Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

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Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Motto Et lux in tenebris lucet (And the light shone in the dark)
Established 1917
Type Private University
Roman Catholic University
Rector Marcial Rubio Correa
Academic staff 369
Admin. staff 3,156
Students 17,512
Undergraduates 16,315
Postgraduates 1,614
Doctoral students 32
Location Lima, Peru
Campus 0.41 km2 (Urban setting)
Website www.pucp.edu.pe

Coordinates: 12°04′10″S 77°04′46″W / 12.06944°S 77.07944°W / -12.06944; -77.07944 Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (Spanish: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, PUCP) is a private university in Lima, Peru. It was founded in 1917 by F. Jorge Dintilhac SS.CC. as Peru's first non-profit private institution of higher learning. Academically, PUCP ranks second in Peru, behind the National University of San Marcos.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

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[edit] History

The University received the title of "Pontificia" in 1942 from Pope Pius XII. In 1986, the University conferred the academic title of Doctor Honoris causa to Cardinal Archbishop of Munich and Freising Joseph Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict XVI).

However, in October 2011, Cardinal Peter Erdo, 59, Metropolitan Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, President of the Hungarian Episcopal Conference, and Primate of Hungary (and the second-youngest Cardinal), was named Apostolic Visitor to the College after it refused to assent to the principles that were originally laid down in the Apostolic Exhortation, "Ex Corde Ecclesiae" of Blessed Pope John Paul II as essential norms for Catholic theological institutes, endangering its status as a Pontifical and Catholic university.[citation needed] Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone received the Rector in audience in February 2012 and stated that any acceptable norms to be developed needed to be fully in place by Easter 2012.

[edit] Academic Development

The University began activities in 1917 with two schools: Letters and Laws. In 1933, when the university had more than 500 students, the Schools of Engineering, and Political and Economical Sciences were established. In 1935, the School of Education was created. Later, in 1939, the Academy of Catholic Art was founded, with Adolf Winternitz as its director; the university is still one of only a small number to offer an arts major in Perú.

[edit] Today

The University is affiliated with, but not governed by, the Roman Catholic Church. Currently there are 16,000 undergraduate students pursuing 38 different specialties in 10 schools. Its main campus is located in the Lima district of San Miguel, with the newly built Mac Gregor complex.

Outside the main campus there are other facilities such as the IC (Idiomas Católica), a language-learning center, the Confucius Institute PUCP, the cultural center (CCPUCP) located in the district of San Isidro. CENTRUM, a center for business studies featuring doctoral level and MBA programs and located in the district of Santiago de Surco, is also part of PUCP.

Student body
  • Undergraduate: 17.064
  • Postgraduates: 4.917
  • Doctoral: 57

[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] Gallery

  • Mac Gregor building, used for administrative functions

  • The university's business center

  • Riva Agüero Institute

  • PUCP initials on the campus's main entrance

  • A view from the 4th floor of Building Zeta (Z)

  • Language Center

  • Riva Agüero Institute

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Ranking universitario en el Perú". Asamblea Nacional de Rectores (ANR) and UNESCO. http://www.cgci.udg.mx/boletines/biblioVirtual/pdf/rankinguniv-peru.pdf. Retrieved 2011-07-24. 
  2. ^ "University Ranking by Academic Performance (2010): Top Perú". URAP Center. http://www.urapcenter.org/2010/country.php?ccode=PE. Retrieved 2011-07-24. 
  3. ^ "2011 World University Ranking: Top Peru". 4 International Colleges & Universities. http://www.4icu.org/pe/. Retrieved 2011-07-24. 
  4. ^ "Ranking pone a UNMSM como la mejor del Perú". Diario La República. http://www.larepublica.pe/13-02-2011/ranking-pone-unmsm-como-la-mejor-del-peru. Retrieved 2011-02-13. 
  5. ^ "Ranking Web De Universidaded Del Mundo, Julio 2011". Webometrics. http://www.webometrics.info/rank_by_country_es.asp?country=pe&zoom_highlight=pontificia+universidad+catolica+del+peru. Retrieved 2012-01-09. 
  6. ^ Top Colleges and Best Universities of Peru
  7. ^ Top 200 Latin American Universities

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