Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez
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The Adolfo Ibáñez University (UAI) is a private university of Chile
pertaining to the Adolfo Ibáñez Foundation. In 1988, according with the new educational legislation, a new university was founded on the base of the Valparaiso Business School (Escuela de Negocios de Valparaiso), an old institution for the professional teaching in business administration founded in 1953 thanks to the contribution of Adolfo Ibáñez Boggiano. The new university would take its name some decades ahead.
In the Chilean higher educational scheme, UAI is a private university accredited in the country by CNAP and internationally by AACSB and AMBA
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In 1995, the humanistic subjects were introduced into the career to make a little change in the students of a career like Business administration.
In the early 1970s, the alliance between the business school and the university was broken, and after a few years of autonomy, a new alliance was signed with the Federico Santa María Technical University
, a new association that would remain until the late 1980s.
In 1979, it became the first business school to introduce an MBA program in Chile.
After the educational reform brought about by the military government
, in the last years of the 1980 decade, Adolfo Ibáñez University was founded with the business school like central axis. In 1989 the careers of Laws and Engineering
were opened, in 1996 Journalism
and Pedagogy
and in 2002 Psychology
. During 2002 the new Peñalolen
Campus was opened in Santiago
.
In 2006, this organization founded the Adolfo Ibáñez School of Management http://adolfo.mtw-studios.com, settling this school for post-graduate programs in Miami. It is the first Latin-American MBA program, to be certified by the US government.
In March 2009, this institution settled the arrangements, so the students of the Master in Finance can easily perform the CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst
) international exams, and so obtain their certification, due to the needs that the market has applied to the graduated students. The Economist http://www.economist.com/finance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11511815 has already exposed this problem, that the educational institutions should pay attention to.
In April 2009, it associated with Indian School of Business
, for the creation of mutual post-graduate programs, specifically speaking, not only the creation of an international MBA program, but also the exchange of students and teachers between them. The Financial Times
establishes this Indian institution in the 15th position among the whole globe http://www.isb.edu/ISBWEB/ISBCMS/File/FT_GlobalMBARanking09.pdf, in matters of post-graduate programs.
In May 2010, Adolfo Ibañez business School closes a strategic alliance for Dual Degree with UCLA (John E. Anderson School of Management), in which stablishes that one fourth of the Global Executive MBA is to be done in Chile, while the rest, in the exterior. Until UCLA had his mind set up, the final competitors in consideration were three; Adolfo Ibañez Business School, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, and the ITAM (Mexican's Institute)http://mba.americaeconomia.com/articulos/reportajes/ucla-y-uai-una-alianza-sin-precedentes. This does represent a huge achievement because no Latin American university has a Dual Degree with a Top 10 North American institution.
:es:Clasificación académica de universidades de Chile, being settled fourth in the national ranking of Chile, both 2008 & 2009, of the journal magazine "Que Pasa" http://www.ues.cl/especiales/Ranking_que_pasa_2008/universidadeshttp://www.ues.cl/especiales/Ranking_que_pasa_2009/universidades. Second and most important, in what refers to each undergraduate program's, first and most popular in this institution, Business & Administration bachelor program, is ranked second among the whole other universities that offer this option if you take as reference the 2008 http://www.ues.cl/especiales/Ranking_que_pasa_2008/carreras/ingenieria_comercial, and third if you use the data of the 2009 http://www.ues.cl/especiales/Ranking_que_pasa_2009/carreras/ingenieria_comercial, considering not only as reference, the national ranking of the journal magazine "Que Pasa", but also the international investigation, established in France, known as EdUniversal http://www.eduniversal.com/business-school-ranking/country/chile/44. Finally, there's the investigation of AmericaEconomia, for the 2010 http://rankings.americaeconomia.com/2010/mejores-universidades-chile/ranking_ing_comercial.php. Referring to the other programs, the evaluation of defining the better ones is unfortunately limited to the national journal, being the fact that this magazine is the only one that even mentions these other programs. Law school is positioned fifth in the ranking http://www.ues.cl/especiales/Ranking_que_pasa_2008/carreras/derecho, maintaining its position during the 2009 http://www.ues.cl/especiales/Ranking_que_pasa_2009/carreras/derecho; psychology sixth http://www.ues.cl/especiales/Ranking_que_pasa_2008/carreras/psicologia, getting out of the top ten during this year http://www.ues.cl/especiales/Ranking_que_pasa_2009/carreras/psicologia; journalism seventh among the rest of the other universities http://www.ues.cl/especiales/Ranking_que_pasa_2008/carreras/periodismo, also keeping his place for the 2009 http://www.ues.cl/especiales/Ranking_que_pasa_2009/carreras/periodismo. Last but not least, Industrial Engineering appears just in the last one because during 2008, this program was being changed, making it incapable of participating in this ranking for that year. It is fifth among the other for the 2009 http://www.ues.cl/especiales/Ranking_que_pasa_2009/carreras/ingenieria_civil.
