · Vitacura 9 · Tiltil 9 · Chañaral 8 · Puchuncaví 8 · El Quisco 8 · Cochamó 8 · Chaitén 8 · Río Bueno 8 · Huasco 7 · Doñihue 7 · Lolol 7 · Licantén 7 · Contulmo 7 · Curaco de Vélez 7 · San Pedro de Atacama 6 · Calle Larga 6 · Algarrobo 6 · Chépica 6 · Nancagua 6 · Empedrado 6 · Sagrada Familia 6 · Perquenco 6 · Curacautín 6 · Calera de Tango 6 · Trehuaco 6 · Mostazal 5 · Peumo 5 · Navidad 5 · Romeral 5 · Yerbas Buenas 5 · Tirúa 5 · Alto Biobío 5 · Toltén 5 · Chonchi 5 · Queilén 5 · Puerto Octay 5 · Natales 5 · San José de Maipo 5 · El Monte 5 · Corral 5 · Ránquil 5 · Río Hurtado 4 · Peralillo 4 · Chanco 4 · Gorbea 4 · Melipeuco 4 · Teodoro Schmidt 4 · Los Sauces 4 · Dalcahue 4 · Quemchi 4 · Cisnes 4 · Cochrane 4 · María Pinto 4 · Quillón 4 · La Higuera 3 · Paihuano 3 · Papudo 3 · El Tabo 3 · Santa María 3 · Quinta de Tilcoco 3 · Requínoa 3 · Marchihue 3 · Curepto 3 · Vichuquén 3 · Galvarino 3 · Lonquimay 3 · Lumaco 3 · Futaleufú 3 · Chile Chico 3 · Coihueco 3
34 more comunas sent fewer than 3 each, together 49 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, 6,717 applicants put a programme of Universidad Santo Tomas as their first choice and 38,638 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).
6,706 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. 11,520 of 13,129 titles have the dates to be measured.
| Generic programme (SIES) | Titles | Formal, years | Real, years | On time | Real in Chile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enfermería | 2,585 | 5.0 | 6.5 | 29% | 6.0 |
| Psicología | 2,227 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 51% | 5.7 |
| Terapia Ocupacional | 1,035 | 5.0 | 6.1 | 39% | 5.7 |
| Kinesiología | 986 | 5.0 | 6.3 | 33% | 6.1 |
| Medicina Veterinaria | 810 | 5.0 | 6.6 | 20% | 7.2 |
| Derecho | 770 | 5.7 | 9.6 | 2% | 8.4 |
| Nutrición y Dietética | 768 | 5.0 | 6.5 | 27% | 6.2 |
| Tecnología Médica | 628 | 5.0 | 6.8 | 18% | 6.4 |
| Fonoaudiología | 382 | 5.0 | 6.3 | 31% | 6.1 |
| Ingeniería Comercial | 373 | 5.0 | 6.1 | 35% | 6.1 |
| Trabajo Social | 333 | 4.5 | 5.4 | 11% | 5.0 |
| Otros Profesionales de Educación | 95 | 4.5 | 5.7 | 3% | 4.9 |
| Pedagogía en Educación Física | 87 | 4.5 | 5.6 | 0% | 5.6 |
| Ingeniería Civil Industrial | 70 | 5.5 | 6.9 | 9% | 6.9 |
| Contador Auditor | 67 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 33% | 5.3 |
| Ingeniería en Control de Gestión | 63 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 30% | 5.9 |
| Geología | 58 | 5.0 | 6.5 | 10% | 8.0 |
| Agronomía | 57 | 5.0 | 6.6 | 14% | 7.2 |
| Periodismo | 43 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 0% | 5.7 |
| Ingeniería Civil en Minas | 39 | 5.5 | 7.3 | 13% | 7.9 |
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
12 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 | 1,272 |
| La Serena | 733 |
| Talca | 579 |
| Viña del Mar | 569 |
| Concepción | 434 |
| Iquique | 429 |
| Los Ángeles | 402 |
| Temuco | 364 |
| Puerto Montt | 364 |
| Antofagasta | 290 |
| Valdivia | 252 |
| Arica | 197 |
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. 259 of 299 (86.6%) 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, 34.0% graduated here (universities: 29.0% stay at their own).
Left, where each entrant took their last undergraduate title; right, the postgraduate field they started here. Ribbon width is people. Only the eight largest institutions are named; the rest, and any contributing fewer than three people, are added into «other institutions».
