Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria
Logo: Mp0210, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons4,832 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
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.
Entrants, enrolment and titles
2007–2026Three counts of the same institution. Undergraduate enrolment is everyone enrolled that year, in any year of their programme; first-year entrants are the people who started; titles are the undergraduate titles and degrees it awarded.
What you can study here
2026 · mifuturo.clEvery generic programme with a page of its own that took first-year entrants here in 2026, with its campuses and list fee from Mineduc's register, and what SIES publishes on mifuturo.cl for this institution and programme: employment the year after the title, the band of the monthly income in the fourth year, and first-year retention. Each programme's name opens what this institution's own students say about it — who stays, who graduates, how long it takes — next to the programme across the country.
The first-year dropout column is PuroChile's own count on Mineduc's register: of everyone who started the programme here in 2023–2025, the share enrolled at no institution at all the following year — the three cohorts added up, never an average of three rates — beside the same programme across Chile. Changing programme or institution is not dropping out, and some who drop out come back later. “—” is a programme with fewer than 30 entrants here in those years. Across all its undergraduate programmes, 9.4% of the 13,567 people who started here in 2023–2025 were enrolled nowhere the following year; across every university programme, 8.1%.
| Programme | Entrants 2026 | Campuses | Yearly fee | Dropout, year 1 · 2023–2025 | Same programme, Chile | Employed, year 1 | Income, year 4 | Retention, year 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingeniería Civil, plan común y licenciatura en Ciencias de la Ingeniería | 503 | 2 | $7.1 M | 3.2% | 3.6% | 94.4% | $2.4–2.5 M | 89.9% |
| Ingeniería Comercial | 347 | 2 | $7.1 M | 3.9% | 7.3% | 85.1% | $2.1–2.2 M | 83.2% |
| Ingeniería Civil en Computación e Informática | 335 | 2 | $7.1 M | 4.1% | 6.1% | 93.7% | $2.5–3.0 M | 89.2% |
| Ingeniería Civil Industrial | 308 | 2 | $7.1 M | 1.5% | 5.0% | 92.5% | $2.5–3.0 M | 92.9% |
| Técnico en Mantenimiento Industrial | 213 | 3 | $3.3–4.2 M | 18.0% | 23.7% | 74.5% | $1.4–1.5 M | 74.4% |
| Ingeniería Civil Mecánica | 171 | 2 | $7.1 M | 3.5% | 9.5% | 91.9% | $2.5–3.0 M | 89.3% |
| Arquitectura | 169 | 2 | $6.5 M | 6.1% | 6.7% | 62.9% | n/a | 72.2% |
| Técnico en Computación e Informática | 158 | 2 | $3.3 M | 17.5% | 22.7% | 59.0% | $1.7–1.8 M | 70.1% |
| Técnico en Mecánica Automotriz | 148 | 2 | $3.3 M | 25.0% | 25.3% | 53.0% | $1.2–1.3 M | 62.8% |
| Ingeniería Civil Eléctrica | 146 | 2 | $7.1 M | 3.6% | 6.5% | 89.7% | n/a | 92.5% |
| Ingeniería en Computación e Informática | 139 | 2 | $5.2 M | 8.0% | 14.8% | 94.1% | $2.4–2.5 M | 72.6% |
| Técnico en Electricidad y Electricidad Industrial | 132 | 2 | $3.3 M | 20.8% | 25.3% | 69.1% | $1.3–1.4 M | 72.2% |
| Técnico en Administración de Empresas | 122 | 3 | $3.3 M | 14.4% | 25.6% | 44.2% | n/a | 71.4% |
| Ingeniería Civil en Minas | 116 | 1 | $7.1 M | 5.1% | 7.6% | 87.2% | n/a | 91.7% |
