During the plenary session of the CRUCH Admissions and Enrollment Commission, universities worked on incorporating the new special admissions pathway. The plenary also addressed the protection of personal data and other technical challenges facing institutions in preparation for the 2027 Admissions Process. One of the […]
Created in 1954, the Council brings together 30 universities across the country, representing 54.61% of undergraduate university enrollment. The commemoration coincides with the start of a new term for the Executive Vice Presidency, headed by Rector Osvaldo Corrales and Rector Marcela Momberg. This August 14th, the […]
Representatives from the 30 universities that make up the Commission participated in its first in-person plenary session of 2026, held over two days in Santiago. The meeting addressed the relationship between universities and the social world, public policy, businesses, and innovation, in order to identify shared challenges and strengthen collaborative work. Representatives from the […]
The executive vice president of the Council of Rectors and Rectors (CRUCH), Osvaldo Corrales, presented the CRUCH's main arguments to the Citizen Security Committee of the Chamber of Deputies, warning that the initiative restricts access to educational benefits without evidence that this contributes to preventing acts of violence. The executive vice president of the […]
Rector Forlin Aguilera obtained 251.25 weighted votes, equivalent to 88.1% of the valid votes cast, a result that will allow him to lead the University of Atacama for another four-year term and reflects the broad support of the academic community for the institutional project he has led for the past four years. The election, […]
In a ceremony held at the former National Congress building, the Council of Rectors of Chilean Universities (CRUCH) presented its 2026 Participatory Public Accountability Report, reporting on the close of the 2022-2026 term and the beginning of a new phase with the transfer of power from the Executive Vice Presidency. The event brought together the system's main authorities, who all emphasized the importance of […]
With a 25-year career serving the university, the PhD in Social and Organizational Psychology in the Knowledge Society accepted the oath, which signifies a commitment to public higher education, to the Arica and Parinacota and Tarapacá regions, and to the development of northern Chile. […]
Representatives from nine CRUCH universities made progress in preparing the next stage of the agreement signed with the Ministry of Science, the Undersecretariat of Higher Education, UMCE, CENIA, and KODEA. The initiative aims to build capacity to integrate AI into initial teacher training. The Future Teachers program took another step in its development with […]
Before the Senate Education Committee, the Rector of the University of O'Higgins, Fernanda Kri Amar, presented, on behalf of the Council of Rectors of Chilean Universities (CRUCH), the results achieved by the program in its ten years of implementation. The initiative increases the probability of entering university by between 17 and 45%.
The plenary session also elected Rector Marcela Momberg as alternate executive vice president, making her the first woman to hold that position in the history of CRUCH. During the session, the work of outgoing executive vice president Emilio Rodríguez was recognized, and it was unanimously approved that the former rector of the University of Talca, Álvaro Rojas […]
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