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Santiago, Chile

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3 ÍNDICE

- Be part of UANDES Page 4

- In the search for quality and excellence Page 5

- Study areas Page 6

- Baccalaureates leading to each career Page 8

- Admission Page 9

- Practice-oriented education Page 10

- Person-centered environment Page 11

- Academic support Page 12

- Research and innovation Page 13

- World class campus Page 15

- Engineering laboratories Page 17

- Our library Page 18

- Bloomberg laboratories Page 19

- World class campus, Clínica Universidad de los Andes Page 20

- World class campus, Ese Business School Page 21

- Museum of Arts Page 22

- Network of exchanges and internships Page 23

- Commitment to society Page 24

- Academy of performing arts Page 25

- University life Page 26

- Artistic-cultural workshops Page 27

- Sports Page 28

- Alumni Page 29

- Contact Page 31

4 BE PART OF UANDES

Universidad de los Andes is a non-profit private institution founded in 1989 with a strong focus in research and innovation. This university aims to be a referent of excellence and a center of diffusion for intellectual habits and values. It also seeks for its graduates to stand out by their professional competence, sense of solidarity, their eagerness to serve society and by working ethically.

5IN THE SEARCH FOR QUALITY AND EXCELLENCE

Universidad de Los Andes is among Chile’s 3 best universities, according to the students’ scores in the National University Selection Test. In addition, it is accredited by the National Accreditation Committee (CNA) in its 5 possible areas, (Institutional Management, Undergraduate Teaching, Research, Extension and Public Engagement and Postgraduate Teaching), thus being an important certificate of quality.

Source: D.E.M.R.E. 2019

6 STUDY AREAS

Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences

Business Administration

Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Industrial Civil Engineering

Environmental Civil Engineering

Electrical Civil Engineering

Civil Engineering, Civil Works Major

Information Technology Engineering

Service Management School

Service Management

Faculty of Law

Law

Faculty of Medicine

Medicine

Phonoaudiology

Kinesiology

Nutrition and Dietetics

Occupational Therapy

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Faculty of Odontology

Odontology

School of Psychology

Psychology

Faculty of Nursing and Obstetrics

Nursing

Obstetrics and Midwifery

Faculty of Communication

Journalism

Audiovisual Communication

Advertising

Faculty of Education

Early Childhood Education

Elementary Pedagogy

Bilingual Elementary Pedagogy

High School Pedagogy Program for Graduates

Faculty of Philosophy and Humanities

Philosophy

History

Literature

8 BACCALAUREATES LEADING TO EACH CAREER

Baccalaureate Programs

Engineering Baccalaureate

Service Management Baccalaureate

Law Baccalaureate

Obstetrics Baccalaureate

Nursing Baccalaureate

Humanities Baccalaureate for: Pedagogies, History, Literature, Philosophy, Journalism, Advertising and Audiovisual Communication

Business Administration Baccalaureate

Health Baccalaureate for: Phonoaudiology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Kinesiology and Occupational Therapy

Medicine Baccalaureate

Odontology Baccalaureate

Psychology Baccalaureate

Teaching program that helps the student prepare for the world of higher education, advancing in some subjects of his/her definitive career, living the experience of being an university student and enhancing the skills to enable a successful performance, whichever the final career may be.

9 ADMISSION

If you are a foreign student you can apply to our University through:

1) Admission of foreign students

2) Change of foreign university

3) Chilean citizen graduated abroad

4) IB Baccalaureate

5) BAC Baccalaureate

6) ESC Baccalaureate

7) DIA Baccalaureate

To know the requirements of these applications, go to:

admision.uandes.cl/admision-especial/

10 PRACTICE-ORIENTED EDUCATION

In terms of education, the University is practice-oriented. Since the first year, students come into contact with reality, with subjects that allow them to learn how to exercise their profession, helping them to realize from the beginning if the career they chose meets their expectations and vocation.

