Universidad Austral de Chile
| Universidad Austral de Chile | |
|---|---|
| motto | Libertas Capitur |
| founding | 1954 |
| Sponsorship | state |
| place | Valdivia |
| country | Chile |
| management | Oscar Galindo Villarroel |
| Students | approx. 11,000 |
| Employee | 776 |
| Website | www.uach.cl |
The Universidad Austral de Chile ( Southern University of Chile ) is a public Chilean university based in Valdivia . Founded on September 7, 1954 , it is one of the country's seven traditional universities established before 1980.
Its facilities are spread across the Isla Teja and Miraflores campuses in Valdivia and a branch in Puerto Montt .
In a nationwide university ranking published by the El Mercurio newspaper in December 2006, the quality of teaching was first, second in research and third in overall results.
Faculties
There are nine faculties :
- Faculty of Natural Sciences ( Facultad de Ciencias )
- Faculty of Agricultural Sciences ( Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias )
- Faculty of Engineering ( Facultad de Ciencias de la Ingeniería )
- Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences ( Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Administrativas )
- Faculty of Forest Sciences ( Facultad de Ciencias Forestales )
- Faculty of Law and Social Sciences ( Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales )
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine ( Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias )
- Faculty of Philosophy and Human Sciences ( Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades )
- Faculty of Medicine ( Facultad de Medicina )
Except for the Faculty of Engineering, which is located on the Miraflores campus, all faculties are located on the Isla Teja campus.
The Institute for Geosciences ( Instituto de Geociencias ) is not subordinate to any faculty and is also located on the Isla Teja campus.
The Edificio Nahmias on the Isla Teja campus
The Centro de Educacíon in Valdivia
Entrance to the Botanical Garden on Isla Teja
List of Rectors
| Rector | Period |
|---|---|
| Eduardo Morales Miranda | 1954-1961 |
| Víctor Kunstmann Hube | 1961–1962 |
| Félix Juan Eduardo Martínez Bonati | 1962-1968 |
| William Thayer Arteaga | 1968-1973 |
| Gustavo Dupuis Pinillos | 1973-1976 |
| Pedro Palacios Cameron | 1976-1980 |
| Jaime Ferrer Fouga | 1980-1986 |
| Juan Jorge Ebert Kroneberg | 1986-1990 |
| Norman Erwin Haverbeck Ojeda | 1990-1994 |
| Manfred Max-Neef | 1994-2002 |
| Carlos Alberto Bailiff Moyano | 2002-2006 |
| Víctor Luis Cubillos Godoy | 2006-2014 |
| Oscar Galindo | 2014 - today |
