Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria

4,832 people started an undergraduate programme at Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria in 2026, the 12th largest intake of Chile's 50 universities, and 23,332 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: Valparaíso

CampusThe whole institution
First-year entrants
4,832
2026 · 12 of 50
Total enrolment
23,332
2026
Still here a year later · cohort 2025
81.0%
univ. 85.8%
Graduated here in 10 years · cohort 2015
50.6%
univ. 56.3%
Had it as first choice · 2026
53.6%
univ. 55.6%
Mean list fee · 2026
$6.0 M
univ. $5.9 M
Accreditation
6 years
2026
Women
31.3%
entrants 2026

At a glance

2026
Enrolled 2026
21,334
First year 2026
4,832
Titles 2025
3,465

Largest fields: engineering and industry, information technology, business and law.

Enrolled 2026
1,417
of them in a doctorate
318 · 22%
First year 2026
240
Titles 2025
354

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

Projects 2015–2024
646
Among universities
8 of 49
Fondecyt
402

Most specialised in: theoretical and experimental physics, engineering 2, engineering 1.

Here91%
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
010,00020,00030,00020072017202621,3343,4654,832
010,00020,00030,00020072017202621,3343,4654,832

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, 9.4% of the 13,567 people who started here in 2023–2025 were enrolled nowhere the following year; across every university programme, 8.1%.

ProgrammeEntrants 2026CampusesYearly feeDropout, year 1 · 2023–2025Same programme, ChileEmployed, year 1Income, year 4Retention, year 1
Ingeniería Civil, plan común y licenciatura en Ciencias de la Ingeniería5032$7.1 M3.2%3.6%94.4%$2.4–2.5 M89.9%
Ingeniería Comercial3472$7.1 M3.9%7.3%85.1%$2.1–2.2 M83.2%
Ingeniería Civil en Computación e Informática3352$7.1 M4.1%6.1%93.7%$2.5–3.0 M89.2%
Ingeniería Civil Industrial3082$7.1 M1.5%5.0%92.5%$2.5–3.0 M92.9%
Técnico en Mantenimiento Industrial2133$3.3–4.2 M18.0%23.7%74.5%$1.4–1.5 M74.4%
Ingeniería Civil Mecánica1712$7.1 M3.5%9.5%91.9%$2.5–3.0 M89.3%
Arquitectura1692$6.5 M6.1%6.7%62.9%n/a72.2%
Técnico en Computación e Informática1582$3.3 M17.5%22.7%59.0%$1.7–1.8 M70.1%
Técnico en Mecánica Automotriz1482$3.3 M25.0%25.3%53.0%$1.2–1.3 M62.8%
Ingeniería Civil Eléctrica1462$7.1 M3.6%6.5%89.7%n/a92.5%
Ingeniería en Computación e Informática1392$5.2 M8.0%14.8%94.1%$2.4–2.5 M72.6%
Técnico en Electricidad y Electricidad Industrial1322$3.3 M20.8%25.3%69.1%$1.3–1.4 M72.2%
Técnico en Administración de Empresas1223$3.3 M14.4%25.6%44.2%n/a71.4%
Ingeniería Civil en Minas1161$7.1 M5.1%7.6%87.2%n/a91.7%
Magister en Tecnología1133$6.9–13.4 M6.5%12.0%n/an/an/a
Ingeniería Civil Química1112$7.1 M4.7%7.5%87.1%$2.5–3.0 M87.2%
Otras Ingenierías1113$6.0–7.1 M8.3%12.5%n/an/an/a
Técnico en Construcción y Obras Civiles1052$3.3 M14.7%31.3%35.6%$1.0–1.1 M72.8%
Física y Astronomía1032$5.0 M12.3%10.8%n/an/an/a
Ingeniería Industrial982$5.2 M10.5%22.0%85.6%$1.8–1.9 M82.4%
Técnico en Minería981$3.3 M19.6%28.9%57.0%$1.6–1.7 M69.0%
Técnico en Electrónica y Electrónica Industrial972$3.3 M24.1%21.9%64.9%$1.2–1.3 M61.5%
Ingeniería Civil Electrónica801$7.1 M4.2%7.0%89.8%$2.5–3.0 M87.5%
Técnico en Mecánica Industrial782$3.3 M22.1%31.8%59.8%$1.2–1.3 M64.1%
Otras Ingenierías Civiles732$7.1 M4.0%9.3%n/an/an/a
Ingeniería en Biotecnología y Bioingeniería662$5.2 M5.4%7.1%n/an/an/a
Ingeniería Civil Metalúrgica601$7.1 M8.2%11.0%86.2%over $3.5 M82.8%
Técnico en Instrumentación, Automatización y Control Industrial591$3.3 M20.2%30.1%47.4%$1.3–1.4 M58.1%
Ingeniería en Prevención de Riesgos552$5.2 M16.7%21.5%78.9%$1.3–1.4 M72.7%
Técnico en Análisis de Datos532$3.3 M24.2%28.4%n/an/an/a
Magister en Administración y Comercio502$8.8 M4.8%15.8%n/an/an/a
Construcción Civil391$6.0 M5.5%21.6%88.6%n/a78.9%
Técnico en Telecomunicaciones382$3.3 M20.8%23.4%59.1%n/a66.0%
Ingeniería Civil Ambiental351$7.1 M5.9%11.7%88.4%n/a82.9%
Magister en Ciencias Básicas331$7.1 M16.0%13.6%n/an/an/a
Técnico en Química (Análisis e Industrial)332$3.3 M22.2%17.3%57.6%$1.0–1.1 Mn/a
Técnico en Energía291$3.3 M23.6%21.7%60.0%n/an/a
Doctorado en Tecnología272$5.5–7.9 M23.5%11.8%n/an/an/a
Técnico en Medio Ambiente (Control y Gestión)142$3.3 M21.8%28.2%33.3%n/an/a
Técnico en Alimentos131$3.3 M—26.1%n/an/an/a
Doctorado en Ciencias Básicas121$7.9 M35.6%11.0%n/an/an/a
Magister en Arte y Arquitectura51$7.1 M—11.8%n/an/an/a
3 more with SIES figures and no entrants in 2026
ProgrammeEntrants 2026CampusesYearly feeDropout, year 1 · 2023–2025Same programme, ChileEmployed, year 1Income, year 4Retention, year 1
Ingeniería Mecánica————16.9%82.4%$1.7–1.8 Mn/a
Ingeniería en Automatización, Instrumentación y Control————20.7%91.0%$2.1–2.2 Mn/a
Ingeniería en Construcción————16.2%79.7%$1.5–1.6 Mn/a

