I. Exchange programs Due to the modern world's requirements for professionals, intellectuals, and scientists with the capacity to interact efficiently within highly heterogeneous cultural groups, UC's policy is to support every opportunity leading foreign students and its own students to become familiar with other cultures. The main purpose of the Office of International Programs is to promote, develop, organize, and establish formal agreements for cooperation and exchange with foreign universities. UC is deeply committed to offering students from around the world the opportunity to participate in graduate and undergraduate programs at UC, as well as to provide students the intellectual and cultural benefits of a study abroad experience. Programs are designed according to the needs of the foreign universities and the regulations of UC. Due to this flexibility, in the past 14 years UC has come to formal agreements with 236 universities from 38 countries, which has led to more than 7800 international graduate and undergraduate students attending courses at the university. In August 1994, UC started formally exchange programs with several institutions in order to offer graduate and undergraduate students the opportunity to study one semester in a foreign university. From 1994 to 2005, more than 2.700 students have attended universities in the United States, México, Canada, Europe, Asia, Australia, Japan and New Zealand. ACADEMIC Exchange AGREEMENTS At present, UC holds exchange agreements with the following institutions: ARGENTINA • Pontificia Universidad Católica de Argentina • Universidad Católica de Córdoba • Universidad Nacional de San Juan • Universidad Torcuato Di Tella • Universidad Austral   AUSTRALIA • Monash University • Queensland University of Technology • The University of Adelaide • The University of Melbourne • The University of Queensland • The University of Sydney • University of New South Wales • University of South Australia • University of Technology, Sydney • Griffith University • MacQuarie University   AUSTRIA • Akademie Der Bildenden Künste Wien   BELGIUM • Université Catholique de Louvain, La Neuve • Katholieke Universiteit Leuven   BOLIVIA • Universidad Católica Boliviana "San Pablo"   BRAZIL • Fundaçãon Universidade de Brasília • Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro • Universidade Federal de Bahia   CANADA • Queen's University at Kingston • Simon Fraser University • The University of British Columbia • Université de Montréal • Université du Quebec a Montreal • Université Laval • University of Alberta   CHEZ REPUPLIC • University of Economics, Prague   CHINA • Beijing Institute of Technology • Beijing Foreign Studies University   COLOMBIA • Universidad de Los Andes   COSTA RICA • Universidad de Costa Rica   CROATIA • University of Zagreb • University of Split   DENMARK • Engineering College of Copenhagen   ENGLAND • King's College London • The University of Manchester • The University of Sussex • The University of Warwick • University College London • University of Bath • University of Birmingham • University of Leeds   FINLAND • Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration • Jyväskyla Polytechnic University   FRANCE • Conserv. Nat. Sup. de Musique et de Danse de Paris • École Centrale Paris • École d'Architecture de la Ville & des Territoires à Marne-la-Vallée • École des Mines de Nantes • École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Étienne • École Polytechnique • ENSCI - Les Ateliers • ESCP- EAP European School of Management • FESIA (Angers, Lille, Purpan, Beauvais, Rhone-Alpes) • Grupe GE4 • ICN, School of Management • Institut d´Etudes Politiques de Paris- Sciences Po • Institut d' Economie Scientifique Et de Gestion - IESEG • Université Catholique de Lille • Université D´Aix Marseille III • Université De Montpellier- Ecole N. S. Chimie • Université de Reims-Champagne-Ardenne • Université de Technologie Troyes • Université Montesquieu- Bordeaux IV • Université Paris-Nord, Paris XIII • Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris VI • Univ. Paul Cezanne - Institut d´Etudes Politiques d'Aix en Provence • Grenoble Graduate School of Business • Groupe ESC Reims • Université Paris Douphine GERMANY • Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg • Bayerische Julius-Maximilans-Universität Würzburg • Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen • Hochschule für Musik Detmold • Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München • Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg • Technische Universität Berlin • Technische Universität München • Universität Hohenheim • Universität Karlsruhe (TH) • Universität Konstanz • Universität Mannheim • Universität Ulm • Univesrsität Stuttgart   HONG KONG • City University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Business   