An ecclesiastical university is a special type of
higher education
Tertiary education (higher education, or post-secondary education) is the educational level following the completion of secondary education.
The World Bank defines tertiary education as including universities, colleges, and vocational schools ...
school recognised by the
Canon law
Canon law (from , , a 'straight measuring rod, ruler') is a set of ordinances and regulations made by ecclesiastical jurisdiction, ecclesiastical authority (church leadership) for the government of a Christian organization or church and its membe ...
of the
Catholic Church
The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwid ...
. It is one of two types of universities recognised, the other type being the
Catholic university
Catholic higher education includes universities, colleges, and other institutions of higher education privately run by the Catholic Church, typically by religious institutes. Those tied to the Holy See are specifically called pontifical univers ...
. Every single ecclesiastical university is a
pontifical university
A pontifical university or athenaeum is an ecclesiastical university established or approved directly by the Holy See, composed of three main ecclesiastical faculties (Theology, Philosophy and canon law (Catholic Church), Canon Law) and at least o ...
, while only a few Catholic universities are pontifical.
Some independent institutions, schools or university
faculties
Faculty or faculties may refer to:
Academia
* Faculty (academic staff), professors, researchers, and teachers of a given university or college (North American usage)
* Faculty (division), a large department of a university by field of study (us ...
, even at non-pontifical universities, can be ecclesiastical institutes, ecclesiastical schools or ecclesiastical faculties and may also be given charters by the Holy See to grant ecclesiastical degrees, usually in one or two specific fields.
Ecclesiastical universities are licensed to grant ecclesiastical degrees in:
*
Theology
Theology is the study of religious belief from a Religion, religious perspective, with a focus on the nature of divinity. It is taught as an Discipline (academia), academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itse ...
, including
biblical studies
Biblical studies is the academic application of a set of diverse disciplines to the study of the Bible, with ''Bible'' referring to the books of the canonical Hebrew Bible in mainstream Jewish usage and the Christian Bible including the can ...
and
Church history
Church history or ecclesiastical history as an academic discipline studies the history of Christianity and the way the Christian Church has developed since its inception.
Henry Melvill Gwatkin defined church history as "the spiritual side of t ...
*Ecclesiastical Philosophy
*
Canon Law
Canon law (from , , a 'straight measuring rod, ruler') is a set of ordinances and regulations made by ecclesiastical jurisdiction, ecclesiastical authority (church leadership) for the government of a Christian organization or church and its membe ...
These ecclesiastical degrees are prerequisites to certain offices in the
Roman Catholic Church
The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwid ...
, especially considering that
bishop
A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of Episcopal polity, authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance and administration of di ...
candidates are selected mainly from
priest
A priest is a religious leader authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one or more deity, deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in parti ...
s who are doctors of sacred theology
(S.T.D.) or canon law
(J.C.D.) and that ecclesiastical
judge
A judge is a person who wiktionary:preside, presides over court proceedings, either alone or as a part of a judicial panel. In an adversarial system, the judge hears all the witnesses and any other Evidence (law), evidence presented by the barris ...
s and
attorneys must at least be
licentiates of canon law (J.C.L.).
Ecclesiastical universities and faculties
Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...
*
Facultades de Filosofía y Teología, San Miguel
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...
*
Catholic Institute of Sydney
The Catholic Institute of Sydney, a tertiary educational facility that is a Partner Institution of the University of Notre Dame Australia, delivers theological courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. The institute is located in , in ...
, Sydney
Brazil
Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...
*
Faculdade Jesuíta de Filosofia e Teologia
The Jesuit School of Philosophy and Theology (FAJE) is a private Jesuit college located in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. It offers undergraduate and graduate courses in philosophy and theology. According to the General Course Index for the three-year pe ...
, Belo Horizonte
Cameroon
Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the R ...
* Catholic Institute of Yaoundé,
Catholic University of Central Africa
The Catholic University of Central Africa (Université Catholique de l'Afrique Centrale) (CUAC or UCAC) is a private Roman Catholic university in Yaoundé, Cameroon.
History
CUAC was founded in 1989 by the Association of the Episcopal Conference ...
, Yaoundé
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun ...
