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Mandate by law
The CRUCH is a public legal entity that acts as a collegiate body. In accordance with the provisions of Law 21.091 on Higher Education and Decree with Force of Law No. 2 of 1985, the CRUCH is responsible for advising and formulating proposals to the Ministry of Education on public policies related to higher education.
It also has the function of coordinating the institutions that comprise it, promoting collaboration between them, proposing to the entities that comprise it, the initiatives and solutions aimed at coordinating their activities, in all aspects, to ensure a better performance and quality of higher education.
Hitos CRUCH

Presidentas y presidentes Ejecutivos CRUCH desde 2001
- 2001 a 2002: Ministra Mariana Aylwin Oyarzún
- 2003 a 2005: Ministro Sergio Bitar Chacra
- 2006: Ministro Martín Ziliec Hrepic
- 2007: Ministra Yasna Provoste Campillay
- 2008 a 2009: Ministra Mónica Jiménez
- 2010: Ministro Joaquín Lavín Infante
- 2011: Ministro Felipe Bulnes Serrano
- 2012: Harald Beyer Burgos
- 2013: Carolina Schmidt Zaldívar
- 2014 a 2015: Ministro Nicolás Eyzaguirre Guzmán
- 2016 a 2017: Ministra Adriana del Piano
- 2018: Ministro Gerardo Varela Alfonso
- 2019: Marcela Cubillos Sigall
- 2020 a 2021: Ministro Raúl Figueroa Salas
- 2022: Ministro Marco Antonio Ávila
- 2023 al presente: Ministro Nicolás Cataldo Astorga
Vicepresidentes Ejecutivos CRUCH desde 2001
- 2001 a 2003: Rector Sergio Lavanchy Merino
- 2004 a 2005: Rector Luis Riveros Cornejo
- 2006: Rector Jaime Pozo Cisternas
- 2007 al 2010: Rector Victor Perez Vera
- 2011 al 2014: Rector Juan Zolezzi Cid
- 2015 al 2018: Rector Aldo Valle Acevedo
- 2019 al 2021: Rector Juan Zolezzi Cid
- 2022 al presente: Rector Emilio Rodríguez Ponce
Vicepresidentes Ejecutivos Alternos CRUCH desde 2001
- 2001 a 2003: Rector Ubaldo Zuñiga Quintanilla
- 2004 a 2006: No hay nombramiento
- 2007 al 2009: Rector Alfonso Muga Naredo
- 2010: Rector Ignacio Sánchez Díaz
- 2011 al 2013: Rector Sergio Lavanchy Merino
- 2014 al 2016: Rector Diego Duran Jara
- 2017: Rector Sergio Lavanchy Merino
- 2018: Rector Darcy Fuenzalida
- 2019 al 2021: Rector Ignacio Sánchez Díaz
- 2022 al 2023: Rector Hans Richter Becerra
- 2024 al presente: Rector Carlos Saavedra Rubilar