Employment and income are SIES's own figures for this institution, published only where at least eleven graduates could be matched to a tax return; “n/a” is a figure SIES did not publish. Incomes are gross, in pesos of September 2025.

What it teaches

2026

Everyone enrolled in an undergraduate programme here in 2026, 21,334 enrolments, by CINE-F field and SIES generic programme. Each tile is a programme and its area is its share; click a field's band to open it, or a tile to see that programme across the country.

Engineering and industry 67%Information technology 13%Business and law 13%Natural sciences 5.4%Servi… 1.9%Ingeniería CivilIndustrial9.8%Ingeniería Civil,plan común ylicenciatura en…6.9%IngenieríaIndustrial5.9%Ingeniería CivilMecánica4.8%Ingeniería CivilEléctrica3.8%Arquitectura3.7%IngenieríaCivil Química3.0%IngenieríaCivil enMinas2.5%Técnico enMantenimien…Industrial2.4%IngenieríaCivil enTelemática2.4%IngenieríaCivilElectrónica2.3%OtrasIngenierías1.5%Técnico enMecánicaAutomotrizTécnico enElectricid…y…Ingenier…enAutomati…1.3%TécnicoenConstruc…1.2%TécnicoenMinería1.1%Ingenier…CivilMetalúrg…1.1%Ingenier…enBiotecno…1.1%Ingenie…enConstru…1.1%IngenieríaCivilAmbientalTécnico enElectróni…y…Construcc…Civil0.9%Técnico enMecánica…TécnicoenInstru…Ingenie…Civil enBiotecn…TécnicoenBiotecn…Técnicoen…Técni…en…Inge…en…Técni…Inge…Ing…Ingeniería Civilen Computación eInformática7.7%IngenieríaenComputación…3.5%TécnicoenComput…1.8%IngenieríaComercial11%Técnico enAdministración d…Ingen…enGesti…IngenieríaCivilMatemática…1.8%Física yAstrono…1.5%OtrasIngeni…Civiles1.2%Técn…enAnál…Técn…en…Ingen…enPreve…1.0%OtrasIngen…0.9%
Engineering and industry 67%Information t… 13%Business and … 13%Nat… 5.4%IngenieríaCivilIndustrial9.8%IngenieríaCivil,plan comú…6.9%Ingenier…Industri…5.9%IngenieríaCivilMecánica4.8%IngenieríaCivilEléctricaArquitec…3.7%Ingeni…CivilQuímicaIngen…Civilen…Técni…enMante…Ingen…Civilen…Ingen…CivilElect…OtrasIngeni…Técni…en…Técni…en…Ing…enAut…Téc…en…Téc…en…Ing…Civ…Ing…en…Ing…en…Inge…Técn…Cons…Técni…Ingenier…Civil enComputac…7.7%Ingen…enCompu…Técnic…IngenieríaComercial11%Ingen…Civil…Físic…Inge…Otra…
hover a tile for its count; click a group to open it

Mean annual list fee of its undergraduate enrolment: $6,011,000 (universities: $5,901,000). It is the published price of each programme averaged over the students enrolled in it, not what each one pays: free tuition (gratuidad), scholarships and loans are not subtracted.

