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Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (UC)
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (UC) is a private university in Santiago, Chile, founded in 1888.
- Type
- Private university
- Location
- Santiago, Chile
- Founded
- 1888
- Teaching language
- Spanish
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The Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, UC) is a private, non-profit Catholic university in Santiago, founded in 1888. Although private, it is part of Chile's council of traditional universities and receives public funding.
UC operates four campuses in Santiago (Casa Central, San Joaquín, Lo Contador and Oriente) and a campus in Villarrica. Its 18 faculties cover agronomy, architecture, arts, biological sciences, economics and administration, communications, law, education, philosophy, physics, history, engineering, letters, mathematics, medicine, chemistry, social sciences and theology, and it runs a major health network.
Teaching is in Spanish. Chilean students are admitted through the national university admission test (PAES). UC participates in Chile's free-tuition scheme (gratuidad) for eligible low- and middle-income students.
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Courses at Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (UC) are taught in Spanish.
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Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (UC) was founded in 1888.
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