Short Term Programs
UC Chile offers short courses for international students who want to study at our university during the vacation season*.
Come and discover our four-week interdisciplinary short courses, available both in-person and virtually for undergraduate students.
*UC Chile reserves the right to suspend the course if the minimum number of required students is not met.
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Intercultural Approaches for Public Health
It is an international experiential learning that offers conceptual and empirical elements of social sciences to place health-disease processes in a complex sociocultural environment.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Apacheta
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.
Contact us at
Cristián Bonilla, M.A.
Head of Study Abroad International Internships