IRELAND • University College Dublin • Griffith College Dublin   ISRAEL • Technion - Israel Institute of Technology   ITALY • Instituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia • Politecnico di Torino • Politecnico di Milano • Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore • Università Degli Studi di Bologna • Università Degli Studi di Ferrara • Università Degli Studi di Firenze • Università Degli Studi di Genova • Università Degli Studi di Pisa • Università Degli Studi di Roma Tre • Università Degli Studi di Trento • Università Degli Studi di Siena JAPAN • International Christian University • Kansai Gaidai University • Kyushu University • Sophia University • The University of Tokyo • Waseda University   KOREA • Duksung Women´s University • The Catholic University of Korea • University of Korea MEXICO • Tecnológico de Monterrey (ITESM) • Universidad Anáhuac • Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara • Universidad de Guanajuato • Universidad La Salle • Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)   NEW ZEALAND • Auckland University of Technology • The University of Auckland • University of Otago • Victoria University of Wellington on NORWAY • Norwegian University of Science & Technology- Trondheim • University of Bergen   PERÚ • Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú  POLAND • Universidad de Jaguellónica  PORTUGAL • Universidade do Porto • Universidade Nova de Lisboa • Universidade de Lisboa RUSSIA • Lomonosov Moscow State University SINGAPORE • Singapore Management University SCOTLAND • Glasgow School of Arts • Napier University • Robert Gordon University • The University of Glasgow • The University of Edinburgh SOUTH AFRICA • Stellenbosh Universityrsity SPAIN • EINA, Escola de Disseny i Art • ESADE, Escuela Superior de Administración y Dirección de Empresas • Escola Superior de Disseney Elisava • Universidad Autónoma de Madrid • Universidad de Alcalá de Henares • Universidad de Cantabria • Universidad de Granada • Universidad de Salamanca • Universidad de Sevilla • Universidad del País Vasco • Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña • Universidad Politécnica de Madrid • Universidad Politécnica de Valencia • Universidad Pontificia de Comillas • Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca • Universidad Pública de Navarra • Universidad Ramón Llull • Universidad Santiago de Compostela • Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona • Universitat Pompeu Fabra SWEDEN • KTH- Royal Institute of Technology • Uppsala University • Stockholm University   SWITZERLAND • University of Fribourg   THE NETHERLANDS • Delft University of Technology • Universiteit Maastricht • Universiteit Van Amsterdam   UNITED STATES • Boston College • Carnegie Mellon University • Colorado School Of Mines • Duke University - School of Law dison • New York University • Northeastern University, College of Business Administration • Northern Arizona University • St. John's University • The University of Arizona • The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill • The University of North Carolina at Charlotte • The University of Texas at Austin • University of Alabama at Birmingham • University of California (Berkeley, Los Ángeles, Sta. Barbara, Sta. Cruz, Irvine, Davis, Riverside, San Diego) • University of Georgia • University of Illinois at Chicago • University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign • University of Maryland • University of Miami • University of Montana • University of Richmond • University of Wisconsin, Madison • University of Florida - Warrington College of Business VENEZUELA • Universidad Central de Venezuela uela BILATERAL ACADEMIC EXCHANGE AGREEMENTS MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA) In this area, the UC has graduate and undergraduate level exchange agreements with the following institutions: ARGENTINA • Universidad Torcuato di Tella • Pontificia Universidad Católica de Argentina   AUSTRALIA • The University of Melbourne   BELGIUM • Université Catholique de Louvain, La Neuve   BRAZIL • Fundación Getulio Vargas • Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro   CANADA • Groupe HEC Montreal • The University of British Columbia • The University of Western Ontario • University of Calgary • York University   DENMARK • Copenhagen Business School   ENGLAND • University of Warwick - Warwick School of Business   FINLAND • Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration FRANCE • E.M. Lyon - École de Management • ESCP- EAP European School of Management • Groupe HEC Paris • Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour   GERMANY • Hochschule für Bankwirtschaft • Universität Zu Köln • WHU Koblenz GUATEMALA • Universidad Francisco Marroquín   ISRAEL • Tel Aviv University - The Leon Recanati