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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 [[campus]]es 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 34 [[hectare]]s campus in the capital [[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]].

The university houses over 18,000 [[undergraduate]] students in 55 different [[career]]s, in the following [[faculty|faculties]]:

*[[Engineering]],
*[[Bachelor's degree|Bachelors Program in Arts and Sciences]],
*[[Administration|Business Administration]] & [[Economics]],
*[[Chemistry|Chemical]] & [[Biology]],
*[[Medical Sciences]],
*[[Science]]s,
*[[Humanities|Humanities Faculty]],
*[[Architecture|School of Architecture]], and [[Technology|Technology Faculty]].

*[[Technology|Technology Faculty]].

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