The University of Santiago, Chile is one of the oldest public universities in Chile. The institution was born as Escuela de Artes y Oficios in 1849, under the government of Manuel Bulnes. It became Universidad Técnica del Estado in 1947, with various campuses throughout the country. In 1981, as a consequence of a reform on higher education under the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, it became what is now known as Universidad de Santiago de Chile, with all activities centered in a single 340,000 m² campus in the capital Santiago. The University of Santiago of Chile was created... in 1849. It is one of oldest traditional universities in Chile. The university was originally the "School of Arts and Crafts" which was founded in 1849 during the Manuel Bulnes Prieto rule. Later during the presidency of Gabriel González Videla through the DFL Decree No.
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| Location: | Santiago,
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| Founded: | 1849 |
| Total enrollment: | 19,086 |