Postgrados y Educación Continua Universidad de los Andes

What Postgrados y Educación Continua Universidad de los Andes does

Postgrados y Educación Continua Universidad de los Andes is the postgraduate and continuing education division of Universidad de los Andes, a private Chilean university founded in 1996 and headquartered in Santiago. The division offers diplomados (postgraduate diplomas), magísteres (master's degrees), technical certifications, and short courses across five knowledge areas: law, engineering, health, business, and social sciences. It serves approximately 9,000 students annually through online, hybrid, in-person, and HyFlex delivery modalities, operated by a lean administrative team of roughly 23 employees.

The division's core architecture is a modular credit-stack design in which diplomados can accumulate toward a full master's degree, locking students into multi-program enrollment paths. Programs are priced in UF (Unidad de Fomento), an inflation-indexed Chilean unit, with short courses starting at approximately 1 UF and full master's programs reaching approximately 320 UF. The revenue model is predominantly tuition-driven B2C, supplemented by the recently launched B2B corporate-training arm, Postgrados Uandes Empresas. Differentiation rests on Universidad de los Andes brand equity, QS 2025 recognition, and practitioner-faculty partnerships with leading Chilean law firms and Clínica Universidad de los Andes. Regulatory credentials include Academia Judicial and CNA Chile accreditation, supporting access to legally regulated continuing-education segments. The 2026 product pipeline introduces Magíster en Psicología Clínica, a Master of Engineering Management (MEM), and the B2B Empresas channel, indicating a measured product- and channel-led expansion strategy rather than a capital-intensive growth push.

Name

Postgrados y Educación Continua Universidad de los Andes

Legal name

Universidad de los Andes

Website

https://postgradosuandes.cl

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The postgraduate and continuing education division of Universidad de los Andes (Chile), offering modular diplomados, master's degrees, certifications, and short courses across law, engineering, health, business, and social sciences to roughly 9,000 students annually via online, hybrid, and in-person formats, with a newly launched B2B corporate-training arm.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Postgraduate and Continuing Higher Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113), Educational Services (611), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

University-Affiliated Pathway & Foundation Programs (EDAIAJAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Diploma-to-Degree / Articulation & Credit-Transfer Pathways (EDAIAJAG)

Keywords

• Graduate education programs
• Continuing professional education
• Postgraduate degree programs
• Clinical specialty training
• Corporate executive education

Headquarters

HQ city

Santiago (Las Condes)

HQ country

Chile

HQ region

Latin America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Graduate Program Tuition: Revenue generated from tuition fees (matrícula) and program charges (arancel) for master's degrees, doctorates, diplomas, health specialties, medical residencies, and training programs. Programs priced in UF (Unidad de Fomento) with discounts for early admission, alumni, and group enrollments.
2. Corporate Training (Postgrados Uandes Empresas): Customized educational solutions for enterprises and institutions delivered through strategic partnerships, integrating academic excellence with applied methodology.
3. Continuing Education Activities: Revenue from short courses, seminars, workshops, conferences, and academic extension activities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Postgrados y Educación Continua Universidad de los Andes is the postgraduate and continuing education arm of Universidad de los Andes in Chile, offering master's degrees, doctorates, medical and dental specialties, clinical fellowships (estadías), diplomas, postítulos, and short courses across law, health, engineering, social sciences, humanities, and business. Programs are delivered through online (synchronous and asynchronous), hybrid, HyFlex, and in-person modalities, with a dedicated corporate training division (Postgrados Uandes Empresas) creating tailored educational solutions for organizations.

Product overview

Postgrados y Educación Continua Universidad de los Andes offers a comprehensive portfolio of postgraduate and continuing education programs organized into eight main categories: Magísteres (Master's Degrees), Doctorados (Doctorates), Especialidades Médicas, Especialidades Odontológicas, Estadías (Clinical Rotations), Diplomados (Diplomas), Postítulos, and Cursos/Seminarios. The offering is structured as a platform-plus-modular approach where master's programs (e.g., Magíster en Derecho de Daños, Magíster en Ingeniería Estructural) are often composed of multiple stackable diploma programs (diplomados) that can be taken individually or toward a full degree. Programs span disciplines including health sciences (nursing, medicine, dentistry, speech pathology), law, engineering (structural/seismic), social sciences, and humanities. Delivery modalities include Presencial (in-person), Online (synchronous/asynchronous), Semipresencial (hybrid), and HyFlex. The institution operates a corporate training division (Postgrados Uandes Empresas) and an online learning platform (UANDES Online). Key programs include the Diplomado en Cuidados Paliativos Universales aligned with Chile's 2021 palliative care legislation, specialized engineering diplomas on seismic design (NCh.2369), and the Academia Judicial-accredited Magíster en Derecho de Daños. The institution serves approximately 9,000 students annually across all programs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Postgrados Uandes Empresas: Strategic educational solutions for companies and institutions integrating academic excellence, applied methodology, and multidisciplinary approach

Products and services

• Magíster en Derecho de Daños y Responsabilidad Civil

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 9,000 students enroll annually across all programs
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Leading Chilean Law FirmscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with prestigious national law firms for practical training components. Students work on real cases and produce 'informes en derecho' (legal opinions) in partnership with leading practices including Carey, Prieto, Urenda & Reyes, and others. The program culminates with practical projects developed in collaboration with these firms, providing students hands-on experience with high-profile clients.
• Healthcare Institutions and Clinical PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnerships with clinical institutions including Clínica Universidad de los Andes, Hospital Luis Tisné, Hospital Grant Benavente, Hospital del Salvador, and other field clinical sites for hands-on training in healthcare programs.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Stanford Continuing Studies: Top-tier US university's continuing education arm offering professional certificates and courses. Comparable as a brand-anchored continuing education model, though at significantly higher scale and price points.
• MIT Professional Education: Established global provider of professional and postgraduate short courses and certificate programs. Comparable in continuing-education methodology and hybrid delivery, though serving a global premium audience.
• INSEAD Executive Education: Global leader in executive education and corporate training programs. Comparable in the corporate training (Postgrados Uandes Empresas) business model and the application of academic rigor to professional development.

Direct peers

• Tecnológico de Monterrey (Postgrados): Major Latin American private university with extensive online and hybrid postgraduate offerings across Latin America. Comparable in modular online program design and professional audience, with stronger international reach.
• Universidad del Desarrollo (Postgrados): Private Chilean university with postgraduate and continuing education programs in health, engineering, law, and business. Closely comparable in private-sector positioning and professional audience.
• Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (Postgrados): Chilean university with postgraduate programs serving working professionals across law, engineering, and health. Comparable in regional Chilean positioning and program structure.
• Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (Postgrados): Chile's leading private university with a comparable postgraduate and continuing education portfolio across law, engineering, medicine, and social sciences. Most directly comparable peer given overlapping program categories and Chilean professional audience.
• Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (Postgrados): Chilean private university with postgraduate programs in business, law, engineering, and public policy. Comparable as a Chilean private competitor targeting working professionals.
• Universidad de Chile (Postgrados): Chile's flagship public university offering postgraduate diplomas, master's, and doctoral programs with national reach. Comparable across program types and target professionals, though it is public rather than private.

Regional players

• Universidad de los Andes (Colombia) - Postgrados: Colombian private university with postgraduate programs across similar disciplines. Comparable in shared naming, similar academic positioning, and overlapping target audience across the Andean region, though it does not directly compete in Chile.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/school/postgradosuandes

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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