List of universities in Chile
Encyclopedia
This is a listing of universities
in Chile
ordered by region. The headquarters or main city of a university is marked in bold. Original Chilean Traditional Universities
are marked with an asterisk (*) and Chilean Traditional Universities result of the branching of one of the original with 2 asterisks (**).
Tarapacá Region
Antofagasta Region
Valparaíso Region
O'Higgins Region
Maule Region
Araucanía Region
Los Ríos Region
Los Lagos Region
Santiago Metropolitan Region
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
in Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
ordered by region. The headquarters or main city of a university is marked in bold. Original Chilean Traditional Universities
Chilean Traditional Universities
In Chile, the term universidades tradicionales is used to denote the group of universities founded before the 1980s. This term usually includes derivative universities, which are not really traditional but were derived from traditional ones...
are marked with an asterisk (*) and Chilean Traditional Universities result of the branching of one of the original with 2 asterisks (**).
Tarapacá RegionTarapacá RegionThe I Tarapacá Region is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions. It borders the Chilean Arica and Parinacota Region to the north, Bolivia's Oruro Department on the east, the Antofagasta Region on the south and the Pacific Ocean on the west. The port city of Iquique The I Tarapacá...
- AricaArica, ChileArica is a commune and a port city with a population of 185,269 in the Arica Province of northern Chile's Arica and Parinacota Region, located only south of the border with Peru. The city is the capital of both the Arica Province and the Arica and Parinacota Region...
- Universidad de TarapacáUniversidad de TarapacáUniversity of Tarapacá is a university in Arica, Chile. It is a derivative university part of the Chilean Traditional Universities. The university publishes Revista Chungará a journal on anthropology and archaeology.-External links:...
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- Universidad de Tarapacá
- IquiqueIquiqueIquique is a port city and commune in northern Chile, capital of both the Iquique Province and Tarapacá Region. It lies on the Pacific coast, west of the Atacama Desert and the Pampa del Tamarugal. It had a population of 216,419 as of the 2002 census...
- Universidad Arturo PratUniversidad Arturo PratUniversidad Arturo Prat is a university in Chile. It is a derivative university part of the Chilean Traditional Universities.This university was created in 1981 from the former campus of the University of Chile in Iquique....
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- Universidad Arturo Prat
Antofagasta RegionAntofagasta RegionThe II Antofagasta Region is one of Chile's fifteen first-order administrative divisions. It comprises three provinces, Antofagasta, El Loa and Tocopilla...
- AntofagastaAntofagastaAntofagasta is a port city in northern Chile, about north of Santiago. It is the capital of Antofagasta Province and Antofagasta Region. According to the 2002 census, the city has a population of 296,905...
- Universidad de AntofagastaUniversidad de AntofagastaUniversity of Antofagasta is a university in Chile. It is a derivative university part of the Chilean Traditional Universities.- External links :*...
** - Universidad Católica del NorteUniversidad Católica del NorteCatólica del Norte University is a university in Chile. It is part of the Chilean Traditional Universities. It is located in Antofagasta, Chile.Católica del Norte University was founded on May 31, 1956.The current rector is Misael Camus Ibacache....
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- Universidad de Antofagasta
Valparaíso RegionValparaíso RegionThe V Valparaíso Region is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions.Valparaíso Region, 2006 With the country's third highest population of 1,539,852 million in 2002 and third smallest area of , the region is Chile's second most densely populated after the Santiago Metropolitan Region...
- ValparaísoValparaísoValparaíso is a city and commune of Chile, center of its third largest conurbation and one of the country's most important seaports and an increasing cultural center in the Southwest Pacific hemisphere. The city is the capital of the Valparaíso Province and the Valparaíso Region...
- Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso*
- Universidad de ValparaísoUniversidad de ValparaísoUniversity of Valparaíso is a university in Chile. It is a derivative university part of the Chilean Traditional Universities.-External links:*...
** - Universidad Técnica Federico Santa MaríaUniversidad Técnica Federico Santa Maríathumbnail|right|276px|University frontisThe Federico Santa María Technical University , is a Chilean university situated in Valparaíso, Chile...
