Universidad Católica de Oriente (UCO) is a
private Catholic
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university in
Rionegro
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,
Antioquia. Established in 1982, it is
accredited
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by
Ministry of National Education.
The university comprises eight academic faculties: which are the Faculty of
Agricultural Sciences,
Educational sciences
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,
Health Sciences
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,
Economic
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and
Administrative sciences,
Social sciences
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,
Law
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,
Engineering
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and the Faculty of
Theology and Humanities.
History
The statutes of the Universidad de Catolica de Oriente date back to 1982, when Monsignor
Alfonso Uribe Jaramillo,
bishop
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of
Sonsón-Rionegro, founded the Universidad Catolica de Oriente. counting on the support of the
Diocese of Sonson-Rionegro. In 1982, it was officially consolidated as a new higher education institution in Rionegro that would include its school, called Monseñor Alfonso Uribe Jaramillo, abbreviated MAUJ, also located in
Rionegro
Rionegro () is a city and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia, located in the subregion of Eastern Antioquia. The official name of the city is "Ciudad Santiago de Arma de Rionegro". Rio Negro means "Black River" in Spanish, as the cit ...
.
External links
Universidad Católica de Oriente
Catholic universities and colleges in Colombia
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