Instituto Nacional

Instituto Nacional
General José Miguel Carrera

Founded	10 August 1813
Motto	«Labor omnia vincit»
Localization	Chile Santiago, Chile
Owner	Municipalidad de Santiago
Tipo	all men
Selective Process	Spanish Language and Math Exams
Principal	Jorge Toro Beretta (s)
Address	Arturo Prat 33, Santiago
Rankings: • IDE-Andrés Bello • Revista El Sábado	1, Municipales 1, Municipales (564,93)
www.institutonacional.cl

Instituto Nacional (National Institute), founded on August 10, 1813 by the Chilean patriot José Miguel Carrera , officially Liceo Ex A-0 - Instituto Nacional General José Miguel Carrera, is Chile's oldest and most prestigious school. Its motto is 'Labor Omnia Vincit', which means "Work conquers all things".

It is an all male public school teaching 7th and 8th grade of the basic level (Educación Básica) and 1st through 4th grade of the intermediate level (Educación Media). It is located in downtown Santiago, Chile, neighboring the University of Chile's main campus. The exact location is Arturo Prat #33, Santiago, Chile.

Instituto Nacional is considered by many to be one of the best schools in Chile, and the most prestigious one.^[1]

Many Chilean presidents and other honorable personalities have studied here.

A number of Chilean presidents are Instituto Nacional alumni:

• Manuel Bulnes Prieto (1841–1851)
• Manuel Montt Torres (1851–1861)
• José Joaquín Pérez Mascayano (1861–1871)
• Federico Errázuriz Zañartu (1871–1876)
• Aníbal Pinto Garmendia (1876–1881)
• Domingo Santa María González (1881–1886)
• José Manuel Balmaceda Fernández (1886–1891)
• Federico Errázuriz Echaurren (1896–1901)
• Germán Riesco Errázuriz (1901–1906)
• Pedro Montt Montt (1906–1910)
• Ramón Barros Luco (1910–1915)
• Juan Luis Sanfuentes Andonaégui (1915–1920)
• Emiliano Figueroa Larraín (1925–1927)
• Pedro Aguirre Cerda (1938–1941)
• Jorge Alessandri Rodríguez (1958–1964)
• Salvador Allende Gossens (1970–1973)
• Ricardo Lagos Escobar (2000–2006)

A partial list of renowned Chilean intellectuals who were both alumni and teachers at Instituto National is given below:

• Camilo Henríquez
• Francisco Bilbao
• Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna
• José Victorino Lastarria
• Miguel Luis Amunátegui

Other famous alumni includes:

• José Toribio Medina
• Ramón Allende Padín
• José Francisco Vergara
• Arturo Prat, war hero.
• Valentín Letelier
• Alberto Cabero

Famous intellectuals taught at Instituto Nacional. Some of them are:

• Rodulfo Amando Philippi
• Ignacio Domeyko
• Gustave Courcelle-Seneuil
• Hans Steffen
• Andrés Bello. Founder of Universidad de Chile.

References

1. ^ III Ranking "Los mejores colegios de Chile" - Revista "El Sábado", El Mercurio. 8 April 2006. (en PDF)

External links

• Official site (in Spanish)
• Fotolog Institutanos(in Spanish)