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{{Short description|Private university in Santiago, Chile}}
{{Infobox_University
{{Expand Spanish|date=August 2017|Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile}}
|name = '''Pontifical Catholic University of Chile'''
{{Infobox university
|native_name = Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
| name = Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
|image = [[Image:Puc.jpg|125px|Shield of PUC]]
| native_name = Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
|motto = ''In Christi lumine pro mundi vita''
| image = Escudo de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.svg
|established = [[June 21]], [[1888]]
| image_upright = .7
|type = [[Private school|Private]] [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]]
|rector = Pedro Pablo Rosso
| caption =
| motto = ''In Christi lumine pro mundi vita''
|chancellor = Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa
|students = 21,121
| established = June 21, 1888
| type = [[Private university|Private]] ([[Chilean Traditional Universities|Traditional]])
|staff = 2,300
| religious_affiliation = [[Catholic Church]]
|city = [[Santiago, Chile| Santiago]]
| rector = Ignacio Sánchez Díaz
|state = [[Santiago Metropolitan Region]]
| chancellor = [[Fernando Chomalí Garib|Fernando Chomalí Garib, Archbishop of Santiago]]
|country = [[Chile]]
| faculty = 1,652 (full-time)<ref name="renatopacheco">{{cite web|url=http://www.uc.cl/es/la-universidad/campus|title=Hechos y cifras - Destacados|author=Renato Pacheco|access-date=3 July 2015}}</ref>
|faculties = 18
| administrative_staff = 2,210 (full-time)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://relacionesinternacionales.uc.cl/la-uc-en-cifras/informacion-general|title=Información General - Drai UC|author=Administrator|access-date=3 July 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630101636/http://relacionesinternacionales.uc.cl/la-uc-en-cifras/informacion-general|archive-date=30 June 2015}}</ref>
|phone = +56 2 3542000
| students = 33,769
|association = [[Chilean Traditional Universities]]
| undergrad = 29,212
|location = Avenue ''Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins #340''
| postgrad = 4,557
|website= [http://www.uc.cl/ www.uc.cl]
| city = [[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]]
}}[[Image:PUC von oben.jpg|thumb|right|250px|PUC from [[Cerro Santa Lucía]]]]
| state = [[Santiago Metropolitan Region]]
[[Image:PUC Innenhof.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Inside PUC]]
| country = Chile
[[Image:Campus San Joaquín de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.jpg|thumb|right|250px| San Joaquin Campus]]
| address = Avenida ''Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins #340''
| academic_affiliations = [[Clover 2030 Engineering]]
| website = {{url|www.uc.cl}}
}}
[[File:Casa Central Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile.JPG|thumb|300px|The headquarters of the UC]]
[[File:PUC Innenhof.jpg|thumb|250px|Inside Casa Central]]
[[File:Campus San Joaquín (15).jpg|thumb|250px|The "Siamese Towers", a workshop building at the School of Architecture, and winner of the [[Pritzker Architecture Prize]].]]


The '''Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (UC, formerly PUC)''' ({{lang-es|Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile}}) is one of [[Chile]]'s oldest universities and one of the most prestigious institutions in Latin America. It was founded [[June 21]], [[1888]] through a decree issued by the [[Santiago de Chile|Santiago]] [[Archbishop]]. [[Monsignor]] [[Joaquín Larraín Gandarillas]] was its first president. At the beginning, the university only taught two subjects: [[law]] and [[mathematics]]. However, it began to expand over the years to become what is now one of the country's most relevant [[higher education]] institutions, and a very significant university in the Americas. It is also the owner of ''[[Canal 13 (Chile)|Canal 13]]''.
The '''Pontifical Catholic University of Chile''' (UC Chile; {{langx|es|Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile}}) is a [[Chilean Traditional Universities|traditional]] [[private university]] based in [[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]], [[Chile]]. It is one of the thirteen [[Catholic university|Catholic universities]] existing in Chilean university system and one of the two [[Pontifical University|pontifical universities]] in the country, along with the [[Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso]]. Founded in 1888, it is one of [[Chile]]'s oldest universities.