| Magister en Tecnología | 113 | 3 | $6.9–13.4 M | 6.5% | 12.0% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ingeniería Civil Química | 111 | 2 | $7.1 M | 4.7% | 7.5% | 87.1% | $2.5–3.0 M | 87.2% |
| Otras Ingenierías | 111 | 3 | $6.0–7.1 M | 8.3% | 12.5% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Técnico en Construcción y Obras Civiles | 105 | 2 | $3.3 M | 14.7% | 31.3% | 35.6% | $1.0–1.1 M | 72.8% |
| Física y Astronomía | 103 | 2 | $5.0 M | 12.3% | 10.8% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ingeniería Industrial | 98 | 2 | $5.2 M | 10.5% | 22.0% | 85.6% | $1.8–1.9 M | 82.4% |
| Técnico en Minería | 98 | 1 | $3.3 M | 19.6% | 28.9% | 57.0% | $1.6–1.7 M | 69.0% |
| Técnico en Electrónica y Electrónica Industrial | 97 | 2 | $3.3 M | 24.1% | 21.9% | 64.9% | $1.2–1.3 M | 61.5% |
| Ingeniería Civil Electrónica | 80 | 1 | $7.1 M | 4.2% | 7.0% | 89.8% | $2.5–3.0 M | 87.5% |
| Técnico en Mecánica Industrial | 78 | 2 | $3.3 M | 22.1% | 31.8% | 59.8% | $1.2–1.3 M | 64.1% |
| Otras Ingenierías Civiles | 73 | 2 | $7.1 M | 4.0% | 9.3% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ingeniería en Biotecnología y Bioingeniería | 66 | 2 | $5.2 M | 5.4% | 7.1% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ingeniería Civil Metalúrgica | 60 | 1 | $7.1 M | 8.2% | 11.0% | 86.2% | over $3.5 M | 82.8% |
| Técnico en Instrumentación, Automatización y Control Industrial | 59 | 1 | $3.3 M | 20.2% | 30.1% | 47.4% | $1.3–1.4 M | 58.1% |
| Ingeniería en Prevención de Riesgos | 55 | 2 | $5.2 M | 16.7% | 21.5% | 78.9% | $1.3–1.4 M | 72.7% |
| Técnico en Análisis de Datos | 53 | 2 | $3.3 M | 24.2% | 28.4% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Magister en Administración y Comercio | 50 | 2 | $8.8 M | 4.8% | 15.8% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Construcción Civil | 39 | 1 | $6.0 M | 5.5% | 21.6% | 88.6% | n/a | 78.9% |
| Técnico en Telecomunicaciones | 38 | 2 | $3.3 M | 20.8% | 23.4% | 59.1% | n/a | 66.0% |
| Ingeniería Civil Ambiental | 35 | 1 | $7.1 M | 5.9% | 11.7% | 88.4% | n/a | 82.9% |
| Magister en Ciencias Básicas | 33 | 1 | $7.1 M | 16.0% | 13.6% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Técnico en Química (Análisis e Industrial) | 33 | 2 | $3.3 M | 22.2% | 17.3% | 57.6% | $1.0–1.1 M | n/a |
| Técnico en Energía | 29 | 1 | $3.3 M | 23.6% | 21.7% | 60.0% | n/a | n/a |
| Doctorado en Tecnología | 27 | 2 | $5.5–7.9 M | 23.5% | 11.8% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Técnico en Medio Ambiente (Control y Gestión) | 14 | 2 | $3.3 M | 21.8% | 28.2% | 33.3% | n/a | n/a |
| Técnico en Alimentos | 13 | 1 | $3.3 M | — | 26.1% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Doctorado en Ciencias Básicas | 12 | 1 | $7.9 M | 35.6% | 11.0% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Magister en Arte y Arquitectura | 5 | 1 | $7.1 M | — | 11.8% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
3 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 Mecánica | — | — | — | — | 16.9% | 82.4% | $1.7–1.8 M | n/a |
| Ingeniería en Automatización, Instrumentación y Control | — | — | — | — | 20.7% | 91.0% | $2.1–2.2 M | n/a |
| Ingeniería en Construcción | — | — | — | — | 16.2% | 79.7% | $1.5–1.6 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, 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.
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.
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.
