Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas, U. de Chile

What Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas, U. de Chile does

The Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas of the Universidad de Chile is a public academic institution established on July 1, 1945, by Rector Juvenal Hernández, and is the first and oldest faculty of its kind in Chile. It operates from the Independencia campus in Santiago as part of Universidad de Chile's Campus Norte (Dra. Eloísa Díaz Insunza), alongside the Faculties of Medicine and Dentistry, and serves approximately 1,500 undergraduate and 400 graduate students across Chemistry and Pharmacy, Biochemistry, Chemistry, and Food Engineering programs, plus master's, doctoral, and professional specialist tracks. The faculty is led by more than 100 academics across six specialized departments and maintains university-wide CNCA excellence accreditation through December 2032. Customer segments include prospective and enrolled students, government regulators, mining and energy operators, professional sports bodies, hospitals and clinics, and other universities.

The faculty's external-facing business is anchored by six service units that monetize specialized equipment and accredited expertise: LAADA performs anti-doping and drug-abuse testing across biological matrices; CEPEDEQ provides NCh-ISO 17025 accredited physicochemical, pharmaceutical, food, and environmental analysis under ISP Good Laboratory Practices recognition; UGA runs next-generation sequencing including Chromium X single-cell RNA-seq and Oxford Nanopore long-read sequencing; UICMA conducts advanced materials characterization via HR-SEM with EDS, Zeta Sizer, and NanoSight NTA; the Confocal Microscopy Unit operates a Zeiss LSM 700 with four solid-state lasers and live-cell incubation; and UPAP produces reverse-osmosis Type II purified water at 250 CLP per net liter for internal and external lab users. Revenue is generated through fee-for-service laboratory contracts with government and enterprise clients, graduate tuition, and transactional water sales, distributed via direct sales (enterprise field motion) and the national DEMRE admission system for students.

Name

Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas, U. de Chile

Legal name

Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad de Chile

Website

https://quimica.uchile.cl

Company type

Public

Founded year

1945

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

The Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas is Chile's oldest and first faculty of its kind, founded in 1945 at Universidad de Chile. It educates roughly 1,900 students and operates six accredited service laboratories serving government, mining, pharmaceutical, and research clients.

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Product category

Higher Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113), Testing Laboratories and Services (54138), Medical Laboratories (621511), Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (54)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Testing Laboratories (8734), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Technical Universities with Specialized Engineering Domains (EDAHAEAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Schools of Medical Laboratory Science & Clinical Diagnostics (EDAHAGAO), Biomedical Sciences & Medical Research Institutes (University-Based) (EDAHAGAI)

Keywords

• Chemistry education programs
• Pharmaceutical sciences research
• Analytical laboratory services
• Anti-doping testing services
• Graduate university programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Santiago

HQ country

Chile

HQ region

Latin America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Laboratory Services: Fee-for-service laboratory testing and analysis for external clients including pharmaceutical certification, food safety testing, environmental analysis, and contract research. Revenue generated through analytical service fees to government agencies, private companies, and other universities.
2. Graduate Education Programs: Tuition and fees from graduate programs including master's degrees, doctorates, professional specialist titles, diplomas, and continuing education courses.
3. Purified Water Sales: Sale of purified water at 250 CLP per net liter to internal faculty and external laboratories and research institutions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Academic undergraduate and graduate programs in chemistry, pharmacy, biochemistry, and food engineering delivered through the University of Chile. The faculty also operates specialized service laboratories (CEPEDEQ, anti-doping, advanced genomics, advanced materials characterization, confocal microscopy, and purified water production) that provide accredited analytical and testing services to external public and private clients.

Product overview

The Faculty of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Chile is the oldest and first faculty of its kind in Chile, founded in 1945. It offers a comprehensive educational portfolio across undergraduate (Pregrado: Química y Farmacia, Bioquímica, Química, Ingeniería en Alimentos), master's, and doctoral levels. The faculty operates specialized laboratory service units including the Laboratorio de Análisis de Antidoping y Drogas de Abuso, Centro de Estudios para el Desarrollo de la Química (CEPEDEQ), Unidad de Producción de Aguas Purificadas (UPAP), Unidad de Microscopía Confocal DBBM, Unidad de Genómica Avanzada (UGA), and Unidad de Investigación y Caracterización de Materiales Avanzados (UICMA). These units provide analytical, testing, and research services to internal faculty, other universities, and public/private sector clients.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Programas de Pregrado (Undergraduate Programs) Undergraduate academic programs in chemistry, pharmacy, biochemistry, and food engineering, delivered to high school graduates admitted via the national admission system (DEMRE).
• Programas de Magíster (Master's Programs) Graduate master's-level academic programs in chemistry, pharmacy, biochemistry, and food engineering, delivered to individual graduates and working professionals.
• Programas de Doctorado (Doctoral Programs) Doctoral-level academic programs in chemistry, pharmacy, biochemistry, and food engineering, delivered to advanced graduate students researchers.
• CEPEDEQ (External Service Laboratory) NCh-ISO 17025 accredited external service laboratory providing analytical, chemical, and microbiological testing services to industrial, government, and academic clients.
• Anti-Doping and Drug Abuse Testing Laboratory ISP-authorized laboratory performing anti-doping and drug abuse testing services for sports federations, regulators, and external organizations.
• Unidad de Producción de Aguas Purificadas (UPAP) Purified water production unit using reverse osmosis and other treatments to produce and sell purified water to external clients.
• Unidad de Genómica Avanzada (UGA) Advanced Genomics Unit providing next-generation sequencing services using Chromium X, PromethIon, and MinION platforms to internal researchers and external clients.
• Unidad de Microscopía Confocal Confocal microscopy unit operating a Zeiss LSM 700 confocal microscope and providing advanced imaging services to internal researchers and external clients.
• Unidad de Investigación y Caracterización Avanzada de Materiales (UICMA) Advanced Materials Characterization Unit providing HR-SEM (with STEM detector) and related materials analysis services to internal researchers and external clients.