Pontifical Catholic University of Chile has a strong and long-standing rivalry with [[University of Chile|Universidad de Chile]], as they are both widely recognized as the most traditional and prestigious in the country, and one is Catholic and the other, secular. This rivalry also translates to sports, especially football.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-02|title=¿Por qué el clásico U-UC es tan importante en el fútbol chileno?|url=https://chile.as.com/chile/2020/10/02/futbol/1601667896_222316.html|access-date=2021-04-05|website=AS Chile|language=es-cl}}</ref>

==Campuses==
UC Chile has four campuses in [[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]] and one campus in [[Villarrica, Chile|Villarrica]]. The campuses in Santiago are:
* Casa Central (in downtown [[Santiago]])
* San Joaquín (in [[Macul]] Commune of Greater Santiago)
* Oriente (in [[Ñuñoa]] Commune of Greater Santiago)
* Lo Contador ( in [[Providencia, Chile|Providencia]] Commune of Greater Santiago)

These four campuses have a total of 223,326.06 m<sup>2</sup> constructed in a 614,569.92 m<sup>2</sup> area. The Villarrica campus has 1,664 m<sup>2</sup> constructed in a 2,362.5 m<sup>2</sup> area.


==History==
==History==
UC Chile was founded on June 21, 1888, by the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile|Archbishop of Santiago]], 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 [[Holy See|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 Chile 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 [[Chilean Traditional Universities|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 transfers under different programs.
UC was founded on [[June 21]] [[1888]], to offer training in traditional professions(law)and in technological and practical fields such as business, accounting, chemistry, and electricity. 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. It is a private, urban, multi-campus university. It is one of eleven Catholic universities, and one of 25 institutions within the Rectors' Council (''Consejo de Rectores''), the Chilean state-sponsored university system.


UC's 18 faculties are distributed on four campuses in [[Santiago, Chile|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 television network that broadcasts into all regions, and a Clinical Hospital dependent on the Faculty of Medicine.
UC Chile's 18 faculties are distributed through four campuses in [[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]] and one regional campus located in southern Chile. The technical training centers affiliated with the university are: [[Duoc UC]], 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, and a Clinical Hospital dependent on the Faculty of Medicine.
UC 's Graduates of the School of Architecture (probably one of the most prominent in Latin America) have also made important contributions to the country with such work as the Central Building of the UC, and the National Library.


UC Chile'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.
Three of the most important students are the Jesuit Saint Alberto Hurtado , Eduardo Frei Montalva, the only Chilean President who graduated from UC, and the senator Jaime Guzmán Errazúriz .they studied in the School of Laws.


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]], former Chilean president, graduated from the university's School of Economics.
Upon the 100th anniversary of its foundation, the PUC continues to make every effort to develop its existing facilities and institutions, as well as to make its intellectual, creative, and spiritual capacity available to the community.


In 2017 the university faced what has been called a "wave of suicide" among its students. During 2017 a total of four students have taken their lives up to October, the previous year two students committed suicide.<ref>{{cite news |last=García Lorca |first=Macarena |title=El suicidio que remece a la PUC: El fin del sueño universitario de Joselyn Lavados|url=http://www.theclinic.cl/2017/10/09/suicidio-remece-la-puc-fin-del-sueno-universitario-joselyn-lavados/ |work=[[The Clinic (newspaper)|The Clinic]] |date=October 9, 2017 |access-date=October 21, 2017|language=es }}</ref> Critics, including [[alumni]], have written about the university's "lack of concern" for the suicide of students, an attitude they contrast to the university's staunch [[opposition to abortion]].<ref name=ccoperativa>{{cite news |title= Alumnos critican a la PUC tras suicidio de compañera de Ingeniería Comercial|url=http://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/pais/educacion/universidades/alumnos-critican-a-la-puc-tras-suicidio-de-companera-de-ingenieria/2017-09-15/181222.html|work=[[Radio Cooperativa]]|date=September 15, 2017|access-date=November 30, 2017}}</ref> The student union of the university issued a communique expressing feelings of guilt over the issue and the need to take charge.<ref name=ccoperativa/>
==Faculties & Subjects==


==Collaborations==
* '''Faculty of Agronomy & Forest Engineering'''<--"carrera" in Spanish and "career" in English are not cognates; therefore, "carrera" should not be translated as "career".-->
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,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://graduateschool.nd.edu/news/27694-notre-dame-signs-historic-agreement-with-pontificia-universidad-catolica-de-chile-for-graduate-civil-engineering-and-geological-sciences/|title=Notre Dame Signs Historic Agreement For Graduate Studies in Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences|agency=AgencyND // University of Notre Dame|access-date=3 July 2015}}</ref> which now extends to other departments in both schools.