Graduate School of Business Administration   ITALY • Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi MÉXICO • Tec de Monterrey (ITESM) NORWAY • NHH - Norges Handelshoyskole Bergen - Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration   SPAIN • Instituto de Empresa de Madrid • Universidad del País Vasco, San Sebastián an Sebastián SOUTH AFRICA • University of Witwatersrand   SWEDEN • Handeshögskolan Istockholm - Stockholm School of Economics   SWITZERLAND • St. Gallen Graduate School of Economics, Law, Business Administration and Social Sciencesocial Sciences   THE NETHERLANDS • De Universiteit Van Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Econometrics • Erasmus University Rotterdam - Rotterdam School of Management   UNITED STATES • Duke University • Emory University - The Goizueta Business School • Indiana University - Bloomington - School of Business • New York University - Leonard N. Stern School of Business • Northwestern University - J. L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management • Ohio State University, Fisher College of Business • Oregon State University, College of Business • The University of Chicago - The Graduate School of Business • The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill • The Kenan-Flagler Business School • The University of South Carolina • The University of Texas at Austin - McCombs School of Business • Thunderbird, Glendale, Arizona - The American Graduate School of International Management • University of California UCLA - The Anderson School of Management • University of California, Davis-Graduate School of Management • University of Washington - Seattle - Graduate School of Business • University of Wisconsin - Madison - Graduate School of Business • Vanderbilt University - Owen Graduate School of Management   VENEZUELA • IESA - Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración UNILATERAL ACADEMIC EXCHANGE AGREEMENTS UC receive students from the following Institutions: UNITED STATES • Harvard University • University of Michigan - Ann Arbor • Tufts University • University of Wisconsin • Washington University in St. Louis • Clemson University • Northeastern University • State University of New York - Plattsburgh • The California State University • University of Colorado at Denver • University of Notre Dame • University of Oklahoma • Georgia Institute of Technology • Cooperating Program in the Americas (COPA) • Council on Int. Educational Exchange (CIEE) • Inst. for the Int. Education of Students (IES) MEXICO • Universidad de Monterrey PROGRAM FORMATS Academic programs for exchange students can be set up in a variety of ways. The Office of International Programs prides itself on its flexibility in meeting the needs of all types of programs. Formats developed thus far include: Regular Courses that require students to enroll for the semester as full-time UC students, attending standard UC classes with their Chilean peers. Special Courses are tailor-made, may have variable length, and can be offered in a second language. Mixed programs offer students the chance to take advantage of both of the above mentioned systems. Students can enroll in some standard UC courses, but may also receive instruction in classes designed to meet their specific needs. Visiting Research Students (Visiting Scholars) Foreign undergraduate and graduate students may undertake one stay at UC working on a topic supervised by a professor on the student's main subject of interest. MULTIDISCIPLINARY COURSE ON CHILEAN CULTURE This 8 credit course specifically designed to meet the needs of foreign visiting students, includes topics such as: • Chilean History in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries • A Review of Traditional and Contemporary Rural Society in Chile • Economic Development of Chile 1940 - Present • The Social and Political Situation of Women in Chile • Democratic Consolidation in Chile: A Southern Cone Perspective • Chilean Nobel Literature: Pablo Neruda and Gabriela Mistral WOMEN AND SOCIETY IN CHILE (XIX AND XX CENTURIES) An 8 credit course that analyzes several topics including: • Twentieth Century History of Women in Chile • Access of women to Work and Civic Life • Women and Literature SPANISH FOR FOREIGNERS PROGRAM The Program of Spanish Language for Foreign Students is offered by a highly qualified staff of university professors and lecturers who organize 30 to 60 hours of intensive or semester base Spanish language courses in three levels: elementary, intermediate and advanced. These courses are designed in conjunction with the different academic institutions to fit the communication needs of foreign university students. The specific layout and contents are usually established in agreement with the individuals or academic/ professional institutions requesting the courses.