Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador

Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador
motto	Seréis mis testigos (Eng .: you will be my witnesses )
founding	1946
Sponsorship	Private
place	Quito , Ibarra , Santo Domingo de los Colorados , Ambato , Esmeraldas and Portoviejo
country	Ecuador
Rector	Fernando Ponce León, SJ
Students	approx. 14,000
Networks	FIUC
Website	www.puce.edu.ec

The Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador ( Spanish : Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador , short: PUCE ) is a private, full Catholic university sponsored by the Jesuits in Ecuador .

Organization and locations

The university was founded in central Quito in 1946 and gradually expanded. In addition to the headquarters in Quito, there are campuses in Ibarra , Santo Domingo de los Colorados , Ambato , Esmeraldas and the province of Manabí , and until 1990 also in Cuenca . The legal entity of the association is the Sistema Nacional Universitario Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (SINAPUCE) (German: National University System of the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador ). The college has a 2013 budget of $ 71.8 million , of which $ 13.8 million comes from government grants.

Grand Chancellor is the Archbishop of Quito, Fausto Trávez Trávez , Rector is Fernando Ponce León, SJ. In July 2015 Pope Francis visited the university on his trip to Ecuador.

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  Orientation board

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  On the campus

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  Library

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  Pope visit 2015

Faculties and institutions

• Architecture , design and art
• Administration and bookkeeping
• Exact and Natural Sciences
• Philosophy and theology
• Linguistics
• Humanities
• Educational science
• Communication , linguistics and literary studies
• Economics
• Nursing
• Engineering
• law
• medicine
• psychology

There are also schools and institutes for the subjects of bioanalysis and social work .

For most of these subjects the degrees Licenciatura , Diplomado , Magister , Maestría or Master are offered.

The PUCE publishes a large number of scientific journals. The PUCE is affiliated to a cultural center with changing exhibitions, concerts and lectures.

Former students

• Fabián Alarcón (* 1947), Ecuadorian politician, President of Ecuador from 1997 to 1998
• Enrique Ayala (* 1950), Ecuadorian politician and historian, Rector of the Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar
• Agustín Cueva (1937–1999), Ecuadorian sociologist and literary theorist
• Yolanda Kakabadse (* 1948), Ecuadorian environmental politician
• Osvaldo Hurtado (* 1939), Ecuadorian politician and social scientist, President of Ecuador from 1981 to 1984
• Juan Paz y Miño , Ecuadorian historian and publicist
• Wilson Moncayo (1944–2012), Ecuadorian theologian and Roman Catholic bishop of Santo Domingo de los Colorados

Web links

Commons : Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b c} Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador . In: WHED - IAU's World Higher Education Database . Retrieved October 20, 2015.
2. ↑ http://www.puce.edu.ec/portal/content/Universidad/104?link=oln30.redirect
3. ↑ Members. In: www.fiuc.org. International Federation of Catholic Universities, accessed September 20, 2019 .  
4. ↑ http://www.puce.edu.ec
5. ↑ Direccion General Financiera - Presupuestos ( Spanish ) Retrieved July 14, 2013.
6. ↑ http://www.puce.edu.ec/portal/content/Universidad/104?link=oln30.redirect
7. ↑ Transporte público será gratuito en Quito durante visita del papa Francisco. In: El Universo . July 1, 2015, accessed October 20, 2015 (Spanish). 
8. ^ Discurso del Papa Francisco en la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Ecuador. In: ACI Prensa. July 7, 2015, accessed October 20, 2015 (Spanish). 
9. ↑ http://www.puce.edu.ec/portal/content/Informaci%C3%B3n%20general/123?link=oln30.redirect Communication , Linguistics and Literary Studies Catholic University of Ecuador

Coordinates: 0 ° 12 ′ 36 ″  S , 78 ° 29 ′ 29 ″  W.