18 more, and every other programme
| Otras Ingenierías Civiles | 73 | 258 | $7,050,000 | — | |
| Ingeniería en Biotecnología y Bioingeniería | 66 | 232 | $5,180,000 | — | |
| Ingeniería Civil Metalúrgica | 60 | 236 | $7,025,000 | +133% | |
| Técnico en Instrumentación, Automatización y Control Industrial | 59 | 108 | $3,260,000 | — | |
| Ingeniería Civil en Biotecnología y/o Bioingeniería | 57 | 106 | $7,110,000 | — | |
| Ingeniería en Prevención de Riesgos | 55 | 205 | $5,179,000 | −73% | |
| Técnico en Análisis de Datos | 53 | 101 | $3,260,000 | — | |
| Técnico en Biotecnología Industrial | 45 | 104 | $3,260,000 | — | |
| Construcción Civil | 39 | 199 | $6,000,000 | +4% | |
| Técnico en Telecomunicaciones | 38 | 92 | $3,260,000 | — | |
| Ingeniería Civil Ambiental | 35 | 202 | $6,992,000 | −29% | |
| Técnico en Química (Análisis e Industrial) | 33 | 69 | $3,259,000 | −69% | |
| Técnico en Energía | 29 | 55 | $3,260,000 | — | |
| Técnico en Proyectos de Ingeniería | 28 | 74 | $3,260,000 | −43% | |
| Técnico en Mecatrónica | 20 | 41 | $3,260,000 | — | |
| Técnico en Dibujo Técnico | 19 | 42 | $3,260,000 | — | |
| Técnico en Medio Ambiente (Control y Gestión) | 14 | 31 | $3,257,000 | — | |
| Técnico en Alimentos | 13 | 23 | $3,260,000 | — | |
| Every other programme | 0 | — | — | — |
16 programmes it no longer opens
| Bachillerato y/o Licenciatura en Tecnología | 0 | — | — | — | |
| Ingeniería Mecánica | 0 | 25 | $5,421,000 | — | |
| Ingeniería en Construcción | 0 | 226 | $5,180,000 | — | |
| Ingeniería en Automatización, Instrumentación y Control | 0 | 277 | $3,810,000 | — | |
| Técnico en Prevención de Riesgos | 0 | — | — | — | |
| Ingeniería en Proyectos Estructurales | 0 | 62 | $5,180,000 | — | |
| Técnico en Proyecto y Diseño Mecánico | 0 | 1 | $3,170,000 | — | |
| Otros Profesionales de Tecnología | 0 | — | — | — | |
| Ingeniería en Gestión y Control de Calidad | 0 | 132 | $3,810,000 | — | |
| Técnico en Matriceria | 0 | — | — | — | |
| Ingeniería en Química | 0 | 24 | $3,810,000 | — | |
| Técnico en Diseño Industrial | 0 | 1 | $3,170,000 | — | |
| Otros Técnicos de Arte y Arquitectura | 0 | — | — | — | |
| Ingeniería en Metalurgia | 0 | — | — | — | |
| Ingeniería en Medio Ambiente | 0 | 23 | $3,810,000 | — | |
| Ingeniería en Electricidad | 0 | 49 | $6,000,000 | — |
Who studies here
undergraduate · 2026Its undergraduate enrolment of 2026, each split drawn over the same split for all universities. Every bar is a share of its own total, so the two can be compared whatever their size. How the first year came in is the institution's own declaration to SIES.
Where its entrants come from
2024–2026The comuna of their school, not of their home. First-year entrants of 2024–2026, followed by their masked id to the last time they finished secondary school before starting. Mineduc publishes no home address, and the school is where four years of their education happened. 13,813 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.
| Viña del Mar | 920 | 6.7% |
| Valparaíso | 789 | 5.7% |
| Quilpué | 699 | 5.1% |
| Santiago | 509 | 3.7% |
| Villa Alemana | 501 | 3.6% |
| Concepción | 448 | 3.2% |
| Quillota | 422 | 3.1% |
| Puente Alto | 333 | 2.4% |
| San Felipe | 317 | 2.3% |
| La Florida | 300 | 2.2% |
| Maipú | 298 | 2.2% |
| Calera | 289 | 2.1% |
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.
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, 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.
The order of the programme they enrolled in, on the list they applied with.
PAES scale, which starts in 2023; the years before are another test on another scale and are not drawn. Each bar is a share of its own entrants.
Who is still here a year later
cohorts 2007–2025Each year's first-year entrants, followed into the next year's register: still enrolled here (in any programme), enrolled at another institution, or not enrolled anywhere. It is SIES's first-year retention, counted on the published register; a cohort under 30 people has no rate.
