page_title: Duoc UC
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Duoc UC / History
caption_attribution_description: Sede Valparaíso de DuocUC
context_page_description: Duoc UC is an accredited, non-profit private institute of higher education in Chile. It was founded under the umbrella of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in 1968, which provides technical and professional degrees through practical and industry-focused programs.
  Nowadays it has 17 campuses, more than 94,000 students and 3,169 teachers. Its rector is PhD. Ricardo Paredes
context_section_description: Duoc UC was founded in 1968 under the name "Worker Farmer University Department" in order to give free education to students from lower social backgrounds (children of workers and farmers in particular). This practice was already being conducted by the University of Chile and especially the State Technical University, which immersed in the era of university reform university classrooms opened to workers and low-income students who could study technical courses at universities despite economic shortcomings.
  Duoc grew rapidly and a year after its foundation it already had one campus and 475 students. The following year, the campuses tripled, and the number of students grew to 3,033. In 1972 Duoc UC already had 30,000 students enrolled in its courses and programs. The growth achieved in its early years prompted the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile to give legal autonomy and management, approving the creation of the Duoc Foundation, on 7 September 1973.
caption: Valparaíso Campus.
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