*
Faculté de Théologie et de Sciences Religieuses,
Université Laval
(; English: ''Laval University)'' is a public research university in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The university traces its roots to the Séminaire de Québec, founded by François de Montmorency-Laval in 1663, making it the oldest institutio ...
, Québec
*
Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies
The Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies (PIMS) is a research institute in the University of Toronto that is dedicated to advanced studies in the culture of the Middle Ages.
Governance
The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Toronto, currently F ...
, Toronto. It uniquely among all ecclesiastical faculties grants the licentiate in Medieval Studies (L.M.S., a post-doctorate earned degree), and the doctorate (M.S.D.) which is awarded on the basis of a career. It is an independent research institute at the
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public university, public research university whose main campus is located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park (Toronto), Queen's Park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was founded by ...
.
*
Regis College, University of Toronto
Regis College is a postgraduate theological college of the University of Toronto located at the St. George campus in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1930, it is the Jesuit school of theology in Canada and a member institution of the Toront ...
, Toronto
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...
*
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
The Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (UC Chile; ) is a traditional private university based in Santiago, Chile. It is one of the thirteen Catholic universities existing in Chilean university system and one of the two pontifical univ ...
, Santiago
*
Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso
The Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso () (PUCV), also known as ''Universidad Católica de Valparaíso'' (UCV), is one of six Catholic universities in Chile and one of the two pontifical universities in the country, along with th ...
, Valparaiso
Congo (
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply the Congo (the last ambiguously also referring to the neighbouring Republic of the Congo), is a country in Central Africa. By land area, it is t ...
)
*
Facultés Catholiques de Kinshasa, Kinshasa
Croatia
Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...
*
Faculty of Catholic Theology at the University of Zagreb, Zagreb
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean Sea in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean. It shares a Maritime boundary, maritime border with Puerto Rico to the east and ...
*
Seminario Pontificio Santo Tomás de Aquino, Santo Domingo
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
Source:
*
Centre Sèvres - Facultés Théologique et Philosophique des Jésuites, Paris
* Faculté de Théologie et de Philosophie (
Université Catholique de Lyon
The Catholic University of Lyon (UCLy), also known as the Lyon Catholic Institute ( French: ''Institut Catholique de Lyon''), is a French private university based in Lyon and Annecy, Southeastern France.
History
The Lyon Catholic University has ...
), Paris
* Faculté de Théologie (
Université Catholique de l'Ouest), Angers
* Faculté de Théologie (
Université Catholique de Lille), Lille
* Faculté de Théologie Notre-Dame, Paris
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...
*
Sankt Georgen Graduate School of Philosophy and Theology
Sankt Georgen Graduate School of Philosophy and Theology (German: ''Philosophisch-Theologische Hochschule Sankt Georgen'') is a higher education Jesuit college in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
The school offers a 10-semester Magister in Catholic T ...
, Frankfurt
Hong Kong
Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...
*
Holy Spirit Seminary, Wong Chuk Hang
Hungary
Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...
*
Faculty of Theology,
Pázmány Péter Catholic University
Pázmány Péter Catholic University (PPKE) ( (''PPKE'')) is a private university in and near Budapest, Hungary, belonging to the Catholic Church in Hungary, Catholic Church and recognized by the state. While PPKE takes its name after an insti ...
, Budapest
India
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...
*
Jnana Deepa, Institute of Philosophy and Theology, Pune
*
, Bangalore
*
St. Peter's Pontifical Institute of Philosophy and Theology
St. Peter's Pontifical Seminary also known as St. Peter's Pontifical Institute of Philosophy and Theology or simply as St. Peter's Pontifical Seminary/Institute is a Roman Catholic major seminary located in Bangalore, India.
After the Suppression ...
, Bangalore
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...
*
Wedabhakti Pontifical Faculty of Theology, Yogyakarta
Ireland
Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...
*
St Patrick's College, Maynooth
St Patrick's Pontifical University, Maynooth (), is a pontifical Catholic university in the town of Maynooth near Dublin, Ireland
Dublin is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mou ...
Israel
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Isr ...