11 PERSON-CENTERED ENVIRONMENT

Universidad de los Andes develops teaching, research, continuing education and outreach work in different fields of knowledge. In turn, it has an active alumniUANDES association, with more than 13,000 graduates, and has an active job placement service, which helps place our graduates in upper-level job positions.

12 ACADEMIC SUPPORT

Counseling is available for all undergraduate students, which constitutes one of the pillars of the University’s academic model. This is to accompany the student in a personalized way in his/her training as a university student, supporting his/her discovery and enhancement of capacities, for him/her to be open to new human and spiritual horizons, and be an integral professional in service of society.

13 RESEARCH AND INNOVATION

Our house of studies counts with interdisciplinary investigation that combines different areas of knowledge. Since its creation, the Innovation Directorate has more than 25 projects awarded with public and private resources for applied research, in areas such as biomedicine, education, dentistry, among others.

We have filed 8 patent applications and three start-ups have been born, which have involved the fund raising of more than USD 40 million.

Currently there are 43 research and development projects (innovacion. uandes.cl/), awarded in the areas of biomedicine, engineering, dentistry and education (between 2011 – 2015), and 72 technologies still under development.

14 RESEARCH AND INNOVATION

1. Cells 4 Cells:

First biotechnology company to research and develop therapies with adult stem cells. The use of 3D printers has been perfected in the last decade. However, worldwide it is in the area of regenerative medicine where its application has been more innovative, under the so-called “3D bio-impression”. In this scenario, a group of researchers from the Universidad de los Andes, along with an MIT student, have begun working on a 3D printer prototype capable of modeling parts of the human body.

These researchers have developed new biomaterials and stem cell sources capable of improving the results in the bio-impression of several types of human tissue.

2. Regenero:

It is the second spin off of the Universidad de los Andes and is focused on developing cellular therapies for degenerative diseases that have a high economic and social impact, such as chronic kidney disease, diabetes mellitus, among others.

In addition to the aforementioned research and innovation, we have created 2 Spin Offs:

15 WORLD CLASS CAMPUS

We have a single campus occupying 52 hectares, 19 of which are green areas, where all the students of the 28 undergraduate careers and 11 baccalaureate programs are found, thus achieving a complete and enriching learning process.

16 MASTER PLAN, UANDES CAMPUS PROJECTION

Our Master Plan includes university residences, a building for health-area careers, one for postgraduate courses, one for university life, a museum, and one for sports.

17 ENGINEERING LABORATORIES

Within the campus, there are also several Civil Engineering laboratories that support the practical and dynamic teaching of our students (UANDESLAB, Energy Conversion Laboratory, Interaction Device Laboratory, Computer Science Teaching Laboratory, Robotics Laboratory, among others).

More information at: ing.uandes.cl/investigacion-e-innovacion/laboratorios/

18 OUR LIBRARY

The University has a first-class library, which has 12,500 square meters, three floors, and contains over 130,000 volumes for the different areas of study.

In turn, it has a High Demand area containing the Collection of Basic Bibliography and Reserve with a capacity for 6 thousand volumes.

19 BLOOMBERG LABORATORIES

The Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences of the Universidad de Los Andes, inaugurated its Investment Laboratory, an interactive space for stock exchange information equipped with 12 Bloomberg terminals and 5 terminals from the Santiago Stock Exchange, where the students put into practice the knowledge of different courses, with the same connections that the companies and financial institutions of Chile and the world currently have. Additionally, this installation has wall screens for teaching and favoring interactive classes.

Bloomberg’s incorporation into this type of labs has been around for several years and nearly 400 universities in the world work with this company, including some from the United States such as Columbia, Stanford, Harvard and Chicago, among others.

20 WORLD CLASS CAMPUS, CLINICA UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES

At the same time, the University has a health care clinic (56,000 square meters, 8 floors), with state-of-the-art technology, which joins our network of clinical fields for students of the careers of the healthcare area.

