UC Research in numbers
The Graduate School seeks to promote and position academic research to impact and contribute to society, both in Chile and worldwide. For this reason, our research work is relevant and indispensable, positioning us as a benchmark and materializing through the following indicators:
2,466 WoS Publications in 2019 by Academics
Source: Research and Yearbook 2019-2020 UC.
2,574 Publications in Scopus in 2019 by Academics
Source: Research and Yearbook 2019-2020 UC.
769 Research Projects during 2018
With external funding. Source: UC Research and Yearbook 2019.
203 Proyectos de I+D vigentes en 2019
Source: Fund for the Promotion of Scientific and Technological Development.
1st Place in invention patents in Chile
Source: INAPI, 2019.9
+200 Patents granted by 2020
Total accumulated as of April 2020.
+200 Laboratories
To develop interdisciplinary research.
42 Interdisciplinary research centers
Where scholars from different UC faculties participate.
5,173 WoS articles published by PhD Students
2012 to 2018.
5,480 Scopus articles published by PhD Students
2012 to 2018.
47% of Publications with International Collaboration
2012 to 2018.
Nº1 Awarding of National Doctorate Scholarships ANID
257 awarded in 2021.
729 Faculty Members
(56% ordinary staff, 65% supervising dissertations).
2,227 Doctorate holders
Between 1935 and 2020.
141 Doctorate holders
During 2020.
29% Current Foreign Students
From Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, and other countries.