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On 17 April 1839, after Chile had achieved independence from the Kingdom of Spain, the university was officially renamed to Universidad de Chile, and formally opened on 17 September 1843. During this period, the university consisted of five colleges (facultades): Humanities & PhilosophyPhilosophy literally means 'love of wisdom' from the Greek 'philo' and 'sofia'. It is now widely used to designate the pursuit of knowledge or wisdom about fundamental matters concerning life, death, meaning, reality, being and truth. The term may also re, MathematicalMathematics is commonly defined as the study of patterns of structure, change, and space; more informally, one might say it is the study of "figures and numbers". In the formalist view, it is the investigation of axiomatically defined abstract structures ScienceFor the scientific journal named Science see Science (journal). Science is both a process of gaining knowledge, and the organized body of knowledge gained by this process. The scientific process is the systematic acquisition of new knowledge about a systes & PhysicsPhysics (from the Greek, physikos , "natural", and physis , "Nature") is the science of Nature in the broadest sense. Physicists study the behavior and properties of matter in a wide variety of contexts, ranging from the sub-microscopic particles from whi, LawThis article is about law in society. For other possible meanings, see law (disambiguation). Law (a loanword from Danish-Norwegian lov , in politics and jurisprudence, is a set of rules of conduct which mandate or proscribe (or both) specified relationshi & Political Sciences, MedicineSee drugs, medication, and pharmacology for substances that treat patients. This article is about medical practice. Medicine is a branch of health science concerned with restoring and maintaining health and wellness. Broadly, it is the practical science o, and TheologyTheology is literally rational discourse concerning God ( Greek θεος, theos "God", + λογος, logos "rational discourse"). By extension, it also refers to the study of other religious topics.. By 1931, the number of colleges had increased to six: Philosophy & Education Sciences, Legal & Social Sciences, Biology & Medical Sciences, Physical & Mathematical Sciences, Agronomy & Veterinary, and Fine Arts.
The current set of colleges, mostly located on different campuses around Santiago city, is: Architecture & Urbanism, Art, Science, Agronomic Sciences , Economic & Administrative Sciences, Physical & Mathematical Sciences (aka Engineering), Forestry Sciences, Chemical & Pharmaceutical Sciences, Social Sciences, Veterinary & Bovine Sciences, Law, Philosophy & Humanities, Medicine, Dentistry.
The university is often called Casa de Bello (Bello's house) in honour of his first rector, Andrés Bello, and its main administrative building in downtown Santiago is called casa central (central house).
The Universidad de Chile is in charge of a variety of nationwide services, including:
And more than twenty other centres of national and international importance.