*
École Biblique et Archéologique Française de Jérusalem, Jerusalem
*
Pontificium Institutum Biblicum, Jerusalem campus
*
Studium Biblicum Franciscanum
Studium Biblicum Franciscanum (SBF), Latin for 'Franciscan Biblical Studies', is a Franciscan academic society based in Jerusalem. It is a center of biblical and archaeological research and studies, established by the Franciscan Custody of the H ...
, Jerusalem
*
Studium Theologicum Salesianum, Jerusalem campus
Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...
Source:
(Pontifical Universities and Atheneum are listed in the
Pontifical Universities
A pontifical university or athenaeum is an ecclesiastical university established or approved directly by the Holy See, composed of three main ecclesiastical faculties (Theology, Philosophy and canon law (Catholic Church), Canon Law) and at least o ...
article, while here are the Pontifical Institutes and Faculties.)
*
Pontifical Institute "John Paul II" for Marriage and Family Sciences, Rome
*
Pontifical Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies
The Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies (, ; PISAI) is a Catholic Church, Catholic institution of higher education located in Rome focused on Arabic and Islamic culture, history and language. As of 2006, there have been over 1,300 ...
, Rome
* Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology, Rome
*
Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music
The Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music (; ) is an institution of higher education of the Roman Catholic Church specifically dedicated to the study of religious music, church music. It is based in Rome, Italy, located in the former Pontifical Ab ...
, Rome
* Pontifical Institute of Ambrosian Sacred Music, Milan
* Pontifical Faculty of Education "''Auxilium''," Rome
*
Pontifical Faculty of Theology and Institute of Spirituality "''Teresianum''," Rome
*
Pontifical Theological Faculty "''Marianum''," Rome
*
Pontifical Theological Faculty of St. Bonaventure "''Seraphicum''," Rome
*
Pontifical Institute for Biblical Studies "''Biblicum''," Rome
*
Pontifical Institute for Eastern Studies "''Orientale''," Rome
*
Pontifical Institute for Patristic Sciences "''Augustinianum''," Rome
*
Pontifical Institute of Theology of Consecrated Life "''Claretianum''," Rome
*
Pontifical Institute of Moral Theology "''Accademia Alfonsiana''," Rome
* Pontifical Institute for Pastoral Ministry "''Redemptor Hominis''," Rome
* Pontifical Institute of ''Latinitas'', Rome
*
Pontifical Institute of Sacred Liturgy, Rome
* Pontifical Institute of ''Utriusque Iuris'', Rome
*
Pontifical Theological Faculty of Southern Italy, Naples
*
Pontifical Theological Faculty of Sardinia, Cagliari
* Pontifical Theological Faculty of Sicily «San Giovanni Evangelista», Palermo
* Theological Faculty of Apulia, Bari
* Theological Faculty of Central Italy, Florence
* Theological Faculty of Emilia-Romagna, Bologna
* Theological Faculty of Northern Italy, Milan, Turin, Genoa
* Theological Faculty of the Triveneto, Padua
*
Faculty of Canon Law «San Pio X», Venice
* «Sophia» University Institute, Loppiano
* Academic Theological Study Bressanone, Bressanone (affiliated with the Faculty of Theology of the
University of Innsbruck
The University of Innsbruck (; ) is a public research university in Innsbruck, the capital of the Austrian federal state of Tyrol (state), Tyrol, founded on October 15, 1669.
It is the largest education facility in the Austrian States of Austria, ...
in Austria)
Lebanon
Lebanon, officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, it is bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south ...
*
Faculté de Théologie,
Université Saint-Esprit de Kaslik, Jounieh
Malta
Malta, officially the Republic of Malta, is an island country in Southern Europe located in the Mediterranean Sea, between Sicily and North Africa. It consists of an archipelago south of Italy, east of Tunisia, and north of Libya. The two ...
*
Faculty of Theology, Tal-Virtù
Nigeria
Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, ...
*
Catholic Institute of West Africa
The Catholic Institute of West Africa (CIWA) is a tertiary educational institution in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. It is a higher ecclesiastical institute of the Catholic Church and remains the leading theological facility in West Afric ...
,
Port Harcourt
Port Harcourt (Pidgin: ''Po-ta-kot or Pi-ta-kwa)'' is the capital and largest city of Rivers State in Nigeria. It is the fifth most populous city in Nigeria after Lagos, Kano, Ibadan and Benin. It lies along the Bonny River and is locate ...