Programme by programme

By SIES's generic programme, largest intake first. Only programmes that reached 10 entrants here in some year are listed; the rest are added together at the end. The change compares the first three years with the last three and is only given where both average at least 20 entrants.

Generic programme (SIES)First year 2026Enrolled 2026Mean list fee2007–2026Change
Ingeniería Civil, plan común y licenciatura en Ciencias de la Ingeniería5031,472$7,024,000−9%
Ingeniería Comercial3472,319$7,109,000+231%
Ingeniería Civil en Computación e Informática3351,642$7,006,000+92%
Ingeniería Civil Industrial3082,093$7,006,000+11%
Técnico en Mantenimiento Industrial213519$3,667,000+179%
Ingeniería Civil Mecánica1711,018$6,970,000+81%
Arquitectura169793$6,397,000+252%
Técnico en Computación e Informática158388$3,260,000+4%
Técnico en Mecánica Automotriz148304$3,259,000+56%
Ingeniería Civil Eléctrica146820$7,009,000+146%
Ingeniería en Computación e Informática139751$5,049,000+156%
Técnico en Electricidad y Electricidad Industrial132299$3,259,000−3%
Ingeniería Civil en Telemática123518$7,026,000+147%
Técnico en Administración de Empresas122327$3,260,000—
Ingeniería Civil en Minas116533$7,014,000—
Ingeniería Civil Química111649$6,996,000+50%
Otras Ingenierías111532$6,421,000+60%
Técnico en Construcción y Obras Civiles105255$3,259,000−35%
Física y Astronomía103326$5,030,000—
Ingeniería Industrial981,261$4,807,000−70%
Técnico en Minería98240$3,260,000—
Técnico en Electrónica y Electrónica Industrial97201$3,260,000−38%
Ingeniería Civil Matemática y Estadística85390$7,015,000—
Ingeniería Civil Electrónica80497$6,999,000+4%
Técnico en Mecánica Industrial78174$3,259,000−12%
18 more, and every other programme
Otras Ingenierías Civiles73258$7,050,000—
Ingeniería en Biotecnología y Bioingeniería66232$5,180,000—
Ingeniería Civil Metalúrgica60236$7,025,000+133%
Técnico en Instrumentación, Automatización y Control Industrial59108$3,260,000—
Ingeniería Civil en Biotecnología y/o Bioingeniería57106$7,110,000—
Ingeniería en Prevención de Riesgos55205$5,179,000−73%
Técnico en Análisis de Datos53101$3,260,000—
Técnico en Biotecnología Industrial45104$3,260,000—
Construcción Civil39199$6,000,000+4%
Técnico en Telecomunicaciones3892$3,260,000—
Ingeniería Civil Ambiental35202$6,992,000−29%
Técnico en Química (Análisis e Industrial)3369$3,259,000−69%
Técnico en Energía2955$3,260,000—
Técnico en Proyectos de Ingeniería2874$3,260,000−43%
Técnico en Mecatrónica2041$3,260,000—
Técnico en Dibujo Técnico1942$3,260,000—
Técnico en Medio Ambiente (Control y Gestión)1431$3,257,000—
Técnico en Alimentos1323$3,260,000—
Every other programme0———
16 programmes it no longer opens
Bachillerato y/o Licenciatura en Tecnología0———
Ingeniería Mecánica025$5,421,000—
Ingeniería en Construcción0226$5,180,000—
Ingeniería en Automatización, Instrumentación y Control0277$3,810,000—
Técnico en Prevención de Riesgos0———
Ingeniería en Proyectos Estructurales062$5,180,000—
Técnico en Proyecto y Diseño Mecánico01$3,170,000—
Otros Profesionales de Tecnología0———
Ingeniería en Gestión y Control de Calidad0132$3,810,000—
Técnico en Matriceria0———
Ingeniería en Química024$3,810,000—
Técnico en Diseño Industrial01$3,170,000—
Otros Técnicos de Arte y Arquitectura0———
Ingeniería en Metalurgia0———
Ingeniería en Medio Ambiente023$3,810,000—
Ingeniería en Electricidad049$6,000,000—

