Business and economics degrees in Chile

How business and economics is studied in Chile

In Chile, Commercial Engineering prepares you to create and manage companies from the ground up, and sits alongside Business Administration, Public Accountant, Auditing and Finance, which approach the same world from management, accounting or money. That's why they share many of their subjects: management, economics and accounting.

There are programs at public and private universities in Santiago, Valparaíso, Concepción, Talca, Temuco or Valdivia, among other cities. The same name can have different focuses at each university, so compare the curricula. To check official information, use Mi Futuro, from the Ministry of Education.

How to choose between them

Pay attention to what you do when no one asks you to: if you organize the money for a class activity, if you like watching how something is promoted, if you start a project with your friends or if you're curious about how a company works from the inside.

Then think about whether you prefer numbers or ideas: Public Accountant, Auditing and Finance are about accounting; Advertising is about communicating; Business Administration and Commercial Engineering are about running an entire organization.

If you're torn between Commercial Engineering and Public Accountant, think about whether creating and leading or controlling and reviewing appeals to you more, and compare the curricula. With the career test you can see which one fits your answers.