University of the Frontier (Spanish: 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.
Universidad de La Frontera | |
Motto | Itinerarium mentis ad veritatem |
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Established | 1981 |
Students | 11,053 (2020) |
Undergraduates | 10,427 |
Postgraduates | 626 |
Location | 38°44′51″S 72°37′04″W / 38.7474°S 72.6177°W |
Campus | Andres Bello Campus, Medicine Campus |
Affiliations | Consejo de Rectores de las Universidades Chilenas Consorcio de Universidades Estatales de Chile |
Website | www.ufro.cl |
Facilities
editThe 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
edit- Pedro Cayuqueo, Mapuche activist and journalist[1]
- Gloria Dünkler, writer and recipient of the 2016 Pablo Neruda Award[2][3]
- Natividad Llanquileo, attorney, Mapuche activist, and member of the Chilean Constitutional Convention (2021–present)[4]
- Elisa Loncón, academic, Mapuche activist, and President of the Chilean Constitutional Convention (2021–2022)[5]
- Andrea Parra, member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile (2018–present) and former Governor of the Malleco Province (2014–2016)[6]
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References
edit- ^ "ESPACIO PÚBLICO". 2016-01-18. Archived from the original on 2016-01-18. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
- ^ "Premio de Poesía Joven Pablo Neruda 2016 a Gloria Dunkler" [2016 Pablo Neruda Youth Poetry Award to Gloria Dunkler] (in Spanish). Pablo Neruda Foundation. 16 March 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- ^ "Gloria Dünkler". Antología en Movimiento (in Spanish). 5 February 2009. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- ^ Cádiz, Rocío; Montes, Pablo (2021-05-15). "Académicos, feministas, exministros, indígenas: los perfiles que pueden definir el futuro político de Chile". EL PAÍS (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-07-05.
- ^ "Elisa Loncon Antileo". Department of Education - University of Santiago. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
- ^ Chile, BCN Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de (2020). "Irle Andrea Parra Sauterel. Reseñas biográficas parlamentarias". bcn.cl. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
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