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Office of the Provost

The Office of the Provost is a unit of direct support to the Rector's management. This task ensures the alignment and coordination of the different units with the University's academic project, guiding the definition of policies and articulating the roles of various actors within the university community.


About the Provost

It is the unipersonal authority of the University in charge of subrogating the President in case of absence or temporary impediment and carrying out all functions explicitly delegated by the President.

Office of the Provost Units

Office of Academic Development

Studies, proposes, and implements policies to strengthen academic careers at UC Chile, managing processes such as hiring, promotion, evaluation, and dismissal of professors, as well as coordinating horizontal initiatives, supporting advisory committees, and collaborating with other units in this area.

Rodrigo Mardones

Director

Office of Strategic Planning

The unit is responsible for coordinating the formulation and review of strategic plans for academic units and agencies of the Senior Management. It monitors and evaluates the impact of the University's strategic plans in coordination with other UC departments. It also participates in the economic evaluation of academic programs, advising the Office of the Provost, the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs, and the Office of the Vice President for Finance.

Víctor Villarroel

Director

Office of Arts and Culture

The Office of Arts and Culture is responsible for designing, proposing, and supporting actions in the field of the arts and culture that are developed within UC Chile, in coordination with the Office of the Provost for Institutional Management, other Offices of Vice Presidents, and Academic and Administrative units, as well as with external public and private actors.

José Manuel Izquierdo

Director

Office of Cultural Heritage

The unit that seeks to promote the process of safeguard –selection, valorization, conservation, research, management and diffusion – of the distinct heritage collections that University’s estimate to put under its protection and responsability, working jointly and transversally with the units and internal teams that manage the cultural heritage.

Emilio de la Cerda

Director

Office of Mental Health, Community, and Wellness

The mission of the Office of Mental Health, Community and Welfare is to provide sustainable, evidence-based care for the well-being of the entire UC Chile community, coordinating policies and actions in collaboration with various academic and administrative units to foster healthy environments, support comprehensive development, and promote an institutional culture of care.

Antonia Errázuriz

Director

Office of Gender Equality

The mission of the Office of Gender Equality is to strengthen the university’s institutional framework in this area, promoting policies and actions that ensure a culture free of discrimination and that integrate the principle of gender equality in all areas of the UC Chile community through training, monitoring, inter-institutional coordination, and the development of mechanisms that promote shared responsibility and wellbeing.

Carolina Muñoz

Director

Office of the University Library Administration UC Chile

The unit responsible for ensuring that libraries are properly managed and integrated into the University’s teaching, learning, research and outreach processes by responding to its needs, granting timely and efficient access to information resources, and ensuring proper management of human, physical, financial and technological resources.

Internal Quality Assurance Office

The unit is responsible for promoting and ensuring compliance with the criteria established in the Quality Assurance Policy. Coordinates actions and projects with academic and administrative units to strengthen the culture of quality.

Executive Direction

The main function of the Executive Office is to coordinate the departments and areas of the Office of the Provost, administer its resources, and develop and manage its budget. In addition, its functions include coordinating projects related to academic management, and, in particular, the financing of the academic staff, supporting development plans, participating in processes of economic evaluation for programs, and carrying out the tasks assigned by the Vice President.

Mauricio Ferrari

Executive Director