Catholic University

Catholic University may mean the university founded and operated by the Catholic Church. By a census of the Vatican Congregation for Catholic Education, the total number of catholic universities and university-level institutes around the world is 1,358.

However the following list counts only those universities and institutes having 'catholic' in their school names. In this list, for example, there are only six schools in the USA among her more than 230 catholic colleges and universities. Likewise there is none in India, in spite of there being nearly three-hundred catholic colleges and institutes.

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List of Catholic Universities (only having 'catholic' in their school names)

Angola

*Catholic University of Angola, Luanda

Argentina

*Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, Buenos Aires
*Universidad Católica de Córdoba, Cordoba
*Universidad Católica de Cuyo, San Juan
*Universidad Católica de La Plata, La Plata
*Universidad Católica de Salta, Salta
*Universidad Católica de Santa Fe, Santa Fe
*Universidad Católica de Santiago del Estero, Santiago del Estero

Australia

*Australian Catholic University, Sydney
*Catholic Institute of Sydney, Sydney
*Catholic Theological College, Melbourne

Austria

*Catholic-Theological Private University Linz, Linz

Belgium

*Catholic University of Brussels, Brussels
*Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven
*Katholieke Hogeschool Kempen, Geel
*Katholieke Hogeschool Leuven, Leuven
*Facultés Universitaires Catholiques de Mons, Mons
*Haute École Namuroise Catholique, Namur
*Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve

Benin

*Université Catholique de l'Afrique de l'Ouest, Cotonou

Bolivia

*Universidad Católica Boliviana, La Paz

Brazil

*Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, São Paulo
*Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
*Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas, Campinas
*Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba
*Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte
*Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegra
*Universidade Católica de Brasília, Brasilia
*Universidade Católica de Goiás, Goias
*Universidade Católica de Pelotas, Pelotas
*Universidade Católica de Pernambuco, Recife
*Universidade Católica de Petrópolis, Petrópolis
*Universidade Católica de Salvador, Salvador
*Universidade Católica de Santos, Santos
*Universidade Católica Dom Bosco, Campo Grande
*Faculdade Católica de Ciências Econômicas da Bahia, Salvador

Cameroon

*Catholic University of Central Africa, Yaounde

Chile

*Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago
*Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaiso
*Universidad Católica Cardenal Raúl Silva Henríquez, Santiago
*Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Concepcion
*Universidad Católica del Maule, Maule
*Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta
*Universidad Católica de Temuco, Temuco

Colombia

*Fundación Universitaria Católica del Norte, Santa Rosa de Osos
*Fundación Universitaria Católica Lumen Gentium, Cali
*Universidad Católica de Colombia, Bogota
*Universidad Católica de Manizales, Manizales
*Universidad Católica de Oriente, Medellin
*Universidad Católica Popular del Risaralda, Pereira

Congo (Democratic Republic of)

*Facultés Catholiques de Kinshasa, Kinshasa
*Université Catholique de Bukavu, Bukavu
*Université Catholique du Graben, Butembo
*Université Catholique du Kasayi, Kasayi

Costa Rica

*Universidad Católica de Costa Rica, Moravia

Cuba

*Universidad Católica de Santo Tomás de Villanueva, Havana

Dominican Republic

*Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra, Santiago de los Caballeros
*Universidad Católica de Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo
*Universidad Católica Nordestana, San Francisco de Macorís
*Universidad Católica Tecnológica del Cibao, La Vega

Ecuador

*Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito
*Universidad Católica de Cuenca, Cuenca
*Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, Guayaquil

El Salvador

*Universidad Católica de Occidente, Santa Ana

France

*Ecole Catholique d'Artes et Métiers de Lyon, Lyon
*Institut Catholique de Paris, Paris
*Institut Catholique de Toulouse, Toulouse
*Institut Catholique de Rennes, Rennes
*Catholic Institute of Higher Studies - ICES (Institut Catholique d'Etudes Supérieures), La Roche-sur-Yon
*Université Catholique de Lille, Lille
*Université Catholique de l'Ouest, Angers
*Catholic University of Lyon (Université Catholique de Lyon), Lyon

