page_title: University of Chile
section_title: Campuses and infrastructure
hierarchical_section_title: University of Chile / Campuses and infrastructure
caption_attribution_description: English: Entrance to the School of Engineering, Universidad de Chile Español: Frontis de la Escuela de Ingeniería de la Universidad de Chile
context_page_description: The University of Chile is a public university in Santiago, Chile. It was founded on November 19, 1842 and inaugurated on September 17, 1843. It is the oldest and the most prestigious in the country. It was established as the continuation of the former colonial Royal University of San Felipe, and has a rich history in academic, scientific and social outreach. The university seeks to solve national and regional issues and to contribute to the development of Chile. It is recognized as one of the best universities Latin America for its leadership and innovation in science, technology, social sciences, and arts through the functions of creation, extension, teaching, and research.
  Its five campuses comprise more than 3.1 square kilometres of research buildings, health care centers, museums, theaters, observatories, and sports infrastructure. The institution has more than 40,000 undergraduate and graduate students, offering more than 60 different bachelor and professional degrees, 38 doctoral programs and 116 master programs.
  Notable alumni include Nobel laureates Pablo Neruda and Gabriela Mistral, and twenty Chilean presidents.
context_section_description: The University has 3,168,373 m² of urban land, 648,502 m² of built land in use and 103,884,600 hectares of agricultural land.
caption: School of Engineering Entrance in Beauchef Campus. The Bello orthography used in it was developed by Andrés Bello.
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