Universidad Austral de Chile
University, Graduate school in Valdivia, Chile
The Universidad Austral de Chile (UACh) is a traditional private university based in Valdivia, in southern Chile. It was founded by Supreme Decree No. 3,757 of 7 September 1954 and inaugurated on 12 March 1955. Legally it is a private non-profit corporation, recognised by the State and with academic, administrative and financial autonomy.
The university has campuses in Valdivia (Isla Teja, where most buildings opened in 1965, and Miraflores), a branch in Puerto Montt and Campus Patagonia, and its student life extends to Valdivia, Osorno, Puerto Montt and Coyhaique. Its first faculties were Fine Arts, Agronomy, Forestry Engineering and Veterinary Medicine; today it offers 140 study options. Examples include:
- Geography and Anthropology
- Dentistry
- Business Engineering (Ingeniería Comercial) at the Puerto Montt branch
- Teacher-training programmes for graduates and professionals
Admission for 2027 is open, and the admissions office can be contacted at [email protected].
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Subjects taught
- Arts, Design and Crafts
- Music
- Business
- Auditors
- Management of Communication Businesses
- Economics
- Economics
- Engineering
- Engineering Science
- Commercial Engineering
- Environmental Engineering
- Finance
- Accounting
- Health
- Pharmacy and Pharmacology
- Medicine
- Hospitality, Leisure, Tourism and Travel
- Tourism Business Management
- Humanities
- Philosophy
- Law
- Jurisprudence
- Sciences
- Social Sciences
- Administration Sciences
- Sciences
- Marine Biology
- Biochemistry
- Forestry
- Chemistry
- Agronomy
- Geography