Council of Rectors of Chilean Universities
Council of Rectors of Chilean Universities | |
Consejo de Rectores de las Universidades Chilenas | |
2010 meeting of the Council of Rectors of Chilean Universities | |
| Abbreviation | CRUCH |
|---|---|
| Formation | August 14, 1954 |
| Legal status | Organization with legal personhood |
| Headquarters | Alameda 1371 |
| Location | |
| Field | Academia |
| Membership | 30 (2019) |
President | Nicolás Cataldo Astorga |
Executive vicepresident | Emilio Rodríguez Ponce |
Alternate executive vicepresident | Carlos Saavedra Rubilar |
Main organ | Council |
Parent organization | Ministry of Education |
| Funding | State |
| Website | consejoderectores |
The Council of Rectors of Chilean Universities (Spanish: Consejo de Rectores de las Universidades Chilenas) (Cruch) or simply the Council of Rectors is an organization and legal entity that reunites the rectors of thirty Chilean universities, both public and private with the goal of coordinating the academic efforts in the country and bettering the quality of university education.
The council was created by law in 1954 and given legal personhood in 1964.. The members of this organization are the rectors of public and private universities founded before 1981 or derived from those founded before then, and those created by law.
Only universities belonging to Cruch have the right to direct financial support from the state, and the amount of the Solidarity Fund of University Credit (Spanish: Fondo Solidario de Crédito Universitario) assigned by institution since 1994, which replaced the Fiscal University Credit.
The universities grouped under the Council of Rectors are commonly called "traditional universities" (Spanish: universidades tradicionales).