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===Recent history (2000-present)===
With the arrival of [[Centro de Estudios Científicos]] (CECS) to Valdivia in 2000 the city was further outlined as a research center, as CECS brought expertise on [[biophysics]], [[molecular physiology]], [[theoretical physics]], [[glaciology]] and [[climate change]] to the city. The arrival of CECS was seen as positive by UACh's administration since CECS research do not overlap UACh's main research areas and, as a scientific research corporation, do not compete in student enrollment. However, in 2007 UACh and CECS got involved in a controversy when the Regional Council of [[Los Lagos Region]] granted regional funds that had been put into [[Call for bids|tender]] to CECS without attending to the meeting where UACh's and [[University of Los Lagos]] joint project was presented. Deputy [[Gabriel Ascencio]] ([[Christian Democrat Party of Chile|DC]]) accused [[Claudio Bunster]], director of CECS, of using his personal influence among politicians and the Council of Innovation for Competitiveness (of which he is member of) to gain more resources.<ref>{{Es icon}} [http://www.lanacion.cl/prontus_noticias/site/artic/20070512/pags/20070512224215.html "http://www.lannacion.cl"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927012424/http://www.lanacion.cl/prontus_noticias/site/artic/20070512/pags/20070512224215.html |date=2007-09-27 }} ''[[La Nación (Santiago)|La Nación]]''</ref>
On Monday 3 December 2007 the Emilio Pugín building of the Faculty of Sciences caught fire. The building, located on [[Teja island]] Campus housed considerable amounts of chemicals and scientific equipment which could not be saved. Several research projects had to be halted or aborted due to loss of equipment, samples and data. Due to the spreading of toxic smoke the police had to evacuate a total of 10,000 people from Isla Teja. Firefighting companies from the neighboring cities of [[Osorno, Chile|Osorno]], [[La Unión, Chile|La Unión]] and [[Paillaco]] had to come to assist to control and extinguish the fire. The building hosted the institutes of chemistry, physics, zoology, microbiology and botanics, including some laboratories. The cost of the damage was estimated at about 5000 million [[Chilean peso]]s (about 10 million US dollars).<ref>[http://www.elnaveghable.cl/admin/render/noticia/12467 Incendio en Universidad Austral de Chile], ''[[El Naveghable]]''</ref> Finally, 22% of the damage were not covered by the according insurances, but [[Subsidy|directly financed]] by the [[Chilean government]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uach.cl/organizacion/rectoria/noticia.php?codigo%3D8427 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2010-04-21 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728100459/http://www.uach.cl/organizacion/rectoria/noticia.php?codigo=8427 |archivedate=2011-07-28 |df= }}</ref>
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==Campus==
UACh main campus, Isla Teja Campus, occupies the whole northwest of [[Isla Teja]] in Valdivia. Campus Isla Teja is the home of UACh's administration, [[Cine Club]], [[botanical garden]] and most faculties. The botanical garden is a recreational area as well as a place of study with a total of around 950 plant species growing in its 12 [[hectare|ha]].<ref name=jardin>[http://www.ciencias.uach.cl/unidades/jardin-botanico.php Jardín Botánico] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315061756/http://www.ciencias.uach.cl/unidades/jardin-botanico.php |date=2012-03-15 }}. Revised on April 2, 2012.</ref> Most plants in the botanical garden belong to [[Valdivian temperate rain forest]] but there are others with exotic origins. The waters of [[Cau-Cau River]] that flows through the northern parts of the botanical garden allows a section of wetland plant species included in the garden.
The engineering faculty operates in Campus Miraflores located along [[Valdivia River]] south of Valdivia's [[Valdivia, Chile|Plaza de Armas]]. A third campus exists in [[Puerto Montt]] where [[administration (business)|business administration]], [[speech and language pathology]] and [[aquaculture]] are studied. UACh has apart from the campuses several properties spread through [[Los Ríos Region|Los Ríos]] and [[Los Lagos Region]] such as Parque [[Arboretum]] in northern Isla Teja, the Calfuco field station in the coast near [[Niebla, Chile|Niebla]] and the [[Valdivian temperate rainforest|forests of San Pablo de Tregua]] in the Andean foothills.
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