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The University of Chile ( es, Universidad de Chile) is a
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in
Santiago Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whos ...
,
Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the eas ...
. It was founded on November 19, 1842, and inaugurated on September 17, 1843.Fuentes documentales y bibliográficas para el estudio de la historia de Chile. Capítulo III: "La Universidad de Chile 1842 – 1879". 1. La ley orgánica de 1842
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It is the oldest in the country. It was established as the continuation of the former colonial Royal University of San Felipe (1738)Reseña histórica de la Universidad de Chile, "Pilar Republicano".
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(Spanish: ''Real Universidad de San Felipe''), and has a rich history in academic, scientific and social outreach. The university seeks to solve national and regional issues and to contribute to the development of Chile. It is recognized as one of the best universities in Latin America for its leadership and innovation in science, technology, social sciences, and arts through the functions of creation, extension, teaching, and research. Its five campuses comprise more than of research buildings, health care centers, museums, theaters, observatories, and sports infrastructure. The institution has more than 40,000 undergraduate and graduate students, offering more than 60 different bachelor and professional degrees, 38 doctoral programs and 116 master programs. Notable alumni include Nobel laureates
Pablo Neruda Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto (12 July 1904 – 23 September 1973), better known by his pen name and, later, legal name Pablo Neruda (; ), was a Chilean poet-diplomat and politician who won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature. Nerud ...
and
Gabriela Mistral Lucila Godoy Alcayaga (; 7 April 1889 – 10 January 1957), known by her pseudonym Gabriela Mistral (), was a Chilean poet-diplomat, educator and humanist. In 1945 she became the first Latin American author to receive a Nobel Prize in Li ...
, twenty-one
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s including the current president
Gabriel Boric Gabriel Boric Font (; born 11 February 1986) is a Chilean left-wing politician who is the 37th and current president of Chile, serving since 11 March 2022. Boric studied in the Faculty of Law at the University of Chile, and was the president o ...
, and two presidents from other countries (Mexico and Ecuador).


Rankings and quality accreditation

The QS University Ranking ranks the University of Chile as the fourth in Latin America and 180 in the world for year 2021. The school boasts an outstanding 100 points in both Academic and Employer Reputation categories. The world ranking of universities, elaborated by Shanghai JiaoTong University (China) and the European Union based on research sciences indicators, places it among the 400 best universities in the world.
SCImago Institutions Rankings The SCImago Institutions Rankings (SIR) since 2009 has published its international ranking of worldwide research institutions, the SIR World Report. The SIR World Report is the work of the SCImago Research Group,Ranking Web of Universities (Webometrics), which measures the presence and impact on the web of over 11,000 universities and qualifies this college as leader of the country, six in Latin America and 371 worldwide. In the 2016 version of the ranking made by AméricaEconomía, University of Chile was ranked first in Chile with the top rating in quality indicators of research, accreditation, infrastructure and inclusion.


Accreditation

On December 21, 2011, the University of Chile was notified by the National Accreditation Commission (CNA) of the positive evaluation in all obligatory areas (institutional management and undergraduate teaching) and electives (research, teaching graduate and linkage with medium). Thus the university is accredited by seven years, the maximum awarded by the agency, for the period between 2011 and 2018. The University of Chile, the
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, University of Santiago,
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and the University of Concepción are the only institutions in this country that have the highest accreditation.


History

In 1841 the minister of public education, Manuel Montt, conceived the idea of funding a corporation for the "advancement and development of sciences and humanities". Andrés Bello a Venezuelan poet and humanist, formulated the project which with small modifications became a law on November 19, 1842, creating the Universidad de Chile. The foundation answered the need to modernize the country which a little more than two decades before had become independent from Spain. It replaced the Real Universidad de San Felipe, which was established in 1738. The university was formally opened on September 17, 1843. During this period, the university consisted of five faculties (facultades): Humanities & Philosophy, Physical & Mathematical Sciences, Law & Political Sciences, Medicine, and Theology. During its first years the university gave considerable support to education, institutional organization (such as the "Civil Code", a model for America), the building of the road network to join the territory, and the energy and production infrastructure. By 1931, the number of colleges had increased to six: Philosophy & Education Sciences, Legal & Social Sciences, Biology & Medical Sciences, Physical & Mathematical Sciences, Agronomy & Veterinary, and Fine Arts. The institution has also contributed to the formation of the intellectual elites and leaders of the country. Most of the Chilean presidents have studied in its lecture halls, as well as people with prominent roles in politics, business and culture.


