History
The Universidad de los Andes, founded in 1989, at Santiago de Chile, by a group of academics, professionals and outstanding businessmen who proposed to found a higher education establishment whose specific purpose was to elaborate an organic and universal synthesis of the human culture, that integrates the dispersion of the specialties in the radical unity of the truth, enlightened and invigorated by the Catholic faith.
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University Ranking
QS World University Rankings by TopUniversities
2024
951 -150
2023
801
2022
801
QS World University Rankings is one of the top international rankings measuring the popularity and performance of universities all over the world. They measure university reputation based on the impressions of higher education experts, companies who hire graduates, and teaching quality. QS also considers the ratio of international teachers and students present at universities, as well as the times research papers were mentioned by researchers. After calculating and comparing these criteria, QS ranks the universities accordingly.
World University Rankings by Times Higher Education
2024
1201
2023
1201 -200
2022
1001
World University Rankings is a vital resource that provides the definitive list of the world's best universities. They look at how often they're producing new ideas, what their reputation is around the world, and how much they're contributing to science and academic fields. After calculating and comparing these criteria, THE ranks the universities accordingly.
Medical services
UANDES owns two health centers:
- the San Bernando Health Center, covering various medical, dental and mental health specialties
- the Clinica Universidad de los Andes, housing more than 100 hospital beds, eight surgical pavilions, four maternity wards and 12 emergency room cubicles, plus adult, pediatric and neonatology Intensive Care Units; Clinical Laboratory; Blood bank and Vaccination center etc.
Campus life
- Located at the foot of the Cordillera de los Andes, large green areas with spaces for teaching and research, academic faculties and university life, sports and recreation, culture and spiritual assistance, coexist in its 52 hectares.
- The infrastructure and disposition of the campus seeks to promote a serene study environment, a natural environment favoring intellectual creativity and beauty with a pedagogical sense, since the relevance of aesthetics as an engine for imagination has a vital influence on the students’ learning process as they awaken their five senses to allow them to interpret the world.
Sports facilities
An integral cultivation of young personalities, present in the mission of the University, has orientated the disposition of a sports sector, that includes a covered gym for sports and physical training with fitness equipment, a natural grass regulation field, for soccer, rugby and hockey, two synthetic grass fields for Futbolito, one hard surface tennis court and one climbing wall, in addition to dressing rooms.