University of La Frontera

University of La Frontera (Spanish: Universidad de La Frontera, UFRO) is a public, state-funded and lay university in Temuco, the capital of the Araucanía Region in southern Chile, created on 10 March 1981 by merging the Temuco campuses of the Universidad de Chile and the Universidad Técnica del Estado.拉弗朗特拉大学（Universidad de La Frontera，简称 UFRO）是智利南部阿劳卡尼亚大区首府特木科的一所公立、国家资助、世俗化大学，1981 年 3 月 10 日由智利大学与国立技术大学的特木科校区合并而成。

It is one of the regional universities produced by Chile's 1981 reorganisation of higher education, and it belongs to the Consortium of State Universities of Chile (CUECH), the Council of Rectors (CRUCH) and the Association of Regional Universities (AUR).它是智利 1981 年高等教育重组中产生的地区性大学之一，现为智利国立大学联盟、大学校长理事会与地区大学协会成员。

With more than 11,000 students, six faculties and an offer of 45 undergraduate programmes, three technical programmes and over 80 postgraduate programmes, it is the largest academic provider in Araucanía and sits in the 1201-1400 band of the QS World University Rankings 2027.该校现有逾 1.1 万名学生、6 个学院，开设 45 个本科专业、3 个技术类专业与 80 多个研究生项目，是阿劳卡尼亚大区规模最大的高等教育机构，在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列 1201-1400 区间。

