Royal University of San Felipe

Royal University of San Felipe
Real Universidad de San Felipe
	Seal of the University
Motto	Nox fugit historiæ lumen dum fulget chilensibus
Motto in English	"Night flees, while the light of history shines for Chile"
Active	1713–1843
Location	Santiago, Chile
	Predecessor of the University of Chile

The Royal University of San Felipe (Spanish: Real Universidad de San Felipe) was a university created by King Philip V in 1738, in territory which was then part of the Kingdom of Spain.^[1] It was officially founded in Santiago in 1747 and began teaching activities in 1758.^[2] It is the immediate predecessor of the University of Chile (1843).

^ Stepke, Fernando Lolas. "Sobre el Papel Social de la Universidad de Chile" [On the Social Role of the University of Chile] (in Spanish). University of Chile. pp. 38–40. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
^ Thayer Ojeda, Tomás (January 1913). "Las Bibliotecas Coloniales de Chile" [The Colonial Libraries of Chile] (PDF). Revista de Bibliografía Chilena y Extranjera (in Spanish) (1). University of Chile: 190. Retrieved 16 September 2016.

[Stepke-1] Stepke, Fernando Lolas. "Sobre el Papel Social de la Universidad de Chile" [On the Social Role of the University of Chile] (in Spanish). University of Chile. pp. 38–40. Retrieved 16 September 2016.

[2] Thayer Ojeda, Tomás (January 1913). "Las Bibliotecas Coloniales de Chile" [The Colonial Libraries of Chile] (PDF). Revista de Bibliografía Chilena y Extranjera (in Spanish) (1). University of Chile: 190. Retrieved 16 September 2016.

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