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Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC) (Spanish Pontifical Catholic University of Chile) is one of Chile's oldest and most prestigious universities. It was founded June 21, 1888 through a decree issued by the Santiago Archbishopric. Monsignor Joaquín Larraín Gandarillas was its first president. At the beginning, the university only taught two subjects: law and mathematics. However, it began to expand over the years to become what is now one of the country's most relevant higher education institutions, and a significant university in Latin America. It's also the owner of Canal 13.

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The Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC) was founded on June 21 1888, to offer training in traditional professions and in technological and practical fields such as business, accounting, chemistry, and electricity. On February 11 1930, Pope Pius XI declared it a Pontifical University, and in 1931 it was granted full academic autonomy by the Chilean government. It is a private (but with some public support), urban, multi-campus university. It is one of six Catholic universities, and one of 25 institutions within the Chilean university system.

Its 18 Faculties are distributed on four campuses in Santiago and one regional campus located in southern Chile. The technical training centers affiliated with the University are: DUOC, the Rural Life Foundations, the Baviera Foundation, the Catechetical Home and the San Fidel Seminary. These centers carry out technical-academic extension activities in rural and agricultural areas. Other UC activities are a Sports Club, a television network that broadcasts into all regions, and a Clinical Hospital dependent on the School of Medicine. 

Graduates of the School of Architecture have also made important contributions to the country with such work as the Central Building of the UC, and the National Library. 


Upon the 100th anniversary of its foundation, the UC continues to make every effort to develop its existing facilities and institutions, as well as to make its intellectual, creative, and spiritual capacity available to the community.



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 Chilean  Traditional Universities (Consejo de Rectores)


 Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile | Universidad Arturo Prat | Universidad Austral de Chile | Universidad Católica de Temuco | Universidad Católica de Valparaíso | Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción | Universidad Católica del Maule | Universidad Católica del Norte | Universidad de Antofagasta | Universidad de Atacama | Universidad de Concepción | Universidad de Chile | Universidad de La Serena | Universidad de La Frontera | Universidad de Los Lagos | Universidad de Magallanes | Universidad de Playa Ancha de Ciencias de la Educación | Universidad de Santiago de Chile | Universidad de Talca | Universidad de Tarapacá | Universidad de Valparaíso | Universidad del Bío-Bío | Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación | Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María | Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana




























 





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