In April 2013, UC Chile and the [[University of Notre Dame]] also signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen scholarly engagement and expand their long-standing relationships.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://international.nd.edu/news/39642-notre-dame-to-expand-exchange-with-chiles-pontifical-catholic-university/ |title=Notre Dame to expand exchange with Chile's Pontifical Catholic University // News // Notre Dame International // University of Notre Dame |website=international.nd.edu |access-date=3 February 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130718233545/http://international.nd.edu/news/39642-notre-dame-to-expand-exchange-with-chiles-pontifical-catholic-university/ |archive-date=18 July 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> 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==
{{Infobox university rankings
| THE_W = 401–500
| THE_W_year =2023
| THE_W_ref = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2023/world-ranking|title=World University Rankings 2023|work=Times Higher Education|access-date=31 July 2023}}</ref>
| QS_W = 93
| QS_W_year = 2025
| QS_W_ref = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2024|title=QS World University Rankings - 2024 |publisher=Top Universities |access-date=31 July 2023}}</ref>
| ARWU_W = 501-600
| ARWU_W_year =2022
| ARWU_W_ref = <ref>{{cite web|title=Academic Ranking of World Universities – 2022|url=http://www.shanghairanking.com/rankings/arwu/2022|publisher=Shanghai Jiaotong University|access-date=31 July 2023}}</ref>
| USNWR_W = =314
| USNWR_W_year =2022-23
| USNWR_W_ref =<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/rankings|title=USNWR World Rankings - 2022-23 |publisher=U.S. News & World Report |access-date=31 July 2023}}</ref>
| QS_Latam = 1
| QS_Latam_year =2023
| QS_Latam_ref = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/latin-american-university-rankings/2023 |title=QS Latin American University Rankings - 2023 |publisher=Top Universities |access-date=31 July 2023}}</ref>
| USNWR_Latam = 3
| USNWR_Latam_year =2022-23
| USNWR_Latam_ref = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/latin-america |title=2022-23 Best Global Universities in Latin America |publisher=U.S. News & World Report |access-date=31 July 2023}}</ref>
| THE_Latam = 1
| THE_Latam_year =2020
| THE_Latam_ref = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2023/latin-america-university-rankings |title=2023 Latin America University Rankings |publisher=Times Higher Education |access-date=31 July 2023}}</ref>
| CWTS_W=555
| CWTS_W_year=2023
| CWTS_W_ref=<ref>{{cite web|title=CWTS Leiden Ranking – 2020|url=https://www.leidenranking.com/ranking/2023/list|publisher=Leiden University|access-date=31 July 2023}}</ref>
| CWUR_W=390
| CWUR_W_ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cwur.org/2023.php|title=CWUR World University Rankings - 2023 |publisher=CWUR |access-date=31 July 2023}}</ref>
| CWUR_W_year=2023}}

UC ranks among the first 10 Latin-American Universities according to the [[Shanghai ranking]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shanghairanking.com/|title=2014 World University Rankings - Academic Ranking of World Universities|access-date=3 July 2015}}</ref> UC appears top in two subject rankings: it ranks around 101–150 in Economics and Management and around 151–200 in Mathematics<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shanghairanking.com/World-University-Rankings/Catholic-University-of-Chile.html|title=2015 World University Rankings - Academic Ranking of World Universities|access-date=13 Sep 2015}}</ref>

