Formación universitaria en un mundo globalizado y cambiante: el programa académico de bachillerato en la Universidad de Chile.

The permanent changes in society at present force the educational system to favor the creation of new spaces to answer to rising demands. To this end, the Universidad de Chile created the Baccalaureate Academic Program. In order to make it part of the university system it was necessary to prepare curricula, and encourage debates on how the program would be integrated to undergraduate studies; this has given rise to the guidelines for new proposals at the University. Consequently, an academic space has been created where several areas of knowledge come together, and this provides support to students in their vocational search, thus creating individuals who are better prepared to tackle higher education. The Baccalaureate Program has made highly valuable contributions and has also generated new challenges that need to be addressed.