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Universities in Chile

Chile has 97 universities on the map. The oldest dates to 1622. Most were founded in the modern era. Below: how they spread across the centuries, and the country’s oldest institutions. From Wikidata, snapshot 2026-06-22.

UNIVERSITIES97

OLDEST1622

FOUNDED 1900+65

By founding era

Before 12000 · 0%

1200–15990 · 0%

1600–18997 · 7%

1900 or later65 · 67%

Date unknown25 · 26%

Oldest universities in Chile

The country’s earliest institutions — the deepest roots of higher education here.

1622Universidad Pontificia de Santo Tomás de Aquino

1747Real Universidad de San Felipe

1842University of Chile

1888Pontifical Catholic University of Chile

1888Casa Central de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

1889Instituto Pedagógico

1889Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences

1906Universidad Adventista de Chile

1919University of Concepción

1925Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso

1929Federico Santa María Technical University

1947University of the Bío-Bío

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