A
pontifical university is a
Roman CatholicThe Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church. With more than a billion members, over half of all Christians and more than one-sixth of the world's population, the Catholic Church is a communion of the Western, or Latin Rite Church, and...
universityA university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
established by and directly under the authority of the
Holy SeeThe Holy See is the episcopal jurisdiction of the Bishop of Rome, commonly known as the Pope, and is the preeminent episcopal see of the Catholic Church, forming the central government of the Church. As such, diplomatically, and in other spheres the Holy See acts and speaks for the whole Catholic...
. It is licensed to grant
academic degreeA degree is any of a wide range of status levels conferred by institutions of higher education, such as universities, normally as the result of successfully completing a program of study.- History :...
s in sacred faculties, the most important of which are
Sacred TheologyThe term "theology" literally means the study of God, deriving from the Greek word theos, meaning 'God', and the suffix -ology from the Greek word logos meaning "discourse", "theory", or "reasoning"...
,
Canon LawCanon law is the body of laws and regulations made by or adopted by ecclesiastical authority, for the government of the Christian organization and its members. It is the internal ecclesiastical law governing the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox churches, and the Anglican Communion of...
, Sacred Scripture and
PhilosophyPhilosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems concerning matters such as existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing these questions by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on reasoned...
. Pontifical universities follow a
EuropeEurope is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian Sea, the Caucasus Mountains , and the Black Sea to the southeast...
an system of degrees in the sacred faculties, granting the
baccalaureateA bachelor's degree is usually an academic degree awarded for an undergraduate course or major that generally lasts for four years, but can range from two to six years depending on the region of the world...
, the
licentiateLicentiate is the title of a person who holds an academic degree called a licence. The term may derive from the Latin licentia docendi, meaning permission to teach. The term may also derive from the Latin licentia ad practicandum, which signified someone who held a certificate of competence to...
, and the
doctorateA doctorate is an academic degree or professional degree that in most countries represents the highest level of formal study or research in a given field. In some countries it also refers to a class of degrees which qualify the holder to practice in a specific profession . The best-known example...
.
Independent institutions or individual faculties at non-pontifical universities may also be given charters by the Holy See to grant pontifical degrees, usually in one or two specific fields.
A
pontifical university is a
Roman CatholicThe Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church. With more than a billion members, over half of all Christians and more than one-sixth of the world's population, the Catholic Church is a communion of the Western, or Latin Rite Church, and...
universityA university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
established by and directly under the authority of the
Holy SeeThe Holy See is the episcopal jurisdiction of the Bishop of Rome, commonly known as the Pope, and is the preeminent episcopal see of the Catholic Church, forming the central government of the Church. As such, diplomatically, and in other spheres the Holy See acts and speaks for the whole Catholic...
. It is licensed to grant
academic degreeA degree is any of a wide range of status levels conferred by institutions of higher education, such as universities, normally as the result of successfully completing a program of study.- History :...
s in sacred faculties, the most important of which are
Sacred TheologyThe term "theology" literally means the study of God, deriving from the Greek word theos, meaning 'God', and the suffix -ology from the Greek word logos meaning "discourse", "theory", or "reasoning"...
,
Canon LawCanon law is the body of laws and regulations made by or adopted by ecclesiastical authority, for the government of the Christian organization and its members. It is the internal ecclesiastical law governing the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox churches, and the Anglican Communion of...
, Sacred Scripture and
PhilosophyPhilosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems concerning matters such as existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing these questions by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on reasoned...
. Pontifical universities follow a
EuropeEurope is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian Sea, the Caucasus Mountains , and the Black Sea to the southeast...
an system of degrees in the sacred faculties, granting the
baccalaureateA bachelor's degree is usually an academic degree awarded for an undergraduate course or major that generally lasts for four years, but can range from two to six years depending on the region of the world...
