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Academic unit: Office of the Vice President for International Affairs


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UC Chile student shares his positive experience with Harvard's Aspire Leaders Program

Felipe Gálvez was one of the 110 finalists in the 2021 edition of the Aspire Leaders Program, which offers courses and classes to prepare future university…

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3 Awesome Innovations Developed by UC Students

PaperLux is a low-cost optical device that transforms screens into interactive whiteboards, making it a great solution for education. Palpa is a shower sponge…

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How UC Chile keeps strengtheing its links with Africa

UC Chile signed an agreement with a religious organization that allows its community to volunteer in Kenya. Adding this opportunity to those it already offers…

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Join a virtual research internship program and get connected with the world

The Second Edition of the Online and International Research Internship Program is now open. Organized by the Hemispheric University Consortium (HUC) network…

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"Español UC": more than 30 years promoting the teaching of Spanish as a foreign language

Created in 1990, it is the first program for teaching Spanish as a second language in Chile and one of the first in Latin America. More than 4,000 people have…

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Australian expert shares insights on how to build an international curriculum in higher education

Professor Betty Leask —who gave a lecture at UC Chile in April— is a worldwide recognized researcher and consultant regarding the internationalization of the…

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New promising ways to strengthen global relations at UC Chile

Fresh concepts drive the Office of the Vice President for International Affairs, such as "being able to cross borders without leaving the university" or…

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UC Chile Welcomes International Students After Two Years of Online Classes

More than 300 students from 20 different countries will join the UC community in the first semester of 2022. "We expect to end the year with more than 500…

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Join the cultural conversations between Chilean and Chinese students

"Chile | China Global Conversations about Art and Culture" is the name of a series of talks that will virtually bring together students from UC Chile and…

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UC Chile created the first international mobility program for students with disabilities

The initiative is an unprecedented equity-based system for students with disabilities who will apply for exchange programs in five Spanish university partners.

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Virtual International Internships for Research

This international association of universities launched a program to connect undergraduate and graduate students with academics to promote scientific…

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Sacru webinar series: Catholic universities explore the future in the face of the climate crisis

Higher education around the world is at an inflection point. The pandemic indeed invites us to rethink education. Still, the role and nature of universities…