University of Santiago, Chile

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Universidad de Santiago de Chile
Motto:	Labor Lætitia Nostra (Work is Our Joy)
Established:	1849
Type:	Public
Rector:	Juan Manuel Zolezzi
Undergraduates:	18,000
Location:	Santiago, RM, Chile
Campus:	Urban (340,000 m²)
Majors:	55
Mascot:	Lion
Website:	www.usach.cl

The University of Santiago, Chile (Usach) (Universidad de Santiago de Chile, in Spanish) is one of the oldest public universities in Chile.

[edit] History

The institution was born as Escuela de Artes y Oficios (Spanish School of Arts & Crafts) in 1849, under the government of Manuel Bulnes. It became Universidad Técnica del Estado (Spanish Technical University of the State) in 1947, with various campuses throughout the country. In 1981, as a consequence of a reform on higher education under the government of Augusto Pinochet, it became to what is now known as Universidad de Santiago de Chile, with all activities centered in a single 340,000 m² campus in the capital Santiago.

[edit] Faculties

The university houses over 18,000 undergraduate students in 55 different majors, in the following faculties:

• Engineering (Ingeniería),
• Bachelors Program in Arts and Sciences (Bachillerato),
• Business Administration & Economics (Administración y Economía),
• Chemistry & Biology (Química y Biología),
• Medical Sciences (Ciencias Médicas),
• Sciences (Ciencias),
• Humanities Faculty (Humanidades),
• School of Architecture (Escuela de Arquitectura), and
• Technology Faculty (Facultad Tecnológica).

[edit] External links

• Official web site
  • English version
• Official web site (alternative URL)
  • English version

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