Who graduates, and when
titles 2007–2025Each cohort of first-year entrants followed into the register of titles: the share with an undergraduate title from this institution, by years since they started. A recent cohort has a short line, not a low one — the register only goes to 2025. A title is any undergraduate title or degree, including the intermediate ones some programmes award on the way; the register does not tell them apart.
Horizontal axis: years since entry (0 is the year they started).
4,489 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.
How long it really takes
titles 2023–2025Undergraduate titles of 2023–2025 in regular plans: the time from the start of the semester they entered (March or August) to the date of the title, in semesters, against the formal length the institution declares. Special and continuation plans are left out, because they take in people with earlier studies whose clock did not start at entry. 7,569 of 9,174 titles have the dates to be measured.
| Generic programme (SIES) | Titles | Formal, years | Real, years | On time | Real in Chile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingeniería Comercial | 786 | 5.0 | 6.4 | 20% | 6.1 |
| Ingeniería Civil Industrial | 765 | 5.5 | 7.1 | 7% | 6.9 |
| Ingeniería Civil en Computación e Informática | 442 | 5.5 | 7.6 | 9% | 7.0 |
| Técnico en Mantenimiento Industrial | 412 | 2.1 | 3.7 | 17% | 4.0 |
| Ingeniería Civil Mecánica | 371 | 6.0 | 8.5 | 3% | 7.9 |
| Ingeniería Civil Química | 361 | 6.0 | 8.0 | 7% | 7.5 |
| Ingeniería Civil, plan común y licenciatura en Ciencias de la Ingeniería | 345 | 6.0 | 9.0 | 2% | 7.9 |
| Técnico en Administración de Empresas | 290 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 22% | 3.3 |
| Técnico en Electricidad y Electricidad Industrial | 271 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 17% | 3.5 |
| Técnico en Construcción y Obras Civiles | 246 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 36% | 3.9 |
| Técnico en Computación e Informática | 243 | 2.1 | 3.9 | 17% | 3.7 |
| Técnico en Mecánica Automotriz | 237 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 23% | 4.2 |
| Arquitectura | 213 | 5.5 | 8.0 | 4% | 7.4 |
| Ingeniería Civil Electrónica | 194 | 6.0 | 8.3 | 3% | 7.9 |
| Ingeniería Civil en Minas | 182 | 5.5 | 7.6 | 0% | 7.9 |
| Técnico en Minería | 181 | 2.2 | 4.0 | 10% | 3.8 |
| Otras Ingenierías | 166 | 5.0 | 6.6 | 7% | 7.3 |
| Ingeniería Civil Eléctrica | 164 | 6.0 | 9.2 | 0% | 7.6 |
| Técnico en Mecánica Industrial | 137 | 2.1 | 3.9 | 15% | 3.7 |
| Ingeniería Industrial | 132 | 4.2 | 5.5 | 16% | 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 · 2026Where it teaches, not where its students are from. First-year entrants of 2026 by the commune of the campus they enrolled at.
| Valparaíso | 1,429 |
| San Joaquín | 1,208 |
| Viña del Mar | 1,095 |
| Hualpén | 645 |
| Vitacura | 455 |
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. 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».
| Undergraduate institution | People | % |
|---|---|---|
| Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria (itself) | 182 | 26.1% |
| Universidad de Santiago de Chile | 18 | 2.6% |
| Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso | 18 | 2.6% |
| Universidad Andres Bello | 13 | 1.9% |
| Universidad Tecnologica de Chile INACAP | 13 | 1.9% |
| Universidad Arturo Prat | 13 | 1.9% |
| Universidad Catolica del Norte | 13 | 1.9% |
| Universidad de la Serena | 9 | 1.3% |
| Universidad de Concepcion | 9 | 1.3% |
| IP DUOC UC | 8 | 1.1% |
| Universidad de Valparaiso | 8 | 1.1% |
| Universidad de Chile | 7 | 1.0% |
| Other institutions | 79 | 11.4% |
| No undergraduate title in the register (before 2007 or abroad) | 306 | 44.0% |
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».
| Postgraduate institution | People | % |
|---|---|---|
| Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria (itself) | 357 | 25.4% |
| Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile | 282 | 20.0% |
| Universidad Adolfo Ibañez | 146 | 10.4% |
| Universidad de Chile | 129 | 9.2% |
| Universidad Andres Bello | 100 | 7.1% |
| Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso | 62 | 4.4% |
| Universidad de Valparaiso | 47 | 3.3% |
| Universidad de Santiago de Chile | 32 | 2.3% |
| Universidad del Desarrollo | 31 | 2.2% |
| Universidad de Viña del Mar | 24 | 1.7% |
| Universidad San Sebastian | 23 | 1.6% |
| Universidad de Concepcion | 23 | 1.6% |
Research
ANID · 2006–2025The 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theoretical and experimental physics | fisica teorica y experimental, fisica de solidos and sistemas no lineales | 47 | 11.7 | 3.80 |
| Engineering 2 | ingenieria en computacion, ingenieria industrial y de sistemas and ingenieria de instrumentacion y control | 86 | 21.4 | 3.50 |
| Engineering 1 | ingenieria de materiales, ingenieria mecanica and ingenieria hidraulica | 61 | 15.2 | 3.48 |
| Astronomy, cosmology and particles | astronomia cosmologia y particulas, astronomia and gravitacion y cosmologia | 65 | 16.2 | 3.27 |
| Mathematics | analisis, ecuaciones diferenciales and metodos numericos | 59 | 14.7 | 2.66 |
| Engineering 3 | ingenieria quimica, procesamiento y tecnologia de alimentos and bioingenieria | 31 | 7.7 | 1.89 |
| Chemistry | quimica, fisico quimica quimica teorica y computacional fotoquimica-fotofisica catalisis y coloides and quimica organica | 21 | 5.2 | 0.67 |
| Philosophy | filosofia, historia de la filosofia and filosofia analitica | 6 | 1.5 | 0.56 |
| Arts and architecture | musica, otras especialidades de la arquitectura and cine y fotografia | 5 | 1.2 | 0.55 |
| Interdisciplinary research | cambio climatico y desarrollo sostenible, biotecnologia y bioingenieria and otros | 4 | 1.0 | 0.51 |
| Biology 3 | biologia molecular, microbiologia and bioquimica | 6 | 1.5 | 0.36 |
| Earth sciences | oceanografia, geologia y mineralogia and meteorologia y climatologia | 3 | 0.7 | 0.24 |
| Geography and urbanism | geografia y urbanismo, geografia fisica and geografia humana y cultural | 2 | 0.5 | 0.23 |
| Agronomy | ciencias del suelo, fisiologia vegetal and fruticultura y viticultura | 2 | 0.5 | 0.12 |
| Economics and management | cs. economicas y administrativas, finanzas and teoria economica | 1 | 0.2 | 0.10 |
| History | historia de chile, historia hispanoamericana and historia | 1 | 0.2 | 0.09 |
| Biology 2 | biologia celular, fisiologia biofisica and inmunologia | 1 | 0.2 | 0.08 |
| Sociology | sociologia, otras sociologias and cambio social y desarrollo | 1 | 0.2 | 0.06 |
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.
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 Adolfo Ibañez | 63 | Astronomy, cosmology and particles · Theoretical and experimental physics · Engineering 1 · Engineering 2 · Mathematics |
| Universidad de Santiago de Chile | 63 | Theoretical and experimental physics · Engineering 1 · Engineering 3 · Mathematics |
| Universidad de Chile | 62 | Theoretical and experimental physics · Engineering 1 · Engineering 2 · Mathematics |
| Universidad de Concepcion | 61 | Theoretical and experimental physics · Engineering 1 · Engineering 2 · Engineering 3 |
| Universidad del Bio-Bio | 61 | Astronomy, cosmology and particles · Engineering 1 · Engineering 3 · Mathematics |
| Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile | 61 | Engineering 1 · Mathematics |
| Universidad de Antofagasta | 59 | Astronomy, cosmology and particles · Theoretical and experimental physics · Engineering 1 · Engineering 3 |
| Universidad de la Serena | 58 | Astronomy, cosmology and particles · Engineering 1 · Engineering 3 |
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.
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 · 2026The wording each student enrolled under, as the institution filed it. Only names with at least three entrants are printed.
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.