Catholic higher education

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Catholic higher education includes

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).[citation needed
]

The

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.[citation needed]

Partial list of universities

To prevent repetition, for Ecclesiastical universities and faculties, see Ecclesiastical university, and for Pontifical universities, see Pontifical university.

Albania

  • Catholic University "Our Lady of Good Counsel"
    , Tirana

Angola

Argentina

Australia

Austria

Bangladesh

Belgium

Belize

Benin

  • Université Catholique de l'Afrique de l'Ouest - Unité universitaire à Cotonou

Bolivia

Brazil

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cambodia

Cameroon

Canada

Public universities that continue to claim Catholic affiliation

Catholic institutions affiliated or federated to public universities

Private Catholic universities

Chile

Colombia

Congo, Democratic Republic of

Congo, Republic of

Costa Rica

  • Universidad Católica de Costa Rica, San José; f.1993
  • Universidad de La Salle, San José; f.1994
  • Universidad Juan Pablo II, San José; f.1996

Croatia

Cuba

Czech Republic

Dominican Republic

  • Instituto Politécnico Loyola
    , San Cristobal
  • Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra
    , Santo Domingo
  • Universidad Católica del Este, Higüey
  • Universidad Católica Nordestana,
    San Francisco de Macoris
  • Universidad Católica Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo
  • Universidad Católica Tecnológica del Cibao,
    La Vega

East Timor

Ecuador

El Salvador

  • Universidad Católica de El Salvador, Santa Ana
  • Universidad Centroamericana
    , San Salvador
  • Universidad Don Bosco, Soyapango

Ethiopia

  • Ethiopian Catholic University - La Salle (ECUL), Addis Ababa
  • Ethiopian Catholic University of St. Thomas Aquinas (ECUSTA), Addis Ababa

France

Catholic University of Toulouse, Toulouse, France

Georgia

Germany

Ghana

Guatemala

Haiti

  • University Notre Dame of Haiti
    (Université Notre Dame d'Haïti), Port-au-Prince

Honduras

Hong Kong

  • Caritas Institute of Higher Education

Hungary

India

As of fall 2004 there are 291 catholic colleges and universities in India. Among them some are:

Indonesia

Iraq

Ireland

Israel

Italy

See also Vatican

Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)

  • Université Catholique de l'Afrique de l'Ouest
    , Abidjan

Jamaica

Japan

Jordan

Kenya

Korea

Lebanon

Saint Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon
  • Antonine University, Baabda
  • College La Sagesse St Joseph - Ashrafieh
    , Beirut
  • Notre Dame University - Louaize
    , Zouk Mosbeh
  • Saint Joseph University
    , Beirut
  • Université La Sagesse, Furn-El-Chebak
  • Université Saint-Esprit de Kaslik
    , Kaslik
  • Université Sainte Famille, Batroun

Liberia

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Macau

Madagascar

Malawi

Malta

Mexico

Mozambique

Nepal

  • St. Xavier's College
    , Kathmandu

Netherlands

New Zealand

  • Catholic Institute of Aotearoa New Zealand, Wellington
  • Good Shepherd College
    , Auckland

Nicaragua

Nigeria

Pakistan

Palestine

Panama

Papua New Guinea

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

There are more than 40 universities — besides many colleges — in the Philippine Catholic Church. Among these, some universities are:

Poland

cf. In Poland also work faculties of theology in some public universities.

Portugal

Puerto Rico

Qatar

Romania

Rwanda

  • Catholic University of Rwanda, Butare
  • Université Catholique de Kabgayi, Muhanga

Senegal

  • Université Catholique de l'Afrique de l'Ouest - Unité universitaire à Dakar

Sierra Leone

Singapore

Slovakia

Main building of the Catholic University in Ružomberok, Slovakia

Slovenia

South Africa

South Sudan

Spain

Sri Lanka

Sudan

  • Comboni College for Science and Technology
    , Khartoum

Sweden

Switzerland

Taiwan

Tanzania

Thailand

Togo

  • Université Catholique de l'Afrique de l'Ouest - Unité universitaire à Togo, Lomé

Uganda

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom

United States

There are 244 Catholic higher education degree-granting institutions in the United States.[3] Among the most well known are:

Uruguay

  • Universidad Católica del Uruguay Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga
    , Montevideo
  • Universidad de Montevideo
    , Montevideo

Vatican

Venezuela

Vietnam

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Academic rankings

Some of the universities, including

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, are ranked in the top list of universities according to the Times Higher Education journal.[4] There is so far no list of academic rankings of Catholic universities. In the United States, U.S. News & World Report magazine provides the Best Colleges ranking; University of Notre Dame, Georgetown University, and Boston College have been scored as top Catholic national universities.[citation needed
]

See also

References

  1. ^ Mandonnet, Pierre-François-Félix (1911). "Order of Preachers" . Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 12.
  2. ^ "Sophia University". Archived from the original on 2017-06-25. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
  3. ^ "Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities". Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
  4. ^ "The University Rankings 2010", The World University Rankings