The Faculty of Educationof the Pontifical Catholic University of ChileIt was founded in 1942. Since then our mission has been to train future teachers, teachers and researchers in the area of Chile.
During our 83 years of existence we have trained more than twenty-five thousand teachers in our ten careers and undergraduate training programs and our Master's and Doctorate programs.
“Chile is rebuilding a profession as a whole, improving initial training, the professional conditions of all teachers, both at the beginning of their careers and throughout their professional development".
Alejandro Carrasco Rozas
Dean Faculty of Education
Patron saint of the Faculty of Education. She was born in Ávila, Spain, in 1515. Also known as Saint Teresa of Jesus, she was a key figure in the reform of the Carmelite Order and one of the founders of the Discalced Carmelites. A mystic and writer, her life is a model for a fulfilling life. In 1970, Pope Paul VI proclaimed her a Doctor of the Church.
La Faculty of Education The Pontifical Catholic University of Chile has been recognized for its high academic standards, prestige, and the quality of its teacher training. Since its founding 82 years ago, its goal has been to train educators and researchers with a strong commitment to student learning from a perspective of equity and inclusion, fostering changes that make education a driving force for the transformation of individuals and society.
The UC Faculty of Education has its eleven majors and Undergraduate and Graduate programs certified by the National Accreditation Commission (CNA), also offers accredited programs of Master of Education y PhD in Education.
Number one Faculty of Education in Chile and Latin America (35 in the world) by 2022.
Contributing with evidence to society and public policies
The Catholic University has the highest accreditation by the National Accreditation Commission (CNA).
Specialized in academic, management and research work, our UC Education authorities work to deliver the best training and university experience to future professors and professors in the country.
Dean
Alejandro Carrasco is a Doctor of Education from the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom and Associate Professor at the UC Faculty of Education.
Vice dean
PhD in Higher Education and Master in student development. She has been Deputy Director of Teaching, Director of Academic Development and Director of Research
Academic secretary
Associate Professor at the Catholic University. Master of Arts in Education at Harvard University and Ph.D in Philosophy and Education.
Economic and Management Director
Undergraduate degree in Business and Administration USACH and Master in Management of Centers for Educational Innovation at the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
Undergraduate Director
English teacher, UMCE. Master in Linguistics mention English language and Ph.D. in Philosophy and Education from the Australian National University.
Postgraduate Director
She holds a PhD in Psychology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. She focuses her teaching and research on training early childhood educators in child development and promoting oral and written language.
Research Director
PhD in Education from Diego Portales University - Alberto Hurtado University, Chile. His research focuses on technical and vocational training (provided in the school system, higher education, and the workforce).
Director of Academic Development
UC Psychologist and PhD in Educational Psychology at the University of Dundee, Scotland.
Director of Interfaculty Pedagogies
Bachelor of Chemistry and Ph.D. in Didactics of Experimental Sciences from the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
Deputy Director of Student Development Faculty of Education and Pedagogies Interfaculties
Psychologist from the University of Chile and Master in Educational Psychology from the same university.
Head of the Practicum Programme
Bachelor of Arts with a mention in Linguistics and Hispanic Literature, teacher of Spanish and Master of Education with a mention in Learning Assessment, UC. PhD candidate at the University of Barcelona.
Deputy Director of Gender
Professor of History, Geography and Civic Education at the Universidad de la Frontera. She has a Master's in Education from UC and a PhD in Educational Culture, Politics and Society from the State University of New York.
Deputy Director of Development
Psychologist and Master in Educational Psychology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
Deputy Director of Communications
Journalist and Graduate in Social Communication from the Diego Portales University. Master in Business Communication from Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona.
Our academics investigate what they teach and are committed to strengthening the professional capacities of the students of the different careers and undergraduate and postgraduate programs of the faculty.
Our Faculty has four specialized departments in different areas of teacher training. These are Learning and Development; Curriculum, Technology and Assessment; didactics; and Theory and Policy in Education.
It nourishes the pedagogical training of future teachers, both initial and continuous, from kindergarten to high school, with knowledge of educational and evolutionary psychology, educational neuroscience, educational guidance and inclusive education.
It is dedicated to the study of educational processes related to what to teach, how to evaluate and how to use technological resources for learning.
The unit studies the teaching and learning process, with emphasis on the articulation of theory and practice, considering the interdisciplinary dimension, the disciplines of the school curriculum and its didactics, and the different levels of the educational system.
It focuses on the study of the relationships between individuals, society and the educational system, from various disciplines, for the advancement of the quality and development of education in the country.
We have a multidisciplinary team of excellent professionals and administrators who carry out their tasks with great commitment to ensure the operation and management of each of the units that make up the Faculty of Education.
From UC Education we contribute to the development of our students through different activities and programs, as well as the link with the different central areas of the University that allow them to develop their academic life.
The students of the UC Faculty of Education democratically and annually elect their representatives who hold positions as spokespersons for the Student Centers and Territorial Councilors, whose function is to be the contact between the Faculty and the Federation of Students of the Catholic University (FEUC).
TAI-certified Strategies of the Catholic University aims to strengthen academic training with the exchange of undergraduate and postgraduate student experiences through internships, mobility programs and courses in different parts of the world.
Convinced that the training of future teachers needs a curriculum based on practice, from the UC Education Practices System We promote and provide our students with a series of coherent and integrated experiences in order to contribute to the training of excellent preschool educators and basic and secondary education teachers in Chile.
El Observatory of Digital Educational Practices (OPED) Its general objective is to investigate, develop and implement a training plan so that students and teachers have the necessary skills that allow them to teach in a digital context both inside and outside the university.
