# List of universities in Chile

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.
| Institution | Foundation | Type | Ownership | Cities (headquarters in bold) | Enrollment (2014) |
| Universidad de Chile | 1842 | Traditional university | Public | Santiago | 37,521 |
| Universidad de Santiago de Chile | 1981/ 1849 | Traditional university | Public | Santiago | 23,895 |
| Universidad de Valparaíso | 1981 | Traditional university | Public | San Felipe, Santiago, Valparaíso | 15,814 |
| Universidad Arturo Prat | 1984 | Traditional university | Public | Antofagasta, Arica, Calama, Copiapó, Iquique, Santiago, Victoria, Villarrica | 14,207 |
| Universidad del Bío-Bío | 1947 | Traditional university | Public | Chillán, Concepción | 12,614 |
| Universidad de Talca | 1981 | Traditional university | Public | Curicó, Linares, Santa Cruz, Santiago, Talca | 10,523 |
| Universidad de Tarapacá | 1981 | Traditional university | Public | Arica, Iquique | 9,809 |
| Universidad de La Frontera | 1981 | Traditional university | Public | Pucón, Temuco | 9,790 |
| Universidad de Los Lagos | 1993 | Traditional university | Public | Ancud, Castro, Osorno, Puerto Montt, Santiago | 9,707 |
| Universidad de Playa Ancha de Ciencias de la Educación | 1948 | Traditional university | Public | San Felipe, Valparaíso | 8,164 |
| Universidad de Antofagasta | 1981 | Traditional university | Public | Antofagasta | 7,900 |
| Universidad de La Serena | 1981 | Traditional university | Public | La Serena, Ovalle | 7,245 |
| Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana | 1993 | Traditional university | Public | San Fernando, Santiago | 7,139 |
| Universidad de Atacama | 1981 / 1857 | Traditional university | Public | Copiapó, Vallenar | 5,397 |
| Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación | 1889 | Traditional university | Public | Graneros, Santiago | 4,791 |
| Universidad de Magallanes | 1961 | Traditional university | Public | Coihaique, Porvenir, Puerto Natales, Punta Arenas | 4,049 |
| Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile | 1888 | Traditional university | Private | Santiago, Villarrica | 29,485 |
| Universidad de Concepción | 1919 | Traditional university | Private | Chillán, Concepción, Los Ángeles | 26,399 |
| Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María | 1926 | Traditional university | Private | Hualpén, Rancagua, Santiago, Valparaíso, Viña del Mar | 19,669 |
| Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso | 1928 | Traditional university | Private | Valparaíso | 14,573 |
| Universidad Austral de Chile | 1954 | Traditional university | Private | Coihaique, Puerto Montt, Valdivia | 13,588 |
| Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción | 1991 | Traditional university | Private | Cañete, Chillán, Concepción, Los Ángeles, Talcahuano | 13,317 |
| Universidad Católica del Norte | 1956 | Traditional university | Private | Antofagasta, Coquimbo | 10,976 |
| Universidad Católica de Temuco | 1991 | Traditional university | Private | Temuco | 9,446 |
| Universidad Católica del Maule | 1991 | Traditional university | Private | Curicó, Talca | 7,531 |
| Universidad de O'Higgins | 2015 | University | Public | Rancagua, San Fernando | |
| Universidad de Aysén | 2015 | University | Public | Coyhaique | |
| Universidad Andrés Bello | 1988 | University | Private | Concepción, Rancagua, Santiago, Viña del Mar | 48,255 |
| Universidad Tecnológica de Chile Inacap | 1966 | University | Private | Antofagasta, Arica, Calama, Chillán, Copiapó, Coihaique, Curicó, Iquique, La Serena, Los Ángeles, Osorno, Puerto Montt, Punta Arenas, Rancagua, Santiago, Talca, Talcahuano, Temuco, Valdivia, Valparaíso | 34,227 |
