University of Santiago, Chile

The University of Santiago, Chile (Usach) () is one of the oldest public universities in Chile. The institution was born as ''Escuela de Artes y Oficios'' (Spanish: ''School of Arts and Careers'') in 1849 by Ignacy Domeyko, under the government of Manuel Bulnes. It became ''Universidad Técnica del Estado'' (Spanish: ''Technical University of the State'') in 1947, with various campuses throughout the country. In 1981, as a consequence of a reform on higher education under the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, it became what is now known as ''Universidad de Santiago de Chile'', with all activities centered in a single 340,000 m² campus in the capital Santiago. Provided by Wikipedia