page_title: Playa Ancha University
section_title: Faculties and careers
hierarchical_section_title: Playa Ancha University / Faculties and careers
caption_attribution_description: Español: Ingenieria UPLA
context_page_description: Playa Ancha University of Educational Sciences, mostly known as Playa Ancha University or UPLA, is a public university in Valparaíso, Chile. It is a derivative university part of the Chilean Traditional Universities, belonging to the select group of twenty-five rector's Council universities. The university has two campuses: the major one in Playa Ancha, Valparaíso, and the second one in San Felipe.
  The university seeks to train professionals with an ethical, humanistic, analytical, critical and creative profile, who can contribute to economic, cultural and social, regional and national development. The institution has a vast tradition in the education and humanities areas and is deeply involved with the community of Valparaiso and San Felipe.
context_section_description: The Playa Ancha University has 36 undergraduate degrees in Valparaiso (of which 3 are dual day and evening courses) and 6 in San Felipe. Additionally, it has 14 technical careers (7 in Valparaíso and 7 in San Felipe)
caption: Faculty of Science and Engineering
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