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Universidad de Concepción (UdeC) is one of the main institutions of higher education in Chile. It stands out due to its academic leadership and commitment to research that has a positive impact on the social and cultural development of the country.

Founded in 1919, it was the first university in Latin America to build a university city model, a design that allowed the interaction between its different schools in the same place, which encouraged an interdisciplinary vision both in education and the creation of knowledge.

More than 70,000 students have graduated from this university and currently over 27,000 students are enrolled in undergraduate programs, and 4,000 in the Graduate School and health specializations programs.

The university also has three campuses located in Concepción, Chillán and Los Ángeles, and the Santiago Unit. In 2022, the Universidad de Concepción Nature Campus project was launched as an extension of the Concepción Campus, a space of over 180 hectares devoted to the preservation and restoration of the biological diversity of the native flora and fauna ecosystems. In addition, the university hosts three museums, 12 libraries and a coastal oceanography laboratory in Caleta Tortel in the south of Chile.

UdeC has consolidated itself as a national and international referent, placed in outstanding positions in global rankings such as the QS World University Rankings and The Times Higher Education Latin America University Rankings.

With a broad educational offer of 90 undergraduate and 120 postgraduate programs that encompass all the dimensions of knowledge, UdeC stands as an institution of renowned prestige in higher education. Likewise, with its 40 research centers as sponsoring or associated institutions and robust collaboration with academic and scientific institutions at the national and global level, our university is placed as one of the most productive universities in Chile.

Through more than 400 international agreements focused on scientific and academic exchange and joint projects with renowned universities, UdeC promotes international student mobility and global cooperation.