Pontifical university

A pontifical university is a Roman Catholic university established by and directly under the authority of the Holy See. It is licensed to grant academic degrees in sacred faculties, the most important of which are Sacred Theology, Canon Law, Sacred Scripture and Philosophy. Pontifical universities follow a European system of degrees in the sacred faculties, granting the baccalaureate, licence, and doctorate.

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 Church, especially considering that bishop candidates are selected mainly from priests who are doctors of sacred theology (S.T.D.) or canon law (J.C.D.) and that ecclesiastical judges and attorneys must at least be licentiates of canon law (J.C.L.).

List of pontifical universities, institutes and faculties

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Argentina

• Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina (Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina), Buenos Aires
• Facultad de Filosofía y Teología, San Miguel

Australia

• Catholic Institute of Sydney, Sydney

Belgium

• Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven
• Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve
• Katholieke Universiteit Brussel, Brussels

Brazil

• Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas, Campinas
• Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte
• Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, São Paulo
• Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba
• Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
• Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre

Cameroon

• Catholic University of Central Africa, Yaoundé

Canada

• Faculté de Théologie et de Sciences Religieuses, Université Laval, Québec
• Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies, 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, Toronto
• Saint Paul University, Ottawa

Chile

• Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago
• Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaiso

Colombia

• Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota
• Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellin

Congo, Democratic Republic of

• Facultés Catholiques de Kinshasa, Kinshasa

Croatia

• Filozofski Fakultet, Zagreb

Cuba

• Universidad Católica de Santo Tomás de Villanueva, Havana

Dominican Republic

• Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra, Santiago de Los Caballeros

Ecuador

• Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito

France

• Institut Catholique de Paris, Paris
• Institut Catholique de Toulouse, Toulouse
• Université Catholique de Lille, Lille
• Université Catholique de l'Ouest, Angers
• Catholic University of Lyon (Université Catholique de Lyon), Lyon
• Centre Sèvres, Paris

Germany

• Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Eichstätt & Ingolstadt
• Hochschule für Philosophie München, München
• Philosophisch-Theologische Hochschule Sankt Georgen, Frankfurt

Guatemala

• Rafael Landívar University, Guatemala City

Hungary

• Faculty of Theology, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest

India

• 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

Indonesia

• Wedabhakti Pontifical Faculty of Theology, Yogyakarta

Ireland

• Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy, Dublin
• Pontifical University of Maynooth, Maynooth

Israel

• École Biblique et Archéologique Française, Jerusalem

Italy

• Marianum (Pontifical Institute for the study of Mariology), Roma
• Pontifical Biblical Institute, Roma
• Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, Roma
• Pontifical Oriental Institute, 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, Roma
• Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum, Roma
• Pontifical Urbaniana University, Roma
• Pontifical Gregorian University, Roma
• Pontifical Lateran University, Roma
• Salesian Pontifical University, Roma
• Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano & Roma
• Libera Università Maria SS. Assunta, Roma
• Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family, 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

• Université Catholique de l'Afrique de l'Ouest, Abidjan

Japan

• Faculty of Theology, Nagoya
• Sophia University, Tokyo

Kenya

• Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Nairobi

Lebanon

• Université Saint-Joseph, Beirut
• Pontifical Faculty of Theology, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, Jounieh

Malta

• Faculty of Theology, Tal-Virtù

Mexico

• Pontifical University of Mexico, Mexico City

Netherlands

• Catholic University of Utrecht, Utrecht

Nigeria

• Catholic Institute of West Africa, Port Harcourt

Panama

• University of S. Maria La Antigua, Panama City

Paraguay

• Universidad Católica Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, Asuncion

Peru

• Pontifical and Civil Faculty of Theology, Lima
• Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima

Philippines

• University of Santo Tomas (Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas), Manila

Poland

• Pontifical Academy of Theology, Kraków
• Pontifical Faculty of Theology, Warsaw
• Pontifical Faculty of Theology, Wroclaw
• Catholic University of Lublin, Lublin

Portugal

• Catholic University of Portugal, Lisbon

Puerto Rico

• Pontificia Universidad Católica de Puerto Rico, Ponce

Spain

• University of Navarra, Pamplona
• Pontifical University of Salamanca, Salamanca
• Comillas Pontifical University, Madrid
• University of Deusto, Bilbao
• Theological Faculty of Catalonia, Barcelona

Swiss

• Facoltà di Teologia di Lugano, Lugano
• Theologische Fakultät, Universität Luzern, Luzern
• Theologische Hochschule Chur, Chur

Taiwan

• Fu Jen Catholic University, Taipei County

United Kingdom

• Heythrop College, University of London, London

United States

• The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC
• Dominican House of Studies, Washington, DC - Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception
• Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
• The Marian Library/International Marian Research Institute, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH
• Pontifical College Josephinum, Columbus, OH
• Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC
• St. Joseph's Seminary, Dunwoodie, 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 Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome, Italy.
• St. Mary's Seminary and University, Baltimore, MD
• St. Michael's Institute, Spokane, WA
• University of Saint Mary of the Lake, Mundelein, IL - Ecclesiastical Faculty of Theology
• Weston Jesuit School of Theology, Cambridge, MA

Uruguay

• Universidad Católica del Uruguay Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga, Montevideo

Venezuela

• Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, Caracas

See also

• Catholic University