, the
licentiateLicentiate is the title of a person who holds an academic degree called a licence. The term may derive from the Latin licentia docendi, meaning permission to teach. The term may also derive from the Latin licentia ad practicandum, which signified someone who held a certificate of competence to...
, and the
doctorateA doctorate is an academic degree or professional degree that in most countries represents the highest level of formal study or research in a given field. In some countries it also refers to a class of degrees which qualify the holder to practice in a specific profession . The best-known example...
.
Independent institutions or individual faculties at non-pontifical universities may also be given charters by the Holy See to grant pontifical degrees, usually in one or two specific fields. These are referred to as a "pontifical faculty" or "pontifical institute" to distinguish it from an entire "pontifical university."
These ecclesiastical degrees are prerequisites to certain offices in the
Roman Catholic ChurchThe Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church. With more than a billion members, over half of all Christians and more than one-sixth of the world's population, the Catholic Church is a communion of the Western, or Latin Rite Church, and...
, especially considering that
bishopA bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
candidates are selected mainly from
priestA priest or priestess is a person having the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particular, rites of sacrifice to, and propitiation of, a deity or deities. Their office or position is the priesthood, a term which may also apply to such persons collectively.Priests and priestesses...
s who are
doctorThe Doctor of Sacred Theology is the final theological degree in the pontifical university system of the Catholic Church....
s of sacred theology (S.T.D.) or canon law (J.C.D.) and that ecclesiastical
judgeA judge, or arbiter of justice, is a lead official who presides over a court of law, either alone or as part of a panel of judges. The powers, functions, method of appointment, discipline, and training of judges vary widely across different jurisdictions. The judge is like an umpire in a game and...
s and
attorneysA lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person licensed to practice law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain stability, and deliver...
must at least be
licentiateLicentiate is the title of a person who holds an academic degree called a licence. The term may derive from the Latin licentia docendi, meaning permission to teach. The term may also derive from the Latin licentia ad practicandum, which signified someone who held a certificate of competence to...
s of canon law (J.C.L.).
List of pontifical universities, institutes and faculties
Annuario PontificioThe Annuario Pontificio is the annual directory of the Holy See. It lists all the popes to date and all officials of the Holy See's departments...
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ArgentinaArgentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires. It is the eighth largest country in the world by land area and the largest among Spanish-speaking nations, though Mexico,...
- Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina
Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina is a private university with branches in several cities of Argentina...
(Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina), Buenos Aires
- Facultad de Filosofía y Teología, San Miguel
BelgiumThe Kingdom of Belgium is a country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters, as well as those of other major international organizations, including NATO...
- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
The Katholieke Universiteit Leuven is the Flemish offshoot of the oldest university in the Low Countries which was originally founded in 1425 . Centrally located in the historic town of Leuven in Flanders, the K.U. Leuven is officially a Dutch-speaking institution. With 35,347 students in...
, LeuvenLeuven is the capital of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region, Belgium. It is located about 30 kilometers east of Brussels, with as other neighbouring cities Mechelen, Aarschot, Tienen, and Wavre.The township comprises the historical city of Leuven and the former municipalities of...
- Université catholique de Louvain
The Université catholique de Louvain, sometimes known as UCL, is Belgium's largest French-speaking university, and a successor institution to the oldest university in the Low Countries. It is located in Louvain-la-Neuve and in Brussels...
, Louvain-la-NeuveLouvain-la-Neuve, an example of the "automobile under" type of New Pedestrianism, is a planned city in the municipality of Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. To a great extent, it still lives following the rhythms of the university that is its raison d'être...
- Catholic University of Brussels
The Katholieke Universiteit Brussel is a Flemish university located in Brussels, founded in 1969 as University Faculties St Aloysius , in many ways the equivalent of a liberal arts college. Teaching was primarily in Dutch. It became a university in the early 1990s...
, BrusselsBrussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the de facto capital city of the European Union and the largest urban area in Belgium...
BrazilBrazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the fifth largest country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the fifth most populous country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean...
- Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas, Campinas
- Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais
The Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais is a private and non-profit Catholic university. It's one of the largest and most prestigious universities in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. It is maintained by the Catholic Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte...
, Belo Horizonte
- Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, São Paulo
- Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba
- Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro
The Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro is a private non-profit Pontifical University in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.-History:...
, Rio de Janeiro
- Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul
The Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul is the largest private university of Brazil, and is the first university founded by the order of the Marist Brothers...
, Porto Alegre
- Faculdade Jesuíta de Filosofia e Teologia, Belo Horizonte
CanadaCanada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
- Faculté de Théologie et de Sciences Religieuses, Université Laval
Université Laval is the oldest centre of education in Canada and was the first institution in North America to offer higher education in French. Its main campus is located in Quebec City, Quebec, the capital of the province, on the outskirts of the historic city.According to the university's...
, Québec
- Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies
The Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies is a research institute in the University of Toronto that is dedicated to advanced studies in the culture of the Middle Ages....
, Toronto. It uniquely among all pontifical faculties grants the licentiate in Medieval Studies (L.M.S., a post-doctorate earned degree), and the doctorate (M.S.D.) which is awarded on the basis of a career. It is an independent research institute at the University of Toronto.
- Regis College, University of Toronto
Regis College is the Jesuit graduate theological school in the University of Toronto in Canada. It is a member institution of the Toronto School of Theology . Through this it has ties with other seminaries in Toronto, especially the two other Roman Catholic schools of the federation: St....
, Toronto
- Saint Paul University
Saint Paul University is a Catholic Pontifical university federated with the University of Ottawa. It is located on Main Street in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and has been entrusted for more than a century to the Congregation of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate.Like the University of Ottawa,...
, Ottawa
ChileChile, officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
- Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
The Pontifical Catholic University of Chile is one of Chile's oldest universities and one of the most prestigious educational institutions in Latin America. Since it is a Pontifical University, it has always had a strong and very close relationship with the Vatican. It was founded on June 21,...
, Santiago
- Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso
The Pontificial Catholic University of Valparaíso , is one of oldest and most important universities of Chile.It may also be called simply the Universidad Católica de Valparaíso . PUCV attracts students from different areas of Chile as well as hundreds of exchange students from Europe and North...
, Valparaiso
ColombiaColombia , officially the Republic of Colombia , is a constitutional republic in northwestern South America. Colombia is bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the northwest by Panama; and to the west by the Pacific Ocean...
- Pontifical Xavierian University
The Pontificia Universidad Javeriana is a private higher education institution founded in 1623. It is one of the oldest and most traditional Colombian universities, directed by the Society of Jesus, with its main facilities in Bogotá and a sectional division in Cali...
, Bogota
- Pontifical Bolivarian University
The Pontifical Bolivarian University , also referred to as UPB, is a private university in Colombia with its main campus in Medellín, where it was founded in 1936. Currently, the university has campuses in other Colombian cities, such as Bogotá, Bucaramanga, Montería and Palmira...
, Medellin
CongoThe Democratic Republic of the Congo is a country located in Central Africa, with a small length of Atlantic coastline. It is the third largest country in Africa...
(Democratic Republic of the CongoThe Democratic Republic of the Congo is a country located in Central Africa, with a small length of Atlantic coastline. It is the third largest country in Africa...
)
- Facultés Catholiques de Kinshasa, Kinshasa
Dominican RepublicThe Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are occupied by two countries...
- Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra
The Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra —or Pontifical Catholic University Mother and Teacher is the first private, Roman Catholic, coeducational, university located in the Dominican Republic. The university grants undergraduate, graduate, doctoral, and professional degrees through...
, Santiago de Los Caballeros
FranceFrance , officially the French Republic , is a country located in Western Europe, with several overseas islands and territories located on other continents. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean...
- Institut Catholique de Paris
The Institut Catholique de Paris, or the Catholic Institute of Paris, is a private university located in Paris, France. The institute was founded in 1875, under the name Université Catholique de Paris, by Maurice Le Sage d'Hauteroche d'Hulst....