Major reforms during the military regime of 1973–1989

During
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's military regime from 1973 to 1989, the university experienced many profound changes. On October 2, 1973, Decree number 50 of 1973 stated that the university's presidents would be designated by the military regime. The second major change came on January 3, 1981, when another decree completely restructured the university. All of its provincial campuses were separated, cojoined with provincial campuses of the Universidad Técnica del Estado (now
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and
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) and designated as separate universities, such as the
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, Universidad de Valparaiso, the Instituto Pedagógico (Pedagogical Institute, now the Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación), the
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, the
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, Instituto Professional de Osorno (now
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), Instituto Professional de Chillán (now Universidad del Bío-Bío),
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, and
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. Some faculties, such as the one located in avenida Portugal and which now belongs to the Universidad Mayor, were privatized and sold at bargain prices to Pinochet cronies. These changes were orchestrated by influential advisors to the dictatorship as a way to moderate the university's influence on the nation's politics, economics, public policies and intellectual movements, considered leftist by Augusto Pinochet and other right-wing government officials. In spite of the complete restructuring of the University of Chile, it still remains Chile's most prestigious university in terms of research, applicant preferences and social impact.


Organization

The university's community involves the collaboration of academics, students and staff, who perform the tasks that establish its mission and functions.


Government

* President ('' Rector''): Highest authority and legal representative, it is elected by teachers belonging to the highest levels and have at least one year in the institution.Government and authorities
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Since 2022, the president of the university is Rosa Devés Alessandri. * Adjunt President (''Prorrector''): Advisor to the Rector in academic, economic, administrative, legal and student issues, coordinates the actions they take the five Vice Presidencies. * University Council ''(Consejo Universitario)'': Responsible for approving the decisions of the highest standard and is composed of the president, the vice deans and two representatives of the president of the republic. * Evaluation Council ''(Consejo de Evaluación)'': Coordinates assessment processes, qualification and accreditation at the institutional and the individual level. * University Senate ''(Senado Universitario)'': It is chaired by the president and has 36 members: 27 academics, 7 students and 2 staff representatives collaboration.


Vice presidencies

The University of Chile is organized into five vice presidencies (''Vicerrectorías''): * Academic Affairs * Economic and Institutional Management Affairs * Research and Development * Outreach and Communications * Student and Community Affairs


Faculty and institutes

Currently there are 14 faculties and four interdisciplinary institutes which perform academic tasks undergraduate, graduate, research and extension. * Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism * Faculty of Arts * Faculty of Sciences * Faculty of Agricultural Sciences * Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences * Faculty of Forestry Sciences * Faculty of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences * Faculty of Social Sciences * Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences * Faculty of Law * Faculty of Economy and Business * Faculty of Philosophy and Humanities * Faculty of Medicine * Faculty of Dentistry * Institute of Public Affairs * Institute of International Studies * Institute of Communications and Image * Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology


Academic information

The University of Chile offers undergraduate and graduate programs in all areas of knowledge, whose quality has been recognized by the National Accreditation Commission with the maximum score in both areas (2011–2018).General information
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Undergraduate

The university has a total of 69 study programs, 55 of which are conducive to professional degrees and 14 degrees terminales. Alongside this imparts the Academic Bachelor's Program, which reports directly to the Vice Presidencies of Academic Affairs. The admission to the programs is through a selection test (Prueba de Selección Universitaria) or the Academic Bachelor's Program. The university also offers special admission to outstanding athletes, blind students, people with media studies in other countries, ethnic agreements, internal career changes and people with studies in other schools. Alongside this the institution implemented in 2012 an exclusive way of admission called the Sistema de Ingreso Prioritario de Equidad (SIPEE) for students of public system with special vacancies in all careers. Also, in 2014 the Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences initiated the Programa de Equidad de Género (PEG) with special vacancies for the first 40 women applicants who remain on the waiting list.


