The Catholic University of Temuco, in coherence with its Being and Doing, understands itself as a public, regional and intercultural institution, committed to the common good
as a public, regional and intercultural institution, committed to the common good, territorial development and respect for human
territorial development and respect for human dignity. This mission is projected in the Institutional Development Plan 2030, which states
Development Plan 2030, which sets as one of its strategic challenges the strengthening of an internationalization with public and territorial
internationalization with a public and territorial sense, articulated through the axis "Interculturality,
sustainable development and internationalization".
Along these lines, UCT's Internationalization Policy establishes the Internationalization of Higher Education for Society (IHES) as the
of Higher Education for Society (IHES) as a strategy that seeks to put the university's academic and international
a strategy that seeks to put the university's academic and international capacities at the service of the social, environmental and cultural challenges of the region.
the social, environmental and cultural challenges of the region, promoting an active dialogue between local and global knowledge.
between local and global knowledge.
From this approach, IHES projects make it possible to transcend a logic centered only on the university community, extending the impact of internationalization to regional stakeholders.
community, broadening the impact of internationalization to actors in the regional environment. The
collaborative, interdisciplinary and intercultural work as a way to face global challenges with local impact.
global challenges with local impact.
This competition seeks to strengthen this vision, encouraging the formulation of projects that, based on knowledge and international cooperation, contribute to sustainable development, social cohesion and social cohesion.
knowledge and international cooperation, contribute to sustainable development, social cohesion and the transformation of the
transformation of the territories in which UCT is inserted.
