University of Atacama

University of Atacama (Spanish: Universidad de Atacama) or UDA is a university in Chile. It is part of the Chilean Traditional Universities. The university is located in Copiapó, in the Third Region, Atacama.

The University was created in 1981, as a fusion of the old Mines School of Copiapo, founded in 1857 and very prestigious in the minerals industries, this School was integrated in 1947 in early foundated Universidad Técnica del Estado, being the new U.T.E. until 1981 the most important Chilean university in applied sciences and the Normal School of Copiapó, founded in 1905. UDA has four Faculties: Humanities and Education, Law, Engineering, and Natural Sciences, as well as five institutes: the Technological Institute, the Language Institute, the Center for Technical Education (CFT), the Institute for Scientific and Technological Research (IDITEC), and INSAMIN.

The University of Atacama houses several historical monuments on campus, including the first steam engine to traverse Chile, between Copiapó and the port city of Caldera, in 1851.

Chilean Traditional Universities (Consejo de Rectores)
  • Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
  • Arturo Prat University
  • Southern University of Chile
  • Temuco Catholic University
  • Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso
  • Catholic University of the Holy Conception
  • Catholic University of the Maule
  • Catholic University of the North
  • University of Antofagasta
  • University of Atacama
  • University of Concepción
  • University of Chile
  • University of La Serena
  • University of La Frontera
  • University of Los Lagos
  • University of Magallanes
  • Playa Ancha University of Educational Sciences
  • University of Santiago, Chile
  • University of Talca
  • University of Tarapacá
  • University of Valparaíso
  • University of the Bío-Bío
  • Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences
  • Federico Santa María Technical University
  • Metropolitan University of Technology

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