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5 unusual facts about University of Chile


Adolfo Odnoposoff

From 1940 to 1944, he was a founding member of the Chile Cuarteto de Cuerdas (Chile String Quartet), with Willie McDermott (violin), Raúl Martínez (viola), Fredy Wang (Alfredo; 1918–2004) (violin), sponsored by The Institute of Musical Extension at the University of Chile.

José de Gregorio

De Gregorio has a degree in civil engineering and a master’s degree in engineering from the University of Chile (1984), where he received the Marcos Orrego Puelma award for the best graduate for his year.

Luz Valdivieso

She went to study at Colegio Institución Teresiana and later entered the University of Chile to study psychology for two years.

Philip P. Cohen

Cohen was an honorary member of the Chiba Medical Society of Japan, the Harvey Society, the Medical School Faculty of the University of Chile, the National Academy of Medicine of Mexico and the Japanese Biochemical Society.

Sebastian Mancilla Olivares

After college, he joined the theatrical career at the University of Chile.


Alberto Carlos Taquini

He also sered as Visiting Professor in prestigious institutions around the world, including: the University of California, Stanford, Columbia, the University of Michigan, and Cornell, the University of Toronto, the University of Oxford, the University of Milan, the University of San Marcos in Peru, and the University of Chile.

Alejandro Zambra

Zambra studied at the Instituto Nacional General José Miguel Carrera and the University of Chile, from where he graduated in 1997 with a degree in Hispanic literature.

Eduardo Carrasco

Carrasco completed his formal study of philosophy in April 1970 when he submitted a thesis on Friedrich Nietzsche; he then commenced to study music at the National Conservatorium of the University of Chile until the Chilean military coup of September 11, 1973.

Nicanor Parra

In 1933, he entered the Instituto Pedagógico of the University of Chile, and qualified as a teacher of mathematics and physics in 1938, one year after his first book, Cancionero sin Nombre, appeared.

Nicolás Núñez

He participated in the South American championships in Arequipa, Peru, alongside Mauritius Pinilla, Mark Gonzalez, Luis Jimenez and was debuted by U. Catholic in the first division, against University of Chile.

Ruth Cardoso

As professor and researcher Cardoso taught at the Latin American College of Social Sciences (Flacso/Unesco), University of Chile (Santiago), Maison des Sciences de L'Homme (Paris), University of California, Berkeley, and Columbia University (New York).


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Carolina Tohá

Tohá has a law degree from the University of Chile and a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Milan.

Central University of Chile

The Headquarters of Central University of Chile is located in the University District of Santiago, near the Toesca metro station, addition to four campuses, an extension center and a sports center in the heart of the capital, totaling more than 80,000 m² infraestructura.

Egon Wolff

The formation of the Teatro Experimental de la Universidad de Chile (Experimental Theatre of the University of Chile) in 1941, followed by the founding of the Teatro del Ensayo de la Universidad Catolica (TEUC) (Theatre Actor Studio of the Catholic University) in 1943 created a qualitative change in Chilean theatre.

Luciano Cruz-Coke

He holds a degree in Documentary Filming from the Academy of Christian Humanism University and a masters degree in Mass Communications from University of Chile.