Catholic University of the Maule: Statistics

Updated: March 02, 2025

Position	Category
#3304 of 14,131	In the World
#214 of 1,756	In Latin America
#24 of 60	In Chile
#2 of 2	In Talca
#723 of 1,302	For Sports / Exercise science
Top50%	For 12 other topics

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 5,781 scientific papers with 45,033 citations received. The research profile covers a range of fields, including Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, Philosophy, Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science, Computer Science, Psychology, Sociology, Engineering, and Political Science.

Publications: 5,781
Citations: 45,033

Catholic University of the Maule majors

by publication & citation count

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences	3,979 / 25,048
Philosophy	2,745 / 12,758
Biology	2,576 / 28,936
Medicine	2,277 / 24,033
Environmental Science	2,101 / 18,321
Computer Science	1,720 / 16,515
Psychology	1,483 / 14,279
Sociology	1,461 / 10,446
Engineering	1,442 / 15,817
Political Science	1,384 / 10,020
Chemistry	1,368 / 19,278
Physics	1,317 / 12,344
Geography and Cartography	1,202 / 8,666
Ecology	1,097 / 10,667
Mathematics	1,094 / 10,916
Pathology	1,077 / 13,417
Geology	1,040 / 9,682
Law	914 / 8,354
Biochemistry	869 / 14,467
Genetics	844 / 12,172
Statistics	825 / 9,399
Quantum and Particle physics	785 / 7,376
Paleontology	764 / 7,088
History	704 / 5,442
Archaeology	669 / 5,332
Psychiatry	666 / 7,782
Botany	642 / 5,377
Demography	591 / 5,728
Public Health	582 / 6,908
Organic Chemistry	578 / 7,563
Artificial Intelligence (AI)	575 / 4,652
Business	565 / 5,237
Neuroscience	550 / 6,583
Linguistics	485 / 3,214
Machine Learning	469 / 4,520
Economics	436 / 3,331
Physical Therapy	431 / 4,927
Materials Science	428 / 4,972
Agricultural Science	407 / 4,988
Surgery	400 / 5,261

Annual publication & citation counts

Year	Publications	Citations
1992	1	0
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	270
2012	111	320
2013	110	424
2014	136	616
2015	139	797
2016	169	920
2017	220	1030
2018	338	1414
2019	453	2182
2020	640	3625
2021	745	5472
2022	788	7101
2023	781	9291
2024	657	10182

Notable alumni

María Elisa Quinteros

Born in

Chile

Years

1981-.. (age 44)

Enrolled in the Catholic University of the Maule

Graduated with certification course in gerontology and geriatrics

Occupations

environmentalistpoliticiandentistgerontologistepidemiologist

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.