Universidad de Santiago de Chile - Definition and Overview

Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH) (Spanish: University of Santiago, Chile) 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 campuses throughout the country. In 1981, as a consequence of a reform on higher education under the government of Augusto Pinochet, it became to 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.

The university houses over 18,000 undergraduate students in 55 different majors, in the following faculties:

• Engineering (Ingeniería),
• Bachelors Program in Arts and Sciences (Bachillerato),
• Business Administration & Economics (Administración y Economía),
• Chemical & Biology (Química y Biología),
• Medical Sciences (Ciencias Médicas),
• Sciences (Ciencias),
• Humanities Faculty (Humanidades),
• School of Architecture (Escuela de Arquitectura), and
• Technology Faculty (Facultad Tecnológica).

External links

• Official web site (http://www.universidaddesantiago.cl)
  • English version (http://www.universidaddesantiago.cl/en/)
• Official web site (http://www.usach.cl) (alternative URL)
  • English version (http://www.usach.cl/en/)