Presentacin Universidad Catlica del Norte

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Look further.
Academic Excellence in the Southern Hemisphere
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• Outlook
• To become renowned for leadership and social
  responsibility as a Catholic university.
• Mission
• A constant search for Truth in order to
  contribute to the Christian Humanist values and
  development of the individual, society and
  culture of our community through teaching,
  research and outreach activities.

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UCN, since its founding

• 1956 Founded as a private institute of Public
  Law.
• Member Chilean Board of University Presidents
  since 1964,
• Eighth university founded in Chile.
• Third Catholic university founded in Chile.
• Purview formulated vis-à-vis UCNs unique
  demographic and regional profile.
• UCN hub of scientific and technological
  development in northern Chile.
• Member National Undergraduate Accreditation
  Commission (CNAP).

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Where to find us
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Where to find us
Chile
San Pedro de Atacama Institute of
Archeological and Museum Research R.P Gustavo
Le Paige
Region II Antofagasta Main Campus
Sierra Vicuña Mackenna Mount Armazones
Astronomy Observatory
Region IV Coquimbo Guayacán Campus
Region Metropolitan Santiago International Office
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UCNs Development Hubs

• Sea Aquaculture Engineering, Marine Biology,
  Chemical Analysis, Environmental Chemistry

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UCNs Development Hubs

• Land Geology, Chemical Analysis, Environmental
  Chemistry, Metallurgical Engineering (Civil),
  Metallurgical Engineering (Technical Engineer),
  Chemistry-Extractive Metallurgy, Industrial
  Engineering (Civil)

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UCNs Development Hubs

• Health Medicine, Bachelor in Health Sciences,
  Chemistry and Pharmacy

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UCNs Development Hubs

• Sky Bachelor in Physics (majoring in Astronomy)

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UCNs Development Hubs

• Humanities Architecture, Psychology, Law, ESL
  Instruction and/or Translation, Risk Prevention
  and Environmental Engineering, Journalism,
  Auditing/Public Accounting, Civil Engineering,
  Information Systems Engineering (Civil),
  Information Systems Engineering, Industrial
  Engineering (Civil), Commercial Engineering,
  Chemical Engineering, Statistics, Bachelor of
  Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Bachelor of
  Chemistry, Bachelor of Religious Sciences,
  Philosophy and Religion Instruction

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Quality Indicators UCN 2000-2005 Undergraduate
Programs and students
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Graduates and Qualified Professionals
Graduates and Qualified Professionals
580
600
593
550
496
523
489
500
476
450
454
407
436
434
Students
400
394
381
350
300
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Year
UNC Graduates
UNC Qualified Professionals
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Student Access to Internet and Printer
Student Access to Internet and Printer
12,00
350,00
300,00
10,00
250,00
8,00
200,00
6,00
Students per printer
150,00
Students per PC
4,00
100,00
2,00
50,00
0,00
0,00
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Year
Students with Internet connection
Students per printer
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Library Resources

2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Titles
63.115
62.220
62.035
62.849
64.010
65.524
Books
99.673
99.512
102.258
108.419
112.706
117.225
Titles and Thesis Papers
6.224
6.677
7.174
7.683
7.922
8.406
Periodicals (Paper)Periodical Subscriptions
765
774
705
748
734
727
Periodical Subscriptions
426
425
450
428
471
431
Periodical Subscriptions (Electronic)
205
233
253
638
968
1.325
Data Base Subscriptions
0
0
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12
18
20
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Postgraduate studies

• Masters Programs
• 1990
• Science (Mathematics)
• 1994
• Ocean Sciences
• 1996
• Economics of Exploration Geology
• 1997
• Executive MBA
• 2001
• Environmental Engineering
• 2002
• Anthropology
• 2003
• Aquaculture
• 2005
• Science (Chemistry)
• Accounting (full time)
• Management (full time)

• Doctoral Programs
• 2002
• PhD of Science (Geology)
• 2003
• PhD of Science (Mathematics) 2005
• Aquaculture
• 2006
• Anthropology

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D.G.I.P. PhD, Masters, Diplomas y Postgraduate
degrees at Universidad Católica del Norte 2005
PhDs

• Doctorate Programs Offered on the Main Campus
• Science (Geology)
• Science (Mathematics)
• Doctorate Programs Offered at the Coquimbo Campus
• Aquaculture (UCN U. de Chile PUCV).