* - Universidad de Playa Ancha de Ciencias de la EducaciónUniversidad de Playa Ancha de Ciencias de la EducaciónUniversity of Educational Sciences "Playa Ancha" is a university in Chile. It is a derivative university part of the Chilean Traditional Universities, belonging to rector's Council. It was founded 1948 in Vaparaíso as "Instituto Pedagógico de la Universidad de Chile", with the intention to...
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- Viña del MarViña del MarViña del Mar , is a city and commune on central Chile's Pacific coast. Its long stretches of white sandy beaches are a major attraction for national and international tourists. The city is Chile's main tourist attraction. Known as "La Ciudad Jardín" , Viña del Mar is a Chilean Municipality located...
- Campus of Universidad Adolfo IbáñezUniversidad Adolfo IbáñezThe Adolfo Ibáñez University is a private university of Chile pertaining to the Adolfo Ibáñez Foundation. In 1988, according with the new educational legislation, a new university was founded on the base of the Valparaiso Business School , an old institution for the professional teaching in...
- Universidad de Viña del Mar
- Campus of Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez
O'Higgins RegionO'Higgins RegionThe VI O'Higgins Region is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions. It is subdivided into three provinces. It is named in honour of Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme, one of Chile's founding fathers....
- RancaguaRancaguaRancagua is a city and commune in central Chile, part of the Rancagua conurbation. It is the capital of the Cachapoal Province and of the O'Higgins Region, located south of the national capital of Santiago. It had a 2002 population of 214,344...
- Campus of Universidad Arturo PratUniversidad Arturo PratUniversidad Arturo Prat is a university in Chile. It is a derivative university part of the Chilean Traditional Universities.This university was created in 1981 from the former campus of the University of Chile in Iquique....
** - Campus of Universidad de Los LagosUniversidad de Los LagosThe University of Los Lagos is a university in Chile. It is a derivative university part of the Chilean Traditional Universities. It currently operates two campuses: the main campus in Osorno, and another in Valdivia and Puerto Montt, the regional capital....
** - Campus of Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la EducaciónUniversidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la EducaciónThe Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences is a university specialized in Pedagogy and located in the commune of Ñuñoa, Santiago, Chile.-History:The university was created in 1889 as the Instituto Pedagógico de la Universidad de Chile...
** - Campus of Universidad Técnica Federico Santa MaríaUniversidad Técnica Federico Santa Maríathumbnail|right|276px|University frontisThe Federico Santa María Technical University , is a Chilean university situated in Valparaíso, Chile...
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- Campus of Universidad Arturo Prat
- RengoRengoRengo is a city and commune located in the Zona Central of Chile, situated in the Cachapoal Province of the O'Higgins Region at a distance of south of the city of Rancagua and south of the national capital Santiago...
- Campus of Universidad de ValparaísoUniversidad de ValparaísoUniversity of Valparaíso is a university in Chile. It is a derivative university part of the Chilean Traditional Universities.-External links:*...
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- Campus of Universidad de Valparaíso
Maule RegionMaule RegionThe VII Maule Region is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions. Its capital is Talca. The region takes its name from the Maule River which, running westward from the Andes, bisects the region and spans a basin of about 20,600 km2...
- TalcaTalcaTalca is a city and commune in Chile located about south of Santiago, and is the capital of both Talca Province and Maule Region . As of the 2002 census, the city had a population of 193,755....
- Universidad Católica del MauleUniversidad Católica del MauleCatholic University of Maule is a university in Chile. It is a derivative university part of the Chilean Traditional Universities.This university was created in 1991, in what was the former Talca campus of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile....
** - Universidad de TalcaUniversidad de TalcaThe University of Talca is a Chilean university located in the cities of Talca, Curicó, and Santiago. It is a derivative university, one of the most important universities of the southern-central region of Chile, and it's part of the Chilean Traditional Universities.- History :The Universidad de...
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- Universidad Católica del Maule
Biobío Region
- ConcepciónConcepción, ChileConcepción is a city in Chile, capital of Concepción Province and of the Biobío Region or Region VIII. Greater Concepción is the second-largest conurbation in the country, with 889,725 inhabitants...
