Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC)

The Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (UC) (Spanish: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile) is one of the six Catholic Universities existing in the Chilean university system and one of the two pontifical universities in the country, along with the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso. It is also one of Chile's oldest universities and one of the most recognized educational institutions in Latin America. According to the QS Ranking, its Faculty of Law ranks 44th in the world,[4] and its Faculty of Education ranks 21st worldwide. It was ranked 1st university in Latin America in 2018, 2019 and 2020 according to the same QS ranking.

Campuses

UC has four campuses in Santiago and one campus in Villarrica. The campuses in Santiago are:

Casa Central (in downtown Santiago)

San Joaquín (in Macul Commune of Greater Santiago)

Oriente (in Ñuñoa Commune of Greater Santiago)

Lo Contador (also in Providencia Commune)

These four campuses have a total of 223,326.06 m2 constructed in a 614,569.92 m2 area. The Villarrica campus has 1,664 m2 constructed in a 2,362.5 m2 area.