Pontifical Catholic University of Chile

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Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile


Motto:	In Christi lumine pro mundi vita
Established:	June 21, 1888
Type:	Private Catholic
Chancellor:	Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa
Rector:	Pedro Pablo Rosso
Staff:	2,300
Students:	21.121
Location:	Avenue Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins #340
Website:	www.uc.cl

PUC from Cerro Santa Lucía

Inside PUC

San Joaquin Campus

The Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (PUC) (Spanish: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile) is one of Chile's oldest universities and one of the most prestigious institutions in Latin America along with the University of Chile. It was founded June 21, 1888 through a decree issued by the 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 significant university in Latin America. It is also the owner of Canal 13.

1 History
2 Faculties & Careers
3 External links
4 Source

[edit] History

PUC 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.

PUC's 18 faculties are distributed on four campuses in 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.

PUC '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.

Two of the most important students are the Jesuit Saint Alberto Hurtado and Eduardo Frei Montalva, the only Chilean President who graduated from PUC. Both of them studied in the School of Laws.

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.

[edit] Faculties & Careers

Facultad de Agronomía e Ingeniería Forestal
- Carrera de Agronomía
- Carrera de Ingeniería Forestal

Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Estudios Urbanos
- Escuela de Arquitectura
  - Carrera de Arquitectura
- Escuela de Diseño
  - Carrera de Diseño
- Instituto de Estudios Urbanos y Territoriales

Facultad de Artes
- Escuela de Arte
  - Carrera de Arte
- Escuela de Teatro
  - Carrera de Actuación
- Instituto de Música
  - Carrera de Música

Faculty of Biological Sciences
- Biology (with an academic major in Natural Resources or Bioprocesses)
- Biochemistry
- Marine Biology

Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Administrativas
1. Carrera de Ingeniería Comercial
- Instituto de Economía
- Escuela de Administración

Facultad de Ciencias Sociales
- Instituto de Sociología
  - Carrera de Sociología
- Escuela de Psicología
  - Carrera de Psicología
- Escuela de Trabajo Social
  - Carrera de Trabajo Social

Facultad de Comunicaciones
- Escuela de Periodismo
  - Carrera de Periodismo
  - Programa de Dirección Audiovisual
- Instituto de Estudios Mediales

Facultad de Letras
- Carrera de Letras

Facultad de Derecho
- Carrera de Derecho

Facultad de Educación
- Carrera de Educación de párvulos
- Carrera de Pedagogía Media
- Carrera de Pedagogía GeneralBásica

Facultad de Filosofía
- Instituto de Filosofía
  - Carrera de Filosofía
- Instituto de Estética
  - Carrera de Estética

Facultad de Física
- Departamento de Astronomía y Astrofísica
  - Carrera de Astronomía
- Departamento de Física
  - Carrera de Física

Facultad de Historia, Geografía y Ciencia Política
- Instituto de Historia
  - Carrera de Historia
- Instituto de Geografía
  - Carrera de Geografía
- Instituto de Ciencia Política
  - Carrera de Ciencia Política

Facultad de Ingeniería
- Escuela de Ingeniería
  - Carrera de Ingeniería Civil
- Escuela de Construcción Civil
  - Carrera de Construcción Civil

Facultad de Matemática
- Carrera de Matemática
- Carrera de Estadística

Facultad de Medicina
- Escuela de Medicina
  - Carrera de Medicina
- Escuela de Enfermería
  - Carrera de Enfermería-obstetricia

Facultad de Química
- Carrera de Química
- Carrera de Química y Farmacia

Facultad de Teología
- Carrera de Teología

Programa de Estudios Generales
- Programa de Bachillerato en Ciencias
- Programa de Bachillerato en Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades
- Licenciatura General en Ciencias Naturales y Matemática
- Licenciatura General en Ciencias Sociales
- Licenciatura General en Artes y Humanidades