The University of Atacama is 바카라사이트 sole public university in what may be 바카라사이트 world’s driest inhabited district – 바카라사이트 town of Copiapo which has on average roughly three rainy days and less than an inch of rain each year. The university has its roots in 바카라사이트 main reason such an inhospitable region was settled at all - mining.
The Escuela de Minas de Copiapo, intended to bring 바카라사이트 technical rigour of 바카라사이트 French Grandes Ecoles to Chilean mining education, albeit mostly with German teachers and was founded in 1857. It was incorporated in 1952 into 바카라사이트 national Technical University, whose breaking-up in 1981 led to 바카라사이트 establishment of 바카라사이트 University of Atacama.
A number of streets on 바카라사이트 main campus in Copiapo are named for students killed in demonstrations against Chile’s military dictatorship in 1984. There are also offices in Vallenar, Caldera and Santiago.
The university reflects this in its motto "tradition and Futures", 바카라사이트 work of its eight faculties seeking both to serve 바카라사이트 mining industry through 바카라사이트 International Benjamin Teplitsky Mining Centre and law courses offering strong components on mining law and issues such as water and environment and to find means of diversifying.
The university's biologists in Antarctica have studied fungi and o바카라사이트r organisms capable of surviving in comparably extreme conditions elsewhere, while a partnership with a private provider enables students to work on 바카라사이트 solar power projects aiming to capitalise on Copiapo’s 2,932 annual hours of sunshine, more than eight per day.The university’s fish hatchery has produced 바카라사이트 district’s first crop of corvina, a food fish prized in South America.
