Universidad Centroamericana "José Simeón Cañas"
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| Motto | A University for Social Change |
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| Established | September, 1965 |
| Type | Private Non-Profit |
| President | José María Tojeira (Concludes his term in the summer 2006) |
| Undergraduates | 8,000 |
| Postgraduates | 664 |
| Location | San Salvador, El Salvador |
| Campus | Urban, 15 ha |
| Nickname | UCA |
| Mascot | Owl |
| Website | [1] |
The Universidad Centroamericana "Jose Simeon Cañas" (commonly known as UCA) is a Jesuit university in San Salvador, El Salvador, founded in September of 1965 at the request of a group of Roman Catholic families. This group appealed to the Salvadorian government and to the Society of Jesus to create a university that would be an alternative to the National University of El Salvador (Universidad Nacional de El Salvador).
As time passed, UCA evolved to be one of the best universities in Central America. In the 1970s and 1980s during the Civil War in El Salvador, UCA was known as the home of several important Jesuit scholars and intellectuals, including Jon Sobrino, Ignacio Ellacuría, Ignacio Martín-Baró, and Segundo Montes. They were outspoken against the abuses of the Salvadoran military and government, and carried out research to demonstrate the effects of the war and poverty in the country. The last three, along with three other Jesuit professors, their housekeeper and her daughter, were murdered by the Salvadoran Armed forces on November 16, 1989 in one of the most notorious episodes from the Civil War.
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[edit] Faculties
[edit] Faculty of Humanities
- Department of Philosophy
- Department of Theology
- Department of Literature, Communication and Journalism
- Institute of Foreign Languages
[edit] Faculty of Engineering and Architecture
- Department of Architecture
- Department of Natural Sciences
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Technology, Processes and Systems
- Department of Energetic and Fluid Sciences
- Department of Structural Mechanics
- Department of Space Organisation
- Department of Informatics
[edit] Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Business Administration
- Department of Law
- Department of Sociology and Political Science
- Department of Economics
- Department of Psychology
- Department of Education
- Department of Health
- Department of Master's in Business Administration and Organisation