History

• Higher education reached Temuco through national institutions rather than a local foundation: the Universidad de Chile, created in 1842, and the State Technical University (Universidad Técnica del Estado), created in 1947, both opened provincial campuses during the twentieth century.特木科的高等教育由全国性机构带入，而非本地创办：1842 年成立的智利大学与 1947 年成立的国立技术大学都在 20 世纪开设了省级校区。
• The Temuco campus of the Universidad de Chile and the Temuco seat of the Universidad Técnica del Estado expanded through the 1960s and 1970s, training teachers, engineers, nurses and agricultural specialists for a region built on wheat, forestry and livestock.智利大学特木科校区与国立技术大学特木科分部在 20 世纪 60 至 70 年代不断扩张，为以小麦、林业与畜牧业为支柱的本地区培养教师、工程师、护士与农业专才。
• On 10 March 1981 a government decree fused the two Temuco campuses into an autonomous university, one of the derived universities produced when the military government split the two national university systems.1981 年 3 月 10 日，一项政府法令将这两个特木科校区合并为一所自治大学，属于军政府拆分两大国立大学系统时产生的派生大学之一。
• The new institution took the name La Frontera, the historical label of the Araucanían frontier where the Chilean state and the Mapuche people met, and it adopted a seal, a hymn and a foundation mission written for the occasion.新机构取名「拉弗朗特拉」，即智利国家与马普切人相遇的阿劳卡尼亚边疆的历史称谓，并为此确立了校徽、校歌与建校使命。
• In its first year of autonomy UFRO enrolled 4,773 students in 20 programmes organised into four faculties, working from buildings inherited from its two predecessor campuses.获得自治的第一年，该校在 4 个学院下设 20 个专业，共招收 4773 名学生，校舍沿用两所前身校区的建筑。
• Colonel Juan Barrientos Vidaurre, appointed rather than elected, served as first rector from 1981 to 1985 with the task of drafting statutes and building faculties, authorities and administrative routines from scratch.胡安·巴里恩托斯·比道雷上校并非经选举而是被任命为首任校长，1981 年至 1985 年在任，任务是起草章程并从零搭建学院、管理机构与行政制度。
• Iván Dobud Urqueta followed him in 1985 and led the university until 1987, still under the appointed-rector regime that lasted until the return of democracy in Chile.伊万·多布德·乌尔克塔于 1985 年接任，任职至 1987 年，当时仍处于任命校长的体制之下，这一体制延续到智利恢复民主为止。
• Heinrich von Baer von Lochow took office in 1987, was afterwards confirmed in three elections, and governed for fifteen years until 2002, a period in which research capacity and regional outreach were consolidated.海因里希·冯·贝尔·冯·洛霍夫于 1987 年就任，此后三度经选举连任，执掌该校十五年直至 2002 年，这一时期研究能力与区域服务得到巩固。
• In 1995 the university opened a seat in Pucón, on the shore of Lake Villarrica, with support from the municipal government, extending technical training into the tourism economy of the Andean lakes.1995 年，该校在比利亚里卡湖畔的普孔开设分部，得到市政府支持，把技术类培训延伸至安第斯湖区以旅游为支柱的经济中。
• Sergio Bravo Escobar was elected rector in 2002 and re-elected three times, completing sixteen years in charge until 2018 and presiding over the growth of postgraduate provision.塞尔希奥·布拉沃·埃斯科巴尔于 2002 年当选校长，此后三次连任，任职十六年至 2018 年，任内研究生教育规模显著扩大。
• UFRO obtained its first institutional accreditation in 2005 in teaching, research and management, becoming the first university in La Araucanía to hold that status.2005 年，该校在教学、科研与管理三个领域首次获得机构认证，成为阿劳卡尼亚大区第一所取得该资格的大学。
• Between 2008 and 2013 it became the first state-derived university in southern Chile accredited by the National Accreditation Commission (CNA) in all areas, including postgraduate teaching and outreach.2008 年至 2013 年间，它成为智利南部第一所在全部领域通过国家认证委员会认证的国立派生大学，认证范围含研究生教学与社会服务。
• The Law School opened in 2012 as the university's first law programme, and Geography was added to the admission offer for the 2025 cycle, widening the faculty's disciplinary base.法学院于 2012 年设立，是该校首个法学专业；地理学则于 2025 年招生周期加入，拓宽了学院的学科基础。
• The CNA renewed accreditation for five years in 2013 and for six years in 2018, a term that ran until 2024 and covered undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, research, management and outreach.国家认证委员会于 2013 年给予五年期认证，2018 年又给予六年期认证，该认证有效期至 2024 年，涵盖本研教学、科研、管理与社会服务。
• In 2017 the governing board upgraded the Pucón seat to campus status, aligning the institution's internal rules with its three-campus structure in Temuco, Angol and Pucón.2017 年，校董事会将普孔分部升格为校区，使学校内部规章与其在特木科、安戈尔与普孔三地的校区结构相一致。
• Eduardo Hebel Weiss, a medical doctor, was elected rector in 2018 and re-elected in 2022, leading the university until December 2024.医学博士爱德华多·埃贝尔·魏斯于 2018 年当选校长，2022 年连任，执掌该校至 2024 年 12 月。
• In September 2024 the university publicly disclosed a serious financial imbalance and announced austerity measures, postponing investment and cutting travel and catering costs while denying mass redundancies.2024 年 9 月，该校公开披露严重的财务失衡并宣布紧缩措施，推迟投资、压缩差旅与餐饮开支，同时否认将大规模裁员。
• By 19 November 2024 the deficit was put at 38 billion pesos, more than double an earlier figure, and the Superintendency of Higher Education approved the adjustment plan on 21 November 2024.至 2024 年 11 月 19 日，赤字被确认为 380 亿比索，比先前公布的数字高出一倍以上；高等教育监管局于 2024 年 11 月 21 日批准了调整计划。
• On 29 November 2024 the university confirmed the dismissal of 298 staff on fixed-term and fee contracts, the sharpest structural shock in its history and a turning point for its finances.2024 年 11 月 29 日，校方确认解聘 298 名合同制与劳务费制员工，这是该校历史上最剧烈的结构性冲击，也是其财政的转折点。
• Juan Manuel Fierro Bustos, a social scientist, became acting rector in December 2024, and in September 2025 the CNA granted a new five-year accreditation running to September 2030.社会科学家胡安·曼努埃尔·菲耶罗·布斯托斯于 2024 年 12 月出任代理校长；2025 年 9 月，国家认证委员会授予新的五年期认证，有效期至 2030 年 9 月。