| Universidad de Las Américas | 1988 | University | Private | Concepción, Santiago, Viña del Mar | 30,026 |
| Universidad Santo Tomás | 1988 | University | Private | Antofagasta, Arica, Concepción, Copiapó, Iquique, La Serena, Los Ángeles, Osorno, Puerto Montt, Santiago, Talca, Temuco, Valdivia, Viña del Mar | 29,596 |
| Universidad San Sebastián | 1989 | University | Private | Concepción, Osorno, Puerto Montt, Santiago, Valdivia | 27,493 |
| Universidad Mayor | 1988 | University | Private | Santiago, Temuco | 21,321 |
| Universidad Autónoma de Chile | 1989 | University | Private | Santiago, Talca, Temuco | 20,539 |
| Universidad Diego Portales | 1982 | University | Private | Santiago | 17,937 |
| Universidad del Desarrollo | 1990 | University | Private | Concepción, Santiago, Valdivia | 17,162 |
| Universidad Central de Chile | 1982 | University | Private | Antofagasta, La Serena, Santiago | 13,306 |
| Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez | 1953 | University | Private | Santiago, Viña del Mar | 10,657 |
| Universidad de Aconcagua | | 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 |
| Universidad de Los Andes | 1989 | University | Private | Santiago | 8,603 |
| Universidad de Viña del Mar | 1988 | University | Private | San Felipe, Viña del Mar | 8,216 |
| Universidad Pedro de Valdivia | | University | Private | Antofagasta, Chillán, Concepción, La Serena, Santiago | 8,172 |
| Universidad Alberto Hurtado | | University | Private | Santiago | 6,938 |
| Universidad del Pacífico | | University | Private | Santiago | 6,546 |
| Universidad Finis Terrae | | University | Private | Santiago | 6,514 |
| Universidad Católica Silva Henríquez | | University | Private | Santiago | 5,557 |
| Universidad Bolivariana | | University | Private | Cauquenes, Chillán, Concepción, Iquique, La Serena, Linares, Los Ángeles, Ovalle, Parral, Santiago, Talca | 4,893 |
| Universidad Bernardo O'Higgins | | University | Private | Santiago | 4,608 |
| Universidad Sek | | University | Private | Santiago | 4,380 |
| Universidad La República | | University | Private | Antofagasta, Arica, Calama, Chillán, Concepción, Coquimbo, Illapel, Los Ángeles, Rancagua, San Fernando, Santiago, Talca | 4,233 |
| Universidad de Artes, Ciencias y Comunicacion - Uniacc | | University | Private | Santiago | 3,831 |
| Universidad Ucinf | | University | Private | Santiago | 3,707 |
| Universidad Academia de Humanismo Cristiano | 1975 | University | Private | Santiago | 3,476 |
| Universidad Iberoamericana de Ciencias y Tecnología, Unicyt | | University | Private | Santiago | 3,429 |
| Universidad de Arte y Ciencias Sociales Arcis | | University | Private | Castro, Concepción, Santiago, Valparaíso | 3,357 |
| Universidad Los Leones | | University | Private | Santiago | 1,945 |
| Universidad Miguel de Cervantes | 1996 | University | Private | Santiago | 1,891 |
| Universidad Adventista de Chile | | University | Private | Chillán | 1,878 |
| Universidad Gabriela Mistral | 1981 | University | Private | Puerto Varas, Santiago | 1,690 |
| Universidad del Mar | 1989 - 2019 | University | Private | Antofagasta, Arica, Calama, Iquique, La Serena, Quillota, San Fernando, Santiago, Talca, Temuco, Viña del Mar | 1,469 |
| Universidad Chileno Británica de Cultura | | University | Private | Santiago | 428 |
| Universidad La Araucana | | University | Private | Santiago | 235 |

## Professional Institutes

| Institution | Foundation | Type | Ownership | Cities (headquarters in bold) | Enrollment (2014) |
