Undergraduates, 2024
2,896
1.1% of the national total
Entrants
706
Graduates
302
Finished school abroad
0.9%
27 undergraduates
73.8% of its undergraduates finished secondary school in Montevideo and 25.2% elsewhere in Uruguay. “From abroad” means the student finished secondary school outside Uruguay — the yearbook records where students come from, not their nationality.
Students, 2000–2024
Programme figures are undergraduate (grado) for 2024. The year-by-year series counts undergraduate and postgraduate students together, so its 2024 figure can be higher than the undergraduate one.
Degree programmes (28)
Entrants, students and graduates in 2024, by faculty.
Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía · 1,046 students
| Programme | Entrants | Students | Graduates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lic. en Dirección y Administración de Empresas | 54 | 260 | 33 |
| Lic. en Ciencia de Datos para Negocios | 55 | 188 | 21 |
| Lic. en Negocios Internacionales | 54 | 171 | 24 |
| Lic. en Economía | 31 | 157 | 15 |
| Contador Público | 21 | 153 | 15 |
| Lic. en Finanzas | 41 | 58 | 0 |
| Lic. en Marketing | 25 | 26 | 0 |
| Lic. en Política, Filosofía y Economía | 4 | 26 | 0 |
| Lic. en Negocios Digitales | 23 | 7 | 0 |
Facultad de Ingeniería · 805 students
| Programme | Entrants | Students | Graduates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ingeniería en Informática | 60 | 237 | 11 |
| Ingeniería Industrial | 29 | 191 | 16 |
| Ingeniería Civil | 23 | 140 | 16 |
| Ingeniería Telemática | 20 | 111 | 10 |
| Lic. en Informática | 40 | 97 | 10 |
| Ingeniería de Datos e Inteligencia Artificial | 33 | 29 | 0 |
Facultad de Humanidades y Educación · 356 students
| Programme | Entrants | Students | Graduates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lic. en Traducción Inglés<>Español | 21 | 103 | 16 |
| Magisterio | 23 | 95 | 17 |
| Profesorado de Matemática | 0 | 92 | 5 |
| Lic. en Humanidades | 12 | 64 | 8 |
| Profesorado de Inglés | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Profesorado de Historia | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Facultad de Derecho · 306 students
| Programme | Entrants | Students | Graduates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abogacía | 53 | 283 | 32 |
| Notariado | 6 | 23 | 6 |
Facultad de Comunicación · 265 students
| Programme | Entrants | Students | Graduates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lic. en Comunicación | 39 | 265 | 41 |
Centro de Psicología · 103 students
| Programme | Entrants | Students | Graduates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Licenciatura en Psicología | 39 | 103 | 0 |
Centro de Formación Terciaria en Servicios e Innovación · 15 students
| Programme | Entrants | Students | Graduates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tecnicatura en Gestión de Moda y Tendencias | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Tecnicatura en Gestión de Negocios Gastronómicos | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Tecnicatura en Gestión de Organización de Eventos y Hospitalidad | 0 | 5 | 2 |
Fees and admission
The Universidad de la República and the Universidad Tecnológica are public and charge no tuition for undergraduate degrees; UdelaR admits anyone who has completed secondary education, with no entrance exam. The private universities charge fees, which are not published as data.
Other universities in Uruguay: Universidad de la República, Universidad Tecnológica, Universidad Católica del Uruguay, Universidad ORT Uruguay, Universidad de la Empresa, Universidad CLAEH
Fuente: Ministerio de Educación y Cultura (Uruguay), Anuario Estadístico de Educación 2024. Changes: programme rows grouped per faculty and summed across departments, names set in sentence case, and full institution names and websites added by CollegeMatcher. Programme names are the yearbook's, in Spanish.