| Pontifical Catholic University of Peru | |
|---|---|
| Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú | |
| Motto | Et lux in tenebris lucet (And the light shone in the dark) |
| Established | 1917 |
| Type | Private University Roman Catholic University |
| Rector | Marcial Rubio Correa |
| Academic staff | 369 |
| Admin. staff | 3,156 |
| Students | 17,512 |
| Undergraduates | 16,315 |
| Postgraduates | 1,614 |
| Doctoral students | 32 |
| Location | Lima, Peru |
| Campus | 0.41 km2 (Urban setting) |
| Website | www.pucp.edu.pe |
Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (Spanish: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, PUCP) is a private university in Lima, Peru. It was founded in 1917 by F. Jorge Dintilhac SS.CC. as Peru's first non-profit private institution of higher learning. Academically, PUCP ranks second in Peru, behind the National University of San Marcos.[1][2][3][4]
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The University received the title of "Pontificia" in 1942 from Pope Pius XII. In 1986, the University conferred the academic title of Doctor Honoris causa to Cardinal Archbishop of Munich and Freising Joseph Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict XVI).
However, in October of 2011, Cardinal Peter Erdo, 59, Metropolitan Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, President of the Hungarian Episcopal Conference, and Primate of Hungary (and the second-youngest Cardinal), was named Apostolic Visitor to the College after it refused to assent to the principles that were originally laid down in the Apostolic Exhortation, "Ex Corde Ecclesiae" of Blessed Pope John Paul II as essential norms for Catholic theological institutes, endangering its status as a Pontifical and Catholic university.
The University began activities in 1917 with two schools: Letters and Laws. In 1933, when the university had more than 500 students, the Schools of Engineering, and Political and Economical Sciences were established. In 1935, the School of Education was created. Later, in 1939, the Academy of Catholic Art was founded, with Adolf Winternitz as its director; the university is still one of only a small number to offer an arts major in Perú.
The University is affiliated with, but not governed by, the Roman Catholic Church. Currently there are 16,000 undergraduate students pursuing 38 different specialties in 10 schools. Its main campus is located in the Lima district of San Miguel, with the newly built Mac Gregor complex.
Outside the main campus there are other facilities such as the IC (Idiomas Católica), a language-learning center, the Confucius Institute PUCP, the cultural center (CCPUCP) located in the district of San Isidro. CENTRUM, a center for business studies featuring doctoral level and MBA programs and located in the district of Santiago de Surco, is also part of PUCP.