Central University of Ecuador

Infobox University
name = Universidad Central del Ecuador


motto = "Omnium Potentior est Sapientia"
established = 1826
type = National
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city = Quito
country = Ecuador
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campus = Urban
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website = [http://www.uce.edu.ec/ www.uce.edu.ec]

Central University of Ecuador (Spanish: "Universidad Central del Ecuador") is the oldest university in Ecuador. The enrollment is over 10,000 students per year and the university offers a diverse selection of degrees and specialties.

History

The Central University was originated from the unification in 1769 between the University of Quito, also known as University of "San Gregorio Magno" and the University of 'Santo Tomas de Aquino', being the first one Jesuit and created in 1651 from the "San Luis" seminary, and the second one Dominican, founded in 1688. Both were private.

In 1776 the contemporaneous government suppressed the San Gregorio university and in 1786 secularized the Santo Tomas university, and its statute came in effect on October 26, 1787. The "Real Universidad de Santo Tomas de Aquino" was established in 1800.

Once constituted the Great Colombia, Higher education became a matter for the State, and therefore, on March 18, 1826, the Cundinamarca Congress, dealing with public instruction, dictated a law that, among other things, decreed that “In the capitals of the Cundinamarca, Venezuela and Quito Departments there will be established Central Universities that embrace in a greater extent the instruction of Science and Art.” And thus was created the Central University of Ecuador (UCE).

At the present time, the Central University is autonomous and composed by 15 faculties.

Organization

Faculties

* Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism
* Faculty of Arts
* Faculty of Administration
* Faculty of Agriculture
* Faculty of Economics
* Faculty of Medicine
* Faculty of Psychology
* Faculty of Pharmacy
* Faculty of Social Communication
* Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
* Faculty of Philosophy and Pedagogy
* Faculty of Geology, Mining, and Environment
* Faculty of Engineering, Physics and Mathematics
* Faculty of Law, Political and Social Sciences
* Faculty of Odontology

External links

* [http://www.uce.edu.ec Universidad Central del Ecuador]