- Universidad Católica de la Santísima ConcepciónUniversidad Católica de la Santísima ConcepciónCatholic University of the Holy Conception is a university in Chile. It is part of the Chilean Traditional Universities.The University...
** - Universidad de ConcepciónUniversidad de ConcepciónThe University of Concepción , also known for its acronym UdeC, is one of the most prestigious universities in Chile. It is the third oldest university in the country, and it is part of the Council of Rectors. It was the first University founded in the South of Chile, and the first to become a...
* - Universidad del Bío-BíoUniversidad del Bío-BíoUniversity of Bío-Bío is a university in Chile. It is part of the Chilean Traditional Universities.- University of Bío-Bío :The University of Bío-Bío is heir of the tradition of state and public higher education in the Bío Bío Region...
** - Universidad San SebastiánUniversidad San SebastiánSaint Sebastian University is a private Chilean university with its headquarters located in Concepción. The university also has faculties in Santiago, Valdivia, Osorno and Puerto Montt. It was founded in 1989, and received formal state recognition as a university in 2001.-External links:*...
- Universidad Santo Tomás
- Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción
Araucanía RegionAraucanía RegionThe IX Araucanía Region is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions and comprises two provinces: Malleco in the north and Cautín in the south....
- TemucoTemucoTemuco is a city and commune, capital of the Cautín Province and of the Araucanía Region in southern Chile. The name comes from the Mapudungun language, meaning "temu water"; "temu" is a tree used by Mapuches for medicinal purposes. The city is located 670 km south of Santiago...
- Universidad Católica de TemucoUniversidad Católica de TemucoTemuco Catholic University is a university in Chile. It is a derivative university part of the Chilean Traditional Universities....
** - Universidad de La FronteraUniversidad de La FronteraUniversity of the Frontier or UFRO is a university in Temuco Chile. It is a derivative university and part of the Chilean Traditional Universities. UFRO boasts a student body with a variety of abilities and from a variety of backgrounds, many of Mapuche descent....
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- Universidad Católica de Temuco
Los Ríos RegionLos Ríos RegionThe XIV Los Ríos Region is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions. Its capital is Valdivia. Pop. 356,396 . It began to operate as region on October 2, 2007. It was created by subdividing the Los Lagos Region in southern Chile...
- ValdiviaValdivia-Geography:*Chile** Valdivia, Chile, a city and municipality in the Province of Valdivia** Valdivia River, a river which begins in the city of Valdivia** Valdivia Province, the Province of Valdivia...
- Universidad Austral de ChileUniversidad Austral de ChileSouthern University of Chile is a research university in Chile based in Valdivia although it has some institutions and careers in Puerto Montt. Founded by decree on 7 September 1954 it is one of the eight original Chilean Traditional Universities...
* - Campus of Universidad San SebastiánUniversidad San SebastiánSaint Sebastian University is a private Chilean university with its headquarters located in Concepción. The university also has faculties in Santiago, Valdivia, Osorno and Puerto Montt. It was founded in 1989, and received formal state recognition as a university in 2001.-External links:*...
- Campus of Universidad Arturo PratUniversidad Arturo PratUniversidad Arturo Prat is a university in Chile. It is a derivative university part of the Chilean Traditional Universities.This university was created in 1981 from the former campus of the University of Chile in Iquique....
** - Campus of Universidad de Los LagosUniversidad de Los LagosThe University of Los Lagos is a university in Chile. It is a derivative university part of the Chilean Traditional Universities. It currently operates two campuses: the main campus in Osorno, and another in Valdivia and Puerto Montt, the regional capital....
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- Universidad Austral de Chile
Los Lagos RegionLos Lagos RegionLos Lagos Region is one of Chile's 15 regions, which are first order administrative divisions, and comprises four provinces: Chiloé, Llanquihue, Osorno and Palena. The region contains the country's second largest island, Chiloé, and the second largest lake, Llanquihue.Its capital is Puerto Montt;...