, Paris
- Catholic University of Toulouse
The Catholic University of Toulouse is a Catholic university in Toulouse, France....
, Toulouse
- Université Catholique de Lille
The Université Catholique de Lille is a private university located in Lille, France.It was founded in 1875. Today it has law, economics, medicine, physics faculties and schools...
, Lille
- Catholic University of the West, Angers
- Catholic University of Lyon
The Catholic University of Lyon , also known as the Catholic Institute of Lyon , is a private university based in Lyon, France.-History:...
(Université Catholique de Lyon), Lyon
- Centre Sèvres
The Centre Sèvres - Facultés jésuites de Paris is a university-level institution established in 1974 in Paris that focuses on the study of theology and philosophy...
, Paris
GermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium,...
- Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
The Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt is a Roman Catholic university in Eichstätt, Bavaria, Germany.The Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt is the only Roman Catholic university in the German-speaking countries. It is a rather small university , nevertheless the biggest private...
, Eichstätt & Ingolstadt
- Hochschule für Philosophie München, München
- Sankt Georgen Graduate School of Philosophy and Theology
The Sankt Georgen Graduate School of Philosophy and Theology is an academic seminary in Frankfurt am Main, Germany....
, Frankfurt
IndiaIndia, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the west, and the Bay of Bengal...
- Pontifical Athenaeum of Philosophy and Religion, Poona
- Pontifical Institute of Theology and Philosophy, Alwaye, Kerala
- Pontifical Oriental Institute of Religious Studies, Kottayam
- St. Peter's Pontifical Institute of Philosophy and Theology, Bangalore
IrelandIreland is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islets. To the east of Ireland, separated by the Irish Sea, is the island of Great Britain...
- Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy
The Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy is an institution of higher education and research, located in Dublin, Ireland. Since 1997 it has been a recognised college of the National University of Ireland, under the 1997 universities Act, the government removed the ban on the NUI awarding...
, Dublin
- St Patrick's College, Maynooth
St Patrick's College, Maynooth is the "National Seminary for Ireland", Pontifical University, and was a college of the National University of Ireland. The college and seminary often called Maynooth College located at Maynooth, Ireland. The college was officially established as the Roman Catholic...
, Maynooth
ItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares its northern, Alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia...
- Marianum
The Marianum is both the name of a Pontifical institute for the study of Mariology and the name of the prestigious journal of Marian theology...
(Pontifical Institute for the study of MariologyRoman Catholic Mariology is theology concerned with the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ and developed by the Roman Catholic Church. "The Blessed Virgin, because she is the Mother of God, is believed to hold a certain infinite dignity from the infinite good which is God." Theologically,...
), Roma
- Pontifical Biblical Institute
The Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome, Italy is an institution of the Holy See run by the Jesuits that offers instruction at the university level...
, Roma
- Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
The Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy is one of the Pontifical Academies of the Holy See. The academy is dedicated to training priests to serve in the diplomatic corps and the Secretariat of State of the Holy See...
, Roma
- Pontifical Oriental Institute
The Pontifical Oriental Institute is the premier center for the study of Eastern Christianity in Rome, Italy....
, Roma
- Pontifical University of St. Anthony, Roma
- Pontifical University of St. Bonaventure, Roma
- Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum), Roma
- Pontifical University of the Holy Cross
Pontifical University of the Holy Cross is a Roman Catholic university under the Curial Congregation for Catholic Education, which it has entrusted to the Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei, or more commonly called Opus Dei...
, Roma
- Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum, Roma
- Pontifical Urbaniana University
The Pontifical Urbaniana University is a pontifical university belonging to the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. The origins of the university date back to Pope Urban VIII with his papal bull Immortalis Dei Filius...
, Roma
- Pontifical Gregorian University
Pontifical Gregorian University is a pontifical university located in Rome, Italy. Heir of the Roman College founded by St Ignatius of Loyola over 450 years ago, the Gregorian University was the first Jesuit University...