Talking about post-graduate programs, this institution is positioned as the best (nationally speaking) and third if we acknowledge those that exist in Latin America (according to the magazine "AmericaEconomia", for the 2008) http://www.uai.cl/prontus3_newsletter/site/artic/20080904/asocfile/ASOCFILE220080904124225.pdf. If we discuse the material related to the 2009 http://www.uahurtado.cl/documentos/Ranking_MBA2009_A_Economia.pdf, the situation changes a little bit; nevertheless, keeping anyway his scores bethween the top ten. The same for the 2010 http://rankings.americaeconomia.com/2010/ranking_2010/.Going international, we can settle the positions to what asseverates the Financial Times
, putting these post-graduate programs in the 36th place, if we compare these programs to the global competition; third in Latin-America, and first in Chile http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/executive-education---customised.
It's proper to mention that this institution has been ranked consecutively for the last three years, as the university with the greatest prospects in the country in which it is settled http://www.uai.cl/noticias/noticias-carreras/por-tercer-ano-consecutivo-uai-entre-las-4-mejores-del-pais-y-la-privada-con-mayor-proyeccion
The university building occupies nearly 110000 square feet (10,219.3 m²) and is used mainly by undergraduate students. All classrooms are equipped with audiovisual media resources. There is a computer room for training and personal work, and the campus has network connections throughout. In addition, there are five computer labs for Civil Engineering.
The campus has a gym with machines and aerobics rooms for student's physical training programs, which each actively enrolled student is able to use via biometric log in. There're also several cafeterias across the campus which can be used by students not just for eating, but also for holding meetings and socializing. There are currently 680 parking spaces available for our student's convenience.
It is here that seminar program classes are held.
It has two amphitheater-style classrooms with audio equipment. There are also climate-controlled study rooms and work cubicles with computers for students.
The campus has a coffee machine
that also serves as a meeting place. The offices of the Dean of the Adolfo Ibáñez University Business School and many business department professors are located on this campus.
One of the focal points of the campus is the house that Adolfo Ibáñez Boggiano built in the 1930s, which is now ringed by the various buildings that make up the present-day campus.
This unique mix of antique and modern architecture makes the campus a truly privileged site.
Address: Carlos Von Moltke N°191, Cerro O´Higgins - Valparaíso
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Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
pertaining to the Adolfo Ibáñez Foundation. In 1988, according with the new educational legislation, a new university was founded on the base of the Valparaiso Business School (Escuela de Negocios de Valparaiso), an old institution for the professional teaching in business administration founded in 1953 thanks to the contribution of Adolfo Ibáñez Boggiano. The new university would take its name some decades ahead.
In the Chilean higher educational scheme, UAI is a private university accredited in the country by CNAP and internationally by AACSB and AMBA
Association of MBAs
The Association of MBAs is a London-based international organization that accredits postgraduate business programs at business schools worldwide. The Association is one of the three main global accreditation bodies in business education and styles itself "the world's impartial authority on...
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History
The Valparaiso Business School (Escuela de Negocios de Valparaíso), was established in 1953 under the protection of the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaiso. It is noted for being the first educational institution in Chile to offer the business administration career, as well as one of pioneers in Latin AmericaLatin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
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In 1995, the humanistic subjects were introduced into the career to make a little change in the students of a career like Business administration.
In the early 1970s, the alliance between the business school and the university was broken, and after a few years of autonomy, a new alliance was signed with the Federico Santa María Technical University
Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
thumbnail|right|276px|University frontisThe Federico Santa María Technical University , is a Chilean university situated in Valparaíso, Chile...
, a new association that would remain until the late 1980s.
In 1979, it became the first business school to introduce an MBA program in Chile.
After the educational reform brought about by the military government
Chile under Pinochet
Chile was ruled by a military dictatorship headed by Augusto Pinochet from 1973 when Salvador Allende was overthrown in a coup d'etat until 1990 when the Chilean transition to democracy began. The authoritarian military government was characterized by systematic suppression of political parties and...
, in the last years of the 1980 decade, Adolfo Ibáñez University was founded with the business school like central axis. In 1989 the careers of Laws and Engineering
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
were opened, in 1996 Journalism
Journalism
Journalism is the practice of investigation and reporting of events, issues and trends to a broad audience in a timely fashion. Though there are many variations of journalism, the ideal is to inform the intended audience. Along with covering organizations and institutions such as government and...
and Pedagogy
Pedagogy
Pedagogy is the study of being a teacher or the process of teaching. The term generally refers to strategies of instruction, or a style of instruction....
and in 2002 Psychology
Psychology
Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Its immediate goal is to understand individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases. For many, the ultimate goal of psychology is to benefit society...
