| Pontifical Catholic University of Chile | |
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| Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile | |
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| Latin: Universitas Catholica Chilensis | |
| Motto | In Christi lumine pro mundi vita |
| Established | June 21, 1888 |
| Type | Private Catholic |
| Chancellor | Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa |
| Rector | Pedro Pablo Rosso |
| Staff | 2,300 |
| Students | 21,121 |
| Location | Avenue Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins #340, Santiago |
| Website | www.uc.cl |
The Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (UC, formerly PUC) (Spanish: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile) is one of Chile's oldest universities and one of the most prestigious educational institutions in Latin America.[citation needed] Since it is a Pontifical University, it has always had a strong and very close relationship with the Vatican. It was founded on June 21, 1888 through a decree issued by the Santiago Archbishop. Its first chancellor was Monsignor Joaquín Larraín Gandarillas. At the very beginning, the university only taught two subjects: law and mathematics. However, as time went by, the university began to expand rapidly, integrating a wide variety of disciplines, so as to become one of the country's most relevant higher education institutions, and a prominent university in America. Nowadays, the university comprises five different campuses: Campus Casa Central, Campus Oriente, Campus Lo Contador, Campus San Joaquin and Sede Regional Villarrica. It also owns Canal 13.
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History
UC was founded on June 21, 1888, to offer training in traditional professions (law) and in technological and practical fields such as business, accounting, chemistry, and electricity. On February 11, 1930, Pope Pius XI declared it a pontifical university, and in 1931 it was granted full academic autonomy by the Chilean government. It is a private, urban, multi-campus university. It is one of the eleven Chilean Catholic universities, and one of the twenty-five institutions within the Rectors' Council (Consejo de Rectores), the Chilean state-sponsored university system.
UC's 18 faculties are distributed through four campuses in Santiago and one regional campus located in southern Chile. The technical training centers affiliated with the University are: DUOC, the Rural Life Foundations, the Baviera Foundation, the Catechetical Home and the San Fidel Seminary. These centers carry out technical-academic extension activities in rural and agricultural areas. Other UC activities are a Sports Club, a television network that broadcasts into all regions, and a Clinical Hospital dependent on the Faculty of Medicine.
UC 's Graduates of the School of Architecture (one of the most prominent in Latin America) have also made important contributions to the country with such work as the Central Building ("Casa Central") of UC, and the National Library.
Two of the most important students are the Jesuit Saint Alberto Hurtado and Eduardo Frei Montalva, the only Chilean president who graduated from UC. Both of them studied in the School of Laws.
Faculties & Subjects
- College UC
- Bachelor of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
- Bachelor of Social Science
- Bachelor of Arts and Humanities
- Faculty of Agronomy & Forest Engineering
- Agronomy
- Forest Engineering
- Faculty of Architecture, Design, and Urban Studies
- School of Architecture
- Architecture
- School of Design
- Design
- Institute of Urban and Territorial Studies
- School of Architecture
- Faculty of Arts
- School of Visual Art
- Visual Art
- School of Theater
- Acting
- Institute of Music
- Music
- School of Visual Art
- Faculty of Biological Sciences
- Biology (with an academic major in "Natural Resources & Environment" or "Bioprocesses")
- Biochemistry
- Marine Biology
- Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences
- Commercial Engineering
- Economics Institute
- School of Administration
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- Institute of Sociology
- Sociology
- School of Psychology
- Psychology
- School of Social Work
- Social Work
- Institute of Sociology
- Faculty of Communications
- School of Journalism
- Journalism
- Audiovisual Direction Program
- Institute of Medical Studies
- School of Journalism
- Arts Faculty
- Arts
- Faculty of Law
- Law
- Faculty of Language and Literature
- English Literature and Linguistics
- Spanish Literature and Linguistics
- Faculty of Education
- Early Childhood Education
- Education
- General Education
- Faculty of Philosophy
- Institute of Philosophy
- Philosophy
- Institute of Aesthetics
- Aesthetics
- Institute of Philosophy
- Faculty of Physics
- Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Astronomy
- Department of Physics
- Physics
- Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Faculty of History, Geography, and Political Science
- Institute of History
- History
- Institute of Geography
- Geography
- Institute of Political Science
- Political Science
- Institute of History
- Faculty of Engineering
- School of Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- School of Civil Construction
- Civil Construction
- School of Engineering
- Faculty of Mathematics
- Mathematics
- Statistics
- Faculty of Medicine
- School of Medicine
- Medicine
- School of Nursing
- Nursing and Obstretics
- School of Odontology
- Odontology
- School of Medicine
- Faculty of Chemistry
- Chemistry
- Chemistry and Pharmacy
- Faculty of Theology
- Theology
External links
- Official Web Site (in Spanish)
- College of Engineering
- Architecture, Design, and Urban Studies Faculty
- Physics Faculty
- Facultad de Letras
- Economic and Management Sciences
- Law Faculty
- History, Geography & Political Science Faculty
- Faculty of Medicine
- College UC
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