, Roma
- Pontifical Lateran University
The Pontifical Lateran University is a Pontifical University in Rome. The institution has four faculties: the faculty of Theology, the faculty of Philosophy and the faculties of Civil Law and Canon Law...
, Roma
- Salesian Pontifical University
The Salesian Pontifical University is a pontifical university in Italy run by the Salesian order...
, Roma
- Pontifical Institute of Spirituality Teresianumhttp://www.teresianum.org, Roma
- Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
The Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore is a university founded in 1921. Its main campus is located in Milan, Italy with satellite campuses in Brescia, Piacenza, Cremona, Rome, and Campobasso...
, Milano & Roma
- Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family
The Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family is a Roman Catholic pontifical institute of theological studies with locations around the world....
, Roma - While not a university per se, the Institute's several sessions throughout the world offer the licentiate and doctorate of sacred theology in the concentration of marriage and family. The Roman session is located at the Pontifical Lateran University.
- Pontifical University of St. Anselm, Roma
- Pontificio Facoltà Teologica della Sardegna, Cagliari
- Pontificio Istituto Ambrosiano di Musica Sacra, Milano
Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire' , formerly named, and often referred to as the Ivory Coast, officially the ', is a country in West Africa. The government officially discourages the use of the name Ivory Coast in English, preferring the French name to be used in all languages.With an area of 322,462 km
2 Côte...
)
- Université Catholique de l'Afrique de l'Ouest
Université Catholique de l'Afrique de l'Ouest or Catholic University of West Africa was founded in 1967 as the Higher Institute of Religious Culture later it became a university .It is situated in Abidjan Ivory Coast.- External links :*...
, Abidjan
LebanonLebanon , officially the Republic of Lebanon
[Republic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies...]
- Saint Joseph University, Beirut
- Faculté de Théologie, Université Saint-Esprit de Kaslik
Université Saint-Esprit de Kaslik is a private Maronite Catholic higher institute of education founded in 1961 in Kaslik, Lebanon by the Lebanese Maronite Order....
, Jounieh
PeruPeru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.Peruvian territory was home to the Norte Chico...
- Pontifical and Civil Faculty of Theology, Lima
- Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima
PhilippinesThe Philippines officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a country in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. It comprises 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean....
PolandPoland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe . Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
- Pontifical Academy of Theology, Kraków
- Pontifical Faculty of Theology, Warsaw
- Pontifical Faculty of Theology, Wroclaw
- John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin
John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin is located in Lublin, Poland. Presently it has an enrollment of over 19,000 students...
, Lublin
SpainSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
[The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though España , Estado español and Nación española are used interchangeably...]
- University of Navarra
The University of Navarra is a private pontifical university based at the southeast border of Pamplona, Spain. It was founded in 1952 by St. Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer, the founder of Opus Dei as a corporate work of the apostolate of Opus Dei...
, Pamplona
- Pontifical University of Salamanca
The Pontifical University of Salamanca is an offshoot of the University of Salamanca in Salamanca, Spain, resulting from the Spanish government's dissolution of the University of Salamanca's faculties of Theology and Canon Law in 1854...
, Salamanca
- Comillas Pontifical University, Madrid
- University of Deusto
The University of Deusto is a Spanish Jesuit University, with campuses in Bilbao and San Sebastián.-History:...
, Bilbao
- Theological Faculty of Catalonia, Barcelona
SwitzerlandSwitzerland , officially the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 states named cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities...
- Facoltà di Teologia di Lugano, Lugano
- Theologische Fakultät, University of Lucerne
University of Lucerne is a public university with a campus in Luzern, Switzerland. It has 2,100 students in its graduate programme and 190 in the doctoral program, the smallest of Switzerland....
, Luzern
- Theologische Hochschule Chur, Chur
United KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
- Heythrop College
Heythrop College is the specialist philosophy and theology constituent college of the University of London situated in Kensington Square, Kensington, London. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in philosophy, theology and psychology, as well as research in related fields.It was founded...
