Centers of Excellence – Office of Research

The 31 UC Scientific Research Centers of Excellence have a key role in creating frontier knowledge, one of the main axes of our university. By expanding access to knowledge, generating dialogues and contributing to building the future of Chile and the world; opening spaces for connection and collaboration that contribute to internationalization, which will increase the volume and global impact of interdisciplinary projects led by UC researchers.

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Advanced Center for Chronic Diseases – ACCDiS

Director: Sergio Lavandero

Center of Applied Ecology and Sustainability – CAPES Director: Rosanna Ginocchio	Read morearrow_forward
Research Center for Integrated Disaster Risk Management – CIGIDEN Director: Rodrigo Cienfuegos	Read morearrow_forward
Cape Horn International Center for Global Change Studies and Biocultural Conservation – CHIC Director: Ricardo Rozzi	Read morearrow_forward
National Center of Excellence for the Wood Industry – CENAMAD Director: José Luis Almazán	Read morearrow_forward
Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity – IEB Director: Aníbal Pauchard	Read morearrow_forward
Millennium Institute Biodiversity of Antartic and Subantartic Ecosystems – BASE Director: Elie Poulin	Read morearrow_forward
Millennium Institute Center for Genome Regulation – MI-CGR Director: Miguel Allende Connelly	Read morearrow_forward
Millennium Institute for Integrative Biology – iBio Director: Luis Larrondo	Read morearrow_forward
Millennium Institute of Oceanography – IMO Director: Osvaldo Ulloa	Read morearrow_forward
Coastal Social Millennium Institute – SECOS Director: Stefan Gelcich	Read morearrow_forward

National Center for Artificial Research – CENIA Director: Álvaro Soto	Read morearrow_forward
Complex Engineering Systemas Institute – ISCI Director: Leonardo Basso	Read morearrow_forward
Subatomic Physics on the High Energies Frontier – SAPHIR Director: Sergey Kuleshov	Read morearrow_forward
Millennium Institute for Research in Optics – MIRO Director: Aldo Delgado	Read morearrow_forward
Millennium Institute for Intelligent Healthcare Engineering – IHEALTH Director: Claudia Prieto	Read morearrow_forward
Millennium Institute for Foundational Research on Data – IMFD Director: Juan Reutter	Read morearrow_forward