. During 2002 the new Peñalolen
Peñalolén
Peñalolén is a Chilean commune in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. It was founded on November 15, 1984.-Demographics:...
Campus was opened in Santiago
Santiago, Chile
Santiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level...
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In 2006, this organization founded the Adolfo Ibáñez School of Management http://adolfo.mtw-studios.com, settling this school for post-graduate programs in Miami. It is the first Latin-American MBA program, to be certified by the US government.
In March 2009, this institution settled the arrangements, so the students of the Master in Finance can easily perform the CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst
Chartered Financial Analyst
The Chartered Financial Analyst Program is a graduate level self-study program offered by the CFA Institute to investment and financial professionals...
) international exams, and so obtain their certification, due to the needs that the market has applied to the graduated students. The Economist http://www.economist.com/finance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11511815 has already exposed this problem, that the educational institutions should pay attention to.
In April 2009, it associated with Indian School of Business
Indian School of Business
The Indian School of Business is a business school in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India and is widely recognized as one of the top business schools in the world. It offers a Post Graduate Programme in Management , a Fellow Program in Management, and a Post Graduate Programme in Management for Senior...
, for the creation of mutual post-graduate programs, specifically speaking, not only the creation of an international MBA program, but also the exchange of students and teachers between them. The Financial Times
Financial Times
The Financial Times is an international business newspaper. It is a morning daily newspaper published in London and printed in 24 cities around the world. Its primary rival is the Wall Street Journal, published in New York City....
establishes this Indian institution in the 15th position among the whole globe http://www.isb.edu/ISBWEB/ISBCMS/File/FT_GlobalMBARanking09.pdf, in matters of post-graduate programs.
In May 2010, Adolfo Ibañez business School closes a strategic alliance for Dual Degree with UCLA (John E. Anderson School of Management), in which stablishes that one fourth of the Global Executive MBA is to be done in Chile, while the rest, in the exterior. Until UCLA had his mind set up, the final competitors in consideration were three; Adolfo Ibañez Business School, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, and the ITAM (Mexican's Institute)http://mba.americaeconomia.com/articulos/reportajes/ucla-y-uai-una-alianza-sin-precedentes. This does represent a huge achievement because no Latin American university has a Dual Degree with a Top 10 North American institution.
Rankings
The data that concerns to this section has to be divided in different categories, for a proper analysis. First, this institution is actually in these days third in the ranking of universities, evaluation published by the newspaper The TimesThe Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
:es:Clasificación académica de universidades de Chile, being settled fourth in the national ranking of Chile, both 2008 & 2009, of the journal magazine "Que Pasa" http://www.ues.cl/especiales/Ranking_que_pasa_2008/universidadeshttp://www.ues.cl/especiales/Ranking_que_pasa_2009/universidades. Second and most important, in what refers to each undergraduate program's, first and most popular in this institution, Business & Administration bachelor program, is ranked second among the whole other universities that offer this option if you take as reference the 2008 http://www.ues.cl/especiales/Ranking_que_pasa_2008/carreras/ingenieria_comercial, and third if you use the data of the 2009 http://www.ues.cl/especiales/Ranking_que_pasa_2009/carreras/ingenieria_comercial, considering not only as reference, the national ranking of the journal magazine "Que Pasa", but also the international investigation, established in France, known as EdUniversal http://www.eduniversal.com/business-school-ranking/country/chile/44. Finally, there's the investigation of AmericaEconomia, for the 2010 http://rankings.americaeconomia.com/2010/mejores-universidades-chile/ranking_ing_comercial.php. Referring to the other programs, the evaluation of defining the better ones is unfortunately limited to the national journal, being the fact that this magazine is the only one that even mentions these other programs. Law school is positioned fifth in the ranking http://www.ues.cl/especiales/Ranking_que_pasa_2008/carreras/derecho, maintaining its position during the 2009 http://www.ues.cl/especiales/Ranking_que_pasa_2009/carreras/derecho; psychology sixth http://www.ues.cl/especiales/Ranking_que_pasa_2008/carreras/psicologia, getting out of the top ten during this year http://www.ues.cl/especiales/Ranking_que_pasa_2009/carreras/psicologia; journalism seventh among the rest of the other universities http://www.ues.cl/especiales/Ranking_que_pasa_2008/carreras/periodismo, also keeping his place for the 2009 http://www.ues.cl/especiales/Ranking_que_pasa_2009/carreras/periodismo. Last but not least, Industrial Engineering appears just in the last one because during 2008, this program was being changed, making it incapable of participating in this ranking for that year. It is fifth among the other for the 2009 http://www.ues.cl/especiales/Ranking_que_pasa_2009/carreras/ingenieria_civil.
