Adolfo Ibáñez University

Infobox_University
name = Adolfo Ibáñez University
native_name = Universidad Adolfo Ibañez


established = 1953
type = Private
head_label = Rector
head = Andrés Benítez
students = 3.700
city = Santiago and Viña del Mar
country = Chile
website= [www.uai.cl/english/ www.uai.cl] |

Adolfo Ibáñez University ( _es. Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez) (UAI) is a private university of Chile pertaining to the Adolfo Ibáñez Foundation. In 1988, according with the new educational legislation is founded a new university on the base of the Valparaiso Business School ("Escuela de Negocios de Valparaiso"), an old institution for the progessional teaching in business administration founded in 1953 thanks to the contribution of Adolfo Ibáñez Boggiano. The new university would take his name some decades ahead.

In the Chilean high educationl scheme, UAI is a private non traditional university (Is not part of the Chilean Traditional Universities) accredited in the country by CNAP and internationally by AACSB and AMBA.

History

The Valparaiso Business School ´(Escuela de Negocios de Valparaíso)was established in 1953 under the protection of the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaiso (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso). It is noted for being the first educational institution in Chile to offer the business administration career, as well as one of pioneers in Latin America.

In 1965, the humanistic subjects are introduced into the career to make a little change in the students of a career like Business administration.

In the early 1970s, the alliance between the business school and the university is broken, and after a few years of autonomy, a new alliance is signed with the Federico Santa María Technical University, a new association that will remain until the late 1980s.

In 1979, it becomes the first business school to introduce an MBA program in Chile.

After the educational reform brought about by the military government, in the last years of the 1980 decade, Universidad Adolfo Ibañez is founded with the business school like central axis. In 1989 are opened the careers of Laws and Engineering, ain 1996 Journalism and Pedagogy and in 2002 Psychology. During 2002 the new Peñalolen Campus is opened in Santiago.

Educational Model

Since 2002,in this institution, the plan was to put in use the model that many prestigious universities do abroad. That is why the students have: a major, minors and fundamental subjects. The major is normally engineering, or literature, or psychology etc. The minor can be done in very different fields, such as: drama, music, philosophy, etc. And the fundamental subjects (which are all the same for every career, therefore every

Peñalolén Campus

The Peñalolén campus is located between Santiago and the Andes, sprawling over nearly convert|250|acre|km2 in the foothills of San Ramón Hill, in the city’s Peñalolén Municipality.

The university building occupies nearly convert|110000|sqft|m2 and is used mainly by undergraduate students. All classrooms are equipped with audiovisual media resources. There is a computer room for training and personal work, and the campus has network connections throughout. In addition, there are five computer labs for Civil Engineering.

The campus has a gym with exercise machines and aerobics rooms for students’ physical training programs. It also has a cafeteria which can be used by students not just for eating, but also for holding meetings and socializing. There are 680 parking spaces available.

Presidente Errázuriz Campus

The Presidente Errázuriz campus is dedicated mainly to postgraduate programs.

It is here that master’s, diploma and seminar program classes are held.

It has six climate-controlled amphitheater-style classrooms with audio and video equipment. There are also climate-controlled study rooms and work cubicles with computers for students.

The campus has a small cafeteria that also serves as a meeting place. The offices of the Dean of the Adolfo Ibáñez University Business School and many business department professors are located on this campus.

Recreo Campus - Viña del Mar

Nestled in a venerable residential neighborhood in Viña del Mar, the Recreo campus includes an inviting group of buildings whose architecture was designed to provide an optimal academic setting, with amphitheater-style classrooms and a central courtyard offering a stunning panorama of Viña del Mar and the Pacific Ocean.

One of the focal points of the campus is the house that Adolfo Ibáñez Boggiano built in the 1930s, which is now ringed by the various buildings that make up the present-day campus.

This unique mix of antique and modern architecture makes the campus a truly privileged site.

External links

* [http://www.uai.cl/english/ Official English web page Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez]
* [http://www.adolfoibanez.com Official web page of the Miami's MBA]
* [http://www.eclass.cl E-Class UAI]
* [http://www.uai.cl/p3_newsletter/site/edic/20031016130624/pags/20031028092306.html Origins of UAI]
* [http://www.uai.cl/p4_postgrados/site/pags/20080103174748.html Master of Innovation]