All foreign students enrolled in an institution with a bilateral or unilateral agreement with Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. See list of agreements. The application is made through the student's home university.

To apply you must follow the steps found on the following site web.

To apply you must follow the steps found on the following web site.

If your university has an agreement with UC, it will appear on the following list of agreements. See list of agreements. If your university does not have an agreement, please write to exchange@uc.cl

If you are not a native Spanish speaker, you must submit with your application a Spanish fluency level certificate attesting at least 4 approved semesters or equivalent studies of this language at university level.

Yes, it is necessary to know Spanish since your experience will go beyond the academic environment.

The minimum grade point average must be equivalent to 3.0.

First semester starts at the beginning of March and ends mid July. Second semester starts at the beginning of August and ends mid December.

The due date for receiving applications for the first semester (March-July) of every year is October 30th of the previous year. 

The due date for receiving applications for the second semester (August-December) of every year is May 2nd of the current year.

If you are applying to attend the university for the first semester, you must visit the following web site web site.

If you are applying to attend the university for the second semester, you must visit the following web site.

Once the application process is over, we will send an acceptance letter to your university indicating your admittance to the exchange program. With this letter, you will be able to apply for a student visa. We suggest only buying your airplane ticket once we have confirmed your acceptance to the program.

If you have any doubts regarding the status of your application, please write to exchange@uc.cl

At the moment, we have scholarships which cover registration fees for Latin American Catholic Universities, CINDA network and Catholic Universities of Chile.

To find out more about living expenses, please visit the following web site expenses

The University does not have student housing nor does it provide accommodation for foreign students; nevertheless, we have a list of options which students may contact directly. The University does not hold any responsibility for these options.

Check the list

A student visa is necessary if your period of stay exceeds 90 days. Please contact the Chilean consulate closest to your place of residence or of study.

Once the application process is over, you will receive an acceptance letter from the University which will be needed in order to get your student visa.

For more information regarding this topic, please visit this web site.

In order to transfer to our University, you must follow the “Special Admission” process. Find out more about this process at this site or write to admision@uc.cl

If you have not found the answer you were looking for, please send your question to exchange@uc.cl.