Graduate

The University of Chile has the largest and most complex postgraduate system in the country, formed with 36 doctoral programs, 116 master's programs, 38 graduate programs and 69 specialized courses.


Research


Basic research projects

The University of Chile is the main Chilean institution in scientific and technological research. It is responsible for a third of the scientific publications and also for the implementation of a high percentage of competitive research projects in most academic fields, including basic sciences, technologies, humanities, social sciences and arts. * Publications: 12,037 scientific publications in international journals ISI – WOS from 2010 to 2016. * Basic Research Projects: 105 projects financed by the National Fund for Science & Technology Development (FONDECYT) of the National Commission for Science and Technology ( CONICYT) in 2016. * Millennium Institutes: 4 Institutes were awarded to the University of Chile, in the areas of ecology and biodiversity, cell dynamics and biotechnology, complex engineering systems. * Millennium Nuclei: 5 Nuclei in the areas of sciences. * Centers awarded by the National Fund for Priority Areas (FONDAP) and Fondos Basales: 7 were awarded to the University of Chile, in the areas of material sciences, mathematics modeling, astrophysics, cell and molecular biology. * "Research Rings" (association of three or more research groups) in natural and exact sciences and social sciences: 6 projects were awarded to the University of Chile.


Applied research projects

Projects funded by the Fund for Scientific and Technological Development (FONDEF): 30 projects currently ongoing, in the areas of Education, Health, Engineering and Agriculture, Forestry and Animal Sciences. Financed by CORFO (Corporation for Fostering Production): * "Innova Projects": 34 ongoing projects in 2016, in the areas of agriculture, forestry and animal sciences, aquaculture, tourism, and biotechnology.


Campuses and infrastructure

The university has 3,168,373 m2 of urban land, 648,502 m2 of built land in use and 103,884,600 hectares of agricultural land.Infrastructure, equipment and services
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Campuses

The institution has five campuses, all distributed within the metropolitan area. * Juan Gómez Millas Campus: It is located in Ñuñoa where are the Faculty of Arts, Sciences, Social Sciences and Philosophy and Humanities, plus the Institute of Communication and Image and Academic Bachelor's Program. Currently is running the Bicentennial Initiative Juan Gómez Millas, for modernize the infrastructure of the campus with new buildings, parks and recreation areas. * Beauchef Campus: The Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences is located on this campus since 1922. In 2014 was inaugurated the Beauchef Poniente new building with 50,000 m2, distributed in seven floors above surface and six undergrounds. There are also new offices, auditoriums, areas for sport, recreation and parking lots. * South Campus: It was established as campus in 1999 and covers more than 3 million square meters. It groups the Faculties of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Agricultural Sciences and Forestry Science, and is found in La Pintana in the sector known as Antumapu. Also belongs to this Campus Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology (INTA), located in Macul, space for postgraduate teaching and research. * Andrés Bello Campus: It is located in downtown Santiago and Providencia and hosts some of the oldest and renowned University buildings: the building of the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism. Also belong to this campus the Institute of Public Affairs add the Faculty of Economics and Business, the Students Federation's (FECh) house, the seat of the Centre for Advanced Research in Education (CIAE) and the Tower 15 of Central Services. * North Campus: It is located in Independence and is the most important center in scientific research and training of human resources of the country in the health disciplines, biomedicine and public health. In this campus are placed the Chemical Sciences and Pharmacy, Medicine of Dentistry and the University of Chile Clinic Hospital (HCUCH).


Main House

In 1872 this emblematic building was opened, with neoclassical frontage that spans in the Alameda Bernardo O'Higgins in Santiago's downtown. The design is the work of Lucien Ambroise Hénault, and
Fermín Vivaceta Fermín Vivaceta Rupio (January 12, 1829 – February 21, 1890) was a Chilean architect, teacher and firefighter. Life Vivaceta was born in Santiago, Chile on January 12, 1829. He was son of Fermín Vivaceta, an Argentinean citizen residing in C ...
was in charge of the construction.


