Government and authorities

• President: Highest authority and legal representative, elected by the academicians for a period of four years.
• University Senate: Council with normative and strategic guidelines functions. It consists of 36 members (27 academicians, 7 students, and 2 representatives of the staff) elected by their peers.
• University Council: Collegiate Council with an executive character. Composed by the President (who presides over it), the Provost, the Deans, three faculty members and two members appointed by the President of the Republic.
• Evaluation Council: Council that coordinates the evaluation, qualification and accreditation processes at the institutional and the individual level. It consists of five professors of highest academic hierarchical level who are put forward by the President and appointed by the University Senate.
• Provost: Advisor to the President with regard to academic, economic-administrative, judicial and student matters. He/she also replaces the President in his/her absence and coordinates the four Vice presidencies:
  • Vice Presidency of Academic Affairs
  • Vice Presidency of Research and Development
  • Vice Presidency of Public Engagement and Communication
  • Vice Presidency of Financial and Institutional Management Affairs
  • Vice Presidency of Student and Community Affairs
  • Vice Presidency of Information Technologies

Authorities University of Chile 

(2026- 2030)

• President: Prof. Alejandra Mizala Salces
• Provost: Prof. Dorotea López Giral
• Vice President of Academic Affairs: Prof. Ulrike Kemmerling Weis
• Vice President of Research and Development: Prof. James McPhee Torres
• Vice President of Public Engagement and Communication: Prof. Pilar Barba Buscaglia
• Vice President of Financial and Institutional Management Affairs: Prof. Sergio Olavarrieta Soto
• Vice President of Student and Community Affairs: Pamela Díaz-Romero Monreal
• Vice President of Information Technologies: Prof. José Correa Haeussler