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
Here28%15–1954%20–2412%Universities23%15–1955%20–2412%
Here28%15–1954%20–24Universities23%55%20–24
15–1920–2425–2930–3435–3940 and over
Timetable
Here90%DaytimeUniversities87%Daytime
Here90%DaytimeUniversities87%Daytime
DaytimeEvening
Sex
Here71%Men29%WomenUniversities44%Men56%Women
Here71%Men29%WomenUniversities44%Men56%Women
MenWomen
Kind of programme
Here84%Professional degrees16%Universities97%Professional degrees
Here84%Professional degrees16%Universities97%Professional degrees
Professional degreesTechnical programmes
How first-year students came in
Here61%Direct entry (regular)34%Other forms of entryUniversities85%Direct entry (regular)
Here61%Direct entry (regular)34%Other forms of ent…Universities85%Direct entry (regular)
Direct entry (regular)Other forms of entrySpecial entry for foreign studentsPACEInclusion programmesSpecial characteristics
Plan
Here90%Regular planUniversities91%Regular plan
Here90%Regular planUniversities91%Regular plan
Regular 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. 13,813 of 13,941 (99.1%) have such a record since 2006; the rest — who left school earlier, studied abroad or validated their studies — are not placed.

37.6% finished school in Valparaíso, the region of its main campus.

Region of the school
Valparaíso37.6%Metropolitana30.7%Biobío11.3%O'Higgins4.7%Coquimbo3.4%Los Lagos2.4%Maule2.2%Antofagasta1.7%Tarapacá1.4%Atacama0.9%Araucanía0.8%Los Ríos0.6%Arica y Parinacota0.6%Ñuble0.6%Aysén0.6%Magallanes0.4%
Valparaíso37.6%Metropolitana30.7%Biobío11.3%O'Higgins4.7%Coquimbo3.4%Los Lagos2.4%Maule2.2%Antofagasta1.7%Tarapacá1.4%Atacama0.9%Araucanía0.8%Los Ríos0.6%Arica y Parinacota0.6%Ñuble0.6%Aysén0.6%Magallanes0.4%
Comuna of the school
Viña del Mar9206.7%
Valparaíso7895.7%
Quilpué6995.1%
Santiago5093.7%
Villa Alemana5013.6%
Concepción4483.2%
Quillota4223.1%
Puente Alto3332.4%
San Felipe3172.3%
La Florida3002.2%
Maipú2982.2%
Calera2892.1%
192 more comunas

Ñuñoa 270 · Providencia 247 · Talcahuano 240 · Rancagua 223 · Las Condes 208 · Coronel 202 · Los Andes 173 · Hualpén 157 · Peñalolén 156 · Iquique 153 · San Bernardo 149 · La Serena 145 · Quilicura 145 · San Pedro de la Paz 144 · Quintero 135 · San Antonio 134 · Limache 122 · Puerto Montt 122 · Antofagasta 119 · Ovalle 116 · Colina 116 · Concón 115 · La Reina 113 · Chiguayante 110 · Melipilla 100 · San Miguel 97 · Huechuraba 94 · Machalí 91 · Calama 87 · Recoleta 84 · Arica 84 · Curicó 82 · La Cisterna 78 · Osorno 77 · Copiapó 72 · Nogales 69 · Talagante 68 · Santa Cruz 67 · Talca 66 · San Fernando 65 · Vitacura 64 · Cabildo 62 · El Bosque 62 · Casablanca 61 · Puchuncaví 58 · Temuco 57 · Pudahuel 55 · Illapel 53 · Coyhaique 53 · Renca 53 · Valdivia 53 · Salamanca 52 · La Ligua 52 · San Vicente 51 · Linares 51 · Los Ángeles 47 · Estación Central 47 · Macul 46 · Punta Arenas 44 · Buin 44 · Puerto Varas 43 · Peñaflor 43 · Paine 40 · Coquimbo 39 · Lampa 38 · Tomé 35 · Independencia 35 · Vallenar 34 · Llaillay 34 · Quinta Normal 34 · Rengo 32 · Hualqui 32 · Chillán 32 · La Granja 30 · San Ramón 30 · Los Vilos 29 · Alto Hospicio 28 · Catemu 28 · Constitución 28 · Lo Barnechea 28 · Cartagena 27 · Lota 26 · Curacaví 26 · Hijuelas 25 · Doñihue 25 · Ancud 25 · Castro 24 · Santo Domingo 23 · Cerrillos 23 · Padre Hurtado 23 · San Joaquín 22 · Aysén 21 · Petorca 19 · Zapallar 19 · Parral 19 · Calera de Tango 19 · La Pintana 17 · Isla de Maipo 17 · La Unión 17 · Calle Larga 16 · Villarrica 16 · Algarrobo 15 · Penco 15 · Olmué 14 · Lebu 14 · Cañete 14 · Pirque 14 · Panquehue 13 · Las Cabras 13 · Requínoa 13 · Pichilemu 13 · Arauco 13 · San Pedro de Atacama 12 · Cauquenes 12 · Curanilahue 12 · Conchalí 12 · Combarbalá 11 · Litueche 11 · Chimbarongo 11 · Pedro Aguirre Cerda 11 · Yungay 11 · Angol 10 · Calbuco 10 · Bulnes 10 · Diego de Almagro 9 · San Javier 9 · Cabrero 9 · Cerro Navia 9 · Quinta de Tilcoco 8 · Molina 8 · Florida 8 · Laja 8 · Natales 8 · Lo Espejo 8 · San Carlos 8 · Punitaqui 7 · El Quisco 7 · Yumbel 7 · Tiltil 7 · Panguipulli 7 · Trehuaco 7 · Pozo Almonte 6 · Chañaral 6 · Canela 6 · Santa María 6 · Graneros 6 · Santa Juana 6 · Pucón 6 · Los Muermos 6 · Lo Prado 6 · Pica 5 · Tocopilla 5 · Putaendo 5 · Coltauco 5 · Victoria 5 · Frutillar 5 · San José de Maipo 5 · San Nicolás 5 · Isla de Pascua 4 · Rinconada 4 · San Esteban 4 · Papudo 4 · El Tabo 4 · Navidad 4 · Maule 4 · Pelluhue 4 · Los Álamos 4 · Nacimiento 4 · Quellón 4 · Purranque 4 · Cochrane 4 · María Pinto 4 · Mejillones 3 · Taltal 3 · Alto del Carmen 3 · La Cruz 3 · Codegua 3 · Olivar 3 · Nancagua 3 · Empedrado 3 · Teno 3 · Contulmo 3 · Mulchén 3 · Carahue 3 · Chonchi 3 · Quinchao 3 · Río Negro 3 · Chile Chico 3 · Cabo de Hornos 3 · Alhué 3 · Quirihue 3 · Coelemu 3