Libraries and digital resources

The catalog has more than 3 million books, journals, theses and other bibliographic records available to 48 libraries of the university. The libraries are distributed in 27,536 square meters, where there are 5.278 reading places and 1.082 computers for use of the university community. The Digital Library provides access to over 50,000,000 documents: books, theses, journals and articles, and digitized historical value as maps, manuscripts, sheet music, crafts, photographs, audio and movies objects The electronic publications of the University of Chile are freely accessible through the institutional repository, academic journals and e-book portal.


Culture

Through the stable artistic sets of Extension Center Arts and Culture "Domingo Santa Cruz" (CEAC), museums, exhibition halls and theaters University performs dissemination and extension work.


Performing arts

* National Chilean Ballet – BANCH * Chile Symphony Orchestra * Chile Symphony Choir * Vocal Camerata * Antumapu Folkloric Ballet * Chilean National Theater


Museums and galleries

* Museum of Contemporary Art * Museum of American Popular Art * Juan Egenau Exhibit Hall * National Museum of Medicina * Pharmacy Museum * Dentistry Museum


Theaters

* University of Chile Theater * Antonio Varas Theater * Agustín Siré Hall * Sergio Aguirre Hall * Isidora Zegers Concert Hall * Master Study Hall * Cineteca


Significant facts

* Founded in 1842, it is the oldest institution of higher education in Chile. * The first woman to attend university in the country and in South America did so at the University of Chile: Eloísa Díaz Insunza graduated as a doctor in 1887. * The first woman lawyer,
Matilde Throup Matilde Throup Sepúlveda (18 August 1876 – 1922) was the first Chilean woman to receive the title of attorney, and the third to obtain a professional title after the institution of the of 1877 which allowed women to be admitted to universities. ...
, graduated in 1892; the first woman pharmaceutical chemist,
Griselda Hinojosa María Griselda Hinojosa Flores (20 April 1875 – 1959) was a Chilean pharmacist. She became the first woman to practice pharmacy in the country after earning a degree from the University of Chile in 1889. Biography Griselda Hinojosa was born in ...
in 1899; the first woman engineer, Justicia Espada in 1919; and the first woman agronomist, Victoria Tagle in 1922. All them at the University of Chile. * In 1906, the
University of Chile Student Federation The University of Chile Student Federation (''Federación de Estudiantes de la Universidad de Chile'' bbr. FECh is an organization that represents all the students enrolled in undergraduate and post-graduate courses at the University of Chile ...
(FECH), the first and oldest student organization in the country, was founded. * At this institution, Amanda Labraca was named the first woman academician: In 1922, Amanda Labarca, at the age of 36, was appointed like extraordinary professor at the Faculty of Humanities. * The two national Nobel prizes are linked to this university: Despite not having formally studied in this college, in 1923, the university decided to award the title of Spanish Teacher to Gabriela Mistral, and in 1954, she received the degree of Doctor Honoris Causa. After her death in January 1957, her remains were veiled for three days in the Hall of Honor of the Main House; Pablo Neruda, meanwhile, entered to study in 1921 at the Pedagogical Institute. In 1962, the Faculty of Education granted him the quality of academic Member "in recognition of his vast poetic work of universal category". The poet donated a library of about 3,500 works and his collection of Caracolas to the University of Chile. * In the Clinical Hospital, the first
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was performed in 1966. * The first weather satellite image of Chile was obtained at the university in 1966. *The first email came out of the university in 1985. Researchers at the Department of Computer Science sent this text in the email, "If this email reaches you, we open a bottle of champagne" to peers Department of Computer Engineering of the University of Santiago. * In 1987, the university signed the first domain in Chile (
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). It was www.uchile.cl. * It is the first university to have a senate, which has worked since 2006. * In 2007 a group of students of the Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences built the Eolian, the first Chilean solar car. * A study of supernovae of the Department of Astronomy was the basis for the research who in 2011 allowed
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to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics. * 172 of the 207 National Awards for Science, Literature, Arts, History, Humanities, Journalism, Theatre, Education and Music were graduates, teachers, or students of the University of Chile. * The University of Chile had the highest accreditation possible according to the National Accreditation Commission (CNA-Chile), together with the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Both are the only institutions of higher education that have reached this certification. * It is responsible for the 37% of Chilean scientific journals according to ISI standard.


