Universidad del Bio-Bio
University in Concepcion, Chile
The Universidad del Bío-Bío (UBB) is a state-run public university in Chile and, according to its website, the only public university of the Biobío and Ñuble regions. It is accredited by the CNA, Chile's accreditation body. Its origins go back to the Universidad Técnica del Estado (UTE), created on 9 April 1947; the present university was formed in 1988 by the merger of the Universidad de Bío Bío in Concepción and the Instituto Profesional de Chillán. It has campuses in Concepción and Chillán, including the Fernando May and La Castilla campuses in Chillán.
The academic offer covers several levels:
- Undergraduate degree programmes in architecture, design, engineering, health sciences, law, business, social sciences and teacher education
- Evening programmes
- Doctorates and master's degrees
- Postgraduate diplomas
Undergraduate programmes include Architecture, Medicine, Nursing, Law, Psychology, English Teaching and Industrial Civil Engineering, among many others. Regular admission is through Chile's national university admission test (PAES), and the PACE programme offers an alternative access route. Students can apply for tuition-free study (gratuidad), state scholarships and loans.
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Programmes
Undergraduate degree programmes (selection), taught on the Concepción and Chillán campuses:
- Architecture, Graphic Design and Industrial Design
- Health sciences: Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Speech Therapy, Nutrition
- Civil, electrical, mechanical, industrial, chemical and computer engineering
- Law, Psychology and Social Work
- Accounting and Business (Ingeniería Comercial)
- Teacher education, including English, Mathematics, Physical Education and Early Childhood
Some business and engineering programmes are also offered in the evening.
Accreditation
Subjects taught
- Architecture, Building and Landscape
- Architecture
- Building Construction
- Business
- Business Administration
- Communications
- Communications
- Computing
- Information Technology
- Economics
- Economics
- Education
- Education
- Engineering
- Engineering Science
- Electrical Engineering
- Graphic and Industrial Design Engineering
- Industrial Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Computer Engineering
- Electronic Engineering
- Finance
- Accounting
- Finance
- Health
- Health Occupations
- Human Nutrition and Dietetics
- Nursing
- Human Studies and Services
- Social Work
- Humanities
- Humanities
- History
- Philology, Languages, Literature
- Spanish Language and Literature (in Universities)
- Sciences
- Food Sciences and Technology
- Technology
- Printing Technology