Basic research projects

The University of Chile is the main Chilean Institution in scientific and technological research.

This institution is responsible for a third of the scientific publications and also for the implementation of a high percentage of competitive research projects in most academic fields, including basic sciences, technologies, humanities, social sciences and arts.

• Publications: 12.991 scientific publications in international journals (ISI - WOS) from 2011 to 2017 
• 2.316  articles (ISI - WOS) generated in 2018
• Basic Research Projects: 95 projects financed by the National Fund for Science & Technology Development (FONDECYT) Regular of the National Commission for Science and Technology (CONICYT) in 2020.
• Rankings: First University of the country in production and impact of scientific publications, 8 in Latin america and 455 in the world (Rancking Scimagoir 2019)