Overview
Two-year Universidad de los Andes derived specialty in peripheral vascular and endovascular surgery for general surgeons, with two seats yearly and published 2026 autofinanced/ministerial application calendars. Clinical training across San José, DIPRECA and Hospital Militar; programme track listing, not a vacancy advert.
The programme
- Training type
- Subspecialty training programme
- Specialty associations
- Not yet verified
- Learning format
- Full-time progressive clinical rotations (Cirugía Vascular I/II) at Hospital San José, Hospital DIPRECA and Hospital Militar, plus two-month elective and ethics course
- Duration
- 2 years (4 semesters); 2 positions per year
- Start
- Ministerial track: second semester 2026 (as published); autofinanced track follows published matriculation window
- Positions
- 2 per year
- Accreditation
- Universidad de los Andes medical specialty programme (especialidad derivada de Cirugía General)
- Department
- Especialidad Médica en Cirugía Vascular y Endovascular Periférica
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Medical specialists in General Surgery (Médicos especialistas en Cirugía General)
- Qualification requirement
- Specialty title in General Surgery
- Citizenship requirement
- Not stated on the official page
- Practice location requirement
- Not yet verified
- Membership requirement
- Not yet verified
- Eligibility restrictions
- Not yet verified
- Language
- Spanish
- Teaching language
- Spanish
- Clinical language
- Spanish
- International applicants
- Not stated on the official page (confirm foreign specialist recognition and Chilean registration with U Andes postgraduate office)
- Licence requirement
- Not stated on the official page
- Visa route
- Not stated on the official page
- Visa sponsorship
- Not stated on the official page
- Visa support
- Not stated on the official page
How to apply
- Deadline
- Autofinanced applications 12 May–14 June 2026; ministerial applications 20–31 March 2026 (as published on programme page)
- Application method
- Universidad de los Andes postgraduate concurso (autofinanced and ministerial tracks) via programme page; contact Anita Rigollet arigollet@uandes.cl
- Documents
- As required by U Andes postgraduate concurso for medical specialties
- Contact
- Anita Rigollet — arigollet@uandes.cl; +56 9 8947 4733; +56 2 2618 1111
Funding and costs
- Tuition / fees
- Autofinanced track: matrícula total 20 UF and arancel total 600 UF (as published); ministerial funded seats via separate concurso
- Application fee
- Not stated on the official page
- Stipend / salary
- Not stated on the official page
- Scholarship
- Not stated on the official page
- Funding
- Autofinanced or ministerial-funded seats depending on concurso
Sources and verification
Evidence by field
- Duration: confirmed; checked 2026-10-12. Source 1
- Positions: confirmed; checked 2026-10-12. Source 1
- Eligibility: confirmed; checked 2026-10-12. Source 1
- Qualification requirement: confirmed; checked 2026-10-12. Source 1
- Deadline: confirmed; checked 2026-10-12. Source 1
- Start: confirmed; checked 2026-10-12. Source 1
- Application method: confirmed; checked 2026-10-12. Source 1
- Contact: confirmed; checked 2026-10-12. Source 1
- Tuition / fees: confirmed; checked 2026-10-12. Source 1
- Funding: confirmed; checked 2026-10-12. Source 1
- Training type: confirmed; checked 2026-10-12. Source 1
- Summary: confirmed; checked 2026-10-12. Source 1
- Subspecialty: confirmed; checked 2026-10-12. Source 1
- Learning format: confirmed; checked 2026-10-12. Source 1
- Accreditation: confirmed; checked 2026-10-12. Source 1