The offices of the Master's Program in Economics are located in the Department of Economics and Business building. This building occupies approximately 12,000 m2 at the San Joaquín Campus of the university.
The Department building is equipped with modern classrooms, small conference rooms and offices for full-time professors. There are three computer rooms for students, including one exclusively for graduate students in the department. This room was remodeled in 2009.
Since March 2010, the department has had a study room solely for graduate students. This is an enclosed area with air conditioning, group work tables and a lounge on the first floor. On the second floor is a space designed for individual work and study, with connections for use of PCs. This study room is designed for study and interaction among graduate students.
Students have access to the University Library System (Sistema de Biblioteca de la Universidad) (SIBUC) which holds more than 1,500,000 bibliographic items in printed format. In addition, the library's digital and audiovisual collection holds 18,000 items and an even more extensive list of virtual material, giving students access to a wide variety of journals, books and databases from international suppliers. Among the electronic journals, the university has a subscription to JSTOR which provides undergraduate and graduate students with access to 300 academic journals related to the arts and sciences.
The 40-hectare San Joaquín Campus features Wi-Fi, modern classrooms, laboratories and computer rooms, complete and updated libraries, a Catholic temple, dining halls and cafeterias and extensive athletic facilities including an indoor gym, a weight room with athletic equipment, a heated pool, tennis, volleyball and basketball courts and areas for other sports, a modern running track and regular and arena soccer fields.
Arts and cultural activities are provided through the UC Extension Center, located at the Central Campus. This center features art galleries, exhibit rooms and cinemas, a communications training center, a restaurant, bookstore and large auditoriums and conference rooms. Ongoing activities are published on the university's web site.
There is a Pastoral Office (Dirección de Pastoral) at the San Joaquín Campus that oversees the campus church, where mass is celebrated Monday through Friday at 1:00 pm.
Public transportation, including the metro, are available at the entrance to the San Joaquín Campus on Avenida Vicuña Mackenna. This includes the San Joaquín station on Metro Line 5.