Academics

• Teaching is organised into six faculties: Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Legal and Business Sciences, Education, Social Sciences and Humanities, Engineering and Sciences, Medicine, and Dentistry.教学分为六个学院：农业与环境科学、法律与企业科学、教育、社会科学与人文、工程与科学、医学、牙学。
• The 2025 catalogue lists 45 undergraduate programmes, three technical programmes taught at Pucón and Angol, and more than 80 postgraduate programmes, including 11 doctorates and 29 master's degrees.2025 年的专业目录列出 45 个本科专业、在普孔与安戈尔开设的 3 个技术类专业，以及 80 多个研究生项目，其中含 11 个博士项目与 29 个硕士项目。
• Its Medical School and Dental School are the oldest in La Araucanía, and the Faculty of Medicine also trains nurses, kinesiologists, nutritionists, midwives, pharmacists, medical technologists, speech therapists and occupational therapists.该校的医学院与牙学院是阿劳卡尼亚大区历史最悠久者，医学学院还培养护士、运动机能学家、营养师、助产士、药剂师、医学技术师、言语治疗师与作业治疗师。
• The Faculty of Engineering and Sciences runs fourteen civil engineering variants, from civil, mechanical and electrical to mathematical and telematics engineering, alongside computer engineering, construction engineering and biochemistry.工程与科学学院开设十四个土木工程方向，涵盖土木、机械、电气、数学与远程信息工程，另设计算机工程、建筑工程与生物化学专业。
• The Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Humanities trains teachers of English, mathematics, Spanish, history, physical education and the sciences, and also awards degrees in journalism, psychology, social work and sociology.教育、社会科学与人文学院培养英语、数学、西班牙语、历史、体育与科学等学科的教师，并授予新闻学、心理学、社会工作与社会学学位。
• The Faculty of Legal and Business Sciences, built around the 2012 law programme, offers law, commercial engineering and public accounting and auditing.法律与企业科学学院以 2012 年设立的法学专业为核心，开设法学、商业工程以及公共会计与审计专业。
• The Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences teaches agronomy, biotechnology, natural resource engineering and veterinary medicine, supported by the university's experimental farms and forest reserves.农业与环境科学学院开设农学、生物技术、自然资源工程与兽医学，教学依托校属试验农场与森林保护区。
• Doctoral training spans the sciences, engineering, health and social sciences, and the university describes itself as leading the postgraduate offer of the Araucanía Region.博士培养覆盖理学、工程、健康与社会科学，校方称其研究生教育规模在阿劳卡尼亚大区居首。
• The Scientific and Technological Bioresource Nucleus (BIOREN) concentrates work on soils, water, biotechnology and bioresources and serves as the university's main interdisciplinary science platform.科技生物资源核心（BIOREN）集中研究土壤、水体、生物技术与生物资源，是该校主要的跨学科科学平台。
• Specialised centres include the Centre of Excellence in Biotechnological Research (CIBAMA), the Centre of Excellence in Translational Medicine (CEMT) and the Centre of Excellence in Physics and Engineering in Health (CFIS).专门研究中心包括生物技术研究卓越中心（CIBAMA）、转化医学卓越中心（CEMT）与健康物理及工程卓越中心（CFIS）。
• Others include CEBIOR for reproductive biotechnology, CIGES for evidence-based health management, CEPEC for economic and consumer psychology and CEMyQ for morphological and surgical studies.其他中心还有研究繁殖生物技术的 CEBIOR、研究循证卫生管理的 CIGES、研究经济与消费心理的 CEPEC，以及研究形态学与外科手术的 CEMyQ。
• Six interdisciplinary institutes cover agro-industry, indigenous and intercultural studies, local and regional development, educational informatics, the environment, healthy living and innovation with entrepreneurship (iDEAUFRO).六个跨学科研究所分别涉及农业工业、土著与跨文化研究、地方与区域发展、教育信息学、环境、健康生活以及创新与创业（iDEAUFRO）。
• The Institute of Indigenous and Intercultural Studies is one of the oldest Mapuche-focused research units in Chile and underpins the university's declared intercultural mission.土著与跨文化研究所是智利最早以马普切为对象的研究机构之一，支撑着该校公开宣示的跨文化使命。
• Enrolment exceeds 11,000, of whom about 10,000 are undergraduates and some 600 are postgraduates, taught by academics recruited mainly in Temuco and its rural districts.在校生超过 1.1 万人，其中约 1 万名本科生、约 600 名研究生，师资主要来自特木科及周边乡村地区。
• Undergraduate admission runs through Chile's centralised access system, and the university operates outreach schemes such as PROENTA-UFRO for gifted school pupils across the region.本科招生通过智利集中录取系统进行，学校还面向全区资优中小学生开设 PROENTA-UFRO 等延伸培养项目。
• The dental teaching clinic (CODA) and the psychology clinic provide supervised patient care and serve as clinical training sites for final-year students in dentistry and psychology.牙科教学门诊（CODA）与心理门诊在教师督导下接诊，同时作为牙学与心理学毕业年级学生的临床训练基地。

