Universities run by the Catholic Church
Dinand Library at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts , U.S. Catholic higher education includes universities , colleges , and other institutions of higher education privately run by the Catholic Church , typically by religious institutes . Those tied to the Holy See are specifically called pontifical universities .
By definition, Catholic canon law states that "A Catholic school is understood to be one which is under control of the competent ecclesiastical authority or of a public ecclesiastical juridical person, or one which in a written document is acknowledged as Catholic by the ecclesiastical authority" (Can. 803). Although some schools are deemed "Catholic" because of their identity and a great number of students enrolled are Catholics, it is also stipulated in canon law that "no school, even if it is in fact Catholic, may bear the title 'Catholic school' except by the consent of the competent ecclesiastical authority" (Can. 803 §3). [ 1] [ citation needed ]
The Dominican Order was "the first order instituted by the Church with an academic mission", [ 2] founding studia conventualia convent of the order, and studia generalia University of Bologna and the University of Paris . In Europe, most universities with medieval history were founded as Catholic. Many of them were rescinded to government authorities in the Modern era . Some, however, remained Catholic, while new ones were established alongside the public ones. The Catholic Church is the largest non-governmental provider of higher education in the world. Many of them are internationally competitive. According to the census of the Vatican 's Congregation for Catholic Education , the total number of Catholic universities and higher education institutions around the world is 1,358. On the other hand, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) counts it at 1,861. The Catholic religious order with the highest number of universities around the world today is the Society of Jesus with 114. [ 3]
Like other private schools, Catholic universities and colleges are generally nondenominational, in that they accept anyone regardless of religious affiliation, nationality, ethnicity, or civil status, provided the admission or enrollment requirements and legal documents are submitted, and rules and regulations are obeyed for a fruitful life on campus . However, non-Catholics, whether Christian or not, may or may not participate in otherwise required campus activities, particularly those of a religious nature. [ 4]
Beyond its academic offerings, a Catholic university or college cultivates an active and engaging community that supports teamwork and creative thinking. By working with different organizations and institutions, the university strengthens its research efforts and expands its influence. It aims to develop graduates who are not only skilled in their disciplines but also socially conscious and prepared to positively impact society.
List of Catholic institutions of higher education To prevent repetition, for Ecclesiastical universities and faculties, see Ecclesiastical university , and for Pontifical universities, see Pontifical university .
Argentina Austral University , Buenos Aires Catholic University of Santiago del Estero , Santiago del Estero Facultades de Filosofía y Teología de San Miguel , San Miguel Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina , Buenos Aires Saint Thomas Aquinas University of the North , San Miguel de Tucumán Universidad Católica de Córdoba , Cordoba Universidad Católica de Cuyo, San Juan Universidad Católica de La Plata, La Plata Universidad Católica de Salta, Salta Universidad Católica de Santa Fe , Santa Fe Universidad del Salvador , Buenos Aires Universidad FASTA, Mar del Plata Austria Benedict XVI Philosophical-Theological University , Heiligenkreuz Catholic Private University Linz , Linz Catholic University College of Education Graz, Graz ; f.2007 International Theological Institute , Trumau (near Wien) Pázmáneum , Wien Private University College of Education of the Diocese of Linz, Linz ; f.1968 University College of Teacher Education Edith Stein, Innsbruck University of Innsbruck Faculty of Catholic Theology, Innsbruck University of Salzburg Faculty of Catholic Theology, Salzburg University of Vienna Faculty of Catholic Theology, Wien Belarus John the Baptist Catholic College, Minsk Belgium Artevelde University of Applied Sciences , Ghent ICHEC Brussels Management School (Institut catholique des hautes études commerciales ), Woluwe-Saint-Pierre Institut des hautes etudes des communications sociales (IHECS), Brussels Institut libre Marie Haps (ILMH), Ixelles Institut Saint-Luc , Saint-Gilles Karel de Grote University of Applied Sciences and Arts , Antwerp LUCA School of Arts , Brussels Saint Ignatius University Centre, Antwerp (UCSIA), Antwerp Saint-Louis University, Brussels , (Université Saint-Louis - Bruxelles ), Brussels St John Berchmans University College, Heverlee , Heverlee University of Leuven (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven , KU Leuven ), Leuven Kulak (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven associatie Kortrijk ), Kortrijk University of Louvain (Université catholique de Louvain , UC Louvain ), Louvain-la-Neuve University of Namur (Université de Namur , UNamur), Namur Brazil Católica de Vitória Centro Universitário, Vitória , ES Centro Universitário Católica de Santa Catarina, Jaraguá do Sul , SC Centro Universitário Católico do Sudoeste do Paraná, Palmas , PR Centro Universitário Claretiano, Batatais , SP Centro Universitário da FEI , São Bernardo do Campo, SP Centro Universitário Franciscano , Santa Maria, RS Centro Universitário São Camilo, Ipiranga , SP Faculdade Católica do Tocantins, Palmas , TO Faculdade La Salle, Manaus , AM Institutos Supereriores de Ensino La Salle , Niteroi, RJ La Salle College of Lucas do Rio Verde , Lucas do Rio Verde, MT Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas , Campinas Pontifical Catholic University of Goiás , Goiânia Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais , Belo Horizonte Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo , São Paulo Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná , Curitiba Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro , Rio de Janeiro Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul , Porto Alegre Universidade Católica de Brasília , Brasília, DF Universidade Católica de Pelotas , Pelotas, RS Universidade Católica de Pernambuco , Recife, PE Universidade Católica de Petrópolis , Petropolis, RJ Universidade Católica de Santos , Santos, SP Universidade Católica do Salvador , Salvador, BA Universidade Católica Dom Bosco , Campo Grande, MS Universidade da Amazônia , Belem, PA Universidade do Sagrado Coração, Bauru , SP Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos , São Leopoldo, RS Universidade La Salle , Canoas , RS Universidade Santa Úrsula , Rio de Janeiro, RJ Universidade São Francisco , Bragança Paulista, SP University of Vale do Paraíba , São José dos Campos, SP Canada Public universities that claim Catholic affiliation
Mount Saint Vincent University , Halifax, Nova Scotia Saint Mary's University , Halifax, Nova Scotia St. Francis Xavier University , Antigonish, Nova Scotia St. Thomas University , Fredericton, New Brunswick Université de Montréal , Montreal, Quebec Université de Sherbrooke , Sherbrooke, Quebec Université Laval , Quebec City, Quebec Université Sainte-Anne , Pointe-de-l'Église, Nova Scotia Catholic institutions affiliated or federated to public universities
Assumption University , Windsor, Ontario (University of Windsor ) Brescia University College , London, Ontario (University of Western Ontario ) Campion College , Regina, Saskatchewan (University of Regina ) Corpus Christi College , Vancouver, British Columbia (University of British Columbia ) Dominican University College , Ottawa, Ontario (Carleton University ) King's University College , London, Ontario (University of Western Ontario ) Regis College , Toronto, Ontario (University of Toronto ) Saint Paul University , Ottawa, Ontario (University of Ottawa ) St. Jerome's University , Waterloo, Ontario (University of Waterloo ) St. Joseph's College , Edmonton, Alberta (University of Alberta ) St. Mark's College , Vancouver, British Columbia (University of British Columbia ) St. Michael's College , Toronto, Ontario (University of Toronto ) St. Paul's College , Fort Garry, Manitoba (University of Manitoba ) St. Thomas More College , Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (University of Saskatchewan ) Université de Saint-Boniface , Winnipeg, Manitoba (University of Manitoba ) Private Catholic universities
Central African Republic Catholic University Center (Centre Catholique Universitaire; CCU), Bangui Chile Academy of Christian Humanism University , Santiago Alberto Hurtado University , Santiago Catholic University of the Holy Conception , Concepcion Catholic University of the Maule , Talca Catholic University of the North , Antofagasta Pontifical Catholic University of Chile , Santiago Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso , Valparaiso Silva Henríquez Catholic University, Santiago Temuco Catholic University , Temuco Universidad Finis Terrae , Santiago Universidad Santo Tomás, Santiago & many campuses University of the Andes, Chile , Santiago Colombia Augustinian University (Uniagustiniana), Bogotá Catholic University of Colombia , Bogotá Corporación Universitaria Lasallista, Caldas Del Rosario University , Bogotá; f. 1653 Fundación Universitaria Católica Lumen Gentium, Cali La Salle University, Colombia , Bogotá Luis Amigó Catholic University , Medellín Minuto de Dios University Corporation, Bogotá Pontifical Bolivarian University , Medellín Pontifical Xavierian University , Bogotá Saint Martin University , Bogotá Saint Thomas Aquinas University , Bogotá Sergio Arboleda University , Bogotá Universidad Católica de Manizales, Manizales Universidad Católica da Pereira, Pereira Universidad Católica de Oriente , Rionegro (near Medellín) Universidad CESMAG, San Juan de Pasto Universidad de San Buenaventura, 4 campuses (including Bogotá ) Universidad Mariana, Pasto University of La Sabana , Chía Académie des Beaux-Arts , Kinshasa Catholic University of Graben , Butembo Loyola University of Congo , Kinshasa Marist University of Congo, Kisangani Mazenod University (Université De Mazenod), Kinshasa Université Catholique de Bukavu , Bukavu Université Catholique du Congo, Kinshasa Université Catholique la Sapientia de Goma, Goma Université de l'Assomption, Butembo Université de l'Uélé, Isiro Université Notre Dame du Kasayi, Kananga University of Cardinal Malula, Kinshasa France Catholic University of Toulouse , Toulouse , France Catholic Institute of Higher Studies - ICES (Institut Catholique d'Etudes Supérieures), La Roche-sur-Yon Catholic University of Lyon , Lyon Catholic University of Rennes , Rennes Catholic University of the West , Angers Catholic University of Toulouse , Toulouse Centre Sèvres , Paris; Jesuit institution Chavagnes Studium , Chavagnes en Paillers; Anglophone Liberal Arts Centre Collège des Bernardins (Faculté Notre-Dame), Paris ECAM Rennes - Louis de Broglie , Bruz, near Rennes École catholique des arts et métiers (ECAM), Lyon École supérieure des sciences économiques et commerciales (ESSEC Business School ), Cergy-Pontoise Institut catholique d'arts et métiers (ICAM ), Lille & 5 cities Institut Catholique de Paris , Paris Institut supérieur d'électronique de Paris , Paris Unilasalle (Institut Polytechnique UniLaSalle), Beauvais & Rouen Université Catholique de Lille , Lille University of Strasbourg Faculty of Catholic Theology, Strasbourg Germany Catholic University of Applied Sciences Berlin (KHSB), Berlin Catholic University of Applied Sciences Freiburg (KH Freiburg), Freiburg Catholic University of Applied Sciences Mainz (KH Mainz), Mainz Catholic University of Applied Sciences Munich (KSH München), Munich Catholic University of Applied Sciences North Rhine-Westphalia (KatHO NW), Cologne & Münster Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt , Eichstätt & Ingolstadt Faculty of Roman-Catholic Theology, University of Tübingen , Tübingen Munich School of Philosophy , Munich Sankt Georgen Graduate School of Philosophy and Theology , Frankfurt University of Freiburg Faculty of Theology , Freiburg India St. Berchmans College in Changanassery is one of the prominent Catholic institutions in Kerala , India . As of fall 2004, there are 291 Catholic colleges and universities in India. Among them are the following:
Secular Universities and Colleges Assam Don Bosco University , Guwahati Christ University , Bangalore De Paul Institute of Science & Technology (DIST), Angamaly Don Bosco Institute of Technology, Mumbai , Mumbai Father Muller Medical College , Mangalore Jesus and Mary College , New Delhi Jubilee Mission Medical College and Research Institute , Thrissur Jyoti Nivas College , Bangalore Loyola College, Chennai , Chennai Loyola-ICAM College of Engineering and Technology , Chennai Mount Carmel College, Bengaluru , Bangalore Malankara Catholic College, Mariagiri , Marthandam Pushpagiri Medical College , Thiruvalla Sathyabama University , Chennai St. Berchmans College , Changanassery; with three Cardinals of the Catholic Church among its alumni St. Francis Institute of Technology , Mumbai St. John's Medical College , Bangalore St. Joseph University, Chümoukedima , Nagaland St. Joseph's University, Bangalore , Bangalore St. Joseph's College of Commerce , Bangalore St. Joseph's Institute of Management, Bengaluru , Bangalore St Joseph's College of Law, Bengaluru , Bangalore St. Xavier's College, Calcutta , Kolkata; f.1860 St. Xavier's College, Mumbai , Mumbai; f.1869 St. Xavier's University, Kolkata , Kolkata Xavier Institute of Engineering , Mumbai XIM University , Bhubaneswar Indonesia Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia , Jakarta; 8 schools including School of Medicine Catholic University of Saint Thomas, Medan De La Salle Catholic University, Manado , Manado Mechatronics Polytechnic of Sanata Dharma , Yogyakarta Parahyangan Catholic University , Bandung ; oldest Catholic University in Indonesia, f.1955. Polytechnic ATMI Surakarta , Surakarta Sanata Dharma University , Yogyakarta Sekolah Tinggi Filsafat Pineleng, Manado Soegijapranata Catholic University (Unika Soegijapranata ), Semarang Universitas Atma Jaya Makassar, Makassar Universitas Atma Jaya Yogyakarta , Yogyakarta Widya Karya Catholic University, Malang Widya Mandala Catholic University , Surabaya Widya Mandira Catholic University, Kupang Ireland All Hallows College , Dublin; Dublin City University All Hallows Campus Catholic University of Ireland , Dublin; became National University of Ireland Marino Institute of Education , Dublin Mary Immaculate College, Limerick ; a college of the University of Limerick St. Patrick's, Carlow College , Carlow St. Patrick's College, Thurles , now MIC St. Patrick's Thurles Campus St Patrick's Pontifical University, Maynooth , Maynooth The Priory Institute , Tallaght; Dominican institution, validated by Technological University of Dublin Japan Elisabeth University of Music , Hiroshima Fuji Women's University , Sapporo Kagoshima Immaculate Heart University , Satsumasendai Kyoto Notre Dame University , Kyoto Nagasaki Junshin Catholic University , Nagasaki Nanzan University , Nagoya Notre Dame Seishin University , Okayama St. Catherine University , Matsuyama St. Marianna University School of Medicine , Kawasaki St. Mary's College (Japan) , Kurume St. Thomas University, Japan , Amagasaki Seisen Jogakuin College , Nagano Seisen University , Tokyo Sendai Shirayuri Women's College , Sendai Shirayuri University , Tokyo Sophia University , Tokyo Tenshi College , Sapporo Tokyo Junshin University , Tokyo University of the Sacred Heart , Tokyo Korea Catholic Kkottongnae University, Cheongju Catholic Kwandong University , Gangneung Catholic Sangji College , Andong Catholic University of Daegu , Daegu Catholic University of Pusan , Pusan Daejeon Catholic University, Sejong City Gwangju Catholic University , Naju Incheon Catholic University , Incheon Mokpo Catholic University , Mokpo Sogang University , Seoul Suwon Catholic University, Hwaseong, Gyeonggi The Catholic University of Korea , Seoul & Bucheon Mexico Ateneo de Monterrey University, Monterrey Ibero-American University of Torreón , Torreón Ibero-American University Tijuana , Tijuana Intercultural Institute of Ayuuk , Oaxaca ITESO , Guadalajara; Jesuit university Loyola University of the Pacific, Acapulco Marist University of Querétaro, Querétaro Montolinia del Pedregal University, Ciudad de México Pontifical University of Mexico , Ciudad de México Simón Bolívar University (Mexico) , Ciudad de México Tamaulipas Institute of Higher Education , Altamira Universidad Anáhuac Cancún , Cancún Universidad Anáhuac del Sur , Ciudad de México Universidad Anáhuac Mayab , Mérida Universidad Anáhuac México Norte , Huixquilucan Universidad Anahuac Oaxaca, Oaxaca Universidad Anáhuac San Andrés Cholula, Puebla Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara , Guadalajara Universidad Bonaterra , Aguascalientes Universidad Catolica Lumen Gentium, Ciudad de Mexico Universidad de Monterrey , Monterrey Universidad del Valle , Ciudad de México Universidad del Valle de Atemajac , Zapopan Universidad Iberoamericana Universidad Iberoamericana León , León Universidad Iberoamericana Puebla , San Andrés Cholula Universidad Incarnate Word, Ciudad de Mexico & Irapuato Universidad Intercontinental , Ciudad de México Universidad La Salle , Ciudad de México Universidad La Salle Chihuahua (La Salle University of Chihuahua ), Chihuahua Universidad La Salle Noroeste, Ciudad Obregón Universidad La Salle Saltillo, Saltillo Universidad La Salle Victoria, Ciudad Victoria Universidad La Salle Laguna, Gómez Palacio Universidad La Salle Cuernavaca, Cuernavaca Universidad La Salle Pachuca, Pachuca Universidad La Salle Oaxaca, Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán Universidad La Salle Benavente, Puebla Universidad La Salle Bajío, León - Celaya - San Francisco del Rincon Universidad La Salle Nezahuelcóyotl, Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl Universidad La Salle Morelia, Morelia Universidad La Salle Cancún, Cancún Universidad Panamericana , Ciudad de México Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla , Puebla City Universidad Salesiana México, Ciudad de México Vasco de Quiroga University , Morelia Nigeria Augustine University Ilara , Epe Ave Maria University, Piyanko, Nasarawa State Caritas University , Amorji-Nike Catholic Institute of West Africa , Port Harcourt Catholic University of Nigeria (Veritas University ), Abuja Dominican University Ibadan , Ibadan Godfrey Okoye University , Enugu Gregory University , Uturu Madonna University , Ihiala Our Saviour Institute of Science and Technology , Enugu Pan-Atlantic University , Lagos Spiritan University, Umunneochi Peru Antonio Ruiz de Montoya University (UARM), Lima Catholic University Los Angeles of Chimbote , Chimbote Catholic University of Santa María , Arequipa Catholic University of Trujillo , Trujillo Pontifical Catholic University of Peru , Lima Universidad Católica de San Pablo , Arequipa Universidad Católica Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo, Lambayeque Universidad Católica Sedes Sapientiae (UCSS), Lima Universidad de San Martín de Porres , Lima Universidad Femenina del Sagrado Corazón , Lima Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola , Lima University of the Pacific , Lima University of Piura , Piura & Lima Philippines There are more than 40 universities — besides many colleges — in the Philippine Catholic Church. Among these, some universities are:
Adamson University , Manila Angeles University Foundation , Angeles City Ateneo de Davao University , Davao City Ateneo de Manila University , Quezon City Ateneo de Zamboanga University , Zamboanga City De La Salle Araneta University , Malabon De La Salle University , Manila De La Salle University – Dasmariñas , Cavite Holy Angel University , Angeles City La Salle University , Ozamiz Saint Louis University (Philippines) , Baguio City St. Paul University Manila , Manila St. Paul University Quezon City , Quezon City University of Saint Louis Tuguegarao , Cagayan University of San Carlos , Cebu City University of San Jose – Recoletos , Cebu City University of Santo Tomas , Manila University of Santo Tomas - Legazpi , Albay Poland cf. In Poland also work faculties of theology in some public universities.
Rwanda Catholic University of Rwanda, Butare Université Catholique de Kabgayi, Muhanga Spain Abat Oliba CEU University , Barcelona Catholic University of Ávila , Avila CEU San Pablo University , Madrid Chemical Institute of Sarrià , Barcelona Comillas Pontifical University , Madrid ESADE , Barcelona Fernando III University, Seville Holy Family University Center , Úbeda IESE Business School , Barcelona International University of Catalonia , Barcelona Loyola University Andalusia , Córdoba and Seville Pontifical University of Salamanca , Salamanca Ramon Llull University , Barcelona Real Centro Universitario Escorial-Maria Christina , San Lorenzo de El Escorial Saint Louis University Madrid Campus , Madrid San Damaso Ecclesiastical University , Madrid Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia , Murcia Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera , Valencia Universidad Francisco de Vitoria , Madrid Universidad San Jorge, Villanueva de Gállego University of Agricultural Engineering , Valladolid University of Deusto , Bilbao University of Navarra , Pamplona Valencia Catholic University Saint Vincent Martyr , Valencia Villanueva University , Madrid United Kingdom There are four universities, six other institutes of higher studies, and one ecclesiastical faculty (within a Catholic university) recognised by the Catholic Education Service of the Catholic Bishops Conference of England and Wales . [ 12] In addition, there is a residential college associated with a religious order in England, and a university college in Northern Ireland.
Universities University college Institutes of higher studies Residential college United States There are 244 Catholic higher education degree-granting institutions in the United States. [ 17] Among them are the following:
Ave Maria University , Ave Maria, Florida Benedictine College , Atchison, Kansas Boston College , Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts College of the Holy Cross , Worcester, Massachusetts Catholic University of America , Washington, D.C. Creighton University , Omaha, Nebraska DePaul University , Chicago, Illinois Duquesne University , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Fordham University , New York City, New York Franciscan University of Steubenville , Steubenville, Ohio Georgetown University , Washington, D.C. Gonzaga University , Spokane, Washington Loyola Marymount University , Los Angeles, California Loyola University Chicago , Chicago, Illinois Marquette University , Milwaukee, Wisconsin Mount St. Mary's University , Emmitsburg, Maryland Saint Joseph's University , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Saint Louis University , St. Louis, Missouri Saint Michael's College , Colchester, Vermont Saint John's University , Queens, New York Santa Clara University , Santa Clara, California Seton Hall University , South Orange, New Jersey Thomas Aquinas College , Santa Paula, California University of Dayton , Dayton, Ohio University of the Incarnate Word , San Antonio, Texas University of Notre Dame , South Bend, Indiana University of San Diego , San Diego, California University of San Francisco , San Francisco, California University of St. Thomas (Minnesota) , St. Paul, Minnesota Villanova University , Villanova, Pennsylvania Wyoming Catholic College , Lander, Wyoming Xavier University , Cincinnati, Ohio This page is based on this
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