| IP Aiep | | Professional institute | Private | Antofagasta, Calama, Concepción, Curicó, La Serena, Los Ángeles, Osorno, Puerto Montt, Rancagua, San Felipe, San Fernando, Santiago, Talca, Temuco, Valparaíso, Viña del Mar | 84,675 |
| IP Duoc UC | 1968 | Professional institute | Private | Concepción, Santiago, Valparaíso, Viña del Mar | 80,141 |
| IP Inacap | | Professional institute | Private | Antofagasta, Arica, Calama, Chillán, Copiapó, Coihaique, Curicó, Iquique, La Serena, Los Ángeles, Osorno, Puerto Montt, Punta Arenas, Rancagua, Santiago, Talca, Talcahuano, Temuco, Valdivia, Valparaíso | 36,058 |
| IP de Chile | | Professional institute | Private | La Serena, Rancagua, Santiago, Temuco | 23,776 |
| IP Santo Tomás | | Professional institute | Private | Antofagasta, Arica, Chillán, Concepción, Copiapó, Curicó, Iquique, La Serena, Los Ángeles, Osorno, Ovalle, Puerto Montt, Punta Arenas, Rancagua, Santiago, Talca, Temuco, Valdivia, Viña del Mar | 21,313 |
| IP La Araucana | | Professional institute | Private | Castro, Concepción, Curicó, La Serena, Los Ángeles, Osorno, Puerto Montt, San Antonio, Santiago, Temuco, Viña del Mar | 17,387 |
| IP Los Leones | | Professional institute | Private | Santiago, Viña del Mar | 13,966 |
| IP Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior | | Professional institute | Private | Copiapó, Punta Arenas, Santiago, Talca, Valparaíso | 12,067 |
| IP Dr. Virginio Gómez G. | | Professional institute | Private | Chillán, Concepción, Los Ángeles | 10,146 |
| IP del Valle Central | | Professional institute | Private | Antofagasta, Chillán, Concepción, Constitución, Curicó, La Serena, Los Ángeles, Ovalle, Puerto Montt, Santiago, Talca | 9,639 |
| IP Providencia | | Professional institute | Private | Concepción, La Serena, Santiago, Temuco, Viña del Mar | 7,615 |
| IP Los Lagos | | Professional institute | Private | Antofagasta, Calama, Concepción, Coihaique, Los Ángeles, Quillota, Rancagua, San Antonio, San Fernando, Santiago, Talca, Temuco, Valdivia, Valparaíso | 7,261 |
| IP Instituto Superior de Artes y Ciencias de la Comunicación | | Professional institute | Private | Santiago | 5,205 |
| IP Diego Portales | | Professional institute | Private | Chillán, Concepción, Santiago, Viña del Mar | 4,482 |
| IP Instituto Profesional IPG | | Professional institute | Private | Arauco, Concepción, Panguipulli, Rancagua | 4,211 |
| IP Instituto de Estudios Bancarios Guillermo Subercaseaux | | Professional institute | Private | Concepción, Rancagua, Santiago, Temuco, Viña del Mar | 3,301 |
| IP Esucomex | | Professional institute | Private | Santiago | 2,849 |
| IP de Arte y Comunicación Arcos | | Professional institute | Private | Santiago, Viña del Mar | 1,779 |
| IP Escuela de Contadores Auditores de Santiago | | Professional institute | Private | Santiago | 1,653 |
| IP Carlos Casanueva | | Professional institute | Private | Santiago | 1,219 |
| IP Ciisa | | Professional institute | Private | Santiago | 1,180 |
| IP Instituto Internacional de Artes Culinarias y Servicios | | Professional institute | Private | Santiago, Viña del Mar | 875 |
| IP Instituto Nacional del Fútbol | | Professional institute | Private | Santiago | 818 |
| IP de Los Ángeles | | Professional institute | Private | Los Ángeles | 798 |
| IP Eatri Instituto Profesional | | Professional institute | Private | Santiago | 739 |
| IP Libertador de Los Andes | | Professional institute | Private | Los Andes | 684 |
| IP Escuela Moderna de Música | | Professional institute | Private | Santiago, Viña del Mar | 676 |