Quantifiable outcome

• Serves approximately 1,900 students (1,500 undergrad + 400 graduate)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core, strategic and minor.

• Instituto de Salud Pública (ISP)coreOthersISP designates the Anti-Doping Laboratory as an advisory laboratory for the External Quality Assessment Program (PEEC) in drugs of abuse. ISP also provides recognition and approval under Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) for CEPEDEQ laboratory services.
• Instituto Nacional de Deportes (IND)coreOthersIND designates the Anti-Doping Laboratory as a Reference Laboratory for the National Anti-Doping Control Commission, providing official doping control services for Chilean athletes.
• Association of Official Racing Chemists (AORC)strategicOthersLaboratory is affiliated as an enrolled laboratory for horse racing doping control, operating under OSAF (Organización Sudamericana de Fomento del Pura Sangre de Carrera) guidelines.
• World Association of Anti-Doping Scientists (WAADS)strategicOthersInternational professional association of anti-doping scientists providing technical collaboration and standards alignment.
• Asociación Latinoamericana Antidopaje (ALA)strategicOthersLatin American anti-doping association for regional collaboration and harmonization of testing standards.
• Centro de Estudios para el Desarrollo de la Química (CEPEDEQ)coreOthersInternal service laboratory established in 1995 providing analytical services to the national scientific community and productive sector, accredited by INN under NCh-ISO 17025.
• Instituto Nacional de Normalización (INN)coreOthersNational standards body that provides ISO 17025 accreditation for CEPEDEQ laboratory operations.
• ACCDiS (Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Enfermedad Crónica)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative partnership for community outreach initiatives, including joint solidarity campaigns such as the Venezuela emergency relief campaign.
• Universidad de la República (Uruguay)strategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational academic collaboration with Uruguay's main university for genetic research and human genetics studies, including visiting professor programs.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad de Concepción: Another major Chilean university chemistry faculty offering comparable undergraduate and graduate programs in chemistry and related disciplines. A traditional competitor for student recruitment and research collaboration, particularly in southern Chile.
• Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile: Direct peer within Chile offering chemistry and related science undergraduate/graduate programs at the country's other leading private research university. Competes for the same student pool, research grants, and analytical service clients, with overlapping laboratory capabilities.
• Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH), Departamento de Química: Public Chilean university with a chemistry department offering technician-level and professional chemistry programs. Competes for students in the Santiago metropolitan area and offers some analytical services to industry.
• Universidad de la República (Uruguay) - Facultad de Química: Uruguayan public university chemistry faculty with which the subject has an existing collaboration agreement. Offers comparable chemistry and pharmacy programs and operates similar analytical services, making it the most relevant international academic peer.

Broad incumbents

• Eurofins Chile: Chilean arm of global Eurofins testing services network, providing food, environmental, pharmaceutical, and clinical testing across multiple sites. A broad incumbent offering overlapping analytical capabilities with CEPEDEQ and related service units, but as part of a much larger portfolio.
• SGS Chile: Chilean operations of SGS, the global inspection, verification, and testing company. Provides commercial analytical and certification services that compete with the faculty's CEPEDEQ and anti-doping offerings, particularly in mining and food safety.
• ALS Global (Chile): Chilean laboratory operations of ALS, a major international testing services provider. Strong overlap in mining-sector analytical testing, geochemistry, and environmental analysis where the faculty's anti-doping and materials-characterization units also serve clients.

Regional players

• Universidad de Buenos Aires - Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales: Argentina's premier public university science faculty, with comparable chemistry, biochemistry, and pharmaceutical programs. A leading Latin American academic peer that does not directly compete in Chile but represents a benchmark for regional research output and accreditations.
• Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Facultad de Ciencias: Major Colombian public university with chemistry and pharmaceutical sciences programs serving as a Latin American academic peer. Comparable in mission and structure but operating in a different national market without direct competition for Chilean clients.

Others

• Instituto de Salud Pública de Chile (ISP): Chile's national public health laboratory and regulator. Acts as a regulator and accreditation partner for the faculty's labs (CEPEDEQ, anti-doping) rather than a direct competitor, but its analytical capabilities partially overlap with the subject's reference-testing functions.

Market position

Strengths2 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• TikToktiktok.com/@faciqyf
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/facultad-de-ciencias-qu%C3%ADmicas-y-farmac%C3%A9uticas-de-la-universidad-de-chile

Compliance7 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

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