Campus

• The main Campus Andrés Bello occupies Avenida Francisco Salazar 01145 in central Temuco, a leafy complex of lecture halls, laboratories, auditoriums, libraries, a cafeteria and administrative offices.主校区安德烈斯·贝略位于特木科市中心的弗朗西斯科·萨拉萨尔大道 01145 号，绿树成荫，设有讲堂、实验室、礼堂、图书馆、餐厅与行政办公区。
• The Campus de la Salud on Calle Claro Solar 115 houses the principal facilities of the Faculty of Medicine, placing clinical teaching a few blocks from the city's hospital district.位于克拉罗·索拉尔街 115 号的健康校区容纳医学学院的主要设施，使临床教学与城市医院区仅隔数个街区。
• The UFRO Extension building at Arturo Prat 321, shared with the Teodoro Wickel technical training centre, hosts cultural events and continuing education in the city centre.位于阿图罗·普拉特街 321 号的 UFRO 推广中心与特奥多罗·维克勒技术培训中心共用场地，在市中心承办文化活动与继续教育。
• The Andrés Bello sports complex on Calle Uruguay 1720 provides tracks, courts and fields for student sport and for regional competitions.位于乌拉圭街 1720 号的安德烈斯·贝略体育综合体设有跑道、球场与场地，供学生体育及地区赛事使用。
• The Dental Teaching and Care Clinic (CODA) at Avenida Prieto Norte 404 treats the public while training dental students, one of several clinics through which the university serves Temuco.位于普列托北大道 404 号的牙科教学与诊疗门诊在培养牙科学生的同时面向公众接诊，是该校服务特木科的多个门诊之一。
• The Angol campus on Avenida Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins 050 serves Malleco Province, one of the least prosperous areas of the region, with technical and professional programmes.安戈尔校区位于解放者贝尔纳多·奥希金斯大道的 050 号，以技术与专业课程服务马耶科省这一全区经济较落后的地区。
• The Pucón campus at Calle Caupolicán 78, opened in 1995 and raised to campus rank in 2017, teaches nursing, adventure tourism guiding and tourism at technician level.普孔校区位于考波利坎街 78 号，1995 年启用、2017 年升格为校区，开设护理、探险旅游向导与旅游三个技术类专业。
• The Maquehue experimental field, 250 hectares about 17 kilometres from Temuco, supports agronomy, veterinary and forestry teaching and field trials.马奎韦试验场占地 250 公顷，距特木科约 17 公里，支撑农学、兽医与林业教学及田间试验。
• The Rucamanque Ecological and Cultural Park, 413 hectares 12.2 kilometres from the city, protects old-growth and second-growth Valdivian forest and is used for research, environmental education and conservation.鲁卡曼克生态与文化公园占地 413 公顷，距市区 12.2 公里，保护瓦尔迪维亚原生林与次生林，用于科研、环境教育与保护。
• The university also administers the 11.41-hectare Las Araucarias protected national asset in the commune of Carahue, a fragment of araucaria forest managed for conservation.该校还管理卡拉韦市镇内 11.41 公顷的拉斯阿劳卡里亚斯国家保护地，是一片以保护为目的管理的南洋杉林。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 UFRO is placed in the joint 1201-1400 band, an interval it shares with several regional universities in Latin America.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，该校位列 1201-1400 的并列区间，与拉丁美洲多所地区性大学同处一档。
• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 places it in the 1401-1600 band.2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名将其列入 1401-1600 区间。
• It ranks 1,461st in the U.S. News Best Global Universities list for 2026-2027.在 2026-2027 年度《美国新闻与世界报道》全球最佳大学榜单中，该校排名第 1461 位。
• It does not appear in the main table of the 2026 Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities.该校未进入 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名主榜。
• SCImago's 2024 Institutional Rankings put it between 14th and 15th among Chilean universities, and Webometrics placed it 19th nationally in the same period.SCImago 2024 年机构排名将其列在智利高校第 14 至 15 位之间，同期 Webometrics 将其列为全国第 19 位。
• In the 2024 QS ranking it stood between 13th and 20th among Chilean institutions, while THE placed it between 6th and 16th nationally that year.在 2024 年 QS 排名中，它处于智利高校第 13 至 20 位之间，同年泰晤士高等教育则将其列为全国第 6 至 16 位。
• OpenAlex indexes 16,538 works and 630,769 citations for the university, concentrated in agricultural and environmental sciences, materials and clinical medicine.OpenAlex 为该大学收录 16,538 篇成果与 630,769 次引用，主要集中在农业与环境科学、材料学与临床医学。
• Its five-year CNA accreditation, granted in September 2025 and running to September 2030, followed an external audit conducted during the 2024 financial crisis.该校 2025 年 9 月获得、有效期至 2030 年 9 月的五年期国家认证，是在 2024 年财政危机期间接受外部审核之后作出的。
• Within La Araucanía it is the reference institution for medical and dental training and for postgraduate study, and it belongs to the AUR network of regional universities.在阿劳卡尼亚大区内，该校是医学与牙学教育及研究生教育的标杆机构，并属于地区大学协会网络。
• In southern Chile it competes for students and research funding with the Catholic University of Temuco, founded in 1959, and with the Austral University of Chile in Valdivia, founded in 1954.在智利南部，它与 1959 年创办的特木科天主教大学以及 1954 年创办于瓦尔迪维亚的智利南方大学争夺生源与科研经费。
• Its research profile is tied to the regional economy, with published work on forestry, soils, berries, livestock and Mapuche health and education.其研究取向与本地区经济紧密相连，已发表成果涉及林业、土壤、浆果、畜牧以及马普切的健康与教育议题。

