About FEN

The Faculty of Economics and Business – or Facultad de Economía y Negocios (FEN) – of the Universidad de Chile is one of Latin America’s leading Business Schools.

FEN offers a first-class, internationally competitive education in Business Administration, Economics, Information Systems & Management Control, and Auditing, on a bachelor and masters level, along with a range of MBA programs, a highly regarded Economics PhD and flexible executive education.

About 2,500 students are registered in our undergraduate programs, and 1,500 at the graduate level. FEN research programs rank among the best in the region in areas such as Marketing and Strategy, Statistics, Finance and Economics (to name but a few).

FEN blends the best of new and old. A young, vibrant, innovative and outward-looking business school that’s embedded in a centuries-old tradition of academic excellence.

About the UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

The Universidad de Chile is one of only 10 Latin American universities ranked among the world’s top 500. It has been at the forefront of Chilean history, politics, economics, social and cultural affairs since its foundation in 1842. Among its most distinguished alumni can be found:

•  Twenty Presidents of the Republic
•  Five Central Bank Presidents
•  Two Nobel Literature Prize winners, Pablo Neruda and Gabriela Mistral
• 155 National Prize Winners over a range of disciplines including Humanities, Journalism, Theatre, Music, Literature and History
•  A vast number of past and present Cabinet ministers and secretaries of state

The Universidad de Chile is famous regionally for the quality and breadth of its research ventures, for the scholarly distinction of its faculty, for the excellence of its Ph.D. programs and for the amount of public and private funding received in support of its research programs. It actively contributes to Chile’s progress and development through its research activities, which account for no less than 40% of the scientific and technological research undertaken in the entire country. Its research facilities include: a Space Research Center in collaboration with international agencies; an Antarctic Research Center; a Center for National Statistics; an official seismologic service and monitoring of volcanoes; the largest general hospital in the country; Byzantine, Neo-Hellenic, Arabian and Judaic Culture Research Centers; and the Institute for Easter Island Studies (among others). At our own Faculty, the Microdata Center is Chile´s most distinguished research and data collection center on microeconomic issues such as unemployment, education, poverty and income distribution