Academics
INTERNATIONALIZATION OF THE CURRICULUM
Add value to your subject by internationalizing the academic curriculum.
What are the benefits of an international curriculum?
- Maximizes the international learning experience.
- Contributes to the intercultural education of our students through pedagogical intervention and the measurement of learning outcomes in international experiences.
- It faces international competitiveness.
- Facilitates insertion in international environments.
- Presents the opportunity to live and work effectively with people from other cultures.
- It fosters the development in students of intercultural awareness and effectiveness, as well as cultural awareness; paving the way towards global citizenship (Included in the Sustainable Development Goals, UNESCO).
How can we internationalize the curriculum?
COIL courses
Collaborative Online International Learning. These are online courses that are done in conjunction with an international partner, which aims to study a topic and develop a work in which students from both universities interact with each other.
DURATION
4 to 6 weeks
TYPE OF SESSION
Virtual, with at least 2 synchronous sessions and the others can be synchronous or asynchronous.
ACADEMIC CERTIFICATION
The course completion certificates will also be prepared by the Directorate of Relations and signed by its director, and the certification of course implementation within the subject will be prepared by CEDID. The COILs contribute as a product INNOVATION IN TEACHING
Mirror Classes
The mirror classes include the participation of an international lecturer, who will give a lecture to UCT students, and a UCT lecturer, who will give a lecture at a foreign university.
DURATION
1 session
TYPE OF SESSION
Virtual synchronous
ACADEMIC CERTIFICATION
The course completion certificates will also be prepared by the Relations Department and signed by its director. In case the number of mirror classes completed in 1 semester exceeds 40 hours, the certifying body is CINAP.
Guest Expert
These are classes that complement the training activity. A conference is held with an international expert to deepen the knowledge of a specific topic.
DURATION
1 session
TYPE OF SESSION
Face-to-face or hybrid, synchronous
ACADEMIC CERTIFICATION
The course completion certificates will also be prepared by the Relationship Management Department and signed by its director.
MasterClass
It consists of inviting an expert in some subject to give a lecture.
The lecture is incorporated into a pre-established topic from the teacher's learning guide to deepen the knowledge of a given topic.
DURATION
1 session
TYPE OF SESSION
Face-to-face or hybrid, synchronous
ACADEMIC CERTIFICATION
The course completion certificates will also be prepared by the Relationship Management Department and signed by its director.
Thesis Co-Guide
It consists of being a thesis tutor for a student, together with an international professor who is an expert in the thesis topic to be investigated, in order to obtain a more global view of the thesis that is being carried out.
DURATION
Indefinite, during the entire period of the development of the thesis.
TYPE OF SESSION
It can be done virtually or in person
ACADEMIC CERTIFICATION
The certification is feasible and will depend on the methodology used to carry out the Thesis co-guidance. This must be previously validated by the DRI and the CINAP.
ACADEMIC MOBILITY
STEP BY STEP
1
Check the Institutions with agreement here or in case you are sure where you are going to do the mobility, continue to step 2.
2
Review Procedure and fill in the relevant forms according to the mobility you wish to do:
PROCEDURE
Academic Regulations
Resolution 58-17 - Academic Internships
Resolution 82-16 - Leave of Absence without Pay
Resolution 76-15 - Academic Leave
FORMS
Academic Internship Procedure Form
Unpaid Leave of Absence Form
Academic Leave Request Form 76-15
3
Make your international activity visible by filling in the following form FORMand we will work on a note to spread the word about the excellent international work you are doing.
INTERNATIONALIZATION FOR SOCIETY
The Directorate of International Relations, within its strategic axes is the Internationalization for Society in order to contribute to the strengthening of intercultural coexistence in La Araucanía, based on the scientific knowledge available in the UCT. To position the university as the main alternative for the formation of management capacities in the territory that will allow the subnational government to assume greater attributions and favor national and regional decentralization. Strengthen the international position of the university based on an internationalization strategy according to the guidelines of the institutional mission.
RESEARCH AND POSTGRADUATE
The research work at the Universidad Católica de Temuco is oriented to the development of scientific activities that support the modernization and adaptation processes of the productive structures of La Araucanía as well as the improvement of the economic and social development levels of southern Chile, considering the local characteristics, the complexity of the knowledge construction processes affected by environmental conditions, the pace of technology transfer, the obtaining of licenses and patents, and the development of technology-based enterprises.
The Catholic University of Temuco develops its graduate programs responding with quality and relevance to the training needs of the scientific communities and to the specialization demands of professionals in various productive sectors.
