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Found Date : 1919
Motto : “Por el desarrollo libre del espíritu.”
Website : http://WWW.UDEC.CL
Address : VICTOR LAMAS 1290
Introduction :
The Universidad de Concepción (University of Concepcion) is a private corporation established in 1919 as a result of aninitiative from the local community. It was the third university created in the country and the first one outside the capital city and has become a cultural heritage of the city of Concepción and Chile.

Building facilities:230.000 m2

Libraries:10 (More than 440.000 books)

Sport facilities: football, basketball, tennis, spinning, hockeyand others.

Student houses: 5

Professional careers: 91

More than 24.000 students undergraduate level

4,750 freshmen

More than 57.000 entitles or qualifies

The Universidad de Concepción has three campuses:

Concepción: The main Campus, Concepción, is located in the center of the city and isa beautiful park of 44 hectares with buildings surrounded by pleasant gardens. TheFaculties at Campus Concepción are: Architecture, Urbanism and Geography; BiologicalSciences; Business-Administration and Economics; Chemical Sciences; Dentistry; Medicine;Humanities and Arts; Law and Social Sciences; Natural Sciences and Oceanography;Pharmacy; Physical and Mathematical Sciences; Social Sciences; Education; Engineering;Forestry Sciences.

Chillan: The Chillan Campus is located in the city of Chillan, 112 kilometers northeast of Concepción and is the site of the Colleges of: Agronomy; Law; Agroindustrial Engineering; Environmental Engineering; Civil Agricultural Engineering; Commercial Engineering; Engineeringin Food; Nursery; Education and Veterinary Medicine.

Los Angeles: Los Angeles Campus is located in the city of Los Angeles, about 136 Km. Southeast of Concepción and offers the following careers: Auditing; Primary Education; Special Education; Nursery Education;Commercial Engineering; Engineering in Vegetable Biotechnology; Engineering in prevention of risks; Geomatic Engineering; Pedagogy in Natural Sciences and Biology; and Pedagogyin Mathematics and Technological Education.

GRADUATE PROGRAMS:

28 PhD programs

58 Master Degree programs

40 Diploma programs

32 Health specialists training programs

More than 150 Foreign students

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION

11 Advanced Research Centers

Eula Center (Environmental Research)

CIPA Center(Polymers Research)

COPAS Center(Oceanographic Research)

GEA (Institute of EconomicApplied Geology)

Biotechnology Center

Center of Optics and Fotonica

CI2MA (Center of Research in Mathematical Engineering)

IdeaIncuba (Business Incubator)

TIGO (Geodesic Research)

UDT (Technological Development)

CIEP (Center for the Aquatic Ecosystems of Patagonia)

750 ISI publications

792 Scopus Publicactions

Research Projects and Research Groups

Almost 77 Patents

4 Technological Consortia

453 Industrial Technology Projects

150 R&D Partnerships

2 Business Incubators

Scientific-Technological Park (in Project)

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

To increase students and professors mobility.

To open collaboration inundergraduate and postgraduate programs.

To promote joint research collaboration and international research centers.

Foreign students on campus:

- Undergraduate: Almost 300

- Postgraduate : More than 200

UdeC Students abroad:

- Undergraduate: More tan 150

Main partners in students and professors mobility:

-Germany: 30%

-USA: 22%

-Canada: 10%

-Spain: 5%

And more than 300 agreements with 4 continents.
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Status Private
Research Output High
Student/Faculty Ratio 16
Intl Students 554
Size L
Total Faculty 1,633

Total Students (27,858)

Intl Student 356
Local Student 27,502

Total Undergrads (25,565)

Intl Student 76
Local Student 25,489

Total Postgrads (2,293)

Intl Student 280
Local Student 2,013

Undergrad:Postgrad (Local)

Undergrad 92%
Postgrad 8%

Undergrad:Postgrad (Intl)

Undergrad 42%
Postgrad 58%

Total Faculty (1,633)

Local Teacher 1,497
Intl Faculty 136