The Federico Santa María Technical University , is a Chilean university founded in 1926 and situated in Valparaíso, Chile. The University has campuses in Valparaiso, Viña del Mar, Santiago, Talcahuano and Rancagua, as well as an international campus in Guayaquil, Ecuador. The University is the alma mater of several prominent businessmen, engineers and chilean scientists. UTFSM was the first chilean university to confer a doctorate in engineering in 1962 and the first higher-education institution in Latin America to confer this degree. The University offers severals... undergraduate and graduate degrees in technical areas. For six consecutive years, UTFSM has been ranked the third best university in Chile in terms of quality perception given by more than 1000 important business executives . The university has special emphasis in technical fields as physics, mathematics, chemistry, biotechnolgy, and engineering fields as mechanical, electrical, electronical and chemical engineering with a significant growth in business research..
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| Location: | Valparaíso,
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| Founded: | 1929 |
| Total enrollment: | 17,483 |
| Colors: | Azure, Gules, Or |