- OsornoOsorno, ChileOsorno is a city and commune in southern Chile and capital of Osorno Province in the Los Lagos Region. It had a population of 145,475, as of the 2002 census...
- Universidad de Los LagosUniversidad de Los LagosThe University of Los Lagos is a university in Chile. It is a derivative university part of the Chilean Traditional Universities. It currently operates two campuses: the main campus in Osorno, and another in Valdivia and Puerto Montt, the regional capital....
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- Universidad de Los Lagos
- Puerto MonttPuerto MonttPuerto Montt is a port city and commune in southern Chile, located at the northern end of the Reloncaví Sound in the Llanquihue Province, Los Lagos Region. The commune spans an area of and had a population of 175,938 in 2002. It is located 1,055 km to the south of the capital, Santiago...
- Campus of Universidad Austral de ChileUniversidad Austral de ChileSouthern University of Chile is a research university in Chile based in Valdivia although it has some institutions and careers in Puerto Montt. Founded by decree on 7 September 1954 it is one of the eight original Chilean Traditional Universities...
- Campus of Universidad de Los LagosUniversidad de Los LagosThe University of Los Lagos is a university in Chile. It is a derivative university part of the Chilean Traditional Universities. It currently operates two campuses: the main campus in Osorno, and another in Valdivia and Puerto Montt, the regional capital....
- Campus of Universidad Austral de Chile
Aisén Region
- Aisén
- Campus of Universidad de ValparaísoUniversidad de ValparaísoUniversity of Valparaíso is a university in Chile. It is a derivative university part of the Chilean Traditional Universities.-External links:*...
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- Campus of Universidad de Valparaíso
- CoyhaiqueCoyhaiqueCoihaique , also spelled Coyhaique in Patagonia, is the capital city of both the Coihaique Province and the Aysén Region of Chile. Founded by settlers in 1929, it is a young city. Until the twentieth century, Chile showed little interest in exploiting the remote Aisén region...
- Campus of Universidad Teconológica de Chile (INACAP)
- Campus of Universidad Austral de ChileUniversidad Austral de ChileSouthern University of Chile is a research university in Chile based in Valdivia although it has some institutions and careers in Puerto Montt. Founded by decree on 7 September 1954 it is one of the eight original Chilean Traditional Universities...
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Magallanes Region
- Punta Arenas
- Universidad de MagallanesUniversidad de MagallanesUniversity of Magallanes is a university in the southern Chilean city of Punta Arenas. It is part of the Chilean Traditional Universities. The University of Magallanes was established in 1981 during the neoliberal reforms of the Chile's military regime as the successor of Universidad Técnica del...
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- Universidad de Magallanes
- PorvenirPorvenirFounded in 1883 by immigrants from Croatia and Chiloé during a minor nineteenth century gold rush, Porvenir is the capital of both the homonymous commune and the Chilean Province of Tierra del Fuego of the Magallanes and Antartica Chilena Region...
- Campus of Universidad de MagallanesUniversidad de MagallanesUniversity of Magallanes is a university in the southern Chilean city of Punta Arenas. It is part of the Chilean Traditional Universities. The University of Magallanes was established in 1981 during the neoliberal reforms of the Chile's military regime as the successor of Universidad Técnica del...
- Campus of Universidad de Magallanes
- Puerto NatalesPuerto NatalesPuerto Natales is a city in Chilean Patagonia. Puerto Natales is the capital of both the commune of Natales and the province of Última Esperanza, , one of the four provinces that make up the Magallanes and Antartica Chilena Region in the southernmost part of Chile...
- Campus of Universidad de MagallanesUniversidad de MagallanesUniversity of Magallanes is a university in the southern Chilean city of Punta Arenas. It is part of the Chilean Traditional Universities. The University of Magallanes was established in 1981 during the neoliberal reforms of the Chile's military regime as the successor of Universidad Técnica del...
- Campus of Universidad de Magallanes
- Puerto WilliamsPuerto WilliamsPuerto Williams is a Chilean port, located on Isla Navarino facing the Beagle Channel. It is the capital of the Chilean Antarctic Province, one of four provinces located in the Magellan and Chilean Antartica Region...
