Color Blue Rector Héctor Gaete Feres | Established April 9, 1947 Phone +56 41 311 1200 Founded 9 April 1947 | |
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Motto in English The University of the region of Bio - Bio Campus Campus Concepción (Concepción)Campus Fernando May (Chillán)Campus La Castilla (Chillán)Campus Andrés Bello (Chillán) Motto La Universidad de la Región del Bío - Bío (The University of the region of Bio - Bio) Similar University of Concepción, Catholic University of the Mo, San Sebastián University, University of La Frontera, Universidad del Desarrollo | ||
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University of Bío-Bío (Spanish: Universidad del Bío-Bío) is a university in Chile. It is part of the Chilean Traditional Universities.
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- Taekwon do universidad del bio bio concepci n 2009
- Faculties
- Research development and innovation
- Extension and international relations
- References
The University of Bío-Bío is the heir of the tradition of public higher education in the Bío Bío Region. Its roots go back to the creation of the Technical University of the State (TUS) on April 9, 1947, and to the Ñuble Campus of the University of Chile. Then the Concepción Campus of the TUS and the campus from Chillán, derived in the Bío Bío University and the Chillán Professional Institute, originating what today is called the UBB.
With offices in Concepción and Chillán, its mission is to generate, apply and communicate the knowledge in sciences, technology, arts and humanities, forming competent, integral and reflexive professionals to answer the regional and national needs, to serve society with excellence and quality.
It offers 35 undergraduate degrees and two bachelor programs, with over 10.000 students and almost 70 percent of its professors hold masters or PhD grade. It has explored continuous education and graduate studies, contributing to the formation of advanced human capital in regions.
Faculties
The university has six faculties:
Research, development, and innovation
Supported by external organizations, the university has developed projects in fields such as fundamental sciences, simulation of industrial processes and services, science and technology of wood and food, materials and constructive technologies, biotechnology and education for development. It has a business incubator that backs the startup of innovative business projects.
To satisfy the demands of the media and to strengthen its ties with society, UBB has multidisciplinary centers dedicated to research and development in areas such as urban regional studies, computing and educational informatics, housing quality and advanced polymers. It has specialized laboratories in the areas of composite materials, manufacture and quality control of food, urbanism, and automated manufacture systems. It promotes public policy and public health management programs.
In 1998 the UBB created the High Technology Wood Center, providing technological aid to the industry.
Extension and international relations
The university promotes the creation, diffusion, and conservation of the artistic, cultural and technological patrimony. It carries out artistic and cultural activities through its Extension Center in Chillán, its exposition room in Concepción and through its artistic groups and Music School.
In international affairs, the UBB promotes professor and student exchange and the development of joint projects with foreign academic and scientific entities. It has subscribed to over 130 agreements that link it with institutions of several countries, mainly in Europe and America.