Centers and Field Stations
The 22 UC Scientific Research Centers of Excellence have a key role in creating frontier knowledge, one of the main axes of our university. By expanding access to knowledge, generating dialogues and contributing to building the future of Chile and the world; opening spaces for connection and collaboration that contribute to internationalization, which will increase the volume and global impact of interdisciplinary projects led by UC researchers.
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| ADVANCED CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASES – ACCDiS
Director: Sergio Lavandero |
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| CENTER OF INTERVENTIONAL MEDICINE FOR PRECISION AND ADVANCED CELLULAR THERAPY – IMPACT
Director: Maroun Khoury |
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| MILLENNIUM INSTITUTE ON IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOTHERAPY – IMII
Director: Alexis Kalergis |
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Environment
| CAPE HORN INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL CHANGE STUDIES AND BIOCULTURAL CONSERVATION – CHIC
Director: Ricardo Rozzi |
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| CENTER OF APPLIED ECOLOGY AND SUSTAINABILITY – CAPES
Director: Rosanna Ginocchio |
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| COASTAL SOCIAL ECOLOGICAL MILLENNIUM INSTITUTE – SECOS
Director: Stefan Gelcich |
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| INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND BIODIVERSITY – IEB
Director: Aníbal Pauchard |
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| MILLENNIUM INSTITUTE BIODIVERSITY OF ANTARCTIC AND SUBANTARCTIC ECOSYSTEMS – BASE
Director: Elie Poulin |
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| MILLENNIUM INSTITUTE CENTER FOR GENOME REGULATION – MI-CGR
Director: Miguel Allende |
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| MILLENNIUM INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY – iBio
Director: Luis Larrondo |
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| MILLENNIUM INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY – IMO
Director: Osvaldo Ulloa |
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| NATIONAL CENTER OF EXCELLENCE FOR THE WOOD INDUSTRY – CENAMAD
Director: José Luis Almazán |
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| RESEARCH CENTER FOR INTEGRATED DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT – CIGIDEN
Director: Rodrigo Cienfuegos |
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Astronomy
| CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN ASTROPHYSICS AND ASSOCIATED TECHNOLOGIES – CATA
Director: Patricia Tissera |
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| MILLENNIUM INSTITUTE OF ASTROPHYSICS – MAS
Director: Francisco Förster |
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Society
| CENTER FOR ADVANCED STUDIES IN EDUCATIONAL JUSTICE – CJE
Director: Claudia Matus |
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| CENTER FOR CANCER PREVENTION AND CONTROL – CECAN
Director: Bruno Nervi |
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| CENTER FOR INTERCULTURAL AND INDIGENOUS RESEARCH – CIIR
Director: Pedro Mege |
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| CENTRE FOR SOCIAL CONFLICT AND COHESION STUDIES – COES
Director: María Luisa Méndez |
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| CENTRE FOR SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT – CEDEUS
Director: Waldo Bustamante |
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| MILLENNIUM INSTITUTE FOR CARE RESEARCH – MICARE
Director: Claudia Miranda |
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| MILLENNIUM INSTITUTE FOR DEPRESSION AND PERSONALITY RESEARCH – MIDAP
Director: Alex Behn |
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| MILLENNIUM INSTITUTE ON VIOLENCE AND DEMOCRACY RESEARCH – VIODEMOS
Director: Angel Aedo |
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Energy
| MILLENNIUM INSTITUTE ON GREEN AMMONIA AS ENERGY VECTOR – MIGA
Director: Mauricio Isaacs |
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| SOLAR ENERGY RESEARCH CENTER – SERC CHILE
Director: Rodrigo Palma |
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Technology
| COMPLEX ENGINEERING SYSTEMS INSTITUTE – ISCI
Director: Leonardo Basso |
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| MILLENNIUM INSTITUTE FOR FOUNDATIONAL RESEARCH ON DATA – IMFD
Director: Juan Reutter |
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| MILLENNIUM INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT HEALTHCARE ENGINEERING – IHEALTH
Director: Claudia Prieto |
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| MILLENNIUM INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN OPTICS – MIRO
Director: Aldo Delgado |
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| NATIONAL CENTER FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH – CENIA
Director: Álvaro Soto |
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| SUBATOMIC PHYSICS ON THE HIGH ENERGIES FRONTIER – SAPHIR
Director: Sergey Kuleshov |
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The UC Interdisciplinary Research Centers seek to advance the knowledge of a specific area, with the interdisciplinary work of researchers along with professionals from the different UC faculties and units, and with the dissemination of the developed projects and their eventual application for the benefit of the society
