Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences
Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación | |
Other names | Pedagógico, El Peda |
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| Motto | Veritas Lux Humanitatis (Latin) |
Motto in English | Truth is the light of mankind |
| Type | Public (traditional) |
| Established | 1889 |
Academic affiliations | Chilean Traditional Universities Consorcio de Universidades del Estado de Chile Red Universitaria Nacional Universia UniTIC |
| Rector | Jaime Espinosa Araya |
Administrative staff | 475 |
| Students | 4,386 (2020) |
| Undergraduates | 4,312 |
| Postgraduates | 74 |
| Location | , Chile |
| Campus | 25 ha (62 acres) |
| Colors | Blue and yellow |
| Website | www |
The Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences (Spanish: Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación (UMCE), is a public and traditional university located in the commune of Ñuñoa, Chile. It is the fourth oldest university in the country, founded in 1889 as college of the University of Chile.