Testimonials
  • Trenton Bruce, U.S.A. UVM Testimonio-Treton Bruce, USA

    Universidad de Viña del Mar “I chose to study at UVM because I wanted to learn my Spanish in a country where it was spoken everywhere… I liked that the campus was small and intimate for the students and their professors, and being in downtown Viña was great. Chile was an easy choice, since the [...]

  • Addy Jane Moon, U.S.A. UVM Testimonio- Anddy Monn

    Universidad de Viña de Mar UVM-Chile offered excellent opportunities to see the geography and experience the culture of Chile. The classes offered were small enough to foster great student-teacher and student-student interactions which contributed enormously to the retention of language and vocabulary skills picked up in everyday life outside of the classroom. Also, UVM-Chile made [...]

  • Patricia Alcoy, Francia. Duoc UC Patricia Alcoy

    “Chileans are very welcoming people, and are always ready to help foreigners that arrive to their country. I enjoy studying here because you are able to get close to Chileans, and learn more about their rich culture. What I´ve liked most about my experience has been sailing and be in touch with nature, since there [...]

Why Valparaíso?

Studing architecture watching the palaces and castles of Viña del Mar, to know Amereida, the Open City of Ritoque or to appreciate the unique urban structure of Valparaiso and its historic center, declared World Heritage Site, is quite an experience. To learn hispanoamerican literature and to have the opportunity to visit La Sebastiana of Neruda, is an invaluable contribution to those waiting to know the living reality in Latin America.

In an area with friendly people, of warm and picturesques cities, with a striking blend of heritage and modernity, the student who has chosen us has at its disposition, a wide range of academic choices in the most varied disciplines. Come and study at Valparaiso and live the integral experience to know Chile and our region, from one of the places with better quality of life in Latin America.

The region has as sister cities Viña del Mar and Valparaiso, nearby but distinct. One reflects its aristocratic past and present, their gardens and bustle of modernity in a city that calls itself “Viña Beautiful City”. The other, Valparaiso, has the charm and magic of its hills, the historic quarter with the heritage interest, the color of its bohemia and the attachment to old and romantic ways of life.

Advantages of the Region

At the national level, Valparaiso Region shows positive indicators in comparison to other zones of the country.

  • Positive Quality Indicators indicadoresIn the case of the National Ranking of the America Economia magazine, which evaluates the quality of the university...
  • High Accreditation acreditacion83% of the universities of the region have an accredited institutional quality, more than 78% of the country's universities.
  • Post Graduate teachers docentesIn 2009, the teachers staff of HEIs (Higher Education Institutions) in the Region of Valparaíso reached 8,232 teachers, of which 36%...
  • Security indicador_pazValparaíso and Viña del Mar are safest cities than Concepcion and Santiago. According to the Adimark-GfK study from october 2009.