- Campus of Universidad de MagallanesUniversidad de MagallanesUniversity of Magallanes is a university in the southern Chilean city of Punta Arenas. It is part of the Chilean Traditional Universities. The University of Magallanes was established in 1981 during the neoliberal reforms of the Chile's military regime as the successor of Universidad Técnica del...
- Campus of Universidad de Magallanes
Santiago Metropolitan RegionSantiago Metropolitan RegionSantiago Metropolitan Region or simply Metropolitan Region is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions. It is the country's only landlocked administrative region and contains the nation's capital, Santiago...
- SantiagoSantiago, ChileSantiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level...
- Universidad Diego PortalesUniversidad Diego PortalesDiego Portales University is one of the first private universities founded in Chile and is named after the Chilean statesman Diego Portales.Since its foundation, the University has consistently been focused on academic improvement, which has led UDP to be positioned as one of the best universities...
- Universidad de Chile*
- Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile*
- Universidad de Santiago de Chile*
- Universidad de Ciencias de la Informática UCINF
- Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la EducaciónUniversidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la EducaciónThe Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences is a university specialized in Pedagogy and located in the commune of Ñuñoa, Santiago, Chile.-History:The university was created in 1889 as the Instituto Pedagógico de la Universidad de Chile...
** - Universidad Tecnológica MetropolitanaUniversidad Tecnológica MetropolitanaMetropolitan University of Technology is a university in Chile. It is part of the Chilean Traditional Universities.- External links :*...
** - Universidad Alberto HurtadoUniversidad Alberto HurtadoAlberto Hurtado University is a Jesuit university located in downtown Santiago. Established in 1997, the university was created from the merger of three separate institutes,Instituto Latinoamericano de Doctrina y Estudios Sociales , the Centro de Investigación, Desarrollo de la Educación , and the...
- Universidad Tecnológica de Chile
- Universidad Central
- Universidad Gabriela MistralUniversidad Gabriela Mistral-External links:* * http://www.ugm.cl...
- Universidad MayorUniversidad MayorUniversidad Mayor is a Chilean private university. Its main campus is in Santiago, with a secondary campus in Temuco.-History of Universidad Mayor :The University was founded in Santiago, in 1988...
- Universidad de Artes, Ciencias y ComunicaciónUniversidad de Artes, Ciencias y ComunicaciónUniversity for the Arts, Sciences, and Communication is a Chilean university. It is a for-profit institution owned by the Apollo Group.- External links :*...
- Universidad de los Andes
- Universidad del Pacifico
- Universidad del DesarrolloUniversidad del DesarrolloUniversidad del Desarrollo is a Chilean private university. Its main campus is in Concepción, with a secondary campus in the same city, and two more in Santiago.-History of Universidad del Desarrollo :...
- Universidad Adolfo IbáñezUniversidad Adolfo IbáñezThe Adolfo Ibáñez University is a private university of Chile pertaining to the Adolfo Ibáñez Foundation. In 1988, according with the new educational legislation, a new university was founded on the base of the Valparaiso Business School , an old institution for the professional teaching in...
- Campus of Universidad San SebastiánUniversidad San SebastiánSaint Sebastian University is a private Chilean university with its headquarters located in Concepción. The university also has faculties in Santiago, Valdivia, Osorno and Puerto Montt. It was founded in 1989, and received formal state recognition as a university in 2001.-External links:*...
- Universidad de las AméricasUniversidad de las AméricasUniversidad de las Américas may refer to:*Fundación Universidad de las Américas, Puebla , university in Cholula, Puebla state, Mexico*Universidad de las Américas, A.C., university in Mexico City, Mexico....
- Universidad Santo Tomás
- Universidad Diego Portales
See also
- Chilean Traditional UniversitiesChilean Traditional UniversitiesIn Chile, the term universidades tradicionales is used to denote the group of universities founded before the 1980s. This term usually includes derivative universities, which are not really traditional but were derived from traditional ones...
- List of colleges and universities by country
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