With offices in Concepción and Chillán, it offers 35 undergraduate degrees and two bachelor programs, with over 12,000 students and almost 70 percent of its professors hold masters or PhD grade.

[1] The university has six faculties: Supported by external organizations, the university has developed projects in fields such as fundamental sciences, simulation of industrial processes and services, science and technology of wood and food, materials and constructive technologies, biotechnology and education for development.

To satisfy the demands of the media and to strengthen its ties with society, UBB has multidisciplinary centers dedicated to research and development in areas such as urban regional studies, computing and educational informatics, housing quality and advanced polymers.

In international affairs, the UBB promotes professor and student exchange and the development of joint projects with foreign academic and scientific entities.

It has subscribed to over 130 agreements that link it with institutions of several countries, mainly in Europe and America.