Philippines
The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a tot ...
* Loyola School of Theology,
Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...
*
Pontifical Faculty of Theology in Warsaw, Warsaw
*
Pontifical Faculty of Theology in Wrocław
A pontifical () is a Christian liturgical book containing the liturgies that only a bishop may perform. Among the liturgies are those of the ordinal for the ordination and consecration of deacons, priests, and bishops to Holy Orders. While the ...
, Wrocław
*
Pontifical University of John Paul II
The Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow () is an academic institution located in Kraków, Poland, that offers graduate degrees in theology, philosophy, and church history. It derived from the theology faculty of Jagiellonian Unive ...
, Kraków
Spain
Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...
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* Ateneo Universitario Sant Pacià, Barcelona
*
Universidad Eclesiástica San Dámaso, Madrid
* Faculty of Canon Law (at
Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Martir), Valencia
* Faculty of Theology (at
Universidad de Deusto), Bilbao
* Faculty of Theology (at
Universidad Loyola Andalucía), Granada
*
Faculty of Theology "San Esteban," Salamanca
* Faculty of Theology "San Isidoro de Sevilla," Sevilla
* Faculty of Theology "San Vicente Ferrer," Valencia
* Theological Faculty of Northern Spain - Burgos Campus
* Theological Faculty of Northern Spain - Vitoria Campus
Switzerland
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...
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* Faculty of Theology (at
Université de Fribourg), Fribourg
* Faculty of Theology (at
Università di Lucerna), Lucerne
* Faculty of Theology (at
Università della Svizzera italiana
The (USI, ''University of Italian-speaking Switzerland''), sometimes referred to as the University of Lugano in English-speaking contexts, is a public Swiss university established in 1995, with campuses in Lugano, Mendrisio and Bellinzona (Canto ...
), Lugano
* Theological School of Chur (German: Theologische Hochschule Chur), Chur
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...
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* Fu Jen Faculty of Theology of St. Robert Bellarmine, New Taipei City
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...
* Mater Ecclesiae College of
St Mary's University, Twickenham
St Mary's University, Twickenham is a public university in Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Its stated commitment is to the mission of the Catholic Church in higher education.
History
Originally foun ...
, formerly the Bellarmine Institute of
Heythrop College, University of London
Heythrop College, University of London, was a constituent college of the University of London between 1971 and 2018, last located in Kensington Square, London. It comprised the university's specialist faculties of philosophy and theology with so ...
United States
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...
Source:
*
Boston College School of Theology and Ministry
The Gloria L. and Charles I. Clough School of Theology and Ministry (CSTM) is a Jesuit school of graduate theology at Boston College. It is an ecclesiastical faculty of theology that trains men and women, both lay and religious, for scholarship ...
(at
Boston College
Boston College (BC) is a private university, private Catholic Jesuits, Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1863 by the Society of Jesus, a Catholic Religious order (Catholic), religious order, t ...
), Brighton, MA
*
Ecclesiastical Faculty of Theology (at the
University of Saint Mary of the Lake
The University of Saint Mary of the Lake (USML) is a private Roman Catholic seminary in Mundelein, Illinois. It is the principal seminary and school of theology for the formation of priests in the Archdiocese of Chicago in Illinois. USML was ...
), Mundelein, IL
*
Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University (at
Santa Clara University
Santa Clara University is a private university, private Jesuit university in Santa Clara, California, United States. Established in 1851, Santa Clara University is the oldest operating institution of higher learning in California. The university' ...
), Berkeley, CA
*
Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception
The Dominican House of Studies is a Catholic institution in Washington, DC, housing both the Priory of the Immaculate Conception, a community of the Province of St. Joseph of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans), and the Pontifical Faculty of the I ...
(at the
Dominican House of Studies
The Dominican House of Studies is a Catholic institution in Washington, DC, housing both the Priory of the Immaculate Conception, a community of the Province of St. Joseph of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans), and the Pontifical Faculty of the I ...
), Washington, DC
*
St. Mary's Seminary and University
St. Mary's Seminary and University is a Catholic Church, Catholic seminary located within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore, Archdiocese of Baltimore in Baltimore, Maryland; it was the first seminary founded in the United States after ...
, Baltimore, MD
* The
Catholic University of America
The Catholic University of America (CUA) is a private Catholic research university in Washington, D.C., United States. It is one of two pontifical universities of the Catholic Church in the United States – the only one that is not primarily a ...
(CUA), Washington, DC
Additionally, numerous other United States institutions have arrangements by which they may grant pontifical degrees, including:
* Archdiocese of New York's
St. Joseph's Seminary, Dunwoodie
St. Joseph's Seminary and College, sometimes referred to as Dunwoodie after the Dunwoodie neighborhood of Yonkers, New York in which it is located, is the major seminary of the Archdiocese of New York.Remigius Lafort, S.T.D., Censor, The Cat ...
, Yonkers, NY – offers the S.T.B. through the
Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum)
The Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas (PUST), also known as the ''Angelicum'' or ''Collegio Angelico'' (in honor of its patron, the ''Doctor Angelicus'' Thomas Aquinas), is a pontifical university located in the historic center of R ...
in Rome, Italy.
*
Kenrick–Glennon Seminary
Kenrick–Glennon Seminary (legally St. Louis Roman Catholic Theological Seminary) is a Catholic seminary in Shrewsbury, Missouri that is operated by the Archdiocese of Saint Louis. Founded in 1818, the seminary is named for Archbishop Peter R ...
, Shrewsbury, MO - offers the S.T.B. through the
Pontifical Gregorian University
Pontifical Gregorian University (; also known as the Gregorian or Gregoriana), is a private university, private pontifical university in Rome, Italy.
The Gregorian originated as a part of the Roman College, founded in 1551 by Ignatius of Loyo ...
in Rome, Italy.
*
Mount Angel Abbey
Mount Angel Abbey is a Catholic monastery of Benedictine monks located in Saint Benedict, Oregon, northeast of Salem, it was established in 1882 from Engelberg Abbey, in Switzerland. The abbey, located on the top of Mount Angel, a , has its ...
's Seminary, Saint Benedict, OR - offers the S.T.B. through the
Pontifical Atheneum of St. Anselm in Rome, Italy.
*
Mount St. Mary's University
Mount St. Mary's University is a private Catholic university in Emmitsburg, Maryland, United States. It has the largest Catholic seminary in the United States. Undergraduate programs are divided between the College of Liberal Arts, the Richar ...
Seminary, Emmitsburg, MD - offers the S.T.B. through the
Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception
The Dominican House of Studies is a Catholic institution in Washington, DC, housing both the Priory of the Immaculate Conception, a community of the Province of St. Joseph of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans), and the Pontifical Faculty of the I ...
.
*
Sacred Heart Major Seminary
Sacred Heart Major Seminary is a private Roman Catholic seminary in Detroit, Michigan. It is affiliated with the Archdiocese of Detroit.
In 2016–2017, 107 seminarians, representing eleven dioceses and two religious orders were enrolled in cla ...
, Detroit, MI - offers both the S.T.B. and S.T.L through the
Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum)
The Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas (PUST), also known as the ''Angelicum'' or ''Collegio Angelico'' (in honor of its patron, the ''Doctor Angelicus'' Thomas Aquinas), is a pontifical university located in the historic center of R ...
in Rome, Italy
*
Saint Patrick's Seminary and University
St. Patrick's Seminary and University (STPSU) in Menlo Park, California, is a Roman Catholic undergraduate and graduate seminary whose primary mission is the formation of priests for dioceses in California and the Pacific Northwest of the United ...
, Menlo Park, CA - offers the S.T.B. through the
Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception
The Dominican House of Studies is a Catholic institution in Washington, DC, housing both the Priory of the Immaculate Conception, a community of the Province of St. Joseph of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans), and the Pontifical Faculty of the I ...
.
*
Pontifical College Josephinum
The Pontifical College Josephinum is a Roman Catholic seminary and private university in Columbus, Ohio. It was founded by Joseph Jessing in 1888 to prepare seminarians for the many German-speaking communities in the United States at that time. ...
