Universidad Centroamericana

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Universidad Centroamericana UCA
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motto Contribuir al desarrollo humano equitativo y sostenible de Nicaragua y la región, mediante la actividad docente, investigativa y de proyección social de alta calidad, inspirada en los valores cristianos.
founding June 23, 1960
Sponsorship Roman Catholic Church
place Managua
country NicaraguaNicaragua Nicaragua
Rector Padre José Alberto Idiáquez Guevara, SJ
Students 16,000
Networks FIUC
Website www.uca.edu.ni

The Universidad Centroamericana (UCA) is a university in Managua , Nicaragua .

history

From 1870 it was part of the liberal emancipation and state formation in Central America to create state educational institutions and to force the church out of the educational system. The UCA Nicaragua was the first private university, which was founded on June 23, 1960 by the Compañía de Jesús in Central America. She began her university career on June 5, 1961 with chairs for business administration, electromechanics and civil engineering in the old center of Managua at the Cine González and veterinary medicine in Rivas. In 1965, Johannes XXIII. a building for social research and planning which was built with funds from the German development cooperation. In 1966 an institute for Central American history and a human sciences faculty with courses in psychology, social education, philosophy, literature and social sciences were founded.

management

  • Rector (since 2014) is Fr. José Alberto Idiáquez Guevara SJ

Faculties

There are five faculties:

  • Faculty of Economics and Management
  • Faculty of Science, Technology and Environment
  • Faculty of Communication Studies
  • Faculty of Law
  • Faculty of Humanities

printing house

UCA publishes the Revista Envío .

Web links

Commons : Central American University (Managua)  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.uca.edu.ni/index.php/institucion/autoridades
  2. ↑ Members. In: www.fiuc.org. International Federation of Catholic Universities, accessed September 19, 2019 .
  3. ↑ https://www.uca.edu.ni/index.php/institucion/autoridades
  4. ↑ Revista Envío http://www.envio.org.ni/