Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso

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Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso
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motto Fides et Labor
founding 1925
Sponsorship Roman Catholic Church
place Valparaíso
country ChileChile Chile
Rector Claudio Elórtegui Raffo
Students 13,149
Networks FIUC
Website www.pucv.cl

The Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso ( Spanish : Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso , short: PUCV ) is a university under papal law in Valparaíso ( Chile ).

history

The Catholic University of Valparaíso was founded on September 21, 1925. In 2003 the university was recognized as a Pontifical University by decree by Pope John Paul II . Grand Chancellor is the respective bishop of the diocese Valparaíso ; he is usually represented by a Vice Grand Chancellor. From 2008 the diocesan priest Dietrich Lorenz , who has been teaching at the University's Philosophical Institute since 1997, has been Vice Grand Chancellor. After his resignation on November 23, 2018, no new Vice Grand Chancellor was appointed; The diocesan administrator of Valparaíso, Auxiliary Bishop Pedro Ossandón Buljevic , is the Pro-Grand Chancellor . The rector of the university has been the economist Claudio Elórtegui Raffo , father of the well-known Chilean journalist Claudio Elórtegui Gómez (* 1976), who also teaches at the university, since 2010 .

A cooperation agreement has existed with the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg since 2001 .

Faculties

  • Architecture and urban planning
  • Natural ressources
  • Agricultural Sciences
  • Mathematics and natural sciences
  • Economics and Management
  • Engineering
  • Law and Social Sciences
  • Soil and water culture
  • Philosophy and Education
  • Religious studies

See also

Web links

Commons : Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Members. In: www.fiuc.org. International Federation of Catholic Universities, accessed September 21, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Asumió nuevo Vice Gran Canciller de la Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso. In: Caritas Chile , March 25, 2008; Dr. Dietrich Lorenz Daiber, Pbro. Curriculum vitae on the diocese website; both accessed in March 2019 (both in Spanish).
  3. ↑ Comunicado por renuncia de Vice Gran Canciller. Announcement on the resignation and presentation of the Gran Cancillería on the homepage of the university, both accessed on October 20, 2019 (both in Spanish).
  4. ^ Chile, Valparaíso: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Information on the website of the University of Oldenburg, retrieved in October 2019.

Coordinates: 33 ° 24 ′ 13 ″  S , 71 ° 36 ′ 21 ″  W