Student life

• UFRO has no formal Latin motto, and its identity is carried by its hymn, which begins with the verse "Forjaremos aquí en esta tierra como hermosa mujer para amar, entre el trigo, la ciencia y el arte, La Frontera su Universidad".该校没有正式的拉丁语校训，其身份主要通过校歌承载，校歌开篇唱道「我们将在这片土地上，如对美丽女子般去爱，在麦田、科学与艺术之间，铸就拉弗朗特拉大学」。
• The foundation mission commits the university to recognising and incorporating the worldview of indigenous peoples, above all the Mapuche, and to promoting intercultural respect.建校使命要求该校承认并纳入原住民族尤其是马普切人的世界观，并推动跨文化的相互尊重。
• More than thirty student organisations are registered, including scientific societies for medicine, kinesiology, dentistry and nutrition, the IFMSA Chile UFRO chapter and the business society SOCIEMP.校内注册的学生组织超过三十个，包括医学、运动机能学、牙学与营养学的学生科学会、国际医学生联合会智利分会 UFRO 支部以及企业科学会 SOCIEMP。
• Domo Kimün, the association of Mapuche women students, works on cultural transmission and gender equity within the university.马普切女学生协会 Domo Kimün 在校内从事文化传承与性别平等工作。
• Three tuna ensembles, among them a women's tuna and the Tuna Trovadores, keep the Spanish student musical tradition alive at festivals and official ceremonies.三支「图纳」乐队——包括一支女子图纳与图纳·特罗瓦多雷斯——在节庆与官方典礼上延续西班牙学生音乐传统。
• The Andrés Bello sports complex and the nearby Andean lakes and national parks make trekking and mountain sport dominant pastimes, organised in groups such as Trekking UFRO.安德烈斯·贝略体育综合体与附近的安第斯湖泊、国家公园使徒步与山地运动成为主流课余活动，学生们以 Trekking UFRO 等团体组织出行。
• The university runs Ufrovisión, a television channel, and a cultural extension programme that stages concerts, theatre and exhibitions open to the city.该校运营 Ufrovisión 电视台，并设有文化推广项目，面向全市举办音乐会、戏剧与展览。
• Most students live in rented rooms and family homes in Temuco, a city of roughly 300,000 people, rather than in university residences, which are limited in number.多数学生在人口约 30 万的特木科租住房屋或寄宿家庭，校内宿舍数量有限。
• Outreach schemes such as PROENTA-UFRO bring gifted school pupils from across La Araucanía onto campus, and the university runs tutoring and orientation programmes for first-generation students.PROENTA-UFRO 等项目把阿劳卡尼亚全区资优中小学生带入校园，学校还开设面向家庭第一代大学生的辅导与入学适应项目。

