Alberto Hurtado University

Alberto Hurtado University
Universidad Alberto Hurtado
Motto The Jesuit University of Chile
Type Jesuit
Established October 23, 1997 (October 23, 1997)
President Cristián del Campo Simonetti SJ[1]
Rector Eduardo Silva Arévalo S.J.
Academic staff
 359[2]
Students 4300
Address Almirante Barroso 6, Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile, Chile
Website uahurtado

Alberto Hurtado University (Spanish: Universidad Alberto Hurtado – UAH) is a Jesuit university located in downtown Santiago. Established in 1997, the university was created from the merger of three separate institutes: Instituto Latinoamericano de Doctrina y Estudios Sociales (ILADES), the Centro de Investigación, Desarrollo de la Educación (CIDE), and the Fundación Educacional Roberto Bellarmino. The university is named after a famous Chilean Jesuit Saint, Father Alberto Hurtado. UAH is a member of the AUSJAL and of FLACSI. It receives support from Fundación Mar Adentro.[3]

Location

The school is located in downtown Santiago, one subway stop west of the Presidential Palace. As the school has grown since its inception it has bought several of the larger homes in the area to create class space and faculty offices. One of the buildings the university bought was the former headquarters of the soccer team Club Deportivo y Social Colo Colo.

Academics

The University is composed of six schools: Psychology, Education, Philosophy and Humanities, Law, Economics and Business, and Social Sciences.[4]

The School of Economics and Business ILADES[5] is closely connected with its Jesuit partner institution Georgetown University. It is possible to earn a Georgetown Masters of Arts degree in economics by taking all of the classes in Chile. ILADES was the recipient of a grant subsidizing the study of US-Latin American relations.[6]

The School of Education has its own research Center for Investigation and Development in Education (CIDE).[7]

In 2017 the Department of Political Science and International Relations of UAH entered into an agreement with the National Academy of Political and Strategic Studies to join together their critical reflection on Chile's relations with South America.[8]

The Psychology Department has engaged students in the study of the past history of Chile, through Villa Grimaldi Park for Peace.[9]

UAH has offered a joint program in oral criminal litigation with Washington College of Law of American University.[10]

The University publishes the social science journal Persona y Sociedad.[11]

UAH has bestowed awards for excellence in journalism.[12]

Social justice

UAH has an Interdisciplinary Program on Migration Studies (PRIEM) which links various departments and centers within the university in research, teaching and extension work related to the issue of migrants.[13]

UAH from its interest in assisting the most vulnerable communities extended its educational outreach to the officials of the Municipality of Maipú, for its continuous education and postgraduate programs of the Department of Political Science.[14]

UAH is seriously committed to social justice.[15] In fall of 2007 the school proposed an increase in tuition. Students, many of whom were first generation college students, objected to the increase and went on strike. The University was understanding of the students' complaints and allowed the strike to proceed on campus. Ultimately the issue was settled to the mutual satisfaction of both sides.

Then in 2016 students protesters caused severe damage to the university leading to suspensions. This provoked public debate over the issues involved.[16]

Center for Reflection and Social Action

The Center for Reflection and Social Action (CREAS) was founded in 1997 at Alberto Hurtado University to foster reflection and social action throughout the university, in pursuit of the Jesuit ideal of educating men and women for others.[17]

Methodology

CREAS facilitates relations of faculty, students, and administrators with social organizations, and organizes seminars, conferences, and workshops to impact society and public policy. It networks with the Association of Jesuit Universities in Latin America (AUSJAL) in defining the social responsibility of universities and facilitates programs for the University's pastoral department.[18]

CREAS facilitated the founding of the Social Observatory for the monitoring of public policies on social security.[19] It is a member of the Ibero-American Observatory on Human Mobility, migration, and Development.[20] It also helps organize seminars to examine new legislation proposed by the government, like that on "Migrations: challenges for Chile in the light of the Spanish experience."[21] Two of the CREAS staff are on the eleven member team of the Chilean human rights institute.[22]

CREAS helped found Training School for Social Leaders and facilitates student initiatives in forming organizations like MOVILIZA, Clerical Training School Blest, Radio Federation. and PreUah. This task is consolidated in a Social Projects Incubator that supports student projects. CREAS has contributed more than 7 million pesos toward 35 student projects in the interest of vulnerable groups, community networking, citizen participation, environment, human rights, and other causes.[23][24]

