Research Vacancies The Robotics and Automation Laboratory offers research positions for M.Sc., Ph.D. students and post-doctoral fellows in the following research areas:
Prospective students are invited to apply by sending their CVs, academic grade records, publications list and summary of research goals to prof. Miguel Torres. There are several funding sources and top-up grants available for accepted graduate students and post-doctoral fellows. Prospective applicants will also be able to apply for funding offered by CONICYT (the Chilean Science and Technology Research Council). For additional information, please contact prof. Miguel Torres and visit
About School of Engineering of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile The School of Engineering of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile The School of Engineering has approximately 120 faculty members, most of whom have obtained their doctoral degrees at the most renowned research universities worldwide. The School has 10 Departments and 6 Centers, which offer research opportunities towards M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in the different disciplines. The School of Engineering also has a division for applied research and technology transfer (DICTUC), the largest among its kind in the country. The undergraduate program offers admission to 750 students per year, who belong to the top 2% scores of the national higher education admission test taken by high school students applying to the national universities every year. The Department of Electrical Engineering is among the largest ones in the
About Chile Chile's long territory, narrowly entrenched between the Andes and the Pacific Ocean, has a greater variety of climate and topography than any other country of comparable area. Its economic activity is therefore quite diverse, including industries such as mining, fishing, forestry, and tourism, to name a few. Chile is one of Latin America's most dynamic and promising economies. Its strength and attractiveness lie not in its size (population: 15 million), but in the energy and professionalism of its entrepreneurs, the transparency of its regulation, and the predictability of its decision-makers. Market-led reforms adopted close to 30 years ago, and an increasingly diversified economy with strong ties to buyers and suppliers in the Americas, Europe and Asia, have given Chile a wide range of options for further growth. Prudent economic policy-making has secured long-term stability unknown elsewhere in Latin America. Chile has one of the simplest and most transparent regulatory systems in the region for trade and business, and is particularly promising a market for high technology and capital goods, as it enjoys free trade agreements with the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Korea, China, the European Union and others, jointly representing 85% of the world's GDP. Although 60% of the population lives outside the country's capital, Santiago, 80% of Chile's economy is controlled from there. Santiago has a mild, Mediterranean climate, and can be reached with non-stop or direct flights from Miami, New York, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Los Angeles, Atlanta and all major capitals of western Europe. In-country connections are plentiful. Chile's superb outdoor recreational opportunities include camping, hiking, mountaineering, mountain biking, downhill skiing, sailing, kayaking, scuba diving, sport fishing, etc. The tourism sector has become a major source of foreign exchange, as much as US$1 billion annually. This sector also enjoys the support of Chile's modern transportation infrastructure, which has been the recipient of significant investment in the past decade. Chile is one of Latin America's largest mineral producers, and since the early 20th century, its economy has been dominated by the production of copper. As there is national consensus on the fact that more basic and applied research is needed to maintain and speed up the development pace of the country, Congress recently passed a law that ensures an unprecedented and exciting influx of funds from the mining industry to research and development in academia and industry. Research funding is available mainly from CONICYT, the chilean governmental research agency, equivalent to NSF in the US. Its primary research fund, FONDECYT, provides support for projects in the range of US$ 50k to 150k. The applied research fund FONDEF, on the other hand, supports technology development projects of up to US$ 1 million. Several other funds are available, oriented towards research in particular areas of national interest, for supporting established research groups, and for fostering collaboration in research with scientists worldwide. |