Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC)

Smoke Free Campus contemplates support programs for smokers who wish to quit. Professionals from Health and Student Welfare, the area leading the initiative, point out that this year the delivery of information to people will be enhanced,…

The high presence of foreign students in UC doctoral programs -currently 1,270, with 42% women- reflects the growing internationalization of these programs, and extensive cooperation with foreign universities, student and academic…

This new law stipulates access for all people to a good life and death, and allows this benefit to be extended to patients with non-oncological diseases, thus reducing a gap in equity in access. “Palliative care must be available to all…

With the aim of promoting training in the tourism sector in the face of the main challenges that arise in this field, the Catholic University and Duoc UC announced that they will jointly teach the course "Challenges of the Tourism…

This traditional ceremony, in addition to being an opportunity to welcome new students, is of great importance for foreign students, promoting the creation of networks and giving them guidance on visa processing, the Chilean health…

Within the framework of World Down Syndrome Day, which is commemorated on March 21, the UC Down Syndrome Center and the Mawen Foundation will carry out the light intervention “21M, a better Chile in 21 words and colors”. Images and…

Universities play a fundamental role in addressing the challenges in terms of equity and ensuring the same conditions of access, development and participation for men and women. In this line, in 2019, and after a process of reflection…

Professor Francisco Meza, from the Faculty of Agronomy and Forest Engineering and the Center for Global Change, is one of the Chilean authors who participated in the recent world report on climate change. "This report carries a serious…

In an opinion column published by the newspaper El Mercurio, the rector of the Catholic University, Ignacio Sánchez, calls for dialogue, agreements and a broad view to prevail over divisions in the current constituent process. It is also…

With the aim of ensuring that the massive return of those who study and work at UC can be carried out optimally, the cleaning teams dependent on the People's Directorate carried out a series of cleaning tasks in the institution's…