University of O'Higgins

The University of O'Higgins (UOH) (Universidad de O'Higgins) is a Chilean state university, created by law in 2015,[2] during the second government of President Michelle Bachelet, along with the University of Aysén. It is located in the Region of Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins. It began its operations in March 2017.[3]

University of O'Higgins
Universidad de O'Higgins
TypePublic
Established2015
RectorFernanda Kri Amar[1]
Students5,030 (2022)
Address
Av. Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins 611
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34°09′52″S 70°44′30″W / 34.1645°S 70.7417°W / -34.1645; -70.7417
AffiliationsChilean Traditional Universities, es:Consorcio de Universidades Estatales de Chile (CUE)
Websiteuoh.cl

Along with the University of Aysén, it is the first state university to be created in Chile in more than two decades, the last created in 1993.[4] O'Higgins and Aysén were the only Chilean regions where no campuses of University of Chile or the Technical State University (UTE) were created, which were converted to "regional universities" beginning in 1981,[5] and so were until 2015 the only regions without their own state universities.

References

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  1. ^ "Fernanda Kri Amar". Universidad de O'Higgins (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-09-12.
  2. ^ Nacional, Biblioteca del Congreso. ""Ley N.º 20.842: Crea las universidades estatales de la Región de O'Higgins y de la Región de Aysén"". www.bcn.cl/leychile.
  3. ^ http://www.cumplimiento.gob.cl/?ver=2063 Cumplimiento del Programa de Gobierno 2014-2018
  4. ^ «Ley N.º 19.239: Crea la Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana», Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile
  5. ^ «Decreto Ley N° 3541: Delega facultades que indica», Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile