The Dom Bosco Catholic University ( pt, Universidade Católica Dom Bosco, UCDB) is a private, non-profit
Catholic
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university, located in
Campo Grande
Campo Grande (, ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul in the Center-West region of the country. The city is nicknamed ''Cidade Morena'' ("Swarthy City" in Portuguese) because of the reddish-brown colour o ...
, the capital of the State of
Mato Grosso do Sul, in western Brazil. It is maintained by the
Catholic Archdiocese of Campo Grande.
The
Salesian
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mission of Mato Grosso do Sul introduced the first center for
higher education
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in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul in 1961. Located in Campo Grande, the ''Dom Aquino School of
Philosophy,
Science
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and
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'', offered courses in
pedagogy
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and literature, focused on training of educators, mentors, and change agents in society of the state. Gradually the Salesian Mission created new schools including the School of Law in 1965, the School of Economics, Management, and Accounting in 1970, and the School of Social Work in 1972. In subsequent years, courses were added in history, geography, science (biology and mathematics), philosophy, and psychology, and a graduate school was opened.
Aiming to become a university, the Salesian Mission received approval from the Ministry of Education and Culture for the integration of the schools with a unified regimen of study. On December 20, 1989, the Salesian Mission filed its Consultation Letter with the Federal Education Council, demanding recognition as a university under the name Dom Bosco Catholic University. The Consultation Letter was approved on February 21, 1991. The university next would be monitored to ensure the maturation of its academic and administrative staff. On October 27, 1993, the monitoring period was completed and the schools became Dom Bosco Catholic University.
[Ordinance No. 1547 of the Ministry of Education and Culture]
References
External links
Official website
{{Coord missing, Mato Grosso do Sul
Educational institutions established in 1993
Universities and colleges in Mato Grosso do Sul
Catholic universities and colleges in Brazil
1993 establishments in Brazil