Northern Catholic University

The Catholic University of the North (UCN) is a public institution governed by the law of the Catholic Church, which, with 56 years of history, guides its work from two distinctive attributes: being recognized as a cutting-edge university with a clear imprint of social vocation.

Since its origins, it has maintained its founding mission of contributing to the regional development of the North, from where it has achieved a national impact, contributing to the training of highly qualified professionals, with a strong ethical and social vocation, preserving its regional dimension through its presence in Antofagasta –Main House–, Coquimbo –Guayacán Campus– and San Pedro de Atacama, where the Institute of Archaeological Research and the RP Gustavo Le Paige SJ Museum operate. In terms of research, the University occupies a leading position in the national higher education system.

This Institution, by history, tradition, identity, conviction and option is the university of the new Region of Arica and Parinacota with its heritage and ancestral culture, assuming the challenge of training the best professionals that are needed for development and collective well-being. , both from this region and the country. The location of the University, with its central headquarters in Arica, gives it a privileged strategic position due to its role as University of the State of Chile in the biforder zone with Peru and Bolivia, which has assigned it an important role in the integration processes. with these countries.

His studies encompass diverse areas of knowledge, which can be grouped into disciplines associated with the study of the sky, the earth, and the sea, as well as the fields of Health and the Human, Social, and Religious Sciences. He has thus made significant contributions to the areas of Astronomy, Marine Sciences and Aquaculture, Geology and Mining; as well as Anthropology-Archaeology, Psychology, Basic Sciences; and in the fields of Health Sciences, Education, and Religious Studies.

With the purpose of developing advanced human capital, especially in the areas of greatest growth and development, the Catholic University of the North works seriously and systematically to offer high-quality academic postgraduate alternatives, which positions it as a complex and advanced institution in the national university system.