Universidad de Concepción

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Universidad de Concepción
Established	May 14, 1919
Type	Traditional
President	Sergio Lavanchy Merino
Faculty	18
Location	Concepción, Bío-Bío Region, Chile
Campus	Urban
Campuses	3
Website	www.udec.cl (in spanish)

The University of Concepción (Spanish: Universidad de Concepción) is one of the oldest universities in Chile, and one of the largest and most prestigious in Chile. It is part of the Chilean Traditional Universities.

Its founder was Enrique Molina Garmendia.

Contents 1 Colleges, campuses and faculties 2 University Projects 2.1 Programs 2.2 Research Centers 2.3 Innovation and Development 2.4 Research Related Sites 2.5 Projects 3 External links

[edit] Colleges, campuses and faculties

The University holds 18 faculties distributed in 3 campuses: Concepción (central campus), Chillán and Los Ángeles.

Faculties:

• Faculty of Agronomy
• Faculty of Architecture, Urbanism and Geography
• Faculty of Biological Sciences
• Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences
• Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Faculty of Forest Sciences
• Faculty of Legal and Social Sciences
• Faculty of Natural and Oceanographic Sciences
• Faculty of Chemical Sciences
• Faculty of Social Sciences
• Faculty of Education
• Faculty of Pharmacy
• Faculty of Engineering
  • Department of Industrial Engineering
  • Department of Informatic Engineering and Sciences of the Computation
• Faculty of Humanities and Art
• Faculty of Agricultural Engineering
• Faculty of Medicine
• Faculty of Veternary Medicine
• Faculty of Odontolgy

[edit] University Projects

[edit] Programs

• Education at a distance
• Studies of the Globalization
• University Social Responsibility (In Spanish: Responsabilidad Social Universitaria RSU
• Cognitives studies
• Family studies
• UdeC Talents (In Spanish: Talentos UdeC: Program for Students with Academic Talents)

[edit] Research Centers

• Center of Biotechnology - Centro de Biotecnología (in Spanish)
• Centro de Investigación en Ecosistemas de la Patagonia 'CIEP' (in Spanish)
• Centro de Investigación de Polímeroa Avanzados 'CIPA' (in Spanish)
• Center for Oceanographic Research in the eastern South Pacific 'FONDAP-COPAS'
• Research center and Formation in Environmental Sciences Europe-Latin America (In Spanish: Centro de Investigación y Formación en Ciencias Ambientales Europa-Latinoamérica EULA)
  • Official site (in Spanish)
  • Official site in English
• Instituto de Geología Económica Aplicada 'GEA' (in Spanish)
• Observatorio Geodesico 'TIGO' (in Spanish)

[edit] Innovation and Development

• ideaincuba
• Technological Research Institute 'IIT' (in Spanish)
• Technological Development Unit 'UDT' (in Spanish)
• Didactic Resources Former Center 'CFRD' (in Spanish)
• Information Technology Department 'DTI' (in Spanish)

[edit] Research Related Sites

• Research Department (in Spanish)
• I+D Magazine (in Spanish)

[edit] Projects

• Project Enlaces
• Geophysical Geology and Applied to the Environment (In Spanish: Geología y Geofísica aplicada al Medioambiente GEMA)

[edit] External links

• Official site
• Official site (In Spanish)