University of Santiago, Chile
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The University of Santiago, Chile (Usach) (Universidad de Santiago de Chile) is one of the oldest public research universities in Chile. It was founded as Escuela de Artes y Oficios (School of Arts and Careers) in 1849 by Ignacy Domeyko, under the government of Manuel Bulnes. It became Universidad Técnica del Estado (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.
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