International Federation of Catholic Universities explained

International Federation of Catholic Universities
Abbreviation:IFCU
Formation:1924/1948
Type:International Federation and universities
Region Served:World
Leader Title:Secretary General
Leader Name:François Mabille
Website:http://www.fiuc.org/

The International Federation of Catholic Universities (IFCU) is an organisation of 226 Catholic universities throughout the world. The secretariat is at the Institut Catholique de Paris.

History

The federation has its origins in collaboration in 1924 between the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan and the Catholic university of Nijmegen in the Netherlands. It was created by a Papal Decree in 1948 as the Fœderatio Universitatum Catholicarum it became the International Federation of Catholic Universities in 1965.[1] The FIUC facilitates, research, partnership and exchange programmes between catholic institutes of education.[2] In 2023, it had 226 members universities in the world. [3]

Regional groups

The IFCU is broken up into a number of regions of the world:

List of secretaries-general

References

  1. http://www.laici.va/content/laici/en/sezioni/associazioni/repertorio/federazione-internazionale-delle-universita-cattoliche-.html FIUC
  2. Web site: About IFCU . 2013-07-15 . 2012-02-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120218224441/http://www.fiuc.org/cms/index.php?page=aboutENG&id=ICARIN . dead .
  3. International Federation of Catholic Universities, About, fiuc.org, France, retrieved November 2, 2023
  4. Web site: François Mabille IFCU Secretary General . 2018-01-29 . 2018-01-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180129140633/http://fiuc.org/en/docs/governance/secretariat/francois . dead .

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