-According to indicators from the SIES of the MINEDUC, Basic General Pedagogy, Civil Engineering and Pedagogy in Spanish and Philosophy have over 90% employability. 

-Along with them, there are 11 programs that exceed the average employability compared to other Chilean universities. 

-The average employability of the University of La Serena is 71,3%, ranking 17th among 52 study houses. 

-The state institution is among the 20 best in Chile in employability.

The average employability of graduates from the University of La Serena, in the first year of graduation, is 71,3%, surpassing schools with 5 (63,8%) and 6 (68,5%) years of accreditation. institutional. This according to indicators from the Ministry of Education (MINEDUC) prepared by the Higher Education Information Service (SIES).

Likewise, the results of three majors stand out: Basic General Pedagogy (93,2%), Civil Engineering (92,7%) and Pedagogy in Spanish and Philosophy (90,3%).

In addition, the institution of the Coquimbo Region exceeds the average of other universities in 11 of the 18 programs evaluated by the SIES, in terms of employability of the first year of graduation: Pedagogy in Basic Education, Civil Engineering, Pedagogy in Language and Philosophy , Mechanical Civil Engineering, Pedagogy in History and Geography, Pedagogy in English, Civil Engineering in Mining, Psychology, Architecture, Mining Engineering and English – Spanish Translation.

These results place the University of La Serena in 17th place out of 52 universities nationwide.

The 2023 information provided by the SIES was obtained by analyzing the information on graduates in 2020, 2021 and 2022 reported by the institutions, in conjunction with the data from the Studies Subdirectorate of the Internal Revenue Service (SII).

Regarding the positive employability results, the director of the Department of Education, Héctor Bugueño, explained the reasons why he believes such important results have been achieved: “This situation can be explained by the strengthening of Initial Teacher Training, through the implementation of a series of strategic guidelines aimed at impacting the quality of the training of our students. On the other hand, Basic General Pedagogy has also made important progress in the connection with the environment, a situation that has allowed us to better understand the reality of the social processes and needs that arise from the territories, promoting the social objectives of living and working together for the good common".

For his part, the director of the Civil Works Engineering Department, Jaime Campbell, highlighted the work carried out in the Civil Engineering degree during the professional training of its students and the market's appreciation of it. “It is a clear reflection of the effort made by the academic body to provide a good quality, rigorous education that leads students to challenge themselves in intellectual terms and at the same time, the department has permanently tried to provide the best possible means in terms of vocational training spaces. Our course and University maintain a tradition of rigorous and demanding training that is well valued by the environment and especially by the market,” indicated the director.

The Civil Engineer of the Nueva Atacama health company and graduate of the ULS, Paul Rivera, is an example of a student who found a job during his first year of graduation. According to what he said, they contacted him even before finishing his degree, which in his opinion was due to the fact that “they considered that he had a very good knowledge base.”

Regarding his experience during his time at the university, he highlighted the work focused on training and work with the community. “The different branches that they teach us help us delve deeper into the area in which we want to work as professionals. Choosing the health area allowed me to expand my knowledge in this line, providing a notion of what you can face at work and then, the most important thing is that the title report was focused on helping the community and having that contact with the community, it opened the doors for me to meet professionals, companies, which later helped me get a job,” he stated.