Doctorate Programs offered at the Museum of
Sciences GUSTAVO LE PAIGE SAN PEDRO DE
ATACAMA 1. Anthropology
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PhD Enrollments and Graduates
PhD Enrollment, graduates
30
25
20
15
10
Students
5
0
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Year
Nº Programs
Newly enrolled
Enrolled
Graduates
PhD
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Nº Programs
0
0
1
2
2
3
Newly Enrolled
Chilean
0
0
6
1
3
5
Foreign
0
0
0
1
5
0
Total
0
0
6
2
8
5
Enrolled
Chilean
0
0
6
7
10
19
Foreign
0
0
0
1
6
9
Total
0
0
6
8
16
28
Graduates
0
0
0
0
0
1
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Masters Enrollment and Graduates
Masters Enrollment and Graduates
250
200
150
100
Students
50
0
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Year
Nº Programs
Newly enrolled
Enrolled
Graduates
Magister
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
6
7
8
9
9
12
Nº Programs
Newly Enrolled
30
42
97
43
70
77
Chilean
Foreign
11
27
28
19
4
6
Total
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69
125
62
74
83
Enrolled
Chilean
117
137
215
180
183
201
Foreign
44
0
28
21
20
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Total
161
137
243
201
203
227
Graduates
28
18
14
34
68
19
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Scientific Research and Productivity Institutes
and Research Facilities

• Institute of Archeological and Museum
  Research(IIAM)
• Institute of Astronomy
• Institute of Applied Regional Economics (IDEAR)
• Observatory of Regional Human Development
  (ORDHUM)
• Research Center for the Management of Technology
  for Business (CIGTE)
• Biotechnology Center
• Center for Methodological and Technological
  Innovation (CIMET)
• Center for Integrated Improvement in Construction
  (CEMIC)
• Center for Regional de Human Development (CREDHU)
• Center for Aquatic Industries Training and
  Services (CADES)

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Research Grant Projects
Research Projects
12
10
8
Quantity
6
10
8
4
7
7
7
6
5
4
4
4
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
FONDECYT
FONDEF
FIP
International
Projects
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
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D.G.D MECESUP Projects 1999-2004 at UCN

• Quality Management and Equity for Higher
  Education
• (MECESUP)
• 28 MECESUP projects awarded to UCN, during
  1999-2004, for a total of nearly 15 million
  (USD).

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D.G.D MECESUP Projects 1999-2004 at UCN
Undergraduate
UCN placement in MECE - SUP Project Grants
1st Award
2nd Award
3rd Award
4th Award
5th Award
6th Award
Total
Award
(Undergraduate)
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
UCN Grant Projects
3
5
4
5
4
1
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Award (M per annum) UCN Grant Projects
1.043.000
1.635.700
1.386.600
2.625.300
490.048
78.125
7.258.773
Award (M to December 2005) UCN Grant Projects
1.229.697
1.851.612
1.526.647
2.811.696
519.941
80.938
8.020.531
Location per amount (M) Grant Projects
- Regions I, II, III, IV
1
1
2
1
4
5
1
- Universities accredited by Commission of
Univ Presidents
5
1
5
2
18
12
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Postgraduate
UCN placement in MECE - SUP Project Grant
1st Award
2nd Award
3rd Award
4th Award
5th Award
6th Award
Total
Award
(Postgraduate)
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
1
1
0
2
1
0
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UCN Grant Projects
112.000
155.000
0
330.872
315.775
0
913.647
Award (M per annum) UCN Grant Projects
132.048
175.460
0
354.364
335.037
0
996.909
Award (M to December 2005) UCN Grant Projects
Location per amount (M) Grant Projects
2
1
1
1
1
0
1
- Regions I, II, III, IV
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8
8
8
3
0
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- Universities accredited by Commission of
Univ Presidents
Management
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Publications
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UCN Extension
Pinacoteca Chela Lira Exhibit Hall Folklore
Group COFUN - Tuna Universitaria Estudiantina
Universitaria Theatre Company and Chorus
Publications and Books
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4.500
12
4.000
12
3.500
9
9
10
3.000
8
8
7
8
7
2.500
Total of Books Published by Univerity Presses
Number of Titles of Books and Publications
6
7
2.000
6
3.600
3.850
4
3
1.500
2.700
4
1.000
1.800
2
1.200
500
900
0
0
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Year
Qty of Titles Published at a University Press
Periodical publications at the academic
departments
Total of Books Published by Univerity Presses
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International Agreements
Current International Agreements
Current International Agreements
120
100
80
60
Quantity
Quantity
105
95
86
40
78
74
68
20
0
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Year
Year
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Research Areas at UCN

• INFORMATION SYSTEMS.
• Software Engineering.
• Information Systems.
• Distribution Systems.
• Modeling and Knowledge-Based Systems.

