List of universities in Chile explained

This is a list of universities and other higher education institutions in Chile, namely Professional Institutes (IP) and Technical Training Centers (CFT).

Universities

In the Chilean higher education system, there are 61 universities, with over 750.000 students. Of these, 46 are accredited by the Chilean National Accreditation Commission, representing 94% of the total student registration.

Universities founded before 1981, or which can be traced before that year, are known as Traditional Universities.Two Universities, Universidad de O'Higgins and Universidad de Aysén, are two public universities created in 2015, receiving their first students in 2017.

width=250	Institution	Foundation	Type	Ownership	Cities (headquarters in bold)	Enrollment (2014)^[1]
	1842	Traditional university	Public		37,521
	1981/ 1849	Traditional university	Public		23,895
	1981	Traditional university	Public	San Felipe, Santiago, Valparaíso	15,814
	1984	Traditional university	Public		14,207
	1947	Traditional university	Public	Chillán, Concepción	12,614
	1981	Traditional university	Public	Curicó, Linares, Santa Cruz, Santiago, Talca	10,523
	1981	Traditional university	Public		9,809
	1981	Traditional university	Public	Pucón, Temuco	9,790
	1993	Traditional university	Public		9,707
	1948	Traditional university	Public	San Felipe, Valparaíso	8,164
	1981	Traditional university	Public		7,900
	1981	Traditional university	Public		7,245
	1993	Traditional university	Public	San Fernando, Santiago	7,139
	1981 / 1857	Traditional university	Public		5,397
	1889	Traditional university	Public	Graneros, Santiago	4,791
	1961	Traditional university	Public	Coihaique, Porvenir, Puerto Natales, Punta Arenas	4,049
	1888	Traditional university	Private		29,485
	1919	Traditional university	Private		26,399
	1926	Traditional university	Private		19,669
	1928	Traditional university	Private		14,573
	1954	Traditional university	Private	Coihaique, Puerto Montt, Valdivia	13,588
	1991	Traditional university	Private		13,317
	1956	Traditional university	Private		10,976
	1991	Traditional university	Private		9,446
	1991	Traditional university	Private	Curicó, Talca	7,531
	2015	University	Public
	2015	University	Public	Coyhaique
	1988	University	Private		48,255
	1966	University	Private		34,227
	1988	University	Private		30,026
Universidad Santo Tomás	1988	University	Private		29,596
	1989	University	Private		27,493
	1988	University	Private		21,321
	1989	University	Private	Santiago, Talca, Temuco	20,539
	1982	University	Private		17,937
	1990	University	Private		17,162
	1982	University	Private	Antofagasta, La Serena, Santiago	13,306
	1953	University	Private		10,657
		University	Private	Ancud, Calama, Chillán, Concepción, Illapel, La Ligua, La Serena, Linares, Los Andes, Machalí, Puerto Montt, Rancagua, San Antonio, San Felipe, Santiago, Temuco, Tocopilla, Valdivia, Vallenar, Viña del Mar	9,790
	1989	University	Private		8,603
	1988	University	Private	San Felipe, Viña del Mar	8,216
		University	Private	Antofagasta, Chillán, Concepción, La Serena, Santiago	8,172
		University	Private		6,938
		University	Private		6,546
		University	Private		6,514
		University	Private		5,557
		University	Private		4,893
		University	Private		4,608
		University	Private		4,380
		University	Private		4,233
		University	Private		3,831
		University	Private		3,707
	1975	University	Private		3,476
		University	Private		3,429
		University	Private		3,357
		University	Private		1,945
	1996	University	Private		1,891
		University	Private		1,878
	1981	University	Private	Puerto Varas, Santiago	1,690
	1989 - 2019	University	Private	Antofagasta, Arica, Calama, Iquique, La Serena, Quillota, San Fernando, Santiago, Talca, Temuco, Viña del Mar	1,469
		University	Private		428
		University	Private		235