54 more comunas sent fewer than 3 each, together 78 entrants; they are not named.

The kind of school
Here21%Public (munici…53%Subsidised private20%Fee-paying pri…Universities28%Public (municipal or…54%Subsidised private16%
Here21%53%Subsidised private20%Universities28%Public (munici…54%Subsidised private16%
Public (municipal or SLEP)Subsidised privateFee-paying privateDelegated administration
When they started, after leaving school
Here70%The next year18%A year laterUniversities54%The next year25%A year later13%
Here70%The next year18%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, 5,739 applicants put a programme of Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria as their first choice and 22,212 included one somewhere on their list.

In which preference its regular entrants had it · 2026
Here54%1st choice22%2nd14%Universities56%1st choice19%2nd
Here54%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 Tecnica Federico Santa MariaUniversities
02040608020212024202655.6%53.6%
02040608020212024202655.6%53.6%
Weighted score of its regular entrants · 2026
0.0%20.0%40.0%under 500500–549550–599600–649650–699700–749750–799800–849850–899900–949950+
0.0%20.0%40.0%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
Here79%Regular placesUniversities83%Regular places12%
Here79%Regular placesUniversities83%Regular places
Regular placesPACEAcademic Excellence places+MC places (gender)Special 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 Tecnica Federico Santa MariaUniversities
025507510020072016202585.8%81.0%
025507510020072016202585.8%81.0%
Cohort 2025, in 2026
Here81%Still hereUniversities86%Still here
Here81%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
020406080091851%19%
020406080091851%19%

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

Cohort 2015, 10 years on
Here51%Titled here23%Titled elsewhere27%No title yetUniversities56%Titled here17%26%No title yet
Here51%Titled here23%27%No title yetUniversities56%Titled here17%26%No title yet
Titled hereTitled elsewhereNo title yet

4,489 people started here in 2015. "Titled elsewhere" is a title from any other institution and no title from this one: someone who changed institution and finished there.

The undergraduate titles it awarded in 2025
Engineering and industry 72%Business and law 14%Information technology 11%Serv… 2.6%Natu… 1.6%Ingeniería CivilIndustrial9.5%IngenieríaIndustrial8.5%Técnico enMantenimientoIndustrial4.8%IngenieríaCivil, plancomún y…4.2%Ingeniería CivilQuímica3.6%IngenieríaCivilMecánica3.5%Técnico enElectricid…y…2.7%Técnico enConstrucci…y Obras…2.5%IngenieríaenConstrucci…2.5%Arquitectu…2.4%Técnico enMecánicaAutomotriz2.3%IngenieríaenAutomatiza…IngenieríaCivilElectróni…2.1%Técnico enMinería1.9%Ingenier…Civil enMinas1.8%IngenieríaCivilEléctricaTécnicoenMecánica…TécnicoenElectrón…Ingenier…Civil enTelemáti…Construc…Civil1.2%Ingenier…Civil…Ingeni…en…OtrasIngeni…TécnicoenInstru…Técnicoen…Ingeni…Civil…Ingeni…en…Ingen…enElect…Inge…Mecá…Técn…enEner…Ingen…en…Técni…en…Técn…en…Técn…en…Téc…en…Ingeniería Comercial9.4%Técnico enAdministra…de Empresas3.4%Ingeniería en…IngenieríaCivil enComputación…4.7%Técnico enComputación eInformática2.9%Ingeniería enComputación eInformáticaIngenieríaen…OtrasIngenierí…Ingen…CivilMatem…Téc…enQuí…
Engineering and industry 72%Business and law 14%Information … 11%IngenieríaCivilIndustrial9.5%IngenieríaIndustrial8.5%Técnico enMantenimi…Industrial4.8%IngenieríaCivil,plan comú…IngenieríaCivilQuímicaIngenieríaCivil…Técnicoen…Técnicoen…Ingeni…en…Arqui…2.4%TécnicoenMecáni…Ingen…enAutom…Ingen…CivilElect…TécnicoenMineríaIngeni…Civilen…Ingeni…Civil…Técnicoen…Técnicoen…Inge…Civi…Cons…CivilInge…Ingen…Inge…Inge…IngenieríaComercial9.4%Técni…enAdmin…Ingen…Civilen…4.7%Técnico enComputaci…Ingenieríaen…Ingeni…Otras…
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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. 7,569 of 9,174 titles have the dates to be measured.