Related institutions and services

The University of Chile is in charge of a variety of nationwide services and institutions, including: * The National Astronomical Observatory, functioning since 1852 * The Contemporary Art Museum (MAC) * Investigative efforts in
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, since 1940 * Official seismological service and
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activity vigilance, since 1908 * Chile's
Symphonic Orchestra A symphony is an extended musical composition in Western classical music, most often for orchestra. Although the term has had many meanings from its origins in the ancient Greek era, by the late 18th century the word had taken on the meaning co ...
, since 1941 * Chile's National Ballet, since 1945 * Symphonic
Chorus Chorus may refer to: Music * Chorus (song) or refrain, line or lines that are repeated in music or in verse * Chorus effect, the perception of similar sounds from multiple sources as a single, richer sound * Chorus form, song in which all verse ...
, since 1945 * Centre for
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,
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, and Neohellenic Studies; Centre for
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ic Studies; and Center for Judaic Culture Studies * Largest Clinical Hospital in the country * Institute for
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Studies *
Center for Mathematical Modeling (CMM) The Center for Mathematical Modeling (CMM) was created in 2000 to encompass research and training activities that were being conducted by members of the Department of Mathematical Engineering at Universidad de Chile. Today, it features a range of ac ...
* Centre for Space-related Studies, with collaborative activities at
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, and other international agencies * Universidad de Chile Theatre * Institute of Public Affairs (INAP) * Nutrition and
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Institute (INTA) * Museum of Popular American Art, since 1947 *
Experimental Theatre Experimental theatre (also known as avant-garde theatre), inspired largely by Wagner's concept of Gesamtkunstwerk, began in Western theatre in the late 19th century with Alfred Jarry and his Ubu plays as a rejection of both the age in particul ...
(1944) (later National Theatre of Chile) * Chile's NIC * The Institute for Experimentation and Research of Materials (IDIEM) There are more than twenty other centres of national and international importance.


