Type non-profit Administrative staff 2,203 (2015) Website www.duoc.cl Founded 1968 Number of students 93,584 Academic staff 3,876 | Established 7 November 1968 Campus 17 Phone +56 2 2354 0600 Rector Ricardo Paredes Molina Motto Creces tú, crece Chile | |
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Location Santiago de Chile Viña del Mar Valparaiso Concepción, Chile Arauco, Chile Address Padre Alonso de Ovalle 1586, Santiago, Región Metropolitana, Chile Similar Pontifical Catholic University, University of Santiago, University of Chile, Universidad Mayor, Andrés Bello National | ||
Duoc UC is an accredited, non-profit private college in Chile. It was founded under the umbrella of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in 1968, which provides technical and professional degrees through practical and industry-focused programs.
Contents
- History
- Notable Alumni
- Membership in International Networks
- International Accreditation
- Collaborative Projects
- References
Nowadays it has 17 campuses, more than 94,000 students and 3,169 teachers. Its rector is PhD. Ricardo Paredes
History
Duoc UC was founded in 1968 under the name "Worker Peasant University Department" in order to give free education to students from lower social backgrounds (children of workers and peasants in particular). This practice was already being conducted by the University of Chile and especially the State Technical University, which immersed in the era of university reform university classrooms opened to workers and low-income students who could study technical courses at universities despite economic shortcomings.
Duoc grew rapidly and a year after its foundation it already had one campus and 475 students. The following year, the campuses tripled, and the number of students grew to 3,033. In 1972 Duoc UC already had 30,000 students enrolled in its courses and programs. The growth achieved in its early years prompted the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile to give legal autonomy and management, approving the creation of the Duoc Foundation, on 7 September 1973.
Notable Alumni
Membership in International Networks
International Accreditation
The School of Design became accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design(NASAD) in 2015
In 2015 the English Program at Duoc UC achieved the Oxford Quality Gold Category from Oxford University Press
In 2012 our Biomedical Computing program received internacional accreditation by the International Medical Informatics Association
Collaborative Projects
Design Factory
Duoc UC Design Factory is a Space of Collaborative Innovation based on the Design Factory model from the Aalto University in Finland. This center encourages the students’ training and has creativity as the fundamental component of the skills to innovate.
The Design Factory Global Network (DFGN) currently operates in eleven institutions of higher education around the world. The objective of this network and its partner members is to be the leader in international university collaboration, beyond academic boundaries.