Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul
| Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul | |
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| motto | Ad Verum Ducit |
| founding | 1931/1947 |
| Sponsorship | ecclesiastical |
| place | Porto Alegre , Rio Grande do Sul |
| country |
 Brazil
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| Rector | Evilázio Teixeira |
| Students | 30,058 (2005) |
| Employee | 6197 (2005) |
| including professors | 1200 |
| Networks | FIUC |
| Website | www.pucrs.br |
The Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS-RG) ( Portuguese Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul ) is a Brazilian university under papal law . It is the largest private university in Brazil .
The forerunner of today's university was the Nossa Senhora do Rosário School in Porto Alegre , founded in 1937 by the Order of the Marists , a higher school for politics and economics. In 1945, three further universities developed from this, the School of Philosophy, Science and Language , followed by the School of Social Services and in 1947 the School of Law . These four schools were combined as União Sul Brasileira de Educação e Ensino (USBEE) and on November 9, 1948, the state-recognized private Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul was founded .
The Archbishop of Porto Alegre, Alfredo Vicente Scherer , was the university's first chancellor and opened the course on December 8, 1948. The founding rector was Armando Pereira de Câmara . 1951 took place by Pope Pius XII. recognition as a university under papal law.
At the main location in Porto Alegre in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul and the branches Uruguaiana and Viamão , more than 30,000 students study in 22 faculties .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.pucrs.br/institucional/palavra-do-reitor/
- ↑ Members. In: www.fiuc.org. International Federation of Catholic Universities, accessed September 22, 2019 .