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile has been ranked as the best university in Latin America by two of the world's most prestigious University rankings, the [[QS World University Rankings]] (in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023)<ref>{{Cite web |title=QS Latin America University Rankings 2025 |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/world-university-rankings?region=Latin%20America |access-date=2024-07-04 |website=Top Universities |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/latin-american-university-rankings/2018|title=QS University Rankings: Latin America 2018|access-date=30 January 2018}}</ref> and the Times Higher Education University Rankings (2019 and 2020).<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-06-29|title=Latin America Rankings|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2020/latin-america-university-rankings|access-date=2021-04-07|website=Times Higher Education|language=en}}</ref>

==Faculties, institutes, centers and subjects offered==
{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
* '''College UC'''
** Bachelor of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
** Bachelor of Social Science
** Bachelor of Arts and Humanities
* '''Faculty of Agronomy & Forest Engineering'''
** Agronomy
** Agronomy
** Forest Engineering
** Forest Engineering

* '''Faculty of Architecture, Design, and Urban Studies'''
* '''Faculty of Architecture, Design, and Urban Studies'''
** School of Architecture
** School of Architecture
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*** Design
*** Design
** Institute of Urban and Territorial Studies
** Institute of Urban and Territorial Studies
*** Urban Planning

* '''Faculty of Arts'''
* '''Faculty of Arts'''
** School of Visual Art
** School of Visual Art
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** Institute of Music
** Institute of Music
*** Music
*** Music

* '''Faculty of Biological Sciences'''
* '''Faculty of Biological Sciences'''
**Biology (with an [[academic major]] in Natural Resources or [[Bioprocess]]es)
** Biology (with an [[academic major]] in "Natural Resources & Environment" or "[[Bioprocess]]es")
** Biochemistry
**Biochemistry
**Marine Biology
** Marine Biology

* '''Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences'''
* '''Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences'''
*# Commercial Engineering
** Commercial Engineering
** Economics Institute
** Economics Institute
** School of Administration
** School of Administration

* '''Faculty of Social Sciences'''
* '''Faculty of Social Sciences'''
** Institute of Sociology
** Institute of Sociology
*** Sociology
*** Sociology
** School of Anthropology
*** Anthropology
*** Archaeology
** School of Psychology
** School of Psychology
*** Psychology
*** Psychology
** School of Social Work
** School of Social Work
*** Social Work
*** Social Work

* '''Faculty of Communications'''
* '''Faculty of Communications'''
** School of Journalism
** School of Journalism
*** Journalism
*** Journalism
*** Audiovisual Direction Program
*** Audiovisual Direction Program
*** Advertising
** Institute of Medical Studies
** Institute of Media Studies

* '''Arts Faculty'''
** Arts

* '''Faculty of Law'''
* '''Faculty of Law'''
** Law
** Law
* '''Faculty of Language and Literature'''

** English Language and Literature
** Hispanic American Linguistics and Literature
** Center for the Study of Chilean Literature (CELICH)
* '''Faculty of Education'''
* '''Faculty of Education'''
** Early Childhood Education
** Early Childhood Education
** Education
** General Education
** General Education
** High School Education

* '''Faculty of Engineering'''
** School of Engineering
*** Dept. of Computer Science
*** Dept. of Engineering and Construction Management
*** Dept. of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering
*** Dept. of Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering
*** Dept. of Transportation and Logistics Engineering
*** Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering
*** Dept. of Mechanical and Metallurgical Engineering
*** Dept. of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering
*** Dept. of Electrical Engineering
*** Dept. of Mining Engineering
** School of Construction
*** Construction
* '''Faculty of Philosophy'''
* '''Faculty of Philosophy'''
** Institute of Philosophy
** Institute of Philosophy
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** Institute of Aesthetics
** Institute of Aesthetics
*** Aesthetics
*** Aesthetics

* '''Faculty of Physics'''
* '''Faculty of Physics'''
** Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
** Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
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** Department of Physics
** Department of Physics
*** Physics
*** Physics