, Columbus, OH - offers the S.T.B. through the
Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum)
The Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas (PUST), also known as the ''Angelicum'' or ''Collegio Angelico'' (in honor of its patron, the ''Doctor Angelicus'' Thomas Aquinas), is a pontifical university located in the historic center of R ...
in Rome, Italy.
Ecclesiastical faculties
Africa
* Dar Comboni for Arabic Studies of Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
* Faculty of Theology,
Catholic University of West Africa
*
Catholic University of Central Africa
The Catholic University of Central Africa (Université Catholique de l'Afrique Centrale) (CUAC or UCAC) is a private Roman Catholic university in Yaoundé, Cameroon.
History
CUAC was founded in 1989 by the Association of the Episcopal Conference ...
,
Yaoundé
Yaoundé (; , ) is the Capital city, capital city of Cameroon. It has a population of more than 2.8 million which makes it the second-largest city in the country after the port city Douala. It lies in the Centre Region (Cameroon), Centre Region o ...
, Cameroon
** Department of Canon Law
** Faculty of Theology
** Faculty of Philosophy
** Faculty of Social Sciences and Management
* Catholic University of Congo, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
** Faculty of Canon Law
** Faculty of Philosophy
** Faculty of Theology
*
Catholic University of Madagascar
The Catholic University of Madagascar (UCM; French language, French: ''Université Catholique de Madagascar''; Malagasy language, Malagasy: ''Oniversite Katolika eto Madagasikara'') is a private university located in Antananarivo, Madagascar. Foun ...
** Faculty of Philosophy
** Faculty of Theology
*
Veritas University
Veritas University is a private university located in Abuja. It was founded in March 2002 by the Catholic Church in Nigeria. The Institution received its provisional operation licence in 2007 from the National Universities Commission and commenced ...
, Abuja, Nigeria
** Faculty of Ecclesiastical Theology
** Faculty of Ecclesiastical Philosophy
* Faculty of Theology,
Catholic University of Eastern Africa
Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA) is a multi-campus private university in Kenya. It is accredited by the Commission for University Education in Kenya.
Location
The main campus of the university is located along Bogani East Road, in ...
, Nairobi, Kenya
* Faculty of Theology of the Jesuits in Africa and Madagascar (FTJAM),
Hekima University College
Hekima College is a Jesuit school of Theology#Theology and ministerial training, theology in Nairobi, Kenya, affiliated with the Catholic University of Eastern Africa. It opened in 1984 as a seminary for Jesuits studying to be Catholic priesthood ...
, Nairobi, Kenya
America, North
Canada
* Faculty of Theology,
Dominican University College
The Dominican University College (DUC; ) was a bilingual university located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. From 2012 to 2024, Dominican University College was an affiliated college of Carleton University.
Founded in 1900 and granted a civil univ ...
,
Ottawa, Ontario
Ottawa is the capital city of Canada. It is located in the southern Ontario, southern portion of the province of Ontario, at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the cor ...
* Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies,
Université Laval
(; English: ''Laval University)'' is a public research university in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The university traces its roots to the Séminaire de Québec, founded by François de Montmorency-Laval in 1663, making it the oldest institutio ...
,
Quebec City
Quebec City is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, and the Census Metropolitan Area (including surrounding communities) had a populati ...
, Quebec
*
Saint Paul University
Saint Paul University () is a bilingual Catholic university federated with the University of Ottawa since 1965. It is located on Main Street in Canada's capital city, Ottawa, Ontario. Fully bilingual, it offers instruction in both of the countr ...
,
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital city of Canada. It is located in the southern Ontario, southern portion of the province of Ontario, at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the cor ...
,
Ontario
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** Faculty of Canon Law
** Faculty of Theology
* The Ecclesiastical Faculty of Theology at St. Augustine's Seminary, Toronto
Latin America and Caribbean-West Indies
* Instituto De Estudios Ecclesiasticos Padre Felix Varela, Havana, Cuba
*
Universidad Pontificia de México
The Universidad Pontificia de México (''Pontifical University of Mexico'') is a private institution of higher education originally established Charles I, King of Spain in 1551, re-established by the Holy See in 1982, and sponsored by the Roman Ca ...
** School of Canon Law
** School of Theology
** School of Philