Catholic University of Colombia | |
Native Name: | Universidad Católica de Colombia |
Established: | March 1, 1970 |
Type: | Private |
Rector: | Francisco José Gómez Ortiz |
Students: | 10,695[1] |
Undergrad: | 8,893 |
Postgrad: | 1,783 |
Doctoral: | 19 |
City: | Bogotá |
Country: | Colombia |
Address: | Av. Caracas 46-72 |
Campus: | Urban |
Website: | www.ucatolica.edu.co |
The Catholic University of Colombia is a private institution of higher education. It was founded in Bogotá, Colombia in 1970, notable in its early loyalty to Catholic church doctrine. The institution had more than ten thousand students in September 2019, of which the majority were undergraduates. The university has three campuses in the city of Bogota, a school, a language school, and a university campus in addition to being an office setting for students in Bogotá. It gives technical and technological careers (in Chia, a town near Bogota). The three most important sites are in Bogota, Chapinero, and Teusaquillo - characterized by their historical and cultural value. Its entire campus distributed in such sites totals about 77.000m2 with 44.000 m2 of buildings and 33,000 m2 for building.
After 40 years, the Catholic University of Colombia is one of the most representative universities in the country and is known for its Catholic doctrine in much of Latin America.
The Universidad Catolica de Colombia offers eight undergraduate programs. It has approximately 11.000 students.