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Motto | Labor Lætitia Nostra (Latin) |
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Motto in English | Work is Our Joy |
Type | Public |
Established | June 21, 1849 April 9, 1947 (UTE) March 21, 1981 (USACH) | (EAO)
Founder | Ignacy Domeyko |
Rector | Rodrigo Vidal Rojas |
Academic staff | 2762 |
Students | 21,520 |
Undergraduates | 20,546 |
Postgraduates | 974 |
Location | , , |
Campus | Urban (340,000 m2) |
Majors | 55 |
Mascot | Lion |
Website | www.usach.cl |
The University of Santiago, Chile (Usach) (Spanish: Universidad de Santiago de Chile) is one of the oldest public universities in Chile. The institution was born as Escuela de Artes y Oficios (Spanish: School of Arts and Careers) in 1849 by Ignacy Domeyko, under the government of Manuel Bulnes. It became Universidad Técnica del Estado (Spanish: Technical University of the State) in 1947, with various campuses throughout the country. In 1981, as a consequence of a reform on higher education under the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, it became what is now known as Universidad de Santiago de Chile, with all activities centered in a single 340,000 m2 campus in the capital Santiago.