Vicerrectoría de Investigación y Postgrado UFRO

Name

Vicerrectoría de Investigación y Postgrado UFRO

Legal name

Vicerrectoría de Investigación y Postgrado Universidad de La Frontera

Website

https://vrip.ufro.cl

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Higher Education and Academic Research

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113), Scientific Research and Development Services (5417), Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology) (541714)

akta.pro primary industry

Technology Transfer & Innovation-Driven Research Universities (High Commercialization) (EDAHABAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Applied Research & Innovation Universities (EDAHAEAE)

Keywords

• Academic research coordination
• Postgraduate education programs
• Research management services
• Technology transfer services
• Higher education administration

Headquarters

HQ city

Temuco

HQ country

Chile

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

VRIP coordinates research, postgraduate education, and innovation/technology transfer activities at Universidad de La Frontera. It manages master's and doctoral degree programs, oversees 9 Centers of Excellence, 2 research nuclei, and 6 institutes spanning biotechnology, health sciences, environmental studies, social sciences, mathematics, and physics, and supports startup incubation through Incubatec UFRO.

Product overview

Vicerrectoría de Investigación y Postgrado UFRO (VRIP) is an administrative and coordination unit within Universidad de La Frontera that manages three main areas: Research (Dirección de Investigación), Innovation and Technological Transfer (Dirección de Innovación y Transferencia Tecnológica), and Postgraduate Studies (Dirección Académica de Postgrado). The institution oversees multiple Centers of Excellence, Research Nuclei, and Institutes focused on various academic disciplines including biotechnology, health sciences, environmental studies, and social sciences. It is not a technology product company but rather a university administrative body.

Differentiator

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Brands

• Dirección de Investigación: Research direction under VRIP, managing and promoting the university's research initiatives.
• Dirección Académica de Postgrado
• Dirección de Innovación y Transferencia Tecnológica
• Comité Ético-Científico

Products and services

• Research Coordination (Dirección de Investigación) Centralized research management and coordination across all Centers of Excellence, research nuclei, and institutes at UFRO.
• Postgraduate Programs (Dirección Académica de Postgrado) Master's and doctoral degree programs at Universidad de La Frontera with national and international projection, including thesis supervision and research internships in industry and the public sector.
• Innovation and Technology Transfer (Dirección de Innovación y Transferencia Tecnológica) Innovation management and technology transfer services at UFRO, supporting the transfer of academic research outputs to industry and society.
• Incubatec UFRO (Startup Incubator) University-affiliated startup incubator providing business incubation services to technology-based ventures emerging from UFRO research.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and regional.

• Ministerio del Medio AmbientecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVRIP and Chile's Ministry of Environment are strengthening climate action projects at the national level.
• Municipios Verdes Araucania SurregionalStrategic or Co-development PartnerVRIP and green municipalities of southern Araucania are conducting workshops to identify local needs and project environmental solutions from the territory.
• ANID-FAPESPcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUFRO leads national award in international ANID-FAPESP competition with two Antarctic research projects.
• Ciencia 2030 UFROcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerScience 2030 initiative supporting postgraduate student internships in Europe, North America, and South America through international research collaboration programs.
• Conexion SurregionalStrategic or Co-development PartnerSouthern Cone connection initiative for regional research and development cooperation.
• InES de InnovacioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInnovation Excellence Initiative supporting innovation ecosystem development.
• InES de GenerocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGender in Science Excellence Initiative promoting gender equity in scientific research.
• InES Ciencia AbiertacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOpen Science Excellence Initiative promoting open science practices.
• Observatorio de Genero y Ciencia UFROcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGender and Science Observatory supporting gender equity research and monitoring.
• FIUF UFROcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch Fund supporting research projects and initiatives at the university.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Vicerrectoría de Investigación y Desarrollo, Universidad de Concepción: Research and development vice-rectorship at a major Chilean regional university with a broad portfolio of research centers and postgraduate programs; structurally identical function to VRIP.
• Vicerrectoría de Investigación y Postgrado, Universidad de Talca: Research and postgraduate vice-rectorship at another Chilean regional state university; same administrative function over centers, institutes, and graduate programs.
• Vicerrectoría de Investigación, Universidad de Santiago de Chile: Research vice-rectorship at a Chilean state university with comparable mandate to coordinate applied research and postgraduate studies; direct structural peer in the public university system.
• Vicerrectoría de Investigación, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María: Research vice-rectorship at a Chilean STEM-focused private university with strong applied research and technology transfer orientation; comparable mandate to VRIP's research and innovation direction.
• Vicerrectoría de Investigación y Postgrado, Universidad Austral de Chile: Similar research and postgraduate vice-rectorship at another regional Chilean university (Valdivia), with comparable remit to coordinate centers, institutes, and graduate programs. Directly comparable structural role to VRIP.

Others

• CONICYT (predecessor to ANID): Historical Chilean national research council now folded into ANID; relevant ecosystem counterpart that historically funded the types of programs VRIP coordinates.
• ANID (Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo): Chile's national research and development funding agency that finances many of VRIP's initiatives (FAPESP partnership, Ciencia 2030, InES programs); not a competitor but a critical enabler and counterpart organization.

Broad incumbents

• Vicerrectoría de Investigación, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile: Research vice-rectorship at Chile's largest private university with a much broader and more internationally ranked research base; comparable role but at significantly greater scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/vrip-ufro

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Subsidiaries18 records

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