The building contemplates 35,000 square meters and has 100 individual rooms; 14 Adult ICU Beds, 4 pediatric, 9 Neonatal; 8 general surgery rooms and 1 obstetrics room; Full-service Delivery Rooms (SAIP); 40 doctors’ offices; support services; clinical laboratory and images.

In addition, for the comfort of the patient and his/her family, the building has 500 underground parking lots and 500 surface parking lots.

Since it is an educational clinic, it implies that the doctors of the clinic will be able to attend to their patients in the presence of students, prior authorization of the person who goes to consultation.

All medical care instances in which a student may participate are supervised by a staff doctor and according to the appropriate care protocols.

21 WORLD CLASS CAMPUS, ESE BUSINESS SCHOOL

Also located here is the ESE Business School for graduate students and executive education.

It counts with has 3 master programs, 2 programs for senior management, a program for medium-sized entrepreneurs and 29 targeted programs.

22 MUSEUM OF ARTS

In one of our buildings, “Edificio del Reloj” (Clock Building), called like this because of its sundial located at the entrance, is the Museum of Arts and cultural extension, where several exhibitions take place throughout the year.

23 NETWORK OF EXCHANGES AND INTERNSHIPS

We also have an extensive network of exchanges and internships that helps students learn about other countries and universities, thus allowing their academic and personal growth. For this, the International Relations Directorate has agreements for exchange with 130 institutions of higher education in 28 countries.

24 COMMITMENT TO SOCIETY

Committed to underprivileged people, there is also a medical center with dental and psychological care in San Bernardo.

We also have a legal clinic in the commune of Santiago, in which the students of the Faculty of Law give free attention to people who do not have resources to pay a lawyer. The initiative, which began as a general counselling and guidance service, grew to take on the patronage of legal cases.

25 ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS

In order to create a space that culturally contributes to society through family shows involving several disciplines of the performing arts, the Academy of Performing Arts (ADAE) emerged in 2009. From that date, each year a musical play is set up, with the performance of students, graduates and administrative staff, as well as friends of the university, who are led by professionals who work to make possible a quality production that dazzles thousands of spectators. In each one of them theatre, music, singing and different specific workshops are combined, such as rope jumping, skating, aerobatics, among others. In the already ten productions presented, more than 50 thousand spectators have attended.

26 UNIVERSITY LIFE

We also have a wide range of sports and extracurricular activities, which depend on the Directorate of University Life, where students find support to maximize their interests and capacities, beyond academics.

University life not only offers workshops and artistic, sporting, cultural, musical, volunteer or innovation and entrepreneurship activities, but it encourages you to propose and develop your own ideas.

In doing so, it is possible to achieve the University Life Curriculum, which guarantees the soft skills of each student by participating in these activities in an active and constant way.

27 ARTISTIC-CULTURAL WORKSHOPS

Aerial acrobatics, makeup, chorus, drawing, creative writing, flamenco, French, photography, hip-hop, sign language, theatrical makeup, hairstyle, Pilates, salsa.

28 SPORTS

Teams:

Track and Field

Basketball

Futbolito

Hockey

Volleyball

Soccer

Swimming

Rugby

Tennis

Climbing

Sports Workshops:

CrossFit

Climbing

Mountain bike

Yoga

Fun gymnastics

Karate

Handball

Muay Thai

Climbing wall

Tennis

Swimming

29 ALUMNI

The University also has an active alumniUANDES association, with more than 13,000 graduates, and has an active job placement service, which helps place our graduates in upper-level job positions.

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31 CONTACT

Let’s talk!

If you want to contact us, please email us at: admisionpregrado@uandes.cl

Gabriela Riveros - Head of Admissions and Scholarships

griveros@uandes.cl

(+56) 22618 1868

Yanara Vásquez - Admissions Coordinator

yvasquez@uandes.cl

(+56) 22618 1073

+56961408828 @admisionuandes /irpormas