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Higher Education Systems and Institutions, Chile

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Higher Education in Chile

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The first university in Chile was formally created as part of the organization of the Republic, a short time after the country’s Independence, like in most of the countries of the region. The Universidad de Chile was founded in 1842 as a national public institution, responsible for the organization and superintendence role of the entire educational system. Formally, it was the legal heir of the Universidad Real de San Felipe, entity that granted academic certificates during the colonial period (Serrano 1993).

Until the first half of the twentieth century, the Chilean university system was developed mainly under the auspices of the State, which financed in similar ways state universities (Universidad de Chile (1842) and Universidad Técnica del Estado (1947)), the universities established by the Catholic Church and their congregations (Universidad Católica de Chile (1889), (P.) Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (1928), and Universidad...

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  1. Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Santiago, Chile

    Gonzalo Zapata

  2. Independent Consultant, Santiago, Chile

    Ivo Tejeda

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Zapata, G., Tejeda, I. (2017). Higher Education Systems and Institutions, Chile. In: Shin, J., Teixeira, P. (eds) Encyclopedia of International Higher Education Systems and Institutions. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9553-1_402-1

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