Here12%Within the formal le…35%1–2 semesters more22%3–4 semesters more12%5–6 semesters more12%7–10 semesters more6.2%Universities33%Within the formal length31%1–2 semesters more16%3–4 semesters more8.4%5–6 semesters…7.0%
Here35%1–2 semesters more22%Universities33%Within the formal…31%1–2 semesters mo…16%
Within the formal length1–2 semesters more3–4 semesters more5–6 semesters more7–10 semesters more11 semesters or more
Programme by programme
Generic programme (SIES)TitlesFormal, yearsReal, yearsOn timeReal in Chile
Ingeniería Comercial7865.06.420%6.1
Ingeniería Civil Industrial7655.57.17%6.9
Ingeniería Civil en Computación e Informática4425.57.69%7.0
Técnico en Mantenimiento Industrial4122.13.717%4.0
Ingeniería Civil Mecánica3716.08.53%7.9
Ingeniería Civil Química3616.08.07%7.5
Ingeniería Civil, plan común y licenciatura en Ciencias de la Ingeniería3456.09.02%7.9
Técnico en Administración de Empresas2902.03.022%3.3
Técnico en Electricidad y Electricidad Industrial2712.13.417%3.5
Técnico en Construcción y Obras Civiles2462.13.336%3.9
Técnico en Computación e Informática2432.13.917%3.7
Técnico en Mecánica Automotriz2372.13.423%4.2
Arquitectura2135.58.04%7.4
Ingeniería Civil Electrónica1946.08.33%7.9
Ingeniería Civil en Minas1825.57.60%7.9
Técnico en Minería1812.24.010%3.8
Otras Ingenierías1665.06.67%7.3
Ingeniería Civil Eléctrica1646.09.20%7.6
Técnico en Mecánica Industrial1372.13.915%3.7
Ingeniería Industrial1324.25.516%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

5 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
Valparaíso2,524Metropolitana1,663Biobío645
Valparaíso2,524Metropolitana1,663Biobío645

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
05001,0001,5002007201720261,417240
05001,0001,5002007201720261,417240
Postgraduate enrolment by field · 2026
Master's 78%Doctorate 22%Magister en Tecnología47%Magister en Administración yComercio25%MagisterenCiencia…5.4%Magister…Doctorado en Tecnología12%Doctorado en Ciencias Básicas11%
Master's 78%Doctorate 22%Magister en Tecnología47%Magister enAdministracióny Comercio25%Magister enCiencias BásicasDoctorado en Tecnología12%Doctorado en CienciasBásicas
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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. 390 of 696 (56.0%) have one in the register, which starts in 2007; the rest graduated earlier or abroad, which is not the same as having no degree. Of those found, 46.7% 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 Tecnica Federico Santa Maria182 peopleUniversidad de Santiago de Chile17 peoplePontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso15 peopleUniversidad Tecnologica de Chile INACAP13 peopleUniversidad Arturo Prat13 peopleUniversidad Catolica del Norte12 peopleUniversidad Andres Bello9 peopleUniversidad de la Serena9 peopleIP DUOC UC5 peopleOther institutions115 peopleNo title in the register306 peopleDoctorado en Tecnología50 peopleMagister en Administración y Comercio162 peopleMagister en Arte y Arquitectura15 peopleMagister en Tecnología336 peopleDoctorado en Ciencias Básicas46 peopleMagister en Ciencias Básicas87 people
Universidad Tec…182 peopleUniversidad de …17 peoplePontificia Univ…15 peopleUniversidad Tec…13 peopleUniversidad Art…13 peopleUniversidad Cat…12 peopleUniversidad And…9 peopleUniversidad de …9 peopleIP DUOC UC5 peopleOther instituti…115 peopleNo title in the…306 peopleDoctorado en Te…50 peopleMagister en Adm…162 peopleMagister en Art…15 peopleMagister en Tec…336 peopleDoctorado en Ci…46 peopleMagister en Cie…87 people
Undergraduate institutionPeople%
Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria (itself)18226.1%
Universidad de Santiago de Chile182.6%
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso182.6%
Universidad Andres Bello131.9%
Universidad Tecnologica de Chile INACAP131.9%
Universidad Arturo Prat131.9%
Universidad Catolica del Norte131.9%
Universidad de la Serena91.3%
Universidad de Concepcion91.3%
IP DUOC UC81.1%
Universidad de Valparaiso81.1%
Universidad de Chile71.0%
Other institutions7911.4%
No undergraduate title in the register (before 2007 or abroad)30644.0%

