University of Concepción (UdeC) is located in Concepción, Bío Bío, Chile. It is locally known as Universidad de Concepción. The university was established in 1920. It is accredited by Consejo Superior de Educación, Chile. It is the third oldest university in Chile, and one of the 25 universities belonging to the Council of Rectors of Chilean Universities. It was the first University created in the center-south zone of the country, besides being the 1st to be constituted as a private law corporation and belong to the Cruz del Sur University Network; it also belongs to the G9 University Network. The University of Concepción also had a pioneering role in the reform movement of Chilean universities that took place at the end of the 1960s. It was the first Chilean university that approved the University Reform in that period (1968), giving greater participation to students in university management. The origins of the MIR (Chile) is also found amid the student movement at the University of Concepción in that period.

School Director: Carlos Saavedra Rubilar

Population: 30000

Population of Teaching Staff: 1200

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