Germany

*Catholic University of Applied Sciences Freiburg, Freiburg
*Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Eichstätt & Ingolstadt
*Katholische Hochschule für Soziale Arbeit, Saarbrücken
*Katholische Hochschule für Sozialwesen, Berlin

Ghana

*Catholic University College of Ghana, Fiapre

Honduras

*Universidad Católica de Honduras, Tegucigalpa and various campuses throughout the country

Hong Kong

*Catholic University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (proposed)

Hungary

*Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest

Indonesia

*Atma Jaya Catholic University, Jakarta
*Parahyangan Catholic University, Bandung
*Soegijapranata Catholic University, Semarang
*Universitas Katolik Darma Cendika, Surabaya
*Universitas Katolik De La Salle, Manado
*Universitas Katolik St. Thomas, Sumatera Utara
*Widya Mandala Catholic University, Surabaya
*Widya Mandira Catholic University, Kupang

Ireland

*Catholic University of Ireland, Dublin

Italy

*Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano
*Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma

Ivory Coast

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

Japan

*Nagasaki Junshin Catholic University, Nagasaki

Kenya

*Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Nairobi

Korea

*Catholic University of Daegu, Daegu
*Catholic University of Daejeon, Daejeon
*Catholic University of Korea, Seoul
*Catholic University of Pusan, Pusan
*Gwangju Catholic University, Gwangju
*Incheon Catholic University, Incheon
*Mokpo Catholic University, Mokpo
*Suwon Cathoilc University, Suwon

Lebanon

*Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, Jounieh

Madagascar

*Institut Catholique de Madagascar, Antananarivo

Malawi

*Catholic University of Malawi, Montfort

Mexico

*Universidad Católica de Culiacán, Culiacán

Mozambique

*Universidade Católica de Moçambique, Beira

Netherlands

*Catholic University of Nijmegen (or Radboud University Nijmegen), Nijmegen
*Catholic University of Utrecht, Utrecht

Nicaragua

*Universidad Católica Agropecuaria del Trópico Seco, Esteli
*Universidad Católica Redemptoris Mater, Managua

Nigeria

*Catholic University of Nigeria, Abuja
*Catholic Institute of West Africa, Port Harcourt

Panama

*Universidad Católica Santa Maria la Antigua, Panama City

Paraguay

*Universidad Católica Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, Asuncion

Peru

*Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima
*Universidad Católica Sedes Sapientiae, Lima
*Universidad Católica de Santa María, Arequipa
*Universidad Católica San Pablo, Arequipa
*Universidad Católica de Trujillo, Trujillo
*Universidad Católica Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo, Chiclayo

Philippines

*Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City
*University of Santo Tomas (The Catholic University of the Philippines), Manila

Poland

*Catholic University of Lublin, Lublin

Portugal

*Catholic University of Portugal, Lisbon

Puerto Rico

*Catholic University of Puerto Rico, Ponce

Romania

*Institutul Teologic Romano-Catolic, Bucarest

Rwanda

*Université Catholique de Kabgayi, Gitarama

Slovakia

*Catholic University in Ružomberok, Ružomberok

Spain

*Universidad Católica de Valencia, Valencia
*Universidad Católica de Ávila, Avila
*Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia, Murcia

Sudan

*The Catholic University of Sudan, Juba

Taiwan

*Fu Jen Catholic University, Taipei

Ukraina

*St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Theological College, Kyiv
*Ukrainian Catholic University, Lviv

Uruguay

*Universidad Católica del Uruguay Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga, Montevideo

USA

*The Catholic University of America, Washington, District of Colombia
*Catholic Distance University, Hamilton, Virginia
*Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, Illinois
*John Paul the Great Catholic University, San Diego, California
*Southern Catholic College, Dawsonville, Georgia
*Wyoming Catholic College, Lander, Wyoming
*University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana

Venezuela

*Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, Caracas
*Universidad Católica Cecilio Acosta, Maracaibo
*Universidad Católica del Táchira, San Cristóbal
*Universidad Católica Santa Rosa, Caracas

Zimbabwe

*Catholic University in Zimbabwe, Harare

ee also

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*Pontifical University