Special programs

Experience an international academic journey at UC Chile! Discover our short programs designed for students from all over the world, open to all fields of knowledge and academic levels.

We offer interdisciplinary courses lasting between two and four weeks, available during the summer in Chile.

Our offerings include current and global topics such as Spanish language learning, doing business in Latin America, health from an intercultural perspective, climate risk and sustainability, among others. Each program combines academic excellence with an enriching cultural experience in Chile.

*UC Chile reserves the right to suspend the course if the minimum number of required students is not met.

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Read the testimonials of international students who have experienced a special program at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

From Climate Risk to Sustainability

In this course, students will equip themselves with essential tools to critically analyze pressing global socio-environmental issues. By leveraging scientific data and employing systemic thinking, participants will explore the intricate web of climate risks, identifying key variables and the multifaceted roles necessary to tackle the socio-environmental crisis. Starts: January 4, 2027.

Apacheta | How to do Business in Latin America

Apacheta is a four-week Spanish language and cultural immersion experience that integrates Spanish courses with 10 seminars about doing business in Latin America and its cultural perspective. Starts: January 4, 2027.

Intercultural Approaches for Public Health

It is an international experiential learning program that offers conceptual and empirical elements from social sciences to place health-disease processes in a complex sociocultural environment. Starts: January 4, 2027.

Spanish Course

UC Chile offers Spanish courses for international students who come to study at our university. Depending on each participant's program, they may choose from the following range of courses.

Circular Economy in Construction (ESP)

A Spanish-language program created by the School of Civil Construction and the Vice-Rectorate for International Affairs of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. It is theoretical, applied, and interdisciplinary, and will analyze the incorporation of the circular economy in the construction industry.

Spanish in Chile Program

The program seeks to promote immersion in our language, full of passion, history, and tradition, through different on-campus, online, and tailor-made alternatives, allowing the participants to approach our culture, generating a unique and positive experience.

Forest Ecology: Perspectives from the South

This intensive course, featuring practical fieldwork, focuses on the ecology, biodiversity, history, and conservation of southern Chile's temperate forests. Participants will analyze the history, floristic diversity, biological interactions, and regeneration dynamics of Chilean forests, situating these within the broader patterns and processes of temperate and tropical forests.

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