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The Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (; PUC-Rio) is a Society of Jesus, Jesuit, Roman Catholic, Catholic, pontifical university in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is the joint responsibility of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Catholic Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro and the Society of Jesus. History The University was created in 1941 by the Society of Jesus to emphasize humanistic values in the pursuit of knowledge. PUC-Rio has 12,000 undergraduate students, 2,500 postgraduate, graduate students, and 4,000 Continuing education, extension students. In 2009 it ranked first among 2,252 higher education institutions in Brazil on ENADE, a benchmark exercise run by the Brazilian Ministry (government department), Ministry of Education. In 2023, it was evaluated by Times Higher Education, THE Times Higher Education World University Rankings in several areas. In the area of Computer science, Computer Science, PUC-Rio reac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latin
Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area around Rome, Italy. Through the expansion of the Roman Republic, it became the dominant language in the Italian Peninsula and subsequently throughout the Roman Empire. It has greatly influenced many languages, Latin influence in English, including English, having contributed List of Latin words with English derivatives, many words to the English lexicon, particularly after the Christianity in Anglo-Saxon England, Christianization of the Anglo-Saxons and the Norman Conquest. Latin Root (linguistics), roots appear frequently in the technical vocabulary used by fields such as theology, List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names, the sciences, List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes, medicine, and List of Latin legal terms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