Where its graduates go on to a postgraduate degree

People with an undergraduate title from here in 2010–2021, followed forward to the first master's or doctorate they started, anywhere, up to 2026. 1,408 of 25,011 (5.6%) started one (universities: 9.9%); 25.4% 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».

Engineering and industry1,023 peopleInformation technology117 peopleBusiness and law100 peopleNatural sciences95 peopleServices73 peopleUniversidad del Desarrollo27 peopleUniversidad Adolfo Ibañez144 peoplePontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile280 peoplePontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso62 peopleUniversidad de Chile129 peopleUniversidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria357 peopleOther institutions193 peopleUniversidad de Santiago de Chile30 peopleUniversidad San Sebastian22 peopleUniversidad Andres Bello99 peopleUniversidad de Valparaiso43 peopleUniversidad de Viña del Mar22 people
Engineering and…1,023 peopleInformation tec…117 peopleBusiness and law100 peopleNatural sciences95 peopleServices73 peopleUniversidad del…27 peopleUniversidad Ado…144 peoplePontificia Univ…280 peoplePontificia Univ…62 peopleUniversidad de …129 peopleUniversidad Tec…357 peopleOther instituti…193 peopleUniversidad de …30 peopleUniversidad San…22 peopleUniversidad And…99 peopleUniversidad de …43 peopleUniversidad de …22 people
Postgraduate institutionPeople%
Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria (itself)35725.4%
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile28220.0%
Universidad Adolfo Ibañez14610.4%
Universidad de Chile1299.2%
Universidad Andres Bello1007.1%
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso624.4%
Universidad de Valparaiso473.3%
Universidad de Santiago de Chile322.3%
Universidad del Desarrollo312.2%
Universidad de Viña del Mar241.7%
Universidad San Sebastian231.6%
Universidad de Concepcion231.6%

Research

ANID · 2006–2025

The projects ANID (CONICYT until 2019) awarded with Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria 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
646
8 of 49 universities
Fondecyt (Regular, Iniciación, Postdoctorado)
402
2015–2024
Applied research
16%
universities 13%
Led by a woman
20%
universities 33%

Projects awarded each year

025507510020062016202584
025507510020062016202584

By OECD area · 2015–2024

0.0%20.0%40.0%60.0%Natural sciencesEngineering and technologyMedical and health sciencesAgricultural sciencesSocial sciencesHumanitiesMultidisciplinaryNo area declared
0.0%20.0%40.0%60.0%Natural sciencesEngineering and technologyMedical and health sciencesAgricultural sciencesSocial sciencesHumanitiesMultidisciplinaryNo area declared
HereUniversities

By ANID programme · 2015–2024

0200400600Fondecyt402Fondef102PCI70Fondequip22PIA14Other programmes13PAI10Astronomy6CORFO4Explora3
0200400600Fondecyt402Fondef102PCI70Fondequip22PIA14Other programmes13PAI10Astronomy6CORFO4Explora3

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
Theoretical and experimental physicsfisica teorica y experimental, fisica de solidos and sistemas no lineales4711.73.80
Engineering 2ingenieria en computacion, ingenieria industrial y de sistemas and ingenieria de instrumentacion y control8621.43.50
Engineering 1ingenieria de materiales, ingenieria mecanica and ingenieria hidraulica6115.23.48
Astronomy, cosmology and particlesastronomia cosmologia y particulas, astronomia and gravitacion y cosmologia6516.23.27
Mathematicsanalisis, ecuaciones diferenciales and metodos numericos5914.72.66
Engineering 3ingenieria quimica, procesamiento y tecnologia de alimentos and bioingenieria317.71.89
Chemistryquimica, fisico quimica quimica teorica y computacional fotoquimica-fotofisica catalisis y coloides and quimica organica215.20.67
Philosophyfilosofia, historia de la filosofia and filosofia analitica61.50.56
Arts and architecturemusica, otras especialidades de la arquitectura and cine y fotografia51.20.55
Interdisciplinary researchcambio climatico y desarrollo sostenible, biotecnologia y bioingenieria and otros41.00.51
Biology 3biologia molecular, microbiologia and bioquimica61.50.36
Earth sciencesoceanografia, geologia y mineralogia and meteorologia y climatologia30.70.24
Geography and urbanismgeografia y urbanismo, geografia fisica and geografia humana y cultural20.50.23
Agronomyciencias del suelo, fisiologia vegetal and fruticultura y viticultura20.50.12
Economics and managementcs. economicas y administrativas, finanzas and teoria economica10.20.10
Historyhistoria de chile, historia hispanoamericana and historia10.20.09
Biology 2biologia celular, fisiologia biofisica and inmunologia10.20.08
Sociologysociologia, otras sociologias and cambio social y desarrollo10.20.06

