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UFRO climbs to the sixth position in the overall ranking and is among the top 10 in Chile regarding its programs in Psychology, Nursing, Nutrition and Dietetics, Dentistry, Agronomy, Journalism and Sociology. |
The Universidad de La Frontera (UFRO) climbed three positions in the América Economía Ranking 2021 compared to last year, being in sixth place among the universities in Chile and in third place regarding the state universities in Chile. The ranking assesses Chilean universities that voluntarily provide detailed information about the quality indicators in different dimensions, such as Teaching Quality, Research, Accreditation, Infrastructure and Financial Efficiency, Inclusion and Diversity, University Life, Outreach and Community Engagement, Student Quality and Internationalization. The indicators where UFRO stands out are Accreditation, with the best evaluation (93.1), Student Quality (87.23), Inclusion and Diversity (81.96), and Research (81.85). The Vice-rector for Academic Affairs, Dr. Renato Hunter Alarcón, highly appreciates the sixth position of UFRO, which is an improvement compared to last year’s version of the ranking, as well as the position of seven of UFROs programs, which are ranked among the top ten in the Ranking according to Program, respectively. “This is an important result for our university, since it puts us in a place of excellence among the universities of the Council of Rectors of Chilean Universities (CRUCH) and the Consortium of Chilean State Universities (CUECH). Our current leading position is the result of the great collaborative work of our entire university community, as well as the focus on an efficient management. At the same time, it is always important to have some external entity assessing our indicators, because it gives us the chance to see ourselves from another point of view within the national scenario,” he said. “And besides, this great result does not only represent our university in total, but also some of our undergraduate programs entered the Rankings according to Program, what makes us very proud,” he added. RANKINGS ACCORDING TO PROGRAM The Ranking also assesses 16 different undergraduate programs and ranks the best universities to study these programs. In this context, the Universidad de La Frontera is in the top ten regarding seven of its undergraduate programs. Regarding the program in Psychology, UFRO is ranked in fourth place; in sixth place regarding the programs in Nursing, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Dentistry; in seventh place regarding the program in Agronomy; and in eighth place regarding the programs in Journalism and Sociology. CLICK HERE TO SEE THE AMÉRICA ECONOMÍA RANKING 2021 Written by: Communications Office, UFRO |