, London; became a college of the University of LondonBased primarily in London, England, United Kingdom, the University of London is a federal mega university made up of 31 affiliates: 19 separate university institutions, and 12 research institutes...
in 1971
United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
- Boston College School of Theology and Ministry, Brighton, MA
- The Catholic University of America
The Catholic University of America , located in Northeast Washington, D.C., is the national university of the Roman Catholic Church and the only higher education institution founded by U.S. Roman Catholic bishops...
, Washington, DC
- Dominican House of Studies
The Dominican House of Studies is a Priory of the Province of St. Joseph of the Order of Preachers. It houses the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception and the Priory of the Immaculate Conception...
, Washington, DC - Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception
- Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley
The Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University is a Jesuit Seminary that is a school of Santa Clara University and one of the member colleges of the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California...
, Berkeley, CA
- The Marian Library/International Marian Research Institute
The Marian Library/International Marian Research Institute offers the degrees of STL and STD, both of which allow the graduate to teach at high Catholic Church positions....
, University of DaytonThe University of Dayton is a private Roman Catholic university operated by the Society of Mary located in Dayton, Ohio...
, Dayton, OH
- Pontifical College Josephinum
The Pontifical College Josephinum is a four-year liberal arts college and graduate school of theology founded by Monsignor Joseph Jessing in 1888 and located in Columbus, Ohio, USA. It is a seminary that prepares students to become priests in the Roman Catholic Church. The institution trains...
, Columbus, OH
- Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family
The Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family is a Roman Catholic pontifical institute of theological studies with locations around the world....
, The Catholic University of AmericaThe Catholic University of America , located in Northeast Washington, D.C., is the national university of the Roman Catholic Church and the only higher education institution founded by U.S. Roman Catholic bishops...
, Washington, DC
- St. Joseph's Seminary, Dunwoodie
St. Joseph's Seminary and College, sometimes referred to as Dunwoodie, after the Yonkers, New York neighborhood it is located in, is the major seminary of the Archdiocese of New York. Its primary mission is to form men for the priesthood in the Catholic Church...
, Yonkers, NY - the seminary for the Archdiocese of New York grants bachelor of Sacred Theology (S.T.B.) degrees under its charter as a satellite of the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) in Rome, Italy.
- St. Mary's Seminary and University
St. Mary's Seminary & University is a Roman Catholic seminary in Baltimore, Maryland USA.Founded in 1791, and chartered by the state of Maryland in 1805, St. Mary's became the first ecclesiastical faculty in the United States with the right to grant degrees in the name of the Holy See when Pope...
, Baltimore, MD
- St. Michael's Institute, Spokane, WA
- University of Saint Mary of the Lake
University of Saint Mary of the Lake, also called Mundelein Seminary, is the principal seminary and school of theology for the formation of priests in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago, governed from Chicago, Illinois in the United States. It is recognized as the first institution of higher...
, Mundelein, IL - Ecclesiastical Faculty of Theology
See also
- List of Roman Catholic seminaries
- Catholic University
Catholic University may mean any university founded and operated by the Catholic Church. By a census of the Vatican's Congregation for Catholic Education, the total number of Catholic universities and university-level institutes around the world is 1,358....
- Doctor of Canon Law
Doctor of Canon Law is the doctoral-level terminal degree in the studies of canon law of the Roman Catholic Church.It may also be abbreviated I.C.D. or dr.iur.can. , ICDr., D.C.L., D.Cnl., D.D.C., or D.Can.L. . Doctor of both laws are J.U.D...
- Licentiate in Theology
The Licentiate in Theology or the Licence in Theology is a theological qualification commonly awarded for ordinands and laymen studying theology in the United Kingdom, Malta, Canada, Australia and New Zealand...
- Academic degree
A degree is any of a wide range of status levels conferred by institutions of higher education, such as universities, normally as the result of successfully completing a program of study.- History :...