Catholic University of the Maule: Statistics

Updated: March 15, 2026

Position	Category
#3150 of 14,131	In the World
#221 of 1,756	In Latin America
#24 of 60	In Chile
#2 of 2	In Talca
#720 of 1,346	For Sports / Exercise science
Top50%	For 15 other topics

Quick Review

Religion: Christian
Enrollment: 12,000
Funding: Private
Highest Degree: Bachelor
Website: portal.ucm.cl
Acceptance rate: 68%*

* The Catholic University of the Maule is among the institutions that don't provide data on acceptance rates. This might happen because the university has programs where applicants only need to meet admission requirements to enroll and don't necessarily compete with others.

We estimate the above acceptance rate based on admission statistics of closely ranked nearby universities with similar research profiles that do publish such data.

Acceptance rate & Admissions

Enrollment	12,000
Full time employee	1,200
Student:staff ratio	10:1

Research profile

Catholic University of the Maule has published 6,172 scientific papers with 53,177 citations received. The research profile covers a range of fields, including Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, Philosophy, Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science, Computer Science, Psychology, Engineering, Sociology, and Chemistry.

Publications: 6,172
Citations: 53,177

Catholic University of the Maule majors

by publication & citation count

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences	4,195 / 30,109
Philosophy	2,843 / 14,503
Biology	2,803 / 34,960
Medicine	2,486 / 29,529
Environmental Science	2,243 / 21,972
Computer Science	1,877 / 19,687
Psychology	1,614 / 16,875
Engineering	1,549 / 18,876
Sociology	1,543 / 12,209
Chemistry	1,485 / 22,970
Political Science	1,474 / 12,663
Physics	1,408 / 14,690
Geography and Cartography	1,280 / 11,150
Mathematics	1,181 / 12,967
Ecology	1,179 / 13,948
Pathology	1,158 / 16,974
Geology	1,095 / 11,759
Law	990 / 10,859
Biochemistry	956 / 17,260
Genetics	938 / 14,616
Statistics	890 / 11,239
Quantum and Particle physics	842 / 8,706
Paleontology	806 / 8,748
History	740 / 6,490
Psychiatry	732 / 9,350
Archaeology	704 / 6,354
Botany	684 / 6,396
Public Health	636 / 9,149
Demography	623 / 6,777
Organic Chemistry	617 / 9,393
Artificial Intelligence (AI)	614 / 5,492
Business	606 / 6,196
Neuroscience	603 / 7,910
Linguistics	515 / 3,810
Machine Learning	502 / 5,310
Physical Therapy	482 / 5,936
Economics	476 / 4,995
Materials Science	455 / 5,944
Surgery	452 / 6,405
Agricultural Science	433 / 6,013

Annual publication & citation counts

Year	Publications	Citations
1993	2	0
1994	1	0
1995	1	1
1996	5	2
1997	4	2
1998	0	4
1999	0	7
2000	4	4
2001	2	0
2002	7	5
2003	10	10
2004	14	25
2005	17	44
2006	41	57
2007	45	73
2008	48	147
2009	69	160
2010	68	220
2011	110	269
2012	110	317
2013	109	425
2014	136	615
2015	139	800
2016	169	920
2017	220	1032
2018	338	1416
2019	453	2183
2020	643	3628
2021	748	5490
2022	788	7124
2023	782	9327
2024	663	10356
2025	498	10265

Notable alumni

María Elisa Quinteros

Born in

Chile

Years

1981-.. (age 45)

Enrolled in the Catholic University of the Maule

Graduated with certification course in gerontology and geriatrics

Occupations

dentistgerontologistepidemiologistacademicenvironmentalist

Biography

María Elisa Quinteros Cáceres is a Chilean dentist, public health academic, and independent politician.