The University of Chile will elect its top university leader: a Rector or Rectorate for the period 2026-2030, this Tuesday, May 12th, in an election process that, for the first time, will be conducted through electronic voting.
There are four candidates in the process to select the new Rector of the university: Francisco Martínez, current Dean of the Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences; Pablo Ruiz-Tagle, Dean of the Faculty of Law; Sergio Lavandero, a professor at the Faculty of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences; and Alejandra Mizala, a professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering at the Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences.
The voting system will be active between 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM this Tuesday. Eligible voters are all professors with a professorship rank, regardless of their academic category, who have at least one year of service at the University and who have not been terminated from their positions at the University after the call for elections.
This vote will be the first round. The provisional results will be published on Wednesday, May 13th. If no candidate receives a majority of votes (more than 50%), a second round will be held between the two candidates with the highest number of votes on Tuesday, June 2nd.
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National: In the process to elect a new rector for the university, the electronic voting will take place between 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM. Comments: The University of Chile will elect its highest university authority: a Rector for the period 2026-2030, this Tuesday, May 12th, in an election process that, for the first time, will be conducted through electronic voting. There are four candidates in the process for the new rector: Francisco Martínez, current dean of the Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences; Pablo Ruiz-Tagle, dean of the Faculty of Law; Sergio Lavandero, professor at the Faculty of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences; and Alejandra Mizala, professor at the Department of Industrial Engineering of the Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences. The voting system will be available between 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM this Tuesday. Voters are all professors, regardless of their academic category, who have at least one year of seniority at the University and who have not been dismissed from their positions at the University after the call for elections. This vote will be the first round; the provisional results will be published on Wednesday, May 13th. If no candidate obtains the majority of votes (more than 50%), a second round will be held between the two candidates with the most votes on Tuesday, June 2nd. More on: University of Chile, Rector's Office.