* '''Faculty of History, Geography, and Political Science'''
* '''Faculty of History, Geography, and Political Science'''
** Instituto de Historia
** Institute of History
*** History
*** Carrera de Historia
** Institute of Geography
** Instituto de Geografía
*** Geography
*** Carrera de Geografía
** Institute of Political Science
** Instituto de Ciencia Política
*** Political Science
*** Carrera de Ciencia Política
* '''Faculty of Mathematics'''
** Mathematics
** Statistics
* '''Faculty of Medicine'''
** School of Medicine
*** Medicine
***Odontology
***Phonoaudiology
***Kinesiology
***Nutrition and dietetics
** School of Nursing
*** Nursing and Obstetrics
* '''Faculty of Chemistry'''
** Chemistry
** Chemistry and Pharmacy
* '''Faculty of Theology'''
** Theology
* '''Institute for Biological and Medical Engineering'''
** Biomedical Engineering
* '''Institute for Mathematical and Computational Engineering'''
** Data Science Engineering
* '''School of Veterinary Medicine'''
** Veterinary Medicine
{{div col end}}


===Notable institutes and centers===
* '''Facultad de Ingeniería'''
* Center of Studies of Social Undertakings
** Escuela de Ingeniería
* Instituto Milenio para la Investigación en Depresión y Personalidad – MIDAP <ref>{{cite web|url=http://midap.org/|title=Home Version 1|access-date=2 November 2017}}</ref>
*** Carrera de Ingeniería Civil
* Núcleo Milenio Research Center in Entrepreneurial Strategy Under Uncertainty<ref>{{cite web|url=http://esuu.org/|title=ESUU|website=esuu.org|access-date=2 November 2017}}</ref>
** Escuela de Construcción Civil
*** Carrera de Construcción Civil


==Notable alumni==
* '''Facultad de Matemática'''
** Carrera de Matemática
** Carrera de Estadística


===Architecture===
* '''Facultad de Medicina'''
* [[Alejandro Aravena]] (2016 [[Pritzker Architecture Prize]] winner)
** Escuela de Medicina
* Smiljan Radic
*** Carrera de Medicina
* Emilio Duhart
** Escuela de Enfermería
* Fernando Castillo Velasco
*** Carrera de Enfermería-obstetricia
* [[Juan Grimm]], Landscape architect
** Escuela de Odontología
*** Carrera de odontología


===Art and literature===
* [[Egon Wolff]] (playwright)
* [[Roberto Matta]] (Surrealist painter)
* Jorge Díaz (playwright)
* [[Diamela Eltit]] (author)
* [[Paula Escobar]] (journalist and academic)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.weforum.org/people/paula-escobar-chavarria/|title=Paula Escobar Chavarría|website=World Economic Forum|access-date=2 November 2017}}</ref>
* [[Laila Havilio]] (sculptor)
* [[Paloma Valdivia]] (author and illustrator)


===Economics===
* '''Facultad de Química'''
* [[Miguel Kast]] (former governor of the [[Central Bank of Chile]]. Member of the [[Chicago Boys]] group)
** Carrera de Química
* [[José Piñera]]
** Carrera de Química y Farmacia
* [[Joaquín Lavín]]
* [[Sebastián Edwards]] (professor, [[UCLA Anderson School of Management]])
* [[Sebastián Piñera]]
* [[Felipe Larraín Bascuñán|Felipe Larraín]]
* [[Ricardo J. Caballero| Ricardo Caballero]] ([https://economics.mit.edu/people/faculty/ricardo-caballero Ford International Professor of Economics - MIT])


===Politics===
* '''Facultad de Teología'''
* Past President of Chile [[Eduardo Frei Montalva]]
** Carrera de Teología
* [[Sebastián Piñera]]
* [[Adolfo Zaldívar]]
* [[Arturo Frei Bolívar]]
* [[Ena von Baer]]
* Fernando Castillo Velasco
* [[Hernán Larraín]]
* [[Fernando Flores]]
* [[Jaime Guzmán]]
* [[Joaquín Lavín]]
* [[Osvaldo Andrade]]
* [[Radomiro Tomic]]
* [[Tomás Jocelyn-Holt]]
* [[José Antonio Kast]]
* [[Giorgio Jackson]]


