CRUCH and UNIFI meet at FORUM II Chile – Finland

Teacher training in Finland, international opportunities in education, and science and technology policies, among other higher education topics, will be discussed by university presidents from Chile and Finland. The Finnish delegation will also visit the CRUCH universities located in Antofagasta, Valdivia, and Valparaíso. They will meet for the second time next Monday, August 20th […]

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The Council of Rectors presented on the Grade Ranking to the Education Committee of the House of Representatives.

The executive vice president of CRUCH, Juan Manuel Zolezzi, positively assessed the parliamentarians' reception of the new instrument and affirmed that "we are on the right track, aiming for equity." A special session of the Chamber of Deputies was held in the former National Congress building in Santiago, where the executive vice president was invited.

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The Postgraduate Commission is committed to strengthening this area in the CRUCH universities.

The meeting brought together representatives from the institutions that make up the Council of Rectors, who addressed topics such as student mobility, the results of scholarship applications during 2021, and internationalization strategies for postgraduate programs. Iñigo Díaz, president of the National Accreditation Commission, also participated. The Commission met at the University of Chile […]

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Rector of the University of California, Davis meets with representatives of the CRUCH

«There is a history of academic collaboration between UC Davis and the CRUCH universities, and I look forward to CRUCH’s continued participation in further developing the Chile-California program,” said Rector Ralph J. Hexter during his visit. This morning, the Council of Rectors of Chilean Universities (CRUCH) received a visit from a team […]

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Academic Vice-Rectors of the CRUCH address debate on the duration of degrees and timely graduation

The Council of Rectors committee reviewed other topics such as progress on the Transferable Credit System (TCS), the qualifications framework, funding, and the lack of regulation of the current Chilean university system. The academic vice-rectors of the Council's member universities met yesterday in the CITECAMP auditorium at the University of Santiago.

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CRUCH analyzes the impact of the Ranking of Grades with rectors of private universities

Academic authorities were informed about the new factor in the admissions process and learned about its attributes from the perspective of inclusion and equity. "There was a very productive dialogue," stated the executive vice president of the Council of Rectors, Juan Manuel Zolezzi. The meeting took place at the Council of Rectors' offices […]

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Executive Vice President of CRUCH: “In none of the 25 CRUCH universities is there any appropriation of surpluses, which is what is called profit.”

Representatives from the Council of Rectors attended today's session of the Investigative Commission on the functioning of Higher Education. Rector Juan Manuel Zolezzi described this meeting as "a major step forward because, although the issue of profit-making is common knowledge, no state agency had previously addressed it." Representatives of the […]

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