Universidad Alberto Hurtado

Key Highlights

• Private, nonprofit Jesuit university founded on 20 October 1997
• Advanced-level institutional accreditation runs from June 2025 to June 2030
• Seven faculties cover fields from social sciences and humanities to business and engineering
• Main heritage campus is in central Santiago, with an advanced-study site in Providencia

Student Life & Environment

Student support combines academic guidance, wellbeing services, cultural participation and sport. UAH’s 2026 benefits information identifies student counselling, psychological and vocational guidance, and course coordinators who monitor students’ educational progress. The Student Affairs Directorate also provides in-person help with state and institutional benefits, student identification, transportation credentials and referrals to social workers. The university library offers print and electronic collections and an online catalogue. General-education electives allow students to explore subjects beyond their principal programme, including artistic, social, sporting, international and personal-development areas. Cultural participation includes university theatre, Latin American dance, traditional music and polyphonic choir groups. Physical-activity provision includes representative teams, recreational groups, a weights room, workshops and interfaculty competitions. Exact activities and availability can change by term. UAH also publishes targeted support for students who are parents, expectant parents or caregivers, including academic measures, benefit guidance, a support programme, a preferential study room and a lactation space. Institutional aid in 2026 includes needs-based support for food, transport and printing, subject to eligibility and annual application rules. International exchange students should plan independently for accommodation: the university’s 2026 international material states that UAH does not operate student residences and that students must arrange their own housing.

Location & Surroundings

UAH’s principal heritage campus is in central Santiago, with the university listing its main address as Avenida Bernardo O’Higgins 1825, close to Los Héroes metro station. This places students in an urban setting served by Santiago’s public-transport network rather than on a self-contained residential campus. The central location can be practical for commuting and provides access to the civic and cultural institutions of Chile’s capital, but students should assess travel time, neighbourhood conditions and evening transport for their own schedules. The university also identifies a Campus B for advanced study in Providencia. Applicants should confirm where their particular programme, classes and administrative services are based; facts about one site should not automatically be assumed to apply to the other. Housing requires separate planning. UAH’s 2026 international fact sheet says the university has no student residences. It suggests host-family and independent-residence options based on previous exchange-student experience, while explicitly noting that the listed providers are not affiliated with UAH and that the university is not responsible for their services. Prospective students should independently verify contracts, costs, commute and safety before committing.

Costs & Career Outcomes

UAH publishes programme-specific tuition in Chilean pesos rather than one institution-wide price. For 2026, listed annual undergraduate charges vary by programme and mode. Examples include CLP 4,734,766 for Public Administration, CLP 4,932,139 for several teacher-education programmes, CLP 6,880,787 for Law, and CLP 6,901,506 for Psychology and Commercial Engineering. Separate enrolment charges also vary by programme. The published table further warns that a graduation or titling charge, stated in UF, is not included in tuition or enrolment. Applicants should use the exact row for their course and confirm whether the figure applies to standard entry, online delivery or continuity study. Funding rules are equally specific. The official 2026 benefits page describes merit discounts linked to PAES performance, institutional socioeconomic aid, maintenance support, sports-related awards and discounts for certain family or concurrent-study circumstances. Many awards are mutually incompatible, may be unavailable to students receiving Chilean gratuidad, and have academic-progress or annual-renewal conditions. Eligibility should therefore be checked before calculating net cost. Career preparation is embedded differently across programmes through professional titles, field-based education, programme-specific training and opportunities such as exchange. However, the reviewed official sources do not provide a comparable institution-wide employment rate, starting salary or employer list, so none should be inferred. Students should compare each programme’s credential, professional recognition, curriculum, practical components and published graduate profile. Housing, transport, food, materials and graduation charges should be budgeted separately from annual tuition.