Confederation of Chilean Students
The Confederation of Chilean Students is a student organization in Chile that congregates the student federations of universities in Chile.
It was established on October 23, 1984, in Valparaiso. In 2012, CONFECH called for a march on the streets of Santiago in response to a government commissions that seven Chilean universities had been pocketing profits; over 100,000 Chilean students participated in the march. CONFECH also organized student demonstrations against proposed government higher education reforms.
Former CONFECH leader Gabriel Boric became president of Chile in 2022.
Structure
The CONFECH brings together students from the universities in Chile, which are organized in democratically elected federations. It is the only student organization with a national character and it has been in existence for over ten years.Member federations
The independent federations that form part of CONFECH include:State universities
- Feut
- Fedeunap
- Feua
- Feuda
- Feuls
- Feuv
- Feupla
- FECH
- Feusach
- Fep
- Feutem
- Fedeut
- Feubb
- Feufro
- Feula
- '''Feum'''
Private universities
- Feucn
- Fepucv
- Feutfsm
- Feuc
- Feucen
- Feucm
- Fec
- Feucsc
- Feuach
- ‘’’ FeUDD’’’
Indigenous
- '''FEMAE'''