Instituto Nacional General José Miguel Carrera, often shortened to Instituto Nacional (National Institute), is a public middle and high school in downtown Santiago, Chile which teaches 4.400 students between 7th and 12th grade.

The Instituto Nacional is one of the few public schools in Chile's largely privatized educational landscape.

The school played a role in the long-running student protests for fairer education policies in 2006.

When the protests began in 2019 with the increase in metro prices, the students at the Instituto Nacional called for collective fare evasion.

[1][2] The school was founded on August 10, 1813 by Chile's first President and national hero, José Miguel Carrera.