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{{short description|University in Copiapó, Atacama, Chile}}
{{Infobox university
| name = University of Atacama
| native_name = Universidad de Atacama
| image = Universidad de Atacama escudo (2010).svg
| image_size = 200px
| established = {{Start date and age|1981|10|26|p=yes}} (Escuela de Minas de Copiapó founded in 1857)
| type = [[Chilean Traditional Universities|Public]]
| president = Celso Arias Mora
| city = [[Copiapó]]
| state = 
| country = [[Chile]]
| students = 6,805
| undergrad = 6,661 <small>(2020)</small>
| postgrad = 144
| faculty = 194 <small>(2013)</small>
| campus = Campus Cordillera <br /> Campus Paulino del Barrio <br /> Campus Rómulo J. Peña <br /> Campus Medicina
| mascot = 
| website = [http://www.uda.cl/ www.uda.cl]
}}

'''University of Atacama''' ({{langx|es|Universidad de Atacama}}) or '''UDA''' is a [[university]] in [[Chile]]. It is part of the [[Chilean Traditional Universities]]. UDA is in [[Copiapó]], in the [[Atacama Region|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 [[Normal School]] of Copiapó, founded in 1905.

UDA has four [[Faculty (division)|faculties]]: [[Humanities]] and [[Education]], [[Law]], [[Engineering]], and [[Natural Sciences]], as well as five [[institute]]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 locomotive|steam engine]] to traverse Chile, between Copiapó and the port city of [[Caldera, Chile|Caldera]], in 1851.

== External links ==
* [http://www.uda.cl Universidad de Atacama]

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