International Federation of Catholic Universities
Abbreviation | IFCU |
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Formation | 1924/1948 |
Type | International Federation and universities |
Purpose | Promote common research projects amongst Catholic higher education institutions and is to contribute to the progress of knowledge and its applications and to the development of a more just and human world in the light of reason and faith through the ferment of the Gospel.[1] |
Headquarters | 9, 21 Rue d'Assas, 75006 Paris France |
Region served | World |
Secretary General | François Mabille |
Website | http://www.fiuc.org/ |
The International Federation of Catholic Universities (IFCU) is an organisation of over 200
Catholic universities throughout the world.[citation needed
]
History
Founded in 1924.Institut Catholique de Paris.[citation needed]
Regional groups
The IFCU is broken up into a number of regions of the world:
- Federation of European Catholic Universities (FUCE)
- Association of Catholic Universities and Institutes of Africa and Madagascar (ACUIAM)
- Association of Southeast and East Asian Catholic Colleges and Universities (ASEACCU)
- The Organisation of Catholic Universities in Latin America (ODUCAL)
- Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU) in North America
- The Xavier Board of Higher Education in India
List of secretaries-general
- François Mabille, November 2019[5]
References
- ^ IFCU statutes, Article 2
- ^ IFCU STATUTES. Art 1
- ^ FIUC Pontifical Council of the Laity]
- ^ "About IFCU". Archived from the original on 2012-02-18. Retrieved 2013-07-15.
- ^ "François Mabille IFCU Secretary General". Archived from the original on 2018-01-29. Retrieved 2018-01-29.