"Universidad de Playa Ancha" (UPLA) – all of these are organized more in a “campus” style than UV, although Católica has departments strewn throughout the city and branch campuses in the region. UV’s various faculties and schools form a university quarter the length of the plain (''plano') 'of central Valparaiso, between the main UPLA campus in the south and in the north the main PUVC building. Since January 2021 the rector of the university has been Osvaldo Corrales. References External links Official web site Valparaíso Universities in Valparaíso Region