Notable people

• Elisa Loncón, a Mapuche linguist trained at UFRO, presided over the Chilean Constitutional Convention from July 2021 to January 2022.埃莉萨·隆孔是该校培养的马普切语言学家，2021 年 7 月至 2022 年 1 月担任智利制宪会议主席。
• Pedro Cayuqueo, journalist and writer, founded the Mapuche newspaper Azkintuwe and has published several books on Mapuche history and politics.记者与作家佩德罗·卡尤克奥创办了马普切报纸《阿兹金图韦》，并出版多部关于马普切历史与政治的著作。
• Gloria Dünkler, a poet and writer, received the 2016 Pablo Neruda Award, one of Chile's principal literary distinctions.诗人与作家格洛丽亚·丁克勒获 2016 年巴勃罗·聂鲁达奖，这是智利主要的文学奖项之一。
• Natividad Llanquileo, a lawyer and Mapuche activist, sat on the Constitutional Convention elected in 2021 and has represented Mapuche communities in land disputes.律师与马普切活动家纳蒂维达·扬基莱奥为 2021 年选出的制宪会议成员，并曾在土地争端中代表马普切社区。
• Andrea Parra, a deputy in the Chilean Chamber of Deputies since 2018, governed Malleco Province from 2014 to 2016.安德烈亚·帕拉自 2018 年起任智利众议院议员，2014 年至 2016 年曾任马耶科省省长。
• Jorge Saffirio, elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 2022, had earlier served as governor of Malleco Province between 2008 and 2010.豪尔赫·萨菲里奥于 2022 年当选众议院议员，此前于 2008 年至 2010 年担任马耶科省省长。
• Heinrich von Baer von Lochow, rector from 1987 to 2002, is remembered for consolidating research and for the university's first accreditation drive.海因里希·冯·贝尔·冯·洛霍夫 1987 年至 2002 年任校长，因巩固科研基础并推动学校首次认证而被人铭记。
• Sergio Bravo Escobar, rector from 2002 to 2018, led the expansion of master's and doctoral programmes and the construction of new laboratory space.塞尔希奥·布拉沃·埃斯科巴尔 2002 年至 2018 年任校长，主导了硕博项目的扩张与新实验室的建设。
• Eduardo Hebel Weiss, a physician and rector from 2018 to 2024, faced the deficit crisis that forced the 2024 adjustment plan.医师出身的爱德华多·埃贝尔·魏斯 2018 年至 2024 年任校长，任内遭遇导致 2024 年调整计划的赤字危机。
• Juan Barrientos Vidaurre, the first rector from 1981 to 1985, established the university's original four faculties and its first statutes.首任校长胡安·巴里恩托斯·比道雷（1981 年至 1985 年在任）确立了学校最初的四个学院与首部章程。