| Undergraduate institution | People | % |
|---|---|---|
| Universidad Santo Tomas (itself) | 88 | 29.4% |
| IP Santo Tomas | 24 | 8.0% |
| Universidad Catolica de Temuco | 13 | 4.3% |
| Universidad Arturo Prat | 10 | 3.3% |
| Universidad Andres Bello | 9 | 3.0% |
| Universidad de Tarapaca | 8 | 2.7% |
| Universidad de Concepcion | 8 | 2.7% |
| Universidad Austral de Chile | 7 | 2.3% |
| IP DUOC UC | 6 | 2.0% |
| Universidad de las Americas | 5 | 1.7% |
| Universidad San Sebastian | 5 | 1.7% |
| Universidad Catolica del Norte | 5 | 1.7% |
| Other institutions | 71 | 23.7% |
| No undergraduate title in the register (before 2007 or abroad) | 40 | 13.4% |
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. 2,800 of 34,582 (8.1%) started one (universities: 9.9%); 25.1% 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 Santo Tomas (itself) | 703 | 25.1% |
| Universidad Andres Bello | 539 | 19.3% |
| Universidad Mayor | 193 | 6.9% |
| Universidad San Sebastian | 174 | 6.2% |
| Universidad Central de Chile | 154 | 5.5% |
| Universidad de Chile | 107 | 3.8% |
| Universidad del Desarrollo | 57 | 2.0% |
| Universidad Finis Terrae | 51 | 1.8% |
| Universidad de Concepcion | 51 | 1.8% |
| Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile | 48 | 1.7% |
| Universidad Autonoma de Chile | 46 | 1.6% |
| Universidad Adolfo Ibañez | 43 | 1.5% |
Research
ANID · 2006–2025The projects ANID (CONICYT until 2019) awarded with Universidad Santo Tomas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sociology | sociologia, otras sociologias and cambio social y desarrollo | 11 | 25.0 | 6.46 |
| Psychology | psicologia, otras psicologias and psicobiologia | 5 | 11.4 | 4.40 |
| Biology 1 | ecologia y ciencias ambientales, genetica y evolucion and biologia marina | 6 | 13.6 | 3.25 |
| Animal health and production | salud y produccion animal, acuicultura and ciencias veterinarias | 2 | 4.5 | 1.80 |
| 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 | 2 | 4.5 | 1.51 |
| Earth sciences | oceanografia, geologia y mineralogia and meteorologia y climatologia | 2 | 4.5 | 1.48 |
| Linguistics and literature | linguistica literatura y filologia, linguistica and literatura chilena | 2 | 4.5 | 1.29 |
| Education | pedagogia y educacion, formacion inicial and didactica especifica | 3 | 6.8 | 1.26 |
| Interdisciplinary research | cambio climatico y desarrollo sostenible, biotecnologia y bioingenieria and otros | 1 | 2.3 | 1.17 |
| Agronomy | ciencias del suelo, fisiologia vegetal and fruticultura y viticultura | 2 | 4.5 | 1.12 |
| Chemistry | quimica, fisico quimica quimica teorica y computacional fotoquimica-fotofisica catalisis y coloides and quimica organica | 3 | 6.8 | 0.87 |
| Philosophy | filosofia, historia de la filosofia and filosofia analitica | 1 | 2.3 | 0.85 |
| Biology 2 | biologia celular, fisiologia biofisica and inmunologia | 1 | 2.3 | 0.72 |
| Engineering 3 | ingenieria quimica, procesamiento y tecnologia de alimentos and bioingenieria | 1 | 2.3 | 0.56 |
| Law and political science | cienicas juridicas y politicas, ciencia politica (inc. legislacion ) and derecho publico | 1 | 2.3 | 0.46 |
| Engineering 2 | ingenieria en computacion, ingenieria industrial y de sistemas and ingenieria de instrumentacion y control | 1 | 2.3 | 0.37 |
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 10 groups Universidad Santo Tomas 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 de los Lagos | 67 | Animal health and production · Biology 1 · Education · Interdisciplinary research · Sociology · Earth sciences |
| Universidad Alberto Hurtado | 62 | Education · Linguistics and literature · Sociology |
| Universidad Central de Chile | 61 | Psychology · Sociology |
| Universidad de Playa Ancha de Ciencias de la Educacion | 58 | Biology 1 · Education · Interdisciplinary research · Linguistics and literature · Psychology · Sociology · Earth sciences |
| Universidad Diego Portales | 57 | Education · Psychology · Sociology |
| Universidad Catolica del Maule | 57 | Agronomy · Biology 1 · Education · Interdisciplinary research · Linguistics and literature · Medicine G2–G3 (clinical and public health) · Psychology · Sociology |
| Universidad Catolica del Norte | 55 | Biology 1 · Interdisciplinary research · Psychology · Earth sciences |
| Universidad Catolica de Temuco | 55 | Agronomy · Animal health and production · Education · Linguistics and literature · Sociology |
Each dot an institution, near the ones whose mix is similar and joined to its two closest; red is Universidad Santo Tomas, 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 31 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
22 names · 2026The wording each student enrolled under, as the institution filed it. Only names with at least three entrants are printed.
7 more names, together 407 entrants.
Similar institutions
Other universities with a first-year intake of similar size in 2026.
- Universidad de las Americas 7,162
- Universidad Autonoma de Chile 6,817
- Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile 6,673
- Universidad de Santiago de Chile 5,807
- Universidad Mayor 5,234
- Universidad Catolica de la Santisima Concepcion 4,967
- Universidad de Concepcion 4,922
- Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria 4,832
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.