Institution

University of Chile

1842– · 19th century

The University of Chile is Chile's oldest and largest public university, founded in Santiago in 1842 as the successor to the colonial Royal University of San Felipe. Its first rector was Andrés Bello. Besides teaching, it long supervised national education, and its graduates include many Chilean presidents and the Nobel laureates Gabriela Mistral and Pablo Neruda.

University of Chile
Image: Frontispicio Casa Central Universidad de Chile por Nicanor Plaza. Año 1874. · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). University of Chile. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/university-of-chile
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