University of Atacama ( es, Universidad de Atacama) or UDA is a

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. It is part of the

Chilean Traditional Universities In Chile, universidades tradicionales ("traditional universities") is the group of universities founded before the 1980s. It usually includes universities derived from traditional ones. A more precise term is ''Universidades del Consejo de Rectore ...

. UDA is in Copiapó, in the Third Region, Atacama. The university was created in 1981, as a fusion of the old Mines School of Copiapo, founded in 1857 and very prestigious in the minerals industries. This school was integrated in 1947 in early founded Universidad Técnica del Estado, being the new U.T.E. until 1981 the most important Chilean university in applied sciences and the

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of Copiapó, founded in 1905. UDA has four faculties:

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and

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, and

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, as well as five

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s: the Technological Institute, the Language Institute, the Center for Technical Education (CFT), the Institute for Scientific and Technological Research (IDITEC), and INSAMIN. The University of Atacama campus houses several historical monuments, including the first steam engine to traverse Chile, between Copiapó and the port city of

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, in 1851.

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