Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
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| founding | 1926 |
| place | Valparaíso, Santiago, Viña del Mar, Concepción |
| Rector | Darcy Fuenzalida O'shee |
| Students | 18,329 (2015) |
| Professors | 635 |
| Website | www.hochschule.de |
The Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María (USM; de : Technical University Federico Santa María ) is a Chilean university.
The seat is located between the port city of Valparaíso and the seaside resort Viña del Mar in the fifth region of Chile and is on the hill "Placeres" ( Spanish for "the joys"), which still belongs to the city of Valparaíso and with the busy Avenida España bordering the Pacific Ocean. From the aforementioned Avenida España, where the bus stop and a pedestrian bridge are also located, a staircase leads to the main building.
history
The foundation came from an idea of Federico Santa María Carrera and Agustín Edwards Mc Clure, his executor of wills. Santa María had the last will to enrich Valparaíso with an educational institution that should consist of an arts, crafts and engineering academy. A corresponding will for this purpose was drawn up and deposited in Paris on January 20, 1920 and made available to the public on April 27, 1926. Among other things, it stipulated that the post of teaching staff should be reserved exclusively for foreigners for the first ten years. Edwards then traveled to Germany to meet the demands, where he signed Professor Karl Laudien from the Technical University of Stettin under contract. In May 1929, shortly after the first meeting of the board of directors of the "Santa María Foundation", Professor Laudien traveled to Chile. In February 1931, Professor Laudien was appointed Rector of the Arts and Crafts Academy by the Board of Directors. Shortly afterwards, in 1932, the first apprentices began to train, after having been trained by craftsmen for a month. The "preparatory" school, which was the first to belong exclusively to the university career, began operations in March 1934. In October of the same year, the Foundation's magazine "Scientia" was founded, in which scientific and technical collaborations and news from the university were published.
With the reform of the statute in September 1935, the "Santa María Foundation" was renamed "Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María" (Eng. "Technical University Federico Santa María" ). From now on the university consisted of an arts, crafts and engineering academy. These three chairs were subordinate to the four faculties of the Universidad: Mathematics, Commerce and Economics, Physics and Chemistry, and Biology. In October 1935 the statute was changed again and Mr. Armando Quezada Acharán was appointed rector of the university. Professor Laudien, however, remained the rector of the Academy of Arts and Crafts. In June 1936 Francisco Cereceda was appointed to succeed Rector Quezada Acharán, who had previously died in April 1936. Cereda's tenure as rector of the university lasted until 1936, when he strengthened its institutional position. Among other things, the theoretical part of the courses was expanded and the practical part expanded. In the 1940s the workshops and laboratories were expanded. The Audimax, the inauguration of which took place in 1941, and the administration building, which today largely influences the character of the building complex, and the library were also built. In addition, a radio program with a cultural background was broadcast. The faculties of electrical engineering, chemistry and mechanical engineering were added in 1944, mathematics and physics and have remained unchanged to this day.
Faculties
- architecture
- Materials science
- Electricity
- electronics
- physics
- Humanistic studies
- Trade and economy
- Computer science
- mathematics
- mechanical engineering
- public works
- chemical, bio and environmental engineering processes
- sport and freetime
See also
Web links
- Official Website (Spanish)
- University website for international affairs (Spanish), information for exchange students