Talking about post-graduate programs, this institution is positioned as the best (nationally speaking) and third if we acknowledge those that exist in Latin America (according to the magazine "AmericaEconomia", for the 2008) http://www.uai.cl/prontus3_newsletter/site/artic/20080904/asocfile/ASOCFILE220080904124225.pdf. If we discuse the material related to the 2009 http://www.uahurtado.cl/documentos/Ranking_MBA2009_A_Economia.pdf, the situation changes a little bit; nevertheless, keeping anyway his scores bethween the top ten. The same for the 2010 http://rankings.americaeconomia.com/2010/ranking_2010/.Going international, we can settle the positions to what asseverates the Financial Times
Financial Times
The Financial Times is an international business newspaper. It is a morning daily newspaper published in London and printed in 24 cities around the world. Its primary rival is the Wall Street Journal, published in New York City....
, putting these post-graduate programs in the 36th place, if we compare these programs to the global competition; third in Latin-America, and first in Chile http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/executive-education---customised.
It's proper to mention that this institution has been ranked consecutively for the last three years, as the university with the greatest prospects in the country in which it is settled http://www.uai.cl/noticias/noticias-carreras/por-tercer-ano-consecutivo-uai-entre-las-4-mejores-del-pais-y-la-privada-con-mayor-proyeccion
Educational Model
Since 2002, in this institution, the plan was to put in use the model that many prestigious universities use abroad. This is why students now have: a major, minors and fundamental subjects. The major is normally engineering, literature, psychology, etc. The minor can be done in quite different fields, such as: drama, music, philosophy, etc. And the fundamental subjects (which are all the same for every career) have been using successfully for more than 9 years now the US college program. http://www.uai.cl/prontus3_newsletter/site/artic/20081015/pags/20081015120659.html.Peñalolén Campus
The Peñalolén campus is located in Santiago city, sprawling over nearly 250 acres (1 km²) in the foothills of San Ramón Hill, in the city’s Peñalolén Municipality.The university building occupies nearly 110000 square feet (10,219.3 m²) and is used mainly by undergraduate students. All classrooms are equipped with audiovisual media resources. There is a computer room for training and personal work, and the campus has network connections throughout. In addition, there are five computer labs for Civil Engineering.
The campus has a gym with machines and aerobics rooms for student's physical training programs, which each actively enrolled student is able to use via biometric log in. There're also several cafeterias across the campus which can be used by students not just for eating, but also for holding meetings and socializing. There are currently 680 parking spaces available for our student's convenience.
Presidente Errázuriz Campus
The Presidente Errázuriz campus is dedicated mainly to postgraduate programs.It is here that seminar program classes are held.
It has two amphitheater-style classrooms with audio equipment. There are also climate-controlled study rooms and work cubicles with computers for students.
The campus has a coffee machine
Coffeemaker
Coffeemakers or coffee machines are cooking appliances used to brew coffee without having to boil water in a separate container. While there are many different types of coffeemakers using a number of different brewing principles, in the most common devices, coffee grounds are placed in a paper or...
that also serves as a meeting place. The offices of the Dean of the Adolfo Ibáñez University Business School and many business department professors are located on this campus.
Recreo Campus - Viña del Mar
Nestled in a venerable residential neighborhood in Viña del Mar, the Recreo campus includes an inviting group of buildings whose architecture was designed to provide an optimal academic setting, with amphitheater-style classrooms and a central courtyard offering a stunning panorama of Viña del Mar and the Pacific Ocean.One of the focal points of the campus is the house that Adolfo Ibáñez Boggiano built in the 1930s, which is now ringed by the various buildings that make up the present-day campus.
This unique mix of antique and modern architecture makes the campus a truly privileged site.
Valparaiso campus
Because the university needed administrative issues to be solved regularly, this campus accomplishes that purpose, and so by the way, students can enjoy of what the area has to offer.Address: Carlos Von Moltke N°191, Cerro O´Higgins - Valparaíso
Valparaíso
Valparaíso is a city and commune of Chile, center of its third largest conurbation and one of the country's most important seaports and an increasing cultural center in the Southwest Pacific hemisphere. The city is the capital of the Valparaíso Province and the Valparaíso Region...
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Sporting Club Campus
It's expected to be operational at the beginning of 2011. This campus is designed to replace the old Recreo Campus because the old building does not suit the actual requirements of the university in Viña del Mar. It will consist of four structures, pulled up together to constitute the main center of operations in that region http://www.uai.cl/carreras/proyecto-sede-vina-del-mar..