Higher education institutions (HEIs)

There are 38 HEIs in the region: 4 public universities   12 private universities   12 professional institutes   10 technical vocational institutions

80 267 students are enrolled in 553 higher education programmes. 72% of the students study at a university and 28% are enrolled at a non-university institution in the Bío Bío region.

 

Public universities

• University of Concepcion (information in Spanish)  
• Bío Bío University (information in Spanish)  
• Catholic University of the Santísima Concepcion (information in Spanish)  
• Federico Santa Maria University

The University of Concepcion enrols 36% of the students in the region. It is the largest HEI region with 21 000 students.

 

Private universities

 

National private universities which have their main campuses in Santiago and satellites in the Bío Bío region include

• San Sebastián University (information in Spanish)
• Desarrollo University
• University of the Américas (information in Spanish) 
• Saint Thomas University

 

 

Research institutes outside higher education institutions

• Institute for Agricultural Research (INIA), Quilamapu
• Institute for Forestry (INFOR)
• Institute for the Advancement of Fishery (IFOP, infomation in Spanish)  
• Marine Research Institute (INPESCA, information in Spanish)  
• Bioforest (forestry)

 

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