INCOMING STUDENTS Manual for Foreign Students at the Universidad de Santiago de Chile 1 WELCOME! We hope this is an unforgettable experience. Here is necessary information you will need during your stay and your exchanging process. Who are we? 3 4 Your first trip What to do at the university? 5 6 Necessary Documents Where to live? 8 10 Universidad de Santiago Academic Calendar 12 14 Exploring Chile Santiago 16 18 Moving around the city 2 WHO ARE WE? Anoek van den Berg Head of Department [email protected] Fernando Olmos Galleguillos Exchange Students Coordinator [email protected] USACH DRII Avenida Libertador Casa Central /internacionales Bernardo O’Higgins USACH usach nº 3363. Oficina 102 Estación Central /driiusach www.usach.cl www.drii.usach.cl /driiusach (562) 2 718 00 00 (562) 2 718 00 44 /drii-usach 3 YOUR FIRST TRIP Comodoro Arturo Merino Benitez Airport CENTROPUERTO AIRPORT BUS TAXI Schedule Schedule Airport > Los Héroes Subway 24/7, 365 days a year. (Metro) Station From 05:55 AM until 10:30 PM Telephone number +56242225278 Los Héroes Subway (Metro) Station > Aeropuerto Where do they depart from? From 06:00 AM until 11:30 PM From the airport: Public hall, ground level Every 10 minutes, 365 days a year International Terminal Telephone number: Domestic Terminal +56 2 2601 9883 Fare Where does it depart from? According to distance travelled Public hall, ground level, gate 6. Fare 1,700 CLP (approx. 2.6 USD) Two-way fare: 3,000 CLP (approx. 5 USD) 4 WHAT TO DO AT THE UNIVERSITY? What to do within the first few days 2. Participate of one of the 1. Inform your school of welcoming informative events. You will be informed promptly. origin about your arrival. To the event you must bring: They are waiting to hear your Student Visa stamped on from you. your passport and the health insurance required for your stay.. 3. You will have to go to Don’t forget to bring your the office of the career or passport with the Chilean visa program that you chose. stamped. You have to provide, They will help you to as well, a printed copy of your select your courses. health insurance. 5 NECESSARY DOCUMENT How to legalise your stay in Chile VISA REGISTRY Every foreign student that wants to study in Chile must obtain a student visa. This visa does not allow you to carry out any type of paid activity. To obtain the visa, you will have to begin the procedure at the Chilean Consulate in your country of origin and arrive in Chile with your permit already issued. Students have 30 days upon arrival in Chile to validate the visa at the National Immigration Affair Headquarters (Jefatura Nacional de Extranjería) and International Police (Policía Internacional). You will receive the Visa Registry Certificate, which is the document that allows you to obtain a Chilean Identity Card. Where? What do you need to take with you? 852 Eleuterio Ramírez “Universidad de Chile” 1. Passport Metro Station 2.CLP $ 800 (this amount can vary) (Línea 1- Red) 3. Certificate from the Chilean Consulate, Telephone number: if you have one +56225657863 4. Your address in Chile Business hours 5. The university address Monday to Friday 3363 Libertador Bernardo O’Higgins from 08:00 AM until 2:00 PM 6 IDENTITY CARD To get your Chilean Identity Card you have to go to the closest Civil Registry and Identification Service Office (Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación) with your Visa Registry Certificate. Where? What do you need? Some addresses of the Civil Registry and 1. PValid passport with stamped student Identification Service Office are: visa 2. Visa Registry Certificate. Santiago Centro 3. Photocopy of the relevant pages from Huérfanos 1570 your passport. 2nd floor 4. Photocopy of the Visa Registry Santa Ana Metro Station Certificate. Telephone number: +562 27822385 5. CLP $ 4.050 Providencia 543 Miguel Claro Telephone number: +562 22357716. TNE - NATIONAL STUDENT CARD This card allows regular students to receive a discount on public transport. To be eligible for this benefit you must be a regular student enrolled in an undergraduate program officially recognised by the Ministry of Education and have a Chilean RUN, a unique identity number. To apply you have to go to the TNE Office located in the “Patio de los Naranjos” (Orange Trees Courtyard” inside the school campus. You will received further information during the welcoming informative event. Where? What do you need? Patio de los Naranjos at the Universidad de 1. Photocopy of the enrolment of the Santiago de Chile, TNE Office. current semester or a Regular Student Business hours: Certificate Monday to Friday 2. Make a deposit in Banco Santander, from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM for the amount indicated in the USACH and 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM TNE Office. Account N° 19.03590-8 in the school’s name. 3. Photocopy of your Chilean Identity Card 4. The picture is taken in the place and on the date indicated by the person in charge of the USACH School Pass. 7 WHERE TO LIVE? Generally, foreign students choose two types of accommodation in Santiago, depending on their interests: private student residences or shared houses/flats. All the information shown in this section has only an informative purpose, thus any services acquired are of the student’s sole responsibility. Housing websites www.compartodepto.cl www.goplaceit.com/cl/ https://santiagoexchange.com/ Private student residences Private companies or private individuals that provide lodging services for university students. There are three main companies in Santiago which provide these services with different prices and methods. 8 Casa Amarilla Santiago Residencial Universitaria Address: 2433-2445 Santo Domingo, Addresses Telephone number: (56 2) 696 4070 Sede Amapola Mobile phone: (56 9) 9536 2673 4184 Amapolas, Ñuñoa Email: [email protected] Sede Orquídea Website: www.casaamarillasantiago.com 892 Orquídeas, Providencia Sede Holanda 518 Holanda, Providencia Telephone number: (56 2) 2095603 Mobile phone: (56 9) 250 9810 Residenciales El Puntito Website: www.residenciasuniversitarias.cl Residencia Sector Parque O’higgins Addresses: 1046 Aldunate (near Parque O’higgins) Residencia Sector Bellavista Addresses: 0543 Bellavista (near Bellavista neighbourhood) Telephone number: (56 2) 8818711 Mobile phone: (56 9) 9536 2673 9 UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO The Universidad de Santiago de Chile is public DE CHILE education institution, which goes back to the former Escuela de Artes y Oficios (literally School of Arts and Crafts) founded in 1849. Educating people and 170 shaping the country. In 1981, after the higher education reform, its campus was settled in its current location in years Estación Central, where its educational, research and extension activities. UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES PROGRAMMES It is one of the 11 Chilean universities that were MASTER’S DEGREE part of the 2016 QS World Universities Rankings, PROGRAMMES therefore validating our school’s prestige. DOCTORATE For more information, please check: PROGRAMMES http://admision.usach.cl/ At the Universidad de Santiago de Chile, a credit is a value unit equivalent to one class period (45 minutes) for an academic period, based on activities of every type; theoretical, laboratory activities, workshops, among others. The cost per credit for visiting students (those that conduct mobility in an independent way, outside an agreement or network) is US100 per hour/credit. 10 34 hectares (approx. 84 acres) for 23,000 students. Classrooms Our campus is located in the Estación If you want to know the location of Central ward and has two direct your classroom, visit: accesses to Metro stations on Line 1: http://salasusach.herokuapp.com Estación Central and Universidad de Santiago. Avenida Portales 43 42 Las Casuarias 41 A venid 39 40 a M atu can a SECTOR 7 37 38 s a r o h p o 44 S s a L 36 35 31 34 26 32 30 33 29 SECTOR 6 SECTOR 5 Avenida El Belloto Avenida El Belloto 28 24 SECTOR 1 2 SECTOR 2 SECTOR 3 SECTOR 4 27 Avenida El Belloto 15 6 9 13 14 20 e t n e i r O e 25 8 l l a 1 3 C 4 19 22 7 16 12 Ave 10 18 nid 21 a Padre 5 11 17 Alberto Hurtado Avenida Ecuador Avenid 45 a Ecuador F e d e W r 23 i c e o n S s or N c uad ic c e c o s a E a id t la en s t Av io o 46 o S R á e n ta c m h e a z l es 47 48 O’Higgins SECTOR 8 Avenida Libertador Bernardo 49 Bathrooms Dining room Cafeteria Parking lot 11 ACADEMIC CALENDAR Most important dates of the year Calendar for undergraduate courses nd 2 FIRST WEEK OF CLASSES Activities only for WEEK OF FIRST SEMESTER exchange students MARCH th st 4 END OF CLASSES OFFICIAL 1 WEEK OF FIRST SEMESTER WELCOME MONTH OF JULY THE SEMESTER nd 2 FIRST WEEK OF CLASSES INFORMATIVE 2nd WEEK OF SECOND SEMESTER SESSION WEEK OF AUGUST THE SEMESTER nd 2 END OF CLASSES WEEK OF SECOND SEMESTER DECEMBER WE WILL INFORM YOU THE OFFICIAL DATES! 12 Chilean Holidays JAN. 19 20 21 APR. APR. APR. 01/01 New Year MAY. 19/04 Good Friday MAY. 20/04 Easter Saturday 21/04 Easter Sunday 01/05 Labour Day 21/05 Naval Glories Day JUL. JUL. 02/07 Saint Peter and Saint Paul 16/07 Solemnity of Virgen del Carmen 15/08 Assumption of the Virgin AUG. SEP. SEP. SEP. OCT. 17/09 National Holidays 18/09 National Holidays 19/09 Day of the Glories of the Army 15/10 Columbus Day 01/11 All Saint’s Day NOV.