University of La Frontera

University of the Frontier

Universidad de La Frontera
Motto	Itinerarium mentis ad veritatem
Established	1981
Students	11,053 (2020)
Undergraduates	10,427
Postgraduates	626
Location	Temuco, Chile 38.7474°S 72.6177°W / -38.7474; -72.6177
Campus	Andres Bello Campus, Medicine Campus
Affiliations	Consejo de Rectores de las Universidades Chilenas Consorcio de Universidades Estatales de Chile
Website	www.ufro.cl

University of the Frontier (Spanish: Universidad de La Frontera), or UFRO, is a public university in Temuco, Araucanía Region, Chile. It is a derivative university and part of the Chilean Traditional Universities. UFRO boasts a student body with a variety of abilities and from a variety of backgrounds, many of them are Mapuche descent.

Facilities

The university owns a property called Rucamanque, that is used for research, environmental education, and conservation. Rucamanque holds old-growth and second-growth forest.

Notable alumni

• Pedro Cayuqueo, Mapuche activist and journalist[1]
• Gloria Dünkler, writer and recipient of the 2016 Pablo Neruda Award[2][3]
• Natividad Llanquileo, attorney, Mapuche activist, and member of the Chilean Constitutional Convention (2021–present)[4]

• Elisa Loncón, academic, Mapuche activist, and President of the Chilean Constitutional Convention (2021–2022)[5]
• Andrea Parra, member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile (2018–present) and former Governor of the Malleco Province (2014–2016)[6]
• Jorge Saffirio, member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile (2022–present) and former Governor of the Malleco Province (2008-2010)[7]

References

1. "ESPACIO PÚBLICO". 2016-01-18. Archived from the original on 2016-01-18. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
2. "Premio de Poesía Joven Pablo Neruda 2016 a Gloria Dunkler" [2016 Pablo Neruda Youth Poetry Award to Gloria Dunkler] (in Spanish). Pablo Neruda Foundation. 16 March 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
3. "Gloria Dünkler". Antología en Movimiento (in Spanish). 5 February 2009. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
4. Cádiz, Rocío; Montes, Pablo (2021-05-15). "Académicos, feministas, exministros, indígenas: los perfiles que pueden definir el futuro político de Chile". EL PAÍS (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-07-05.
5. "Elisa Loncon Antileo". Department of Education - University of Santiago. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
6. Chile, BCN Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de (2020). "Irle Andrea Parra Sauterel. Reseñas biográficas parlamentarias". bcn.cl. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
7. "Diputado Jorge Saffirio pide que se implemente un plan estratégico ante déficit de 38 mil millones que tiene la Universidad de la Frontera – Temuco Televisión" (in Spanish). 2024-11-24. Retrieved 2024-11-27.