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Research Areas at UCN

• INSTITUTO DE ASTRONOMÍA
• Observational Cosmology
• Galactic growth,evolution and activity disks
• Star clusters and galactic structures
• Globular Galactic Clusters and Extragalactic
  Globular Clusters
• Globular Cluster Variables
• Photometry of variable stars

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Research Areas at UCN

• CHEMISTRY
• Analytical and Environmental Chemistry
• Heavy Metals in Water, Biological Matrix and
  Speciation of Arsenic
• Double Hydroxide Laminates for use in Water
  Purificiation
• Water Geochemistry in Arid Zones of Central Andes
  of northern Chile
• Bioindicators
• Solid State chemistry
• Organic Chemistry

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Research Areas at UCN

• CHEMISTRY
• Natural Products Chemistry
• Organic Synthesis
• Biotechnology
• Copper Hydrometallurgy
• Computational Chemistry
• Corrosion

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Research Areas at UCN

• MATHEMATICS
• Matrix Theory and Linear Functions
• Dynamic Systems
• Control Theory and Differential Geometry
• Geometry and Foliations
• Statistics and Probabilities

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Research Areas at UCN

• PHYSICS
• Atmospheric and Environmental Physics
• Optoelectronics Macromolecular Crystallography
• Condensed Matter and Statistical Formulas
• Non Extensive systems
• Mesoscopic Systems
• Materials Science

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Research Areas at UCN

• GEOLOGY
• Tectonics
• Industrial Minerals
• Hydrogeology
• Environmental Geology and Geological Risks
• Regional Geology
• Metallogenesis

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Research Areas at UCN

• INSTITUTE OF ARCHEOLOGICAL AND MUSEUM
  RESEARCH(IIAM)
• Archaeology
• Bioanthropology
• Sociocultural Anthropology y Museology

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Research Areas at UCN

• ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT
• Regional Integration Andean-Bordering Nations.
• Natural Resource Exploitation and the
  Environment a Regional Perspective
• Diagnostics and Evaluation for Regional Economic
  And Social Management

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Research Areas at UCN

• MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY
• Research in Microbiology, Biotechnology and
  Molecular Biology. Principal Applied Areas
  Biomining , Environmental Control y
  Geomicrobiology (Emphasis on Extremophiles)

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Research Areas at UCN

• Guayacán Coquimbo Campus
• Marine Biology and Oceanography
• Environmental Management and Pollution.
• Fisheries Resource Evaluation Studies.
• Ecology and its Management Base, Repopulation
  and Management Studies.
• Genetics, Microbiology, Hystopathology , Marine
  Botany, Ecophysiology .
• Various Biological Studies of Commercial
  Interest. Disease Studies.
• Oceanography Chemistry and Physics Studies on
  Current and Tide Dynamics, Chemical Studies on
  Ocean Water.

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Research Areas at UCN

• Guayacán- Coquimbo Campus. Aquaculture
• Cultivation.
• Research, cultivation and technology in fish,
  mollusk, crustacean, Echinoderm Cultivation.
• Plankton and Phytoplankton Distribution and
  abundance.
• Cultivation Engineering Applicability of
  engineering to all cultivation.
• Center for Mollusk Production.
• Mollusk Seed Production Laboratory.

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Research Areas at UCN
Guayacán Coquimbo Campus Antarctica, Research
Program
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Future Challenges at UCN

• Postgraduate degrees
• Information Systems
• Chemistry
• Natural Resources (Metallurgical Chemistry)
• Biology and Applied Ecology
• Physics and Astronomy
• Social Psychology
• Creation of
• Scientific Technology Park
• Institute of Knowledge Management
• Institute of Pedagogy
• Consolidation of
• Business Development Center
• New museum, San Pedro de Atacama Desert

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