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  The Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (UC, formerly PUC) (Spanish: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile) is one of Chile's oldest universities and one of the most prestigious educational institutions in Latin America.[citation needed] Since it is a Pontifical University, it has always had a strong and very close relationship with the Vatican. It was founded on June 21, 1888 through a decree issued by the Santiago Archbishop. Its first chancellor was Monsignor Joaquín Larraín Gandarillas. At the very beginning, the university only taught two subjects: law and mathematics. However, as time went by, the university began to expand rapidly, integrating a wide variety of disciplines, so as to become one of the country's most relevant higher education institutions, and a prominent university in America. Nowadays, the university comprises five different campuses: Campus Casa Central, Campus Oriente, Campus Lo Contador, Campus San Joaquin and Sede Regional Villarrica. It also owns Canal 13.
[edit] HistoryUC was founded on June 21, 1888, to offer training in traditional professions (law) and in technological and practical fields such as business, accounting, chemistry, and electricity. On February 11, 1930, Pope Pius XI declared it a pontifical university, and in 1931 it was granted full academic autonomy by the Chilean government. It is a private, urban, multi-campus university. It is one of the eleven Chilean Catholic universities, and one of the twenty-five institutions within the Rectors' Council (Consejo de Rectores), the Chilean state-sponsored university system. UC's 18 faculties are distributed through four campuses in Santiago and one regional campus located in southern Chile. The technical training centers affiliated with the University are: DUOC, the Rural Life Foundations, the Baviera Foundation, the Catechetical Home and the San Fidel Seminary. These centers carry out technical-academic extension activities in rural and agricultural areas. Other UC activities are a Sports Club, a television network that broadcasts into all regions, and a Clinical Hospital dependent on the Faculty of Medicine. UC 's Graduates of the School of Architecture (one of the most prominent in Latin America) have also made important contributions to the country with such work as the Central Building ("Casa Central") of UC, and the National Library. Two of the most important students are the Jesuit Saint Alberto Hurtado and Eduardo Frei Montalva, the only Chilean president who graduated from UC. Both of them studied in the School of Laws. [edit] Faculties & Subjects
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