===Religion===
* '''Programa de Estudios Generales'''
* [[Alberto Hurtado]] (Jesuit. Chile's second saint)
** Programa de Bachillerato en Ciencias
* [[Raúl Silva Henríquez]] (Archbishop of Santiago de Chile)
** Programa de Bachillerato en Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades
Both studied law at the university.
** Licenciatura General en Ciencias Naturales y Matemática
** Licenciatura General en Ciencias Sociales
** Licenciatura General en Artes y Humanidades


==External links==
===Science===
* Francisco Claro Huneeus
* [http://www.puc.cl/ Official Web Site] (in Spanish)
* Héctor Croxatto Rezzio (member of the [[Pontifical Academy of Sciences]])
** [http://www.puc.cl/webpuc/html/menuder/menuingles.html English language version]
* Joaquín Luco Valenzuela (first Chilean to specialize in neuroscience)
** [http://www.duoc.cl/ DUOC]
* Juan de Dios Vial Correa (former [[Pontifical Academy for Life]] president)
* [http://www.ing.puc.cl/ '''College of Engineering''']
* [[Juan Carlos Castilla (marine biologist)|Juan Carlos Castilla]] (marine life expert)
* [http://www.fadeu.puc.cl/ '''Architecture, Design, and Urban Studies Faculty''']
* [[Leopoldo Soto Norambuena]] (former President of the Chilean Physics Society and Fellow of the Institute of Physics, UK)
* [http://www.fis.puc.cl/ '''Physics Faculty''']
* Nibaldo Inestrosa Cantin (neurobiologist)
** [http://www.astro.puc.cl/ '''Astronomy and Astrophysics departament''']
*[[Neva Milicic Müller]] (psychologist)
*[http://www.uc.cl/letras/ '''Facultad de Letras''']
* Rafael Vicuña Errázuriz
**[http://www.uc.cl/letras/html/frames/fr_progra.html '''Programas de estudios.''' Facultad de Letras]
* [http://www.faceapuc.cl/ '''Economic and Management Sciences''']
** [http://www.eauc.cl/ Management School]
** [http://www.economia.puc.cl/ Economics Institute]
* [http://www.uc.cl/derecho '''Law Faculty''']
* [http://www.uc.cl/webpuc/html/menuder/facultades/histgeopol.html '''History, Geography & Political Science Faculty''']
** [http://www.hist.puc.cl/ History Institute]
** [http://www.geo.puc.cl/ Geography Institute]
** [http://www.uc.cl/icp/webcp/index.html Political Science Institute]
*** [http://www.puc.cl/icp/revista/ Revista de Ciencia Política (Political Science Journal)]
** [http://www.puc.cl/icp/webcp/estudiosasiaticos/ Asian Studies Program]
* [http://www.facultadmedicinauc.cl/ Faculty of Medicine]
** [http://escuela.med.puc.cl/ School of Medicine]
** [http://www.puc.cl/enfermeria/ School of Nursing]


==Knowledge transfer, service and consultancy==
==Source==
* DICTUC SA (a group of 40+ consultancies leading in engineering, management and innovation) [http://www.dictuc.cl/]
* [http://www.puc.cl/english/html/general_info/gi2.html UC.cl]
* Salud Clinica UC [http://redsalud.uc.cl/link.cgi/]
* Hospital of the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
* Mega UC Health Centres (maternity)


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Latest revision as of 01:41, 17 November 2024

Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
MottoIn Christi lumine pro mundi vita
TypePrivate (Traditional)
EstablishedJune 21, 1888
Religious affiliation
Catholic Church
Academic affiliations
Clover 2030 Engineering
ChancellorFernando Chomalí Garib, Archbishop of Santiago
RectorIgnacio Sánchez Díaz
Academic staff
1,652 (full-time)[1]
Administrative staff
2,210 (full-time)[2]
Students33,769
Undergraduates29,212
Postgraduates4,557
Address
Avenida Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins #340
,
Santiago
,
Santiago Metropolitan Region
,
Chile
Websitewww.uc.cl
The headquarters of the UC
Inside Casa Central
The "Siamese Towers", a workshop building at the School of Architecture, and winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize.

The Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (UC Chile; Spanish: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile) is a traditional private university based in Santiago, Chile. It is one of the thirteen Catholic universities existing in Chilean university system and one of the two pontifical universities in the country, along with the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso. Founded in 1888, it is one of Chile's oldest universities.

Pontifical Catholic University of Chile has a strong and long-standing rivalry with Universidad de Chile, as they are both widely recognized as the most traditional and prestigious in the country, and one is Catholic and the other, secular. This rivalry also translates to sports, especially football.[3]

Campuses

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UC Chile has four campuses in Santiago and one campus in Villarrica. The campuses in Santiago are:

  • Casa Central (in downtown Santiago)
  • San Joaquín (in Macul Commune of Greater Santiago)
  • Oriente (in Ñuñoa Commune of Greater Santiago)
  • Lo Contador ( in Providencia Commune of Greater Santiago)

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

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UC Chile was founded on June 21, 1888, by the Archbishop of Santiago, 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 Chile 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 transfers under different programs.

UC Chile'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 UC, 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, and a Clinical Hospital dependent on the Faculty of Medicine.

UC Chile'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, former Chilean president, graduated from the university's School of Economics.

In 2017 the university faced what has been called a "wave of suicide" among its students. During 2017 a total of four students have taken their lives up to October, the previous year two students committed suicide.[4] Critics, including alumni, have written about the university's "lack of concern" for the suicide of students, an attitude they contrast to the university's staunch opposition to abortion.[5] The student union of the university issued a communique expressing feelings of guilt over the issue and the need to take charge.[5]

Collaborations

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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,[6] which now extends to other departments in both schools.

In April 2013, UC Chile and the University of Notre Dame also signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen scholarly engagement and expand their long-standing relationships.[7] 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

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University rankings
Global – Overall
ARWU World[8]501-600 (2022)
CWUR World[9]390 (2023)
CWTS World[10]555 (2023)
QS World[11]93 (2025)
THE World[12]401–500 (2023)
USNWR Global[13]=314 (2022-23)
Regional – Overall
QS Latin America[14]1 (2023)
THE Latin America[15]1 (2020)
USNWR Latin America[16]3 (2022-23)

UC ranks among the first 10 Latin-American Universities according to the Shanghai ranking,[17] UC appears top in two subject rankings: it ranks around 101–150 in Economics and Management and around 151–200 in Mathematics[18]

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile has been ranked as the best university in Latin America by two of the world's most prestigious University rankings, the QS World University Rankings (in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023)[19][20] and the Times Higher Education University Rankings (2019 and 2020).[21]

Faculties, institutes, centers and subjects offered

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  • College UC
    • Bachelor of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
    • Bachelor of Social Science
    • Bachelor of Arts and Humanities
  • Faculty of Agronomy & Forest Engineering
    • Agronomy
    • Forest Engineering
  • Faculty of Architecture, Design, and Urban Studies
    • School of Architecture
      • Architecture
    • School of Design
      • Design
    • Institute of Urban and Territorial Studies
      • Urban Planning
  • Faculty of Arts
    • School of Visual Art
      • Visual Art
    • School of Theater
      • Acting
    • Institute of Music
      • Music
  • Faculty of Biological Sciences
  • Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences
    • Commercial Engineering
    • Economics Institute
    • School of Administration
  • Faculty of Social Sciences
    • Institute of Sociology
      • Sociology
    • School of Anthropology
      • Anthropology
      • Archaeology
    • School of Psychology
      • Psychology
    • School of Social Work
      • Social Work
  • Faculty of Communications
    • School of Journalism
      • Journalism
      • Audiovisual Direction Program
      • Advertising
    • Institute of Media Studies
  • Faculty of Law
    • Law
  • Faculty of Language and Literature
    • English Language and Literature
    • Hispanic American Linguistics and Literature
    • Center for the Study of Chilean Literature (CELICH)
  • Faculty of Education
    • Early Childhood Education
    • General Education
    • High School Education
  • Faculty of Engineering
    • School of Engineering
      • Dept. of Computer Science
      • Dept. of Engineering and Construction Management
      • Dept. of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering
      • Dept. of Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering
      • Dept. of Transportation and Logistics Engineering
      • Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering
      • Dept. of Mechanical and Metallurgical Engineering
      • Dept. of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering
      • Dept. of Electrical Engineering
      • Dept. of Mining Engineering
    • School of Construction
      • Construction
  • Faculty of Philosophy
    • Institute of Philosophy
      • Philosophy
    • Institute of Aesthetics
      • Aesthetics
  • Faculty of Physics
    • Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
      • Astronomy
    • Department of Physics
      • Physics
  • Faculty of History, Geography, and Political Science
    • Institute of History
      • History
    • Institute of Geography
      • Geography
    • Institute of Political Science
      • Political Science
  • Faculty of Mathematics
    • Mathematics
    • Statistics
  • Faculty of Medicine
    • School of Medicine
      • Medicine
      • Odontology
      • Phonoaudiology
      • Kinesiology
      • Nutrition and dietetics
    • School of Nursing
      • Nursing and Obstetrics
  • Faculty of Chemistry
    • Chemistry
    • Chemistry and Pharmacy
  • Faculty of Theology
    • Theology
  • Institute for Biological and Medical Engineering
    • Biomedical Engineering
  • Institute for Mathematical and Computational Engineering
    • Data Science Engineering
  • School of Veterinary Medicine
    • Veterinary Medicine

