Austral University of Chile
Universidad Austral de Chile | |
Motto | Libertas Capitur |
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Type | Valdivia , , 39°48′26″S 73°15′04″W / 39.8073°S 73.2511°W |
Website | www |
Austral University of Chile (
History
Foundation and early years (1942-1968)
In 1942, the Sociedad de Amigos del Arte (Society of friends of art) was formed in the city of Valdivia. Aside from promoting culture, one of the society's main goals was to establish a university in the city. The idea of creating a university was presented to the national congress in the 1950s by the senator for Valdivia, Carlos Acharán Pérez de Arce, who later succeeded in consolidating the project. In a meeting held on 16 February 1954 supporters of installing a university created a directory and proclaimed Eduardo Morales Miranda as president of it. The initial founding depended on donations from private persons including some industrial businessmen. After have been founded by decree on 7 September 1954 the university was inaugurated on 12 March 1955 by president Carlos Ibáñez del Campo. The inauguration was also attended by the rectors of the University of Chile and the States Technical University as well as the ambassadors of Venezuela and Argentina and representatives of the Netherlands, Germany and the United States.
The first degree programmes to be taught at the university were fine arts, agronomy, forestry engineering and veterinary medicine, each of which had also its own faculty.[1]
On June 3 of 1968 UACh was granted autonomy from the University of Chile as law 16.848 was enacted. The autonomy did that UACh became allowed to decide its own plans and study programs and put the university out of the tutelage of the University of Chile.
Development (1969-1999)
During the
In 1993 the university held the Valdivia International Film Festival for the first time to celebrate the 30th anniversary of its cinema Cine Club which has since then developed to one of the most important film festivals in Chile.
Recent history (2000-present)
With the arrival of
On Monday 3 December 2007 the Emilio Pugín building of the Faculty of Sciences caught fire. The building, located on
On May 13 of 2008 the
Campus
UACh main campus, Isla Teja Campus, occupies the whole northwest of
The engineering faculty operates in Campus Miraflores located along
Research
UACh is one of the leading universities of Chile in matters of scientific research. It was ranked second only to the University of Chile in scientific research by El Mercurio and was the third university to receive most of government Mecesup research funds in 2008.[7][8] Some of the fields where UACh scientists have made contributions include:
- Archaeology: In Archaic Chan-Chan Complex.[9]
- Dairy technology and science: The university's Centro Tecnológico de la Leche (lit. Milk Technology Centre) have been credited by scholar Paulina Rytkönen for being behind the higher dairy productivity in Los Ríos Region when compared with adjacent Los Lagos Region.[10]
- Dendrochronology: Scientists at the global warming in the recent decades.[11]
- Mapudungun language: UACh is one of the main sites of
- Palaeontology: Palaeontological studies at Southern Chile have involved several UACh academics among them geoarchaeologist Mario Pino who participated at the excavation of the Quaternary fossil site of Pilauco Bajo in Osorno where the remains of a species of Gomphotherium were discovered. Two other Gomphotherium fossil sites in Los Ríos Region are planned to be excavated by university scientists in the future.[14]
- Virology: Researchers from the Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Science led a series of joint medical, Pulmonar Hantavirus with 60% in Los Ríos Region below the national average of 37%.[16]
Scientific journals
The university publishes several scientific journals three of them, Bosque, Archivos de Medicina Veterinaria and Estudios Filológicos are part of ISI's bibliographic database. BOSQUE is published by the Faculty of Forest Science. BOSQUE's first number was published in 1975 and was yearly issued until 1985. From 1985 to 2003 it was issued twice a year and from 2003 on thrice a year. The topics covered in BOSQUE are management and production of forestry resources, wood science and technology, silviculture, forestry ecology, natural resources conservation, and rural development associated with forest ecosystems. Contributions are articles, notes and opinions, both in Spanish and English. BOSQUE became part of ISI's bibliographic database in 2009.[17]
In matters of literature,
Museum network
Universidad Austral de Chile runs through its
Rankings
In a 2011 university ranking of Quacquarelli Symonds the Austral University of Chile was ranked 30th among Latin American universities, 5th among Chilean universities and second among Chilean universities outside Santiago.[19]
In
In the most recent Chilean university ranking released by AméricaEconomía magazine, released in 2009, UACh earned an overall ranking of 7th place, and 4th among universities outside Santiago. In the undergraduate ranking, nursing performed best with 3rd place, then medicine and agronomy at 4th place, then law at 7th place, kinesiology at 8th place and Business Administration (Ingeniería Comercial) at 10th place.[20]
In 2006 UACh's medical students got the second highest marks in Chile in the National Medicine Exam after PUC.[21] In 2007, though, UACh medical students dropped down to fifth place, and by 2008 they were down to sixth place.[22]
References
- ^ Historia de la Universidad Austral de Chile Archived January 30, 2009, at the Wayback Machine Austral University of Chile
- La Nación
- ^ Incendio en Universidad Austral de Chile, El Naveghable
- ^ "Rectoría Universidad Austral de Chile". Archived from the original on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2010-04-21.
- ^ ¡A la calle!: a los estudiantes de la UACh se les acabó la paciencia, El Naveghable
- ^ Jardín Botánico Archived 2012-03-15 at the Wayback Machine. Revised on April 2, 2012.
- ^ a b "El Mercurio Ranking of Universities". Archived from the original on 2021-04-24. Retrieved 2009-04-06.
- ^ Universidad Austral de Chile se adjudica 1.582 millones en el Concurso Mecesup 2008 Universia
- ^ (in Spanish) Pino, Mario and Navarro, Rayen. Geoarqueología del sitio arcaico Chan-Chan 18. Revista Geológica de Chile, 2005.
- ^ Rytkönen, P. Fruits of Capitalism: Modernization of Chilean Agriculture, 1950-2000. Lund Studies in Economic History, 31, p. 39.
- ^ ¿Quiénes somos? Laboratorio de Dendrocronología
- ^ Académica de la Universidad Austral de Chile Recibió Premio Provincial de Conservación de Monumentos Nacionales[permanent dead link] Noticias UACh
- ^ María Catrileo's Works on the Tagmemics of Mapuche
- ^ Presentaron Libro sobre Sitio Paleontológico Pilauco Bajo Archived December 3, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Noticias UACh
- ^ Síndrome pulmonar por Hantavirus Revista Médica de Chile
- ^ Universidad Austral de Chile: Una década de vanguardia académica e investigación Universia
- ^ Celebran indexación de publicación de la Universidad Austral de Chile en ISI Universia
- ^ Dirección Museológica UACh Archived July 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "QS Latin America University Rankings 2022".
- ^ "Ranking 2009 Las mejores universidades de Chile". Archived from the original on 2021-04-23. Retrieved 2010-05-23.
- ^ Medicine exam in Universia.cl Archived September 19, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Resultados por escuela 2003-2008 Examen Medico Nacional
External links
- Official English site (In Spanish, English and German)
- (Official Spanish site of rectory)
- Austral University Of Chile Indicators, Research and Statistics
- http://noticias.universia.cl/vida-universitaria/noticia/2010/07/01/406857/dr-victor-cubillos-godoy-asume-como-rector-uach-nuevo-periodo.html Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine