External Student
WHY UC TEMUCO?
Study and discover the landscapes of the end of the world with us.
The Catholic University of Temuco is a community of 11,000 students and academics located in the city of Temuco, Araucanía Region, which offers a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs in the areas of Health, Engineering, Education, Social Sciences, Natural Resources, Legal and Economic Sciences, Religious Sciences and Philosophy and Architecture, Art and Design.
We are an institution with a strong public commitment, a strong intercultural component, as well as an important commitment to sustainability, located in one of the most beautiful regions in the world, surrounded by natural resources and nature.
Come to know our country, characterized by the spectacular contrasts of nature, from the Atacama Desert to the Patagonian ice, the diversity of its cultures and the security and development of a country that looks to the future.
HOW TO APPLY TO UC TEMUCO?
Your university's mobility unit should contact the UC Temuco mobility office at movilidad@uct.clto apply to our university.
Application Requirements:
- Fully completed and signed visitor and foreigner form (attached).
- Certificate of grades of the courses taken so far.
- Letter of nomination to the exchange by your institutional coordinator.
- Academic Resume.
- Copy of your passport.
- Copy of the letter of acceptance of the mobility.
The UC Temuco Mobility Unit submits the application to the Career Head, sending academic background and asking if there are available places to receive the student. Check the careers here.
Once the Career Director responds that the application is accepted, the mobility unit sends the institutional acceptance letter to the IR office of the partner university.
For a correct arrival to UC Temuco, you will be assigned a host (Buddy Program), who is a student who will support you for your arrival to Chile and to the University.
- Keep your passport up to date
- Open a bank account that allows for international money orders
- Applying for the Visa
- Purchase your ticket: It is recommended to arrive one week before the start of class.
- Search for accommodation
- Find out the start date of classes at the host university: Academic Calendar
Once the student has been accepted, has fulfilled all the requirements and is in Chile, the mobility unit will arrange an interview with his/her career manager to discuss the subjects to be enrolled, schedules and rooms.
At the end of the academic year, it is important that the Career Heads verify that the academics have entered in the system all the grades corresponding to the subjects registered by the student.
IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS
- Language of instruction: Spanish, a B1 certificate is recommended as most courses are in this language.
- Health Insurance: To have health insurance with coverage in case of accident, illness, psychological and psychiatric consultations, hospitalization and repatriation, and the most frequent pathologies in Chile. In the current international health context, coverage for COVID 19.
- Class attendance: Attendance is part of the grade and in order to pass a course the student cannot be absent for more than 20% of the classes.
APPLICATION DEADLINES
APPLICATION DEADLINES
FIRST SEMESTER
Exchange Period: March to July of each year
Application Period: August 1st to November 30th of the previous year.
SECOND SEMESTER
Exchange Period: August to December of each year.
Application Period: January 2 to April 30 of the same year.
ACADEMIC YEAR
FIRST SEMESTER
Start date: Beginning of March
End date: Mid-July
SECOND SEMESTER
Start date: Beginning of August
End date: Mid-December
*Dates are estimates, please confirm with the Mobility Unit (movilidad@uct.cl)
CHILE AND ARAUCANÍA
VISIT CHILE
Chile is a country of many attractions, from north to south, from mountain range to sea.
Chile is a long and narrow country, stretching between the Andes Mountains and the Pacific Ocean, in the southwest of South America. It is bordered by Peru to the north, Bolivia and Argentina to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south.
Easter Island and Juan Fernandez Island are part of the Chilean territory.
The surface area of Chile is 756,096 km2, which is approximately twice the size of Germany. It is divided into 15 regions, which are subdivided into 54 provinces and these into 346 communes.
INHABITANTS
19.212.362
SURFACE
756,102 km2
CURRENCY
Chilean peso
CAPITAL
Santiago - Metropolitan Region
TRAVELS THROUGH THE ARAUCANÍA
Araucanía is one of the most beautiful regions of Chile. It has five national parks, eight volcanoes and 16 hot springs.
Temuco, capital of the Araucanía Region, is a city in southern Chile, located between the Pacific Ocean and the Andes Mountains, an hour's flight from the city of Santiago, the capital of Chile.
Ten blocks from the Plaza de Armas, it has one of the most important protected natural areas of the Araucanía, the Cerro Ñielol Natural Monument, where some of the native flora species of the area are visible.
Its climate is temperate, rainy with a Mediterranean influence, and its average annual temperature is 11 °C.
INHABITANTS
221.375
SURFACE
31,858 km2
ATTRACTIONS
8 Volcanoes
ATTRACTIONS
5 National Parks
ATTRACTIONS
16 Thermal centers
