University of Concepcion
Region: Latin America
Country/Region: Chile
Found Year: 1919
Address: VICTOR LAMAS 1290
Introduction

The Universidad de Concepción (University of Concepcion) is a private corporation established in 1919 as a result of aninitiative from the local community. It was the third university created in the country and the first one outside the capital city and has become a cultural heritage of the city of Concepción and Chile. Building facilities:230.000 m2 Libraries:10 (More than 440.000 books) Sport facilities: football, basketball, tennis, spinning, hockeyand others. Student houses: 5 Professional careers: 91 More than 24.000 students undergraduate level 4,750 freshmen More than 57.000 entitles or qualifies The Universidad de Concepción has three campuses: Concepción: The main Campus, Concepción, is located in the center of the city and isa beautiful park of 44 hectares with buildings surrounded by pleasant gardens. TheFaculties at Campus Concepción are: Architecture, Urbanism and Geography; BiologicalSciences; Business-Administration and Economics; Chemical Sciences; Dentistry; Medicine;Humanities and Arts; Law and Social Sciences; Natural Sciences and Oceanography;Pharmacy; Physical and Mathematical Sciences; Social Sciences; Education; Engineering;Forestry Sciences. Chillan: The Chillan Campus is located in the city of Chillan, 112 kilometers northeast of Concepción and is the site of the Colleges of: Agronomy; Law; Agroindustrial Engineering; Environmental Engineering; Civil Agricultural Engineering; Commercial Engineering; Engineeringin Food; Nursery; Education and Veterinary Medicine. Los Angeles: Los Angeles Campus is located in the city of Los Angeles, about 136 Km. Southeast of Concepción and offers the following careers: Auditing; Primary Education; Special Education; Nursery Education;Commercial Engineering; Engineering in Vegetable Biotechnology; Engineering in prevention of risks; Geomatic Engineering; Pedagogy in Natural Sciences and Biology; and Pedagogyin Mathematics and Technological Education. GRADUATE PROGRAMS: 28 PhD programs 58 Master Degree programs 40 Diploma programs 32 Health specialists training programs More than 150 Foreign students RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION 11 Advanced Research Centers Eula Center (Environmental Research) CIPA Center(Polymers Research) COPAS Center(Oceanographic Research) GEA (Institute of EconomicApplied Geology) Biotechnology Center Center of Optics and Fotonica CI2MA (Center of Research in Mathematical Engineering) IdeaIncuba (Business Incubator) TIGO (Geodesic Research) UDT (Technological Development) CIEP (Center for the Aquatic Ecosystems of Patagonia) 750 ISI publications 792 Scopus Publicactions Research Projects and Research Groups Almost 77 Patents 4 Technological Consortia 453 Industrial Technology Projects 150 R&D Partnerships 2 Business Incubators Scientific-Technological Park (in Project) INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS To increase students and professors mobility. To open collaboration inundergraduate and postgraduate programs. To promote joint research collaboration and international research centers. Foreign students on campus: - Undergraduate: Almost 300 - Postgraduate : More than 200 UdeC Students abroad: - Undergraduate: More tan 150 Main partners in students and professors mobility: -Germany: 30% -USA: 22% -Canada: 10% -Spain: 5% And more than 300 agreements with 4 continents.

Academic Ranking of World Universities
901-1000
Academic Ranking of World Universities
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801-900
2021
901-1000
2022
901-1000
2023
Global Ranking of Academic Subjects
All Subjects
Subject
Rank
Best Ranked Subjects
Subject Rank
Mining & Mineral Engineering
76-100
Oceanography
151-200
Atmospheric Science
201-300
Veterinary Sciences
201-300
Ecology
301-400
Mathematics
401-500
Physics
401-500
Earth Sciences
401-500
Key Statistics
28256
Total Enrollment
462(1.6%)
International Students
25574
Undergraduate Enrollment
78(0.3%)
International Students
2682
Graduate Enrollment
384(14.3%)
International Students