Universidad de Concepción
University, Graduate school in Concepcion, Chile
The Universidad de Concepción (UdeC) is a secular and pluralist university in Concepción, in Chile's Biobío Region. It opened at the beginning of 1919, after a local committee decided not to wait for the government to create a university. Besides the main campus in Concepción, it has campuses in Chillán and Los Ángeles and an office in Santiago. The university states that it has more than 30,000 students, and that it is ranked 11th in Latin America and the Caribbean in the QS 2027 ranking.
UdeC offers:
- More than 90 undergraduate degree programmes (carreras de pregrado)
- More than 150 postgraduate programmes: master's (magíster), doctorates and health specialties
- Continuing education: diplomados, diplomas and short courses
Postgraduate programmes are offered in on-site and flexible formats. Research is organised in centres for fields such as environmental sciences, biotechnology, agro-industry and oceans. Undergraduate admission runs through Chile's national PAES test; for the 2027 intake, PAES results are published on 4 January 2027, the same day the university application phase opens.
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Graduate programmes
UdeC offers more than 150 postgraduate programmes, in on-site and flexible formats:
- Master's programmes (magíster)
- Doctorates
- Health specialties
Continuing education for professionals and the general public is offered as diplomados, diplomas and courses.
Deadlines
Undergraduate admission 2027 (Chilean national system): PAES regular results are published on 4 January 2027, and the university application phase opens on 4 January 2027.
Subjects taught
- Architecture, Building and Landscape
- Architecture
- Urban Architecture & Design
- Arts, Design and Crafts
- Visual Arts
- Business
- Auditors
- Communications
- Journalism
- Economics
- Economics
- Education
- Special Education
- Secondary Education
- Teacher Training for Physical Education
- Teacher Training for Secondary Education
- Teaching English as a Second Language
- Teacher Training for Primary Education
- Engineering
- Biomedical Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Industrial Engineering
- Hydraulic Engineering
- Commercial Engineering
- Materials Engineering
- Telecommunications Engineering
- Food Science Engineering
- Environmental Engineering
- Metallurgical Engineering
- Agricultural Engineering
- Aerospace Engineering
- Forestry Engineering
- Information Systems Engineering
- Electronic Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Health
- Pharmacy and Pharmacology
- Medicine
- Veterinary Technician
- Veterinary Medicine
- Dentistry
- Human Nutrition and Dietetics
- Human Studies and Services
- Social Work
- Humanities
- Art History
- Law
- Law
- Philology, Languages, Literature
- Spanish Language and Literature (in Language Schools)
- Sciences
- Geophysics
- Biosciences
- Agronomy
- Anthropology
- Biological Chemistry
- Marine Biology
- Administration Sciences
- Aquatic Sciences
- Statistics
- Astronomy
- Sociology
- Chemistry
- Psychology
- Mathematics
- Geography
- Physics
- Political Science
- Marine Sciences
- Biology