| IP Instituto Profesional del Comercio | | Professional institute | Private | Chillán, Santiago | 545 |
| IP Chileno-Británico de Cultura | | Professional institute | Private | Santiago | 415 |
| IP Projazz | | Professional institute | Private | Santiago | 383 |
| IP Chileno Norteamericano | | Professional institute | Private | Santiago | 355 |
| IP Agrario Adolfo Matthei | | Professional institute | Private | Osorno | 279 |
| IP Hogar Catequístico | | Professional institute | Private | Puerto Montt, Rancagua, Santiago | 257 |
| IP de Ciencias y Educación Helen Keller | | Professional institute | Private | Valparaíso | 254 |
| IP Vertical | | Professional institute | Private | Santiago | 141 |
| IP de Ciencias y Artes Incacea | | Professional institute | Private | Santiago | 119 |
| IP de Ciencias de la Computación Acuario Data | | Professional institute | Private | Santiago | 105 |
| IP Escuela de Cine de Chile | | Professional institute | Private | Santiago | 103 |
| IP Alemán Wilhelm Von Humboldt | | Professional institute | Private | Santiago | 48 |
| IP Adventista | | Professional institute | Private | Chillán | 39 |
| IP de Artes Escénicas Karen Connolly | | Professional institute | Private | Santiago | 18 |
| IP Mar Futuro | | Professional institute | Private | Valparaíso | 11 |

## Technical Training Centers

| Institution | Type | Ownership | Cities (headquarters in bold) | Enrollment (2014) |
| CFT Inacap | Technical schooling center | Private | Antofagasta, Arica, Calama, Chillán, Copiapó, Coihaique, Curicó, Iquique, La Serena, Los Ángeles, Osorno, Puerto Montt, Punta Arenas, Rancagua, Santiago, Talca, Talcahuano, Temuco, Valdivia, Valparaíso | 50,159 |
| CFT Santo Tomás | Technical schooling center | Private | Antofagasta, Arica, Chillán, Concepción, Copiapó, Curicó, Iquique, La Serena, Los Ángeles, Osorno, Ovalle, Puerto Montt, Punta Arenas, Rancagua, Santiago, Talca, Temuco, Valdivia, Viña del Mar | 35,970 |
| CFT Duoc UC | Technical schooling center | Private | Santiago | 7,842 |
| CFT Icel | Technical schooling center | Private | Santiago | 6,278 |
| CFT Instituto Tecnológico de Chile - I.T.C. | Technical schooling center | Private | Santiago | 4,245 |
| CFT de Enac | Technical schooling center | Private | Santiago | 3,108 |
| CFT San Agustín de Talca | Technical schooling center | Private | Cauquenes, Linares, Talca | 3,043 |
| CFT Proandes | Technical schooling center | Private | La Ligua, Los Andes, San Felipe, Santiago, Talcahuano | 2,468 |
| CFT La Araucana | Technical schooling center | Private | San Antonio | 2,246 |
| CFT Ceduc - UCN | Technical schooling center | Private | Antofagasta, Coquimbo, Lebu | 2,236 |
| CFT Simón Bolívar | Technical schooling center | Private | Santiago | 2,234 |
| CFT de Tarapacá | Technical schooling center | Private | Arica, Iquique | 2,060 |
| CFT Cámara de Comercio de Santiago | Technical schooling center | Private | Santiago | 1,963 |
| CFT Andrés Bello | Technical schooling center | Private | Angol, Temuco | 1,926 |
| CFT Lota-Arauco | Technical schooling center | Private | Cañete, Lota | 1,782 |
| CFT del Medio Ambiente | Technical schooling center | Private | Santiago | 1,651 |
| CFT Los Lagos | Technical schooling center | Private | Antofagasta, Calama, Concepción, Coihaique, Los Ángeles, Quillota, Rancagua, San Antonio, San Fernando, Talca, Temuco, Valdivia, Valparaíso | 1,431 |
| CFT Manpower | Technical schooling center | Private | Concepción, Santiago | 1,379 |
| CFT Instituto Superior de Estudios Jurídicos Canon | Technical schooling center | Private | Curarrehue, Futrono, La Unión, Lanco, Los Vilos, Máfil, Mariquina, Nueva Imperial, Paillaco, Saavedra, Santiago, Vilcún, Villarrica | 1,327 |