Notable institutes and centers

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  • Center of Studies of Social Undertakings
  • Instituto Milenio para la Investigación en Depresión y Personalidad – MIDAP [22]
  • Núcleo Milenio Research Center in Entrepreneurial Strategy Under Uncertainty[23]

Notable alumni

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Architecture

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Art and literature

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Economics

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Politics

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Religion

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Both studied law at the university.

Science

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Knowledge transfer, service and consultancy

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  • DICTUC SA (a group of 40+ consultancies leading in engineering, management and innovation) [1]
  • Salud Clinica UC [2]
  • Hospital of the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
  • Mega UC Health Centres (maternity)

References

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  1. ^ Renato Pacheco. "Hechos y cifras - Destacados". Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  2. ^ Administrator. "Información General - Drai UC". Archived from the original on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  3. ^ "¿Por qué el clásico U-UC es tan importante en el fútbol chileno?". AS Chile (in Spanish). 2020-10-02. Retrieved 2021-04-05.
  4. ^ García Lorca, Macarena (October 9, 2017). "El suicidio que remece a la PUC: El fin del sueño universitario de Joselyn Lavados". The Clinic (in Spanish). Retrieved October 21, 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Alumnos critican a la PUC tras suicidio de compañera de Ingeniería Comercial". Radio Cooperativa. September 15, 2017. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
  6. ^ "Notre Dame Signs Historic Agreement For Graduate Studies in Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences". AgencyND // University of Notre Dame. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  7. ^ "Notre Dame to expand exchange with Chile's Pontifical Catholic University // News // Notre Dame International // University of Notre Dame". international.nd.edu. Archived from the original on 18 July 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  8. ^ "Academic Ranking of World Universities – 2022". Shanghai Jiaotong University. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  9. ^ "CWUR World University Rankings - 2023". CWUR. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  10. ^ "CWTS Leiden Ranking – 2020". Leiden University. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  11. ^ "QS World University Rankings - 2024". Top Universities. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  12. ^ "World University Rankings 2023". Times Higher Education. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  13. ^ "USNWR World Rankings - 2022-23". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  14. ^ "QS Latin American University Rankings - 2023". Top Universities. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  15. ^ "2023 Latin America University Rankings". Times Higher Education. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  16. ^ "2022-23 Best Global Universities in Latin America". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  17. ^ "2014 World University Rankings - Academic Ranking of World Universities". Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  18. ^ "2015 World University Rankings - Academic Ranking of World Universities". Retrieved 13 Sep 2015.
  19. ^ "QS Latin America University Rankings 2025". Top Universities. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
  20. ^ "QS University Rankings: Latin America 2018". Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  21. ^ "Latin America Rankings". Times Higher Education. 2020-06-29. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
  22. ^ "Home Version 1". Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  23. ^ "ESUU". esuu.org. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  24. ^ "Paula Escobar Chavarría". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
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