Anthem


Notable alumni

Many intellectuals and prominent Chilean leaders have graduated, or done academic work, from this university. Among them are 21 presidents of the Republic of Chile, 3 presidents of other Latin American countries, 172 Chilean National Award recipients and two Nobel laureates.
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laureates *
Gabriela Mistral Lucila Godoy Alcayaga (; 7 April 1889 – 10 January 1957), known by her pseudonym Gabriela Mistral (), was a Chilean poet-diplomat, educator and humanist. In 1945 she became the first Latin American author to receive a Nobel Prize in Li ...
*
Pablo Neruda Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto (12 July 1904 – 23 September 1973), better known by his pen name and, later, legal name Pablo Neruda (; ), was a Chilean poet-diplomat and politician who won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature. Nerud ...
Presidents of Chile The president of Chile ( es, Presidente de Chile), officially known as the President of the Republic of Chile ( es, Presidente de la República de Chile), is the head of state and head of government of the Republic of Chile. The president is re ...
* Federico Errázuriz Zañartu * Aníbal Pinto Garmendia * Domingo Santa María *
Federico Errázuriz Echaurren Federico Errázuriz Echaurren (Santiago, November 16, 1850 – Valparaíso, July 12, 1901) was a Chilean politician who served as the 12th President of Chile. Early life He was son of the president Federico Errázuriz Zañartu and of Eulogia ...
*
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*
Pedro Montt Montt Pedro Elías Pablo Montt Montt (; 29 June 1849, Santiago, Chile – 16 August 1910, Bremen, Germany) was a Chilean political figure. He served as the president of Chile from 1906 to his death from a probable stroke in 1910. His government furt ...
* Ramón Barros Luco *
Juan Luis Sanfuentes Juan Luis Sanfuentes Andonaegui (; 27 December 1858 – 16 July 1930) was President of Chile between 1915 and 1920. Sanfuentes was the son of writer and politician Salvador Sanfuentes Torres and Matilde Andonaegui. Orphaned at an early age and ...
* Arturo Alessandri Palma *
Luis Barros Borgoño Luis Barros Borgoño (; March 26, 1858 – July 26, 1943) was a Chilean politician who served as Vice President of Chile in 1925. Born in Santiago, he was the son of Manuel Barros Arana and Eugenia Borgoño Vergara. He graduated as a lawyer in ...
*
Emiliano Figueroa Larraín Emiliano Figueroa Larraín (; July 12, 1866 – May 15, 1931) was President of Chile from December 23, 1925 until his resignation on May 10, 1927. He also served as Acting president for a few months in 1910. Biography Figueroa was born on July 1 ...
*
Juan Esteban Montero Juan Esteban Montero Rodríguez (February 12, 1879 – February 25, 1948) was a Chilean political figure. He served twice as president of Chile between 1931 and 1932. Early life He was born in Santiago, the son of Benjamín Montero and of Eug ...
* Pedro Aguirre Cerda *
Gabriel González Videla Gabriel Enrique González Videla (; November 22, 1898 – August 22, 1980) was a Chilean politician and lawyer who served as the 24th president of Chile from 1946 to 1952. He had previously been a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 193 ...
* Jorge Alessandri Rodríguez *
Salvador Allende Gossens Salvador Guillermo Allende Gossens (, , ; 26 June 1908 – 11 September 1973) was a Chilean physician and socialist politician who served as the 28th president of Chile from 3 November 1970 until his death on 11 September 1973. He was the fi ...
* Patricio Aylwin Azócar * Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle * Ricardo Lagos Escobar * Michelle Bachelet Jeria *
Gabriel Boric Font Gabriel Boric Font (; born 11 February 1986) is a Chilean left-wing politician who is the 37th and current president of Chile, serving since 11 March 2022. Boric studied in the Faculty of Law at the University of Chile, and was the president o ...
Presidents of other countries *
José López Portillo José Guillermo Abel López Portillo y Pacheco (; 16 June 1920 – 17 February 2004) was a Mexican writer, lawyer and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) who served as the 58th president of Mexico from 1976 t ...
(México) * Camilo Ponce Enríquez (politician) (Ecuador)


Notable professors

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Arturo Arias (engineer) Arturo Arias Suárez (Nueva Imperial, August 10, 1923 – Santiago, March 12, 2001) was a Chilean engineer and scientist, known for his contributions in the fields of soil mechanics, earthquake engineering and seismology. Career He graduate ...
(Anti-seismic engineering) *
Thomas Barthel Thomas Sylvester Barthel (4 January 1923 in Berlin – 3 April 1997 in Tübingen) was a German ethnologist and epigrapher who is best known for cataloguing the undeciphered rongorongo script of Easter Island. Barthel grew up in Berlin and grad ...
(Etnology and Epigraphy) * Andrés Bello (Laws and Humanities) *
Ignacy Domeyko Ignacy Domeyko or Domejko, pseudonym: ''Żegota'' ( es, Ignacio Domeyko, ; 31 July 1802 – 23 January 1889) was a Polish geologist, mineralogist, educator, and founder of the University of Santiago, in Chile. Domeyko spent most of his life, a ...
(Geology) * Celso Garrido Lecca (Music) *
Humberto Giannini Humberto Giannini Íñiguez (25 February 1927 – 25 November 2014) was a Chilean philosopher of Italian descent. A disciple and continuator of , he was a member of the Academia Chilena de la Lengua and winner of the National Prize for Humanitie ...
(Philosophy) *
Andre Gunder Frank Andre Gunder Frank (February 24, 1929 – April 25, 2005) was a German-American sociologist and economic historian who promoted dependency theory after 1970 and world-systems theory after 1984. He employed some Marxian concepts on politi ...
(Sociology and Economic History) * Richard Gott (International Affairs) * Lola Hoffmann (Psichiatry and Psicology) *
Louis Lliboutry Louis Lliboutry (born 19 February 1922 in Madrid; died on 21 October 2007 in Grenoble) was a French glaciologist, geophysicist, and mountaineer. While in Chile in the early 1950s, he analysed and explained the formation of Penitente (snow formatio ...
(Glaciology) *
Cinna Lomnitz Cinna Lomnitz Aronsfrau (4 May 1925 – 7 July 2016) was a Chilean-Mexican geophysicist known for his contributions in the fields of rock mechanics and seismology. Early life and education Lomnitz was born to a Jewish family in Cologne, Ge ...
(Seismology, Geophysics, Rock Mechanics) *
Eugenio María de Hostos Eugenio María de Hostos (January 11, 1839 – August 11, 1903), known as "''El Gran Ciudadano de las Américas''" ("The Great Citizen of the Americas"), was a Puerto Rican educator, philosopher, intellectual, lawyer, sociologist, novelist, an ...
(Laws, Education and Humanities) *
Ignacio Matte Blanco Ignacio Matte Blanco (October 3, 1908 – January 11, 1995) was a Chilean psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who developed a logic-based explanation for the operation of the unconscious, and for the non-logical aspects of experience. In applying the c ...
(Psichiatry) *
Humberto Maturana Humberto Maturana Romesín (September 14, 1928 – May 6, 2021) was a Chilean biologist and philosopher. Many consider him a member of a group of second-order cybernetics theoreticians such as Heinz von Foerster, Gordon Pask, Herbert Brün a ...
(Biology and Philosophy) *
Claudio Naranjo Claudio Benjamín Naranjo Cohen (24 November 1932 – 12 July 2019) was a Chilean-born psychiatrist who is considered a pioneer in integrating psychotherapy and the spiritual traditions. He was one of the three successors named by Fritz Perls ( ...
(Psichiatry and Psicology) *
Theotônio dos Santos Theotônio dos Santos Junior (Carangola, 11 November 1936 Rio de Janeiro, 27 February 2018) was a Brazilian economist. He was one of the formulators of the Dependency Theory and supported the World-System theory. Dos Santos had a bachelor' ...
(Economics) *
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (; born Domingo Faustino Fidel Valentín Sarmiento y Albarracín; 15 February 1811 – 11 September 1888) was an Argentine activist, intellectual, writer, statesman and the second President of Argentina. His writing s ...
(Education and Humanities) * Albert Schatz (scientist) (Microbiology and Science Education) *
Alain Touraine Alain Touraine (; born 3 August 1925) is a French sociologist. He is research director at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, where he founded the ''Centre d'étude des mouvements sociaux''. Touraine was an important figure in ...
(Sociology) * Max Westenhöfer (Pathology and Biology) *
Roberto Donoso-Barros Roberto Donoso-Barros (October 5, 1921 – August 2, 1975) was a Chilean Botany, botanist, Natural history, naturalist, and Herpetology, herpetologist. Early life and education Donoso-Barros was born in Santiago, Chile. He attended the Univers ...
(Biology and Herpetology) *
Jean Gustave Courcelle-Seneuil Jean Gustave Courcelle-Seneuil /ʒɑ̃ɡusˈtav kuʁˈsɛl səˈnœj/ (22 December 1813 – 29 June 1892) was a French economist. He is considered to be the founder of classical economics and economic liberalism in Chile. Early life and educ ...
(Economics)


See also

* Notable alumni of the University of Chile *
University of Chile Student Federation The University of Chile Student Federation (''Federación de Estudiantes de la Universidad de Chile'' bbr. FECh is an organization that represents all the students enrolled in undergraduate and post-graduate courses at the University of Chile ...
(FECH)


References

* Summaries of institutional indicators that measure various topics in management and development of the University of Chile, are digitized in the Interactive Annual Memory, developed by Vice Presidency of Financial and Institutional Management Affairs. (in Spanish
Anuario Interactivo
*A brief history of the University of Chile (in Spanish

*Information on the University of Chile's research (in Spanish
Investigación en Cifras
*"La Privatización de las Universidades", María Olivia Mönckeberg, Ed. Copa Rota, .


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chile, University of Andrés Bello Educational institutions established in 1842 Forestry education Universities in Santiago Metropolitan Region 1842 establishments in Chile