| Center of Astro-Engineering, AIUC President: Vladimir Marianov |
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| UC Law and Water Management Center, CDGA President: Daniela Rivera |
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| Center for the Development of Inclusion Technologies, CEDETI President: Ricardo Rosas |
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| UC Centre for Local Development, Education and Interculturality, CEDEL UC President: Gonzalo Salazar |
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| UC Energy Research Center, CE-UC President: Enzo Sauma |
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| Center for Testing and External Studies of Chemistry, CEQUC President: Mauricio Brintrup |
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| The Center for Aging and Regeneration, CARE UC President: Nibaldo Inestrosa |
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| UC Center for Asian Studies, CEA UC President: Pedro Iacobelli |
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| Center for the Study of Religion, CER UC President: Miguel González |
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| Center for Study in Chilean Literature, CELICH President: Macarena Areco |
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| Center for Policy Studies and Practices in Education, CEPPE UC President: Alejandro Carrasco |
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| Center for the Study of Old Age and Aging UC, CEVE UC President: Rosa Kornfeld |
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| UC Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Edith Stein, CES UC President: P. Juan Francisco Pinilla |
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| Center for International Studies UC, CEIUC President: Jorge Sahd |
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| Corporate Governance Center, CGC UC President: Matías Zegers |
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| Biomedical Imaging Center, CIB UC President: Sergio Uribe |
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| Toxicology and Medicines Information Center, CITUC President: Juan Carlos Ríos |
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| Research Center for Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, CIEN UC President: Mauricio Isaacs |
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| UC Measurement Center, MIDE UC President: Jorge Manzi |
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| Cultural Heritage Center, CENPUC President: Umberto Bonomo |
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| Public Policy Center, CPPUC President: Ignacio Irarrázaval |
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| UC Risk and Insurance Center President: Roberto Ríos |
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| Atacama Desert Center, CDA UC President: Juan Luis García |
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| Interdisciplinary Center for Global Change, CCG UC President: Sebastián Vicuña |
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| Interdisciplinary Center of Neuroscience, NEURO UC President: Francisco Aboitiz |
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| Latin American Center for Economic and Social Policies, CLAPES UC President: Hernán de Solminiac |
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| Manuel Larraín Theologic Center, CTML President: Freddy Parra |
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| Translational Center for Endocrinology, CETREN-UC President: Carlos Fardella |
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| Center of Longitudinal Surveys and Studies, CEEL President: David Bravo |
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| UC Center for Innovation in Wood, CIM UC President: Juan José Ugarte |
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| UC Center for the Family, CUCF President: Carmen Domínguez |
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| Center UC Law and Religion, CDR President: Ana María Célis |
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This network enhances the interdisciplinary work of UC researchers, promoting undergraduate and postgraduate training, through interaction with the most representative ecosystems in Chile. The desert, the sea, the forests and glaciers are the perfect laboratory to study complex, diverse and valuable phenomena that seek to solve local problems with a global scope, always in harmony and cooperating with the local communities surrounding the centers and stations.
Zona Norte
| Atacama Desert Research Station – Alto Patache
Región de Atacama |
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| Loa Research Station – Loa River Mouth
Región de Tarapacá |
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Zona Centro
| Coastal Marine Research Station – Las Cruces
Región de Valparaíso |
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Zona Sur
| Center for Local Development – Villarrica
Región de La Araucanía |
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| Center of Excellence of Biomedicine in Magallanes – Punta Arenas
Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena |
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| Senda Darwin Biological Station – Chiloé
Región de Los Lagos |
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