INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS STUDENTS GUIDE GUIDE Campus Santiago
WELCOME TO UAI In the next month you will begin an amazing path that will allow you discover new friends, cultures, people and academic challenges. We know that you might be already planning trips and probably looking for information related to Chile and especially Santiago, your new home. This International Students Guide will provide you with very useful information about public transportation, accommodation and other activities that you will be able to enjoy while you are here.
FROM THE AIRPORT TO SANTIAGO Once you clear customs at the SANTIAGO AIRPORT, go to the FIRST FLOOR and find the GROUND TRANSPORTATION AREA: There you will find several options, such as: -Uber -Cabify -Buses - Taxis
The ride to Santiago from the Airport will take about 40 minutes. There are a few options, like any international airport: -Uber App: from the airport to your address. -Cabify App: from the airport to your address. -www.transvip.cl: Transfer company that you can prepay, shared shuttle will be $8.200, and a transcab will be 23.500 that you can also share. THIS ARE FLAT FEES that will depend only on what part of Santiago you are going. -Buses: from the airport to the subway station Pajaritos. Turbus: every 10 minutes (from 5:00-1:00) $1.700. Then you will have to take the subway to the closest station from your address, which is $740. Centro Puerto: every 10 minutes (from 6:00-23:30) $1.700. Then you will have to take the subway to the closest station from your address, which is $740. Taxi: (24/7) an average rate will be $130 every 200mts. So it will be around $18.000 depending on where you live. You can check the exact price at www.taximetro.cl
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IN SANTIAGO 1. BUSES: they have different colours and numbers. Each micro has a sign indicates the place that is going. The cost of the local micro ride is around 700 CLP. (www.transantiago.cl) 2. THE METRO : it is very useful if you choose to live close to one of the subway station. (recommended) 3. TAXIS: black and yellow cars with taxi sign 4. UBER OR CABIFY: to move around, specially at night.
ACCOMMODATION As University we are not linked to any housing agency and WE DON T RECOMMEND ANY HOUSING OPTION IN PARTICULAR, but we can give you some SUGGESTIONS CONSIDERING THE EXPERIENCE THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE HAD IN THE PAST. You can visit some of this websites where you can get information for renting apartment or houses: http://www.portalinmobiliario.com http://www.goplaceit.com/cl/ http://www.compartodepto.cl/ http://www.latinprop.cl/san-martin.html http://www.delpinopropiedades.cl/portal/ http://www.chileinside.cl/es/extras/alojamiento-en-chile http://www.contactchile.cl/es/alojamiento-en-chile.php http://www.housingsdv.com/home_page.php http://www.housing-in-chile.com/ http://www.homestaychile.cl/
RECOMENDATIONS This map shows you the start point and route of each one of the UAI BUSES This buses are FREE and used ONLY by UAI students. We recommend you to live close enough to any of this bus stops, as you will have to take one of this buses in order to get to de University. You can find this map at http://bit.ly/2tow5tg The areas to live that students usually recomends are: Las Condes, La Reina, Ñuñoa, Providencia, Santiago Centro, etc.
LIVING COSTS This is only an ESTIMATED COSTS OF LIVING FOR STUDENTS (MONTHLY). There is an opportunity for students to minimize their costs and spend less or spend more than indicated below DEPENDING ON A STUDENT'S CHOICE OF LIFESTYLE. Rent $300- $400 USD (cost per person in a shared place) Laundry $ 20-30 USD Food $ 200-300 USD Academic Materials $ 20 USD Transportation $ 100 USD Mobile $ 30 USD Entertainment and Others $ 300 ESTIMATED TOTAL MONTHLY $ 1180 CHILEAN CURRENCY 1 USD = 665 pesos chilenos CURRENCY CONVERSION http://www.xe.com/currencyconverter
MALLS Trip Advisor s top Ten: 1. Costanera Center 2. Parque Arauco 3. Mall Sport 4. Los Dominicos Handicraft Village 5. Alto Las condes 6. La Vega central 7. Central Market (Mercado Central) 8. Feria Artesanal Santa Lucia 9. Casacostanera 10. Buenaventura Premium Outlet MOBILE CELPHONE OPTIONS: buy a basic cellphone or get a simcard for your own Smartphone. Here you have the MAIN PHONE COMPANIES in Chile: Entel: www.entel.cl Movistar: www.movistar.cl Wom: http://www.wom.cl/ Claro: http://www.clarochile.cl
TOURISTIC INFORMATION ABOUT CHILE http://chile.travel/acerca-de-chile/ http://www.chileestuyo.cl/ http://chile.travel/ http://chile.travel/donde-ir/centro-santiagovalparaiso/ WHERE TO GO? WHAT TO DO?
SAFETY & SECURITY SANTIAGO IS THE BIGGEST CITY OF CHILE, therefor are some SAFETY MEASURES TO TAKE IN CONSIDERATION, like everywhere in the world, avoid BAD neighborhoods. PICKPOCKET Always keep track of your belongings, bags, backpacks and luggage. Don t let them out of your sight. AVOID LEAVING YOUR BACKPACK on chairs in a restaurants or cafes. IDENTIFICATION -Make a photocopy of your passport to carry with you and leave the original in a safe place unless you really need it. NIGHT OUT avoid walking alone, try to always be in groups. MONEY Leave your money, plane tickets, passport, etc. in a safe place at home. WITHDRAW MONEY look for ATMS located in safe places (banks or supermarkets).
ENJOY YOUR TIME IN CHILE!!!