The organization's objective is to be an advisory team for everything related to planning, organizing, controlling and evaluating the teaching activity of the University.

In order to strengthen quality assurance and management mechanisms for undergraduate teaching, the first Expanded Teaching Committee was held in the offices of the Teaching Improvement Unit of the University of La Serena.

The event was headed by the Director of Teaching (s), Dr. Pamela Labra and was attended by the Academic Vice-Rector, Dr. Alejandra Torrejón, and the School and Career Directors of the faculties of Humanities, Sciences and Social Sciences and Economical.

The collegiate body aims to be an advisory team for everything related to planning, organizing, controlling and evaluating the teaching activity of the University, and will ensure compliance with the teaching function at the University, through a normalizing and coordinating action. of this type of institutional efforts, in addition to providing the procedures and methods required for its administration (Decree 137/1987, Article 13).

The Expanded Teaching Committee will meet monthly to address issues related to the multiple national challenges regarding the new requirements in Higher Education, which merit articulating efforts to satisfy these demands.