University of Santiago, Chile
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The University of Santiago of Chile (Usach) is one of the oldest public universities in Chile
.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 campus
es throughout the country. In 1981, as a consequence of a reform
on higher education
under the government of Augusto Pinochet
, it became 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
.
Chile
an universities oldest and most traditional. Its background is the "School of Arts and Crafts" was founded in 1849 during the Manuel Bulnes Prieto government. Later in the government of President Gabriel González Videla
through the DFL N ° 1831 of April 9, 1947, he joined the School of Arts and Crafts Santiago (1849) with the School of Mines of Copiapo
(1857), La Serena
(1887) and
Antofagasta
(1918), and Industrial Design Schools (1905), Temuco
(1916), Valdivia
(1934), Industrial Engineering Schools Santiago
(1940) and the Technical Educational Institute. To form the Technical University State (UTE
), becoming the best university in the area Chilean applied engineering and industrial technician training.
So in 1952 enacted the first statute that allowed Organic begin function as a university, both in legal, administrative and academic. Its first president was Don Octavio Valenzuela Lazo (12 March 1952 to March 12, 1953), academic activity remained in the hands offour Faculty Councils under the tuition of the University Council. During the decade of 1960, makes the DFL N ° 2, 1971, which enacted a second Organic Statute, which allows you to organize University through offices, colleges, departments, and all academic structuresthat the board deems appropriate.
In 1968 due to the University Reform of 1967-1973 Enrique Kirberg Baltiansky assumes the rectory, the only elected university rector faculty in full (universal suffrage) of teachers and students.
In 1971, during the government of Salvador Allende, was approved Revised Statutes of the UTE
.
Since the coup of 1973, Kirberg is removed from his post and imprisoned by the military regime, the statute previously approved is void and reformulates and New guidelines are elected entirely appointed by the military regime.
In 1981, the military regime through the DFL N ° 23 of March 21, 1981, the headquarters of the State Technical University was divided, giving rise to new universities and professional institutes. Headquartered step to form the University of Santiago de Chile. While the other sites they became from other universities such as University of Atacama, Universidad de Antofagasta, Universidad de La Serena, Professional Institute Talca (later transformed into University of Talca), University of the Bío-Bío, University of La Frontera, Instituto Profesional de Osorno (Subsequently transformed into University of Lagos
), Instituto Professional Valdivia (later integrated in 1988, the Southern University of Chile) and Magellan Professional Institute (transformed then at the University of Magallanes). The University of Santiago de Chile, near the University of Atacama and University of Magallanes are the only heir to the tradition of State Technical University, because at the time of dissolution is last and the new universities created in 1981, the headquarters (Santiago
) headquarters and Copiapo
and Punta Arenas, respectively, were not fused or integrated with other university offices. The headquarters is located where the old School of Arts and Crafts and the Joint Venture, in the municipality of Estación Central
, one of its symbols is the planetarium
built in the eighties.
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...
.The institution was born as Escuela de Artes y Oficios (Spanish School of Arts & Crafts) in 1849, under the government of Manuel Bulnes
Manuel Bulnes
-Sources:* Juan B. Alberdi, Biografia de general Bulnes...
. It became Universidad Técnica del Estado (Spanish Technical University of the State) in 1947, with various campus
Campus
A campus is traditionally the land on which a college or university and related institutional buildings are situated. Usually a campus includes libraries, lecture halls, residence halls and park-like settings...
es throughout the country. In 1981, as a consequence of a reform
Reform movement
A reform movement is a kind of social movement that aims to make gradual change, or change in certain aspects of society, rather than rapid or fundamental changes...
on higher education
Higher education
Higher, post-secondary, tertiary, or third level education refers to the stage of learning that occurs at universities, academies, colleges, seminaries, and institutes of technology...
under the government of Augusto Pinochet
Augusto Pinochet
Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte, more commonly known as Augusto Pinochet , was a Chilean army general and dictator who assumed power in a coup d'état on 11 September 1973...
, it became 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
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...
.
History
The University of Santiago de Chile (USACH) saw its origins in 1849. Is aChile
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...
an universities oldest and most traditional. Its background is the "School of Arts and Crafts" was founded in 1849 during the Manuel Bulnes Prieto government. Later in the government of President Gabriel González Videla
Gabriel González Videla
Gabriel González Videla was a Chilean politician. He was a deputy and senator in the Chilean Congress and was President of Chile from 1946 to 1952...
through the DFL N ° 1831 of April 9, 1947, he joined the School of Arts and Crafts Santiago (1849) with the School of Mines of Copiapo
Copiapó
Copiapó is a city in northern Chile, located about 40 miles east of the coastal town of Caldera. Founded on December 8, 1744, it is the capital of Copiapó Province and Atacama Region....
(1857), La Serena
La Serena
La Serena is a city and commune in northern Chile, capital of the Coquimbo Region. Founded in 1544, it is the country's second oldest city after the national capital, Santiago, located to the south. It has a communal population of 190,716 area, the country's fourth largest conurbation La Serena...
