Catholic University of the Maule: Statistics

Updated: February 29, 2024

Position	Category
#3323 of 14,131	In the World
#216 of 1,756	In Latin America
#24 of 60	In Chile
#2 of 2	In Talca
#851 of 1,145	For Sports / Exercise science

Quick Review

Religion: Christian
Enrollment: 12,000
Funding: Private
Highest Degree: Bachelor
Website: portal.ucm.cl
Acceptance rate: 67%*

* 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 4,673 scientific papers with 25,941 citations received. The research profile covers a range of fields, including Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, Philosophy, Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science, Computer Science, Engineering, Sociology, Psychology, and Political Science.

Publications: 4,673
Citations: 25,941

Catholic University of the Maule majors

by publication & citation count

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences	3,239 / 13,518
Philosophy	2,238 / 6,173
Biology	2,087 / 17,905
Medicine	1,822 / 15,119
Environmental Science	1,697 / 10,274
Computer Science	1,427 / 10,314
Engineering	1,191 / 9,076
Sociology	1,184 / 5,317
Psychology	1,180 / 8,785
Political Science	1,118 / 5,615
Chemistry	1,116 / 12,756
Physics	1,087 / 7,655
Geography and Cartography	969 / 4,896
Mathematics	913 / 6,642
Ecology	886 / 6,167
Pathology	871 / 8,474
Geology	861 / 5,141
Statistics	727 / 6,065
Law	724 / 5,015
Biochemistry	723 / 9,815
Genetics	707 / 7,784
Quantum and Particle physics	665 / 4,680
Paleontology	636 / 3,625
History	589 / 3,408
Archaeology	569 / 3,353
Botany	539 / 3,369
Psychiatry	528 / 4,915
Demography	513 / 3,195
Artificial Intelligence (AI)	494 / 2,903
Public Health	479 / 3,865
Business	478 / 3,006
Organic Chemistry	454 / 5,080
Neuroscience	446 / 4,178
Machine Learning	420 / 2,726
Linguistics	395 / 2,035
Economics	373 / 1,941
Materials Science	346 / 3,228
Agricultural Science	339 / 3,096
Physical Therapy	337 / 3,280
Surgery	337 / 3,451

Annual publication & citation counts

Year	Publications	Citations
1991	0	0
1992	0	0
1993	2	0
1994	1	0
1995	1	0
1996	3	1
1997	3	0
1998	0	3
1999	0	6
2000	3	7
2001	2	2
2002	6	5
2003	9	9
2004	13	18
2005	17	31
2006	41	36
2007	43	50
2008	43	110
2009	61	129
2010	62	139
2011	100	201
2012	101	245
2013	107	351
2014	117	516
2015	130	643
2016	153	737
2017	210	808
2018	305	1046
2019	428	1633
2020	580	2616
2021	685	4051
2022	710	5315
2023	689	6570

Notable alumni

María Elisa Quinteros

Born in

Chile

Years

1981-.. (age 43)

Enrolled in the Catholic University of the Maule

Graduated with certification course in geriatrics and gerontology

Occupations

epidemiologistdentistpoliticianenvironmentalistacademic

Biography

María Elisa Quinteros Cáceres is a Chilean professor who was elected as a member of the Chilean Constitutional Convention. On January 5, 2022, she was elected as the President of the Constitutional Convention after 9 rounds of voting.