Universidade Católica de Brasília

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The Catholic University of Brasília is located in Brasilia, capital of Brazil, and is administered by UBEC (Brasilian Association for education and culture), founded in 1972 by the Maristas, Lassalistas, Salesianos and Estigmatinos.

[edit] Ideals

Created with the purpose of being a reference at the college level education and integrating tutoring, research and extension programs on a growing basis, the UCB fulfills the ideals of its founders through its communitarian and filantropic foundations.

Its mission is

"The Catholic University of Brasilia has a mission of acting effectively for the full development of human beings and society, through the creation of knowledge, comprised with the quality and Christian values, in search of the truth."

[edit] Location

The UCB has two campuses: The campus I, located at the cities of Taguatinga and Águas Claras, and the campus II, located at Asa Norte, in Brasília. There are also three associated centers, the Dom Bosco School and the CEMA located at 702 and the Pio XII loated at 609 together with the Universa Foundation, where the majority of the post-graduate lato sensu degrees are approximately 45. The Brasília Catholic Universitie's hospital (HUCB) is located at the areal avenue also in the city of Águas Claras.

[edit] History

The UCB history started at 1974, named as FCCH, with the following degrees: Management, Economics and Education. Its faculties and coursed multiplied as the years went by, resulting the final name of "Faculdades Integradas da Católica de Brasília" (FICB). By the end of 1994, the UCB was recognized as "Universidade Católica de Brasília - UCB", by the Brazilian Federal Education Bureau, through the resolution 1827 at 28 December that year, being published at the Brazilian Official Daily Report at 30 December 1994.