(1887) and
Antofagasta
Antofagasta
Antofagasta is a port city in northern Chile, about north of Santiago. It is the capital of Antofagasta Province and Antofagasta Region. According to the 2002 census, the city has a population of 296,905...
(1918), and Industrial Design Schools (1905), Temuco
Temuco
Temuco is a city and commune, capital of the Cautín Province and of the Araucanía Region in southern Chile. The name comes from the Mapudungun language, meaning "temu water"; "temu" is a tree used by Mapuches for medicinal purposes. The city is located 670 km south of Santiago...
(1916), Valdivia
Valdivia
-Geography:*Chile** Valdivia, Chile, a city and municipality in the Province of Valdivia** Valdivia River, a river which begins in the city of Valdivia** Valdivia Province, the Province of Valdivia...
(1934), Industrial Engineering Schools 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...
(1940) and the Technical Educational Institute. To form the Technical University State (UTE
UTE
UTE is Uruguay's government-owned power company. It was founded in 1912.In 1912, a law that created this public company as the unique distributor of electricity was approved. Then, in 1931, the monopoly of communications was also granted to this company until the founding of ANTEL in 1974....
), becoming the best university in the area Chilean applied engineering and industrial technician training.
So in 1952 enacted the first statute that allowed Organic begin function as a university, both in legal, administrative and academic. Its first president was Don Octavio Valenzuela Lazo (12 March 1952 to March 12, 1953), academic activity remained in the hands offour Faculty Councils under the tuition of the University Council. During the decade of 1960, makes the DFL N ° 2, 1971, which enacted a second Organic Statute, which allows you to organize University through offices, colleges, departments, and all academic structuresthat the board deems appropriate.
In 1968 due to the University Reform of 1967-1973 Enrique Kirberg Baltiansky assumes the rectory, the only elected university rector faculty in full (universal suffrage) of teachers and students.
In 1971, during the government of Salvador Allende, was approved Revised Statutes of the UTE
UTE
UTE is Uruguay's government-owned power company. It was founded in 1912.In 1912, a law that created this public company as the unique distributor of electricity was approved. Then, in 1931, the monopoly of communications was also granted to this company until the founding of ANTEL in 1974....
.
Since the coup of 1973, Kirberg is removed from his post and imprisoned by the military regime, the statute previously approved is void and reformulates and New guidelines are elected entirely appointed by the military regime.
In 1981, the military regime through the DFL N ° 23 of March 21, 1981, the headquarters of the State Technical University was divided, giving rise to new universities and professional institutes. Headquartered step to form the University of Santiago de Chile. While the other sites they became from other universities such as University of Atacama, Universidad de Antofagasta, Universidad de La Serena, Professional Institute Talca (later transformed into University of Talca), University of the Bío-Bío, University of La Frontera, Instituto Profesional de Osorno (Subsequently transformed into University of Lagos
University of Lagos
The University of Lagos - popularly known as Unilag - is a federal government university with a main campus located at Akoka, Yaba and a college of medicine located at Idi-Araba, all in Lagos, Lagos State, southern Nigeria...
), Instituto Professional Valdivia (later integrated in 1988, the Southern University of Chile) and Magellan Professional Institute (transformed then at the University of Magallanes). The University of Santiago de Chile, near the University of Atacama and University of Magallanes are the only heir to the tradition of State Technical University, because at the time of dissolution is last and the new universities created in 1981, the headquarters (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...
) headquarters and Copiapo
Copiapó
Copiapó is a city in northern Chile, located about 40 miles east of the coastal town of Caldera. Founded on December 8, 1744, it is the capital of Copiapó Province and Atacama Region....
and Punta Arenas, respectively, were not fused or integrated with other university offices. The headquarters is located where the old School of Arts and Crafts and the Joint Venture, in the municipality of Estación Central
Estación Central
Estación Central is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. Its name comes from the Estación Central railway station located in the commune.-Demographics:...
, one of its symbols is the planetarium
Planetarium
A planetarium is a theatre built primarily for presenting educational and entertaining shows about astronomy and the night sky, or for training in celestial navigation...
built in the eighties.
Faculties
The university houses over 18,000 undergraduate students in 55 different majors, in the following faculties:- EngineeringEngineeringEngineering 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...
(Ingeniería), - Bachelors Program in Arts and SciencesBachelor's degreeA bachelor's degree is usually an academic degree awarded for an undergraduate course or major that generally lasts for three or four years, but can range anywhere from two to six years depending on the region of the world...
(Bachillerato), - Business Administration & EconomicsEconomicsEconomics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
(Administración y Economía), - ChemistryChemistryChemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
& BiologyBiologyBiology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy. Biology is a vast subject containing many subdivisions, topics, and disciplines...
(Química y Biología), - Medical Sciences (Ciencias Médicas),
- ScienceScienceScience is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
s (Ciencias), - Humanities FacultyHumanitiesThe humanities are academic disciplines that study the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences....
(Humanidades), - School of ArchitectureArchitectureArchitecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...
(Escuela de Arquitectura), and - Technology FacultyTechnologyTechnology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...
(Facultad Tecnológica).