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 6 groups Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria is specialised in. The axes mean nothing; what the picture says is near and far.

Engineering 2MathematicsAstronomy, cosmology and particlesEngineering 1Engineering 3Theoretical and experimental phys…ChemistryEducationLaw and political scienceBiology 1Biology 3AgronomySociologyLinguistics and literatureMedicine G1 (biomedical sciences)Biology 2Earth sciencesMedicine G2–G3 (clinical and publ…HistoryPhilosophyPsychologyAnimal health and productionEconomics and managementArts and architectureGeography and urbanismInterdisciplinary researchAnthropology and archaeology
Engineering 2MathematicsAstronomy, cosmology…Engineering 1Engineering 3Theoretical and exper…
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 Adolfo Ibañez63Astronomy, cosmology and particles · Theoretical and experimental physics · Engineering 1 · Engineering 2 · Mathematics
Universidad de Santiago de Chile63Theoretical and experimental physics · Engineering 1 · Engineering 3 · Mathematics
Universidad de Chile62Theoretical and experimental physics · Engineering 1 · Engineering 2 · Mathematics
Universidad de Concepcion61Theoretical and experimental physics · Engineering 1 · Engineering 2 · Engineering 3
Universidad del Bio-Bio61Astronomy, cosmology and particles · Engineering 1 · Engineering 3 · Mathematics
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile61Engineering 1 · Mathematics
Universidad de Antofagasta59Astronomy, cosmology and particles · Theoretical and experimental physics · Engineering 1 · Engineering 3
Universidad de la Serena58Astronomy, cosmology and particles · Engineering 1 · Engineering 3
Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa MariaUniversidad de ChileUniversidad de ConcepcionUniversidad de Santiago de ChileUniversidad Adolfo IbañezUniversidad del Bio-BioUniversidad de la SerenaUniversidad de Antofagasta
U. Tecnica Federico San…U. de ChileU. de ConcepcionU. de Santiago de ChileU. del Bio-BioU. de la SerenaU. de Antofagasta

Each dot an institution, near the ones whose mix is similar and joined to its two closest; red is Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria, 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 123 projects are read apart, by discipline, and are not part of the specialisation above.

0102030Ciencias fisicas24Ingenieria electrica, ingenieria electronica, informatica23Ingenieria civil10Ingenieria mecanica10Matematicas9Ingenieria medica6Otras ingenierias y tecnologias6Ciencias quimicas5Ciencias de la informacion y computacion4Ciencias de la tierra y del medio ambiente4
0102030Ciencias fisicas24Ingenieria electrica, ingenieria electronica, informati…23Ingenieria civil10Ingenieria mecanica10Matematicas9Ingenieria medica6Otras ingenierias y tecnologias6Ciencias quimicas5Ciencias de la informacion y computacion4Ciencias de la tierra y del medio ambiente4

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

49 names · 2026

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

0100200300400Ingenieria Comercial347Ingenieria Civil Plan Comun341Ingenieria Civil Informatica335Ingenieria Civil Industrial308Ingenieria Civil Mecanica171Arquitectura169Ingenieria Civil162Tecnico Universitario en Informatica158Tecnico Universitario en Mecanica Automotriz148Ingenieria Civil Electrica146Ingenieria en Informatica139Tecnico Universitario en Electricidad132Tecnico Universitario en Mantenimiento Industrial132Ingenieria Civil Telematica123Tecnico Universitario en Administracion de Empresas122
0100200300400Ingenieria Comercial347Ingenieria Civil Plan Comun341Ingenieria Civil Informatica335Ingenieria Civil Industrial308Ingenieria Civil Mecanica171Arquitectura169Ingenieria Civil162Tecnico Universitario en Informatica158Tecnico Universitario en Mecanica Automotriz148Ingenieria Civil Electrica146Ingenieria en Informatica139Tecnico Universitario en Electricidad132Tecnico Universitario en Mantenimiento Industrial132Ingenieria Civil Telematica123Tecnico Universitario en Administracion de Empresas122

34 more names, together 1,899 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.