


Universidad de Chile
Santiago, Chile
Located in the capital Santiago, the 175-year old Universidad de Chile is the country’s oldest and main institution of higher education. In the areas of teaching and research the Universidad de Chile develops about 30% off all scientific and technological research at the national level. It is an autonomous, public and national university.
Since its founding in 1842, the Universidad de Chile’s faculty members and its alumni have been a key element in the development of new laws, new institutions and the frame of Chile’s social, political, economic, artistic and cultural system. The university, during this period, has had a strong influence in Latin American countries by way of training their human resources.
Among its first Presidents, was the Venezuelan humanist and jurist Professor Andrés Bello (1843-1865), and the Polish scientist & mineralogist Professor Ignacio Domeyko (1867-1883). Located in Santiago, with 19 Chilean Presidents being distinguished alumni. Two Chilean alumni were Nobel Prize winners in Literature – Gabriela Mistral (1945) and Pablo Neruda (1971). The University of Chile has an annual budget of approximately US$ 1.2 billion.
Website: https://uchile.cl/english
VSE Season 2, 2023-24: Courses offered by Universidad de Chile
Application Deadline
Students must submit an application to the VSE Central Office before:
Mar 1, 2024 12:00 noon Hong Kong Time (UTC+8)
English Language Proficiency Requirements
Before applying, please make sure you have fulfilled the course offering university's English language proficiency requirements listed below:
English B1
For more details, please contact the VSE coordinator at Universidad de Chile.
Course Information
Course information posted on this page are provided by the course offering university and may be changed or updated anytime without prior notice.
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Number of Credits | 6 | ||
Offering Department | Faculty of Arts | ||
Course Teacher | Prof. Johanna Theile | ||
Language of Instruction | English | ||
First Day of Class | Mar 20, 2024 | ||
Last Day of Class | Jul 20, 2024 | ||
Course Component | Lecture / Self-paced work | ||
Mode of Teaching | Synchronous / Asynchronous | ||
Meeting Time | Wed 0830-1130 (Every first Wednesday of the month) | ||
Time Zone | UTC−03 | ||
Course Description | This course is for students who like to study for a semester at the Universidad de Chile. They will learn about Chilean culture and our heritage. Starting with the pre-Columbian time and the Colonial time in South America. Students will learn about Chilean heritage: art, literature, and music from yesterday to today. The most important objective is to give the student information about Chilean Heritage starting with the wonderful world of Pre-Columbian art, Incas, and the arrival of the Spanish people during colonial times to Chile. The lights of art during different parts of Chilean history, the biggest interpretation we had in art, literature, music, cinema, and theater. We will see the problems of heritage today in Chile that are similar to other parts of the world. The world is changing concepts are getting different and we see where is Chile in this new system of clime change, traffic of art, fake art, and so on. | ||
Course Outline | TBA | ||
Course Prerequisites/Restrictions | N/A | ||
Points to Note for Students | N/A | ||
Fees to be Borne by Students | N/A |
Number of Credits | 4 | ||
Offering Department | Faculty of Law | ||
Course Teacher | Ana María Moure | ||
Language of Instruction | English | ||
First Day of Class | Mar 11, 2024 | ||
Last Day of Class | Jun 13, 2024 | ||
Course Component | Lecture | ||
Mode of Teaching | Synchronous | ||
Meeting Time | TBA | ||
Time Zone | UTC−03 | ||
Course Description | The course aims at providing the students with a basic understanding of the essential institutional and substantive legal aspects of European and Latin American integration, cooperation and governance. Through a multidisciplinary and comparative study, the course addresses the historical-legal background of the creation of the European Union (EU) and Latin American integration and cooperation organisations (especially Mercosur, Pacific Alliance, Andean Community, etc.), their normative-institutional framework, legal sources and accession and exit processes, and fundamental principles governing relations. between national and supra-state legal systems. In the case of the European Union, some aspects of its substantive law are also analysed, such as the internal market, fundamental rights and the rule of law, European citizenship, foreign policy, among others. | ||
Course Outline | |||
Course Prerequisites/Restrictions | N/A | ||
Points to Note for Students | In accordance with the regulatory requirements, the course will have a compulsory evaluation and an examination. Both evaluations will have, respectively, the following weighting: | ||
Fees to be Borne by Students | N/A |
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