University of Chile
| Universidad de Chile | |
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| Type | Public |
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| Established | 19 November 1842 |
| President | Ennio Vivaldi Véjar |
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Academic staff
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3.386 |
| Undergraduates | 29.207 |
| Postgraduates | 9.731 |
| Location | Santiago, RM, Chile |
| Campus | Campus Andrés Bello Campus Beauchef Campus Juan Gómez Millas Campus Norte Campus Sur |
| Mascot | Owl |
| Website | www |
The University of Chile (Spanish: Universidad de Chile) is a public university located in Santiago, Chile. It was founded in November 19, 1842 and inaugurated in September 17, 1843. It is the oldest and one of the most prestigious in the country. It was established as the continuation of the former colonial Royal University of San Felipe (1738) (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 Chile and Latin America for its leadership and innovation in science, technology, social sciences, and arts through the functions of creation, extension, teaching, and research.
It has more than 1,700,000 m² among its five campuses, research buildings, health care centers, museums, theaters, observatories and sports infrastructure. The institution has more than 38,000 undergraduate and graduate students, offering more than 60 different bachelor and professional degrees, 36 doctoral programs and 119 master programs.
Notable alumni include Nobel laureates Pablo Neruda and Gabriela Mistral, and twenty Chilean presidents.
The QS University Ranking ranks the University of Chile as the sixth in Latin America and 209 in the world. 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 (SIR) makes a characterization of institutions based on research, innovation and visibility on the web, and in 2015 report on investigation, which included more than 4.500 institutions of higher education and other centers in the world, the University of Chile ranked first in Chile, 10 in Latin America and 25 in Iberoamerica.
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