Pontificia University Catolica de Chile

The Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile (UC) was founded on June 21, 1888, to offer training in traditional professions 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 academic autonomy by the Chilean government. It is a private (with public support), urban, multi-campus university. It is one of eight Catholic universities in Chile, and one of 61 institutions within the Chilean university system. Its 18 Faculties are distributed on four campuses in Santiago and one regional campus located in southern Chile. Approximately 24,000 students are enrolled in graduate and undergraduate programs. The University has established academic agreements with more than three hundred universities in forty six countries.

Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile expects to reach excellence on the creation and transfer of knowledge and in people training, inspired in a deep catholic conception and always looking to serve the Church and society as a whole. We aspire to be an excellence university to serve better the Church and Chile, an institution guiding the way in curriculum innovation, creation of new knowledge and people training. We want a university that sheds light and serves as a model thanks to the incorporation of the most high quality standards and the adoption of the best practices of the institutions who lead the world university system, without losing its own identity. We will work for our educational project continues attracting the best students of the country; for having an excellence academic staff whose training and research activities be equally valued; a community committed with the aspiration of being more inclusive, welcoming and open to dialogue with its members and the society; a site where arts and humanities have a privilege place; a university open to the world and with strong international ties that allow a fluid exchange and collaboration; a priority option for the most talented students of Chile and Latin America which want to obtain a graduate degree and expect to find a place where are treated all the relevant topics related to the essence and fundamental objectives of the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile.

Foundation year: 1888
Short name: PUC
Type: Private
Students: 27490
Faculty: 1800
Faculty/Students Ratio: 15:1
Region: Latin America
Location: Santiago