CREAS has facilitated volunteering through training, seminars, publications, and networking, and has created a volunteer school in conjunction with the Chilean Volunteer Network and the Municipality of Santiago.[25]

CREAS also connects University students with vulnerable sectors of society. It inaugurated a community-based summer school with students from Georgetown University and from the social leadership course.[25] Such courses have become a part of the Service Learning Program which assists teachers in incorporating social action in their courses, involving 20 courses, 30 instructors, and more than 500 students by 2016.[26][27]

References

  1. ↑ "Autoridades | Universidad | Universidad Alberto Hurtado". Universidad Alberto Hurtado (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  2. ↑ "Universidad Alberto Hurtado". Top Universities. 2015-07-16. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  3. ↑ "Universidad Alberto Hurtado - Fundación Mar Adentro". Fundación Mar Adentro. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  4. ↑ "Facultades y Carreras | Admisión UAH | Universidad Alberto Hurtado". Universidad Alberto Hurtado (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  5. ↑ "Ranked N°19 - Master of Arts in Economics - ILADES - Universidad Alberto Hurtado - Business school". www.best-masters.com. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  6. ↑ "Universidad Alberto Hurtado - for general support of Universidad Alberto Hurado's ILADES Center - Hewlett Foundation". Hewlett Foundation. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  7. ↑ "CIDE - Quiénes Somos". www.cide.cl. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  8. ↑ "Reunión de coordinación entre la ANEPE y la Universidad Alberto Hurtado – ANEPE – Academia Nacional de Estudios Políticos y Estratégicos – Ministerio de Defensa Nacional". www.anepe.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  9. ↑ "Se concreta alianza de colaboración entre Universidad Alberto Hurtado y Parque por la Paz Villa Grimaldi". Villa Grimaldi (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  10. ↑ Araneda, Sandra. "CEJA, Washington College of Law y Universidad Alberto Hurtado dictan en enero Diplomado en Litigación Oral Penal en Washington D.C." Cejamericas (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  11. ↑ "Persona y Sociedad". personaysociedad.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  12. ↑ "Universidad Alberto Hurtado Archivos - Revista Paula". Revista Paula (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  13. ↑ "PRIEM | Programa Interdisciplinario de Estudios MigratoriosPRIEM | Programa Interdisciplinario de Estudios Migratorios". priem.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  14. ↑ "Municipalidad de Maipú – Maipú firma importante convenio con Universidad Alberto Hurtado". www.municipalidadmaipu.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  15. ↑ "Memory & Human Rights". memoriayderechoshumanosuah.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  16. ↑ 13, Tele. "Dispute" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  17. ↑ "Men for Others". onlineministries.creighton.edu. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  18. ↑ "CUI | Centro Universitario Ignaciano | U.A.Hurtado | 2016". www.cuignaciano.uahurtado.cl. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
  19. ↑ Multimedia, Puntos. "Universidad Alberto Hurtado crea Observatorio de Seguridad Social". Cambio21.cl. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
  20. ↑ Delgado, Gemma Simon. "Instituciones y entidades miembros". Universidad Pontificia Comillas (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-02-14.
  21. ↑ "Seminario "Migraciones: desafíos para Chile a la luz de la experiencia española"". Revista Sur (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-02-14.
  22. ↑ Chile., BioBioChile - La Red de Prensa Más Grande de (2013-06-29). "Inadecuado nombramiento en INDH: Para velar por los derechos humanos hay que creer en ellos". BioBioChile - La Red de Prensa Más Grande de Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-02-14.
  23. ↑ "Fondos Concursables para Iniciativas Estudiantiles 2014 | Universidad Alberto Hurtado". Universidad Alberto Hurtado (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-02-14.
  24. ↑ "Fondos Concursables | Universidad Alberto Hurtado". www.uahurtado.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-02-14.
  25. 1 2 "Quienes somos". creas.uahurtado.cl. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
  26. ↑ "Aprendizaje Servicio en el Mundo - ASFACEUBB". ASFACEUBB (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-02-14.
  27. ↑ "Aprendizaje Servicio | Formación Integral | Estudiantes | Universidad Alberto Hurtado". Universidad Alberto Hurtado (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-02-14.

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