The requirements of health care facilities (HCF) being recognized as having <acute accent>university<acute accent> status are relevant for providing high-quality clinical education to health profession students. However, no previous studies have reported the key features of the Chilean HCF as having university rank. Aim: To review international experiences and Chilean regulations to identify hospitals' requirements for university status. Methods: A qualitative content analysis was carried out in 6 phases, taking Caceres' proposal as a methodological reference. Results: 66 units of analysis were obtained, which were grouped into 8 codes: comprehensive management, teaching care agreement, strategic link, infrastructure, academic human resources, care-teaching-research management department, quality and safety in health and research, which were subsequently categorized into administrative-managerial, transversal collaboration and evidence-based healthcare. Codes that were later grouped into main and advanced dimensions, therefore, embrace the criteria found to designate a health establishment as a Teaching Care establishment. Conclusions: The findings represent a significant contribution to the requirements that must be considered to strengthen and develop health facilities that currently welcome students, in order to comprehensively develop safe and quality care, teaching and research, promoting effective collaboration between these institutions.