摘要：The objective of this study is to estimate the efficiency for a group of Chilean universities. Based on data envelopment analysis (DEA) technique, and taking into account the reality of the Chilean university system. A DEA model with two input variables [operating expenses and academics full time equivalent (FTE)] and three output variables (operating income, Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) publications and student enrollments) was developed to evaluate the performance of 34 Chilean universities. The empirical results indicate that 9 of each 34 institutions are efficient to financial performance level, and at the research and teaching levels. In addition, these do not reveal significant statistical differences, between the efficiency of public and private institutions.
关键词：Higher education; data envelopment analysis; emerging economies; Latin America; Chile