| CFT Ucevalpo | Technical schooling center | Private | La Calera, Valparaíso, Viña del Mar | 1,224 |
| CFT Juan Bohon | Technical schooling center | Private | La Serena | 1,138 |
| CFT Uda | Technical schooling center | Private | Copiapó, Vallenar | 957 |
| CFT Magnos | Technical schooling center | Private | Santiago, Temuco | 867 |
| CFT U.Valpo. | Technical schooling center | Private | Viña del Mar | 866 |
| CFT Teodoro Wickel Kluwen | Technical schooling center | Private | Angol, Temuco | 816 |
| CFT Iprosec | Technical schooling center | Private | Osorno | 799 |
| CFT Los Leones | Technical schooling center | Private | Santiago | 766 |
| CFT Massachusetts | Technical schooling center | Private | Linares, Talca | 692 |
| CFT Prodata | Technical schooling center | Private | Copiapó, La Calera, Osorno, Santa Cruz, Vallenar, Valparaíso | 666 |
| CFT Educap | Technical schooling center | Private | Quillota | 664 |
| CFT Instituto Central de Capacitación Educacional ICCE | Technical schooling center | Private | Casablanca, La Serena, Los Andes, Punta Arenas, San Antonio, Santiago, Talca, Viña del Mar | 563 |
| CFT Cenco | Technical schooling center | Private | Los Andes, Quillota, San Antonio, San Felipe, Santiago, Viña del Mar | 555 |
| CFT Crecic | Technical schooling center | Private | Cabrero, Concepción, Curanilahue | 532 |
| CFT Esane del Norte | Technical schooling center | Private | Antofagasta | 437 |
| CFT Instituto de Secretariado Insec | Technical schooling center | Private | Santiago, Viña del Mar | 417 |
| CFT Alpes | Technical schooling center | Private | Los Álamos, Santiago | 343 |
| CFT Ceitec | Technical schooling center | Private | Santiago | 307 |
| CFT Luis Alberto Vera | Technical schooling center | Private | Illapel | 288 |
| CFT Cepa de la III Región | Technical schooling center | Private | Copiapó | 197 |
| CFT Escuela Culinaria Francesa - Ecole | Technical schooling center | Private | Santiago | 178 |
| CFT Profasoc | Technical schooling center | Private | Río Bueno | 161 |
| CFT Fontanar | Technical schooling center | Private | Santiago | 140 |
| CFT Estudio Profesor Valero | Technical schooling center | Private | Santiago | 137 |
| CFT de la Industria Grafica - Ingraf | Technical schooling center | Private | Santiago | 131 |
| CFT Diego Portales | Technical schooling center | Private | Chillán, Concepción, Santiago, Viña del Mar | 130 |
| CFT Protec | Technical schooling center | Private | Temuco | 107 |
| CFT de Enseñanza de Alta Costura Paulina Diard | Technical schooling center | Private | Santiago | 83 |
| CFT Escuela de Artes Aplicadas Oficios del Fuego | Technical schooling center | Private | Santiago | 80 |
| CFT Centro Tecnológico Superior Infomed | Technical schooling center | Private | Santiago | 71 |
| CFT Finning | Technical schooling center | Private | Antofagasta | 59 |
| CFT Crownliet | Technical schooling center | Private | Santiago | 57 |
| CFT Laplace | Technical schooling center | Private | Santiago | 42 |
| CFT Alfa | Technical schooling center | Private | Constitución | 39 |
| CFT Barros Arana | Technical schooling center | Private | Cauquenes, Concepción | 36 |
| CFT Ceponal | Technical schooling center | Private | Valparaíso | 32 |
| CFT Instituto Superior Alemán de Comercio Insalco | Technical schooling center | Private | Santiago | 26 |
| CFT Escuela de Intérpretes Inceni | Technical schooling center | Private | Santiago | 22 |
| CFT Osorno | Technical schooling center | Private | Osorno | 11 |