Professional Institutes

width=250	Institution	Foundation	Type	Ownership	Cities (headquarters in bold)	Enrollment (2014)^[2]
		Professional institute	Private		84,675
	1968	Professional institute	Private		80,141
		Professional institute	Private		36,058
		Professional institute	Private		23,776
		Professional institute	Private		21,313
		Professional institute	Private		17,387
		Professional institute	Private		13,966
		Professional institute	Private		12,067
		Professional institute	Private		10,146
		Professional institute	Private		9,639
		Professional institute	Private		7,615
		Professional institute	Private		7,261
		Professional institute	Private		5,205
		Professional institute	Private		4,482
		Professional institute	Private		4,211
		Professional institute	Private		3,301
		Professional institute	Private		2,849
		Professional institute	Private		1,779
		Professional institute	Private		1,653
		Professional institute	Private		1,219
		Professional institute	Private		1,180
		Professional institute	Private		875
		Professional institute	Private		818
		Professional institute	Private		798
		Professional institute	Private		739
		Professional institute	Private		684
		Professional institute	Private		676
		Professional institute	Private		545
		Professional institute	Private		415
		Professional institute	Private		383
		Professional institute	Private		355
		Professional institute	Private		279
		Professional institute	Private		257
		Professional institute	Private		254
		Professional institute	Private		141
		Professional institute	Private		119
		Professional institute	Private		105
		Professional institute	Private		103
		Professional institute	Private		48
		Professional institute	Private		39
		Professional institute	Private		18
		Professional institute	Private		11

Technical Training Centers

width=250	Institution	Foundation	Type	Ownership	Cities (headquarters in bold)	Enrollment (2014)^[3]
		Technical schooling center	Private		50,159
		Technical schooling center	Private		35,970
		Technical schooling center	Private		7,842
		Technical schooling center	Private		6,278
		Technical schooling center	Private		4,245
		Technical schooling center	Private		3,108
		Technical schooling center	Private		3,043
		Technical schooling center	Private		2,468
		Technical schooling center	Private		2,246
		Technical schooling center	Private		2,236
		Technical schooling center	Private		2,234
		Technical schooling center	Private		2,060
		Technical schooling center	Private		1,963
		Technical schooling center	Private		1,926
		Technical schooling center	Private		1,782
		Technical schooling center	Private		1,651
		Technical schooling center	Private		1,431
		Technical schooling center	Private		1,379
		Technical schooling center	Private		1,327
		Technical schooling center	Private		1,224
		Technical schooling center	Private		1,138
		Technical schooling center	Private		957
		Technical schooling center	Private		867
		Technical schooling center	Private		866
		Technical schooling center	Private		816
		Technical schooling center	Private		799
		Technical schooling center	Private		766
		Technical schooling center	Private		692
		Technical schooling center	Private		666
		Technical schooling center	Private		664
		Technical schooling center	Private		563
		Technical schooling center	Private		555
		Technical schooling center	Private		532
		Technical schooling center	Private		437
		Technical schooling center	Private		417
		Technical schooling center	Private		343
		Technical schooling center	Private		307
		Technical schooling center	Private		288
		Technical schooling center	Private		197
		Technical schooling center	Private		178
		Technical schooling center	Private		161
		Technical schooling center	Private		140
		Technical schooling center	Private		137
		Technical schooling center	Private		131
		Technical schooling center	Private		130
		Technical schooling center	Private		107
		Technical schooling center	Private		83
		Technical schooling center	Private		80
		Technical schooling center	Private		71
		Technical schooling center	Private		59
		Technical schooling center	Private		57
		Technical schooling center	Private		42
		Technical schooling center	Private		39
		Technical schooling center	Private		36
		Technical schooling center	Private		32
		Technical schooling center	Private		26
		Technical schooling center	Private		22
		Technical schooling center	Private		11

See also

• Chilean Traditional Universities
• List of colleges and universities by country
• List of colleges and universities

External links

• Universities in Chile by region

Notes and References

1. Web site: Matriculados . 2015-06-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130208174204/http://www.mifuturo.cl/index.php/bases-de-datos/matriculados . 2013-02-08 . dead .
2. Web site: Matriculados . 2015-06-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130208174204/http://www.mifuturo.cl/index.php/bases-de-datos/matriculados . 2013-02-08 . dead .
3. Web site: Matriculados . 2015-06-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130208174204/http://www.mifuturo.cl/index.php/bases-de-datos/matriculados . 2013-02-08 . dead .