Central University of Ecuador

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Universidad Central del Ecuador


Motto	Omnium Potentior est Sapientia
Established	1826
Type	National
Location	Quito, Ecuador
Campus	Urban
Website	www.uce.edu.ec

Central University of 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.

1 History
2 Organization
- 2.1 Faculties
3 External links

[edit] 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 composed by 15 faculties.