Type Private (Traditional) Affiliation Catholic Church Phone +56 2 2354 2000 Rector Ignacio Sánchez Díaz | Established June 21, 1888 Academic staff 1,652 (full-time) Undergraduate tuition and fees 3.825 million CLP (2011) Total enrollment 26,195 (2013) | |
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Motto In Christi lumine pro mundi vita Chancellor Ricardo Ezzati Andrello Address Av Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins 328, Santiago, Región Metropolitana, Chile Founded 21 June 1888, Santiago, Chile Parent organization Chilean Traditional Universities Notable alumni Sebastián Piñera, Alberto Hurtado, Joaquín Lavín, Eduardo Frei Montalva, Roberto Matta Similar University of Chile, University of Santiago, Adolfo Ibáñez University, Pontifical Catholic University, Alberto Hurtado University Profiles | ||
The Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (UC or PUC) (Spanish: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile) is one of the six Catholic Universities existing in the Chilean university system and one of the two Pontifical Universities in the country, along with the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso. It is also one of Chile's oldest universities and one of the most recognized educational institutions in Latin America. According to the QS Ranking, its Faculty of Law ranks 38th in the world, and its Faculty of Education ranks 33rd worldwide.
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Campuses
UC has four campuses in Santiago and one campus in Villarrica. The campuses in Santiago are:
These four campuses have a total of 223,326.06 m2 constructed in a 614,569.92 m2 area. The Villarrica campus has 1,664 m2 constructed in a 2,362.5 m2 area.
History
UC was founded on June 21, 1888 by the Santiago Archbishop, to offer training in traditional professions (law) and in technological and practical fields such as business, accounting, chemistry, and electricity. Its first chancellor was Monsignor Joaquín Larraín Gandarillas, and at the very beginning, the university only taught two subjects, law and mathematics. Since it is a Pontifical University, it has always had a strong and very close relationship with the Vatican. 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.
UC 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. It is part of the Universities of the Rectors' Council of Chilean Universities, and although it is not state-owned, a substantial part of its budget is given by state transferences under different concepts.
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 nationwide television network, 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 its most important alumni are the Jesuit Saint Alberto Hurtado and Eduardo Frei Montalva, a Chilean president. Both of them studied in the School of Laws. Sebastián Piñera, previous Chilean president, graduated from the university's School of Economics.
Collaborations
The Department of Industry and System Engineering is engaging Stanford Technology Venture Program of Stanford University on a collaboration on innovation and technology ventures.
In December 2011, the schools of engineering of PUC and the University of Notre Dame signed an agreement to establish a dual graduate degree in civil engineering and the geological sciences, which now extends to other departments in both schools.
In April 2013, PUC and the University of Notre Dame also signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen scholarly engagement and expand their long-standing relationships. The agreement establishes an exchange program in which faculty, doctoral students and university representatives from each institution will visit, work, study and collaborate with the other institution.
World rankings
PUC ranks among the first 10 Latin-American Universities according to the Shanghai ranking, PUC appears top in two subject rankings: it ranks around 101-150 in Economics and Management and around 151-200 in Mathematics
According to the QS Ranking, PUC ranks 3rd in Latin America, after two Brazilian universities, and 147th in the world.
In the same ranking, its Faculty of Law ranks 38th in the world, and its Faculty of Education ranks 33th worldwide.
Notable institutes and centers
Architecture
Art and literature
Economy
Politics
Religion
Both studied law at the university.