University of La Frontera explained
University of the Frontier |
Native Name: | Universidad de La Frontera |
Motto: | Itinerarium mentis ad veritatem |
Established: | 1981 |
Campus: | Andres Bello Campus, Medicine Campus |
Students: | 11,053 (2020) |
Undergrad: | 10,427 |
Postgrad: | 626 |
Affiliations: | Consejo de Rectores de las Universidades Chilenas Consorcio de Universidades Estatales de Chile |
Location: | Temuco, Chile |
Website: | www.ufro.cl |
University of the Frontier (Spanish; Castilian: Universidad de La Frontera) or UFRO is a public university in Temuco, Araucanía Region, Chile. It is a derivative university and part of the Chilean Traditional Universities. UFRO boasts a student body with a variety of abilities and from a variety of backgrounds, many of them are Mapuche descent.
Facilities
The university owns a property called Rucamanque, that is used for research, environmental education, and conservation. Rucamanque holds old-growth and second-growth forest.
Notable alumni
Notes and References
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- Web site: 16 March 2017. Premio de Poesía Joven Pablo Neruda 2016 a Gloria Dunkler. 2016 Pablo Neruda Youth Poetry Award to Gloria Dunkler. 26 January 2018. Pablo Neruda Foundation. Spanish.
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- Web site: Chile. BCN Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de. 2020. Irle Andrea Parra Sauterel. Reseñas biográficas parlamentarias. 2021-07-04. bcn.cl.