Located in the Region of the Araucanía, Chile, the Universidad de La Frontera (UFRO) is a state,public institution of higher learning, considered among the best universities in the country based on its remarkable indicators of quality and excellence.

It became an independent institution on March 10, 1981, after the merger of the Temuco campuses of the University of Chile and the State Technical University.The Universidad de La Frontera is a learning community dedicated to the creation of human capital in undergraduate and graduate studies, in the areas of continuing education development, scientific and technological research, the promotion and creation of the arts and cultural development, and the education of citizens able to confront the challenges of their time.

The University offers 47 undergraduate programs, 11 doctoral programs, 29 Master’s programs, and 40 medical specialization programs in the fields of medicine, dentistry, nursing, midwifery, computer science and medical physics.

It has over 10,000 undergraduate students, spread across six Faculties, and more than 600 graduate students.