Vision and Mission

Besides

• Greeting of the Rector
• Brief History
• Vision - Mission
• Educational Model
• Research
• Extension/Outreach Programs
• Services

Vision

By 2010, the Universidad Católica de Temuco will have a leading role in the development of the Araucania Region. It will be acknowledged nationally as an institution committed to educating people, generating knowledge and having a cultural presence which contributes to the solution of regional problems from a Christian perspective of social responsibility and sustainable human development.

Mission

The Universidad Católica de Temuco works for a wholesome development of its students and the community in southern Chile:

• It seeks freely the truth in order to discover the authentic human and social reality, thus contributing to the dialogue among sciences, techniques, culture and faith.
• It contributes to the education and development of individuals who will be socially responsible, visionary, entrepreneurial and democratic, in the arts, humanities, sciences and techniques; individuals who will be able to efficiently and critically integrate themselves in the global working world.
• It creates and adapts high impact knowledge applied to regional problems, which can be repeated at a national level and which contribute to a sustainable human development. It creatively interacts with its cultural environment promoting and facilitating the interethnic, intercul,lural and ecumenical dialogue.
• It takes on the action plan, the missionary criteria and the pastoral priorities of the diocesan church. Identity features and orientations

Identity features and orientations

The Universidad Católica de Temuco is based on three identity features that determine its vocation, sense, and purpose from which to contribute to the sciences and the arts and to serve society:

Academic orientation

Teaching, research and extracurricular programs are designed and approved according to their quality and rigor and also to their social pertinence as to their capacity to contribute to the social, economic and educational development of the region.

Catholic orientation

The UC Temuco puts the scientific and technological achievements to the service of the human person and his/her dignity. Inspired by the catholic ideals, attitudes and principles, this institution practices and invites the community to live the Christian values such as love, solidarity, fraternity, and the search of truth and justice. In the university sphere, where its Catholicism is put into practice, the UC Temuco promotes the exercise of the critical thought and the practice of dialogue and pluralistic respect towards other beliefs. This is especially important due to the pluri-ethnic community in which the university task is performed.

Regional orientation

The UC Temuco wants to collaborate with the wholesome development of the region, educating people and graduating professionals prepared to satisfy its demands and needs, with a special emphasis in the balance between productive and socio-cultural development, in the search for a better distributive and socio-cultural justice.