History
The Autonomous University of Chile is a non-profit institution, founded in Temuco on July 31, 1989 under the name of the Autonomous University of the South, by the prominent lawyer and Illustrious Son of the capital of La Araucanía, Teodoro Ribera Beneït, who summoned other local personalities around this initiative. Its founding objective was to provide access to higher education for young people in the region who were forced to emigrate to other cities, since the traditional system did not offer them access to disciplines of interest to them. Its birth in the region of La Araucanía left it with a lasting and distinctive imprint: a strong commitment to local and regional development, materialized in the provision of new training alternatives in the regions where it is located.
Education
The University supports the value of personal freedom, individual and social development through education and culture, and promotes and encourages respect for people, as free and equal beings in dignity and rights, responsibility, ethics and the quality. Consequently, it seeks to generate meeting points and public goods that help strengthen democratic coexistence.
Career
Contribute to the creation, preservation, dissemination of knowledge, cultureand offer opportunities for lifelong learning, especially postgraduate and postgraduate degrees.
Universidad Autónoma de Chile Key Statistics & Highlights
- #1243 Ranking
- 22 Scholarships
- Private Institution Type
Universidad Autónoma de Chile Overview
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Universidad Autónoma de Chile Rankings
Study Portals Meta Ranking
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Best Global Universities Rankings
By U.S. News & World Report
Dropped 137 places compared to 2025
Best Global Universities Rankings by U.S. News & World Report presents all the top universities from the U.S. and 60 other countries around the world. They measure the rate of students going to their second year of studies, as well as the rate of students who graduate. It also asks university representatives on the performance of universities, and evaluates university resources, teacher salaries, graduation rates, student academic achievements and satisfaction. After calculating and comparing these criteria, U.S. News ranks the top international universities accordingly.
3 year trend Best Global Universities Rankings
| 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| 901 | 1106 | 1243 |
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QS World University Rankings
By TopUniversities
The university hasn’t moved up or down in the rankings over the past year.
QS World University Rankings is one of the top international rankings measuring the popularity and performance of universities all over the world. They measure university reputation based on the impressions of higher education experts, companies who hire graduates, and teaching quality. QS also considers the ratio of international teachers and students present at universities, as well as the times research papers were mentioned by researchers. After calculating and comparing these criteria, QS ranks the universities accordingly.
3 year trend QS World University Rankings
| 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| 1401 | 1401 | 1401 |
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World University Rankings
By Times Higher Education
The university hasn’t moved up or down in the rankings over the past year.
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3 year trend World University Rankings
| 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| 1001 | - | 1501 |
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Library services
The Library System gives you the warmest welcome to our services, which have been designed to meet the requirements of our students, academics, professionals and alumni, our commitment is to provide quality service as a fundamental pillar in the development of each of their academic activities.We invite you to learn about the contents that we have developed so that passing through our University is an experience in which we not only have important infrastructure and paper books, but we also have an important range of databases for your learning, from from the most specific to the most specialized, as well as an important collection of digital books that can be consulted from anywhere you are.
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