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 34 hectares campus in the capital Santiago.
The university houses over 18,000 undergraduate students in 55 different careers in the following faculties: Engineering, Bachelors Program in Arts and Sciences, Business Administration & Economics, Chemical & Biology, Medical Sciences, Sciences, Humanities Faculty, School of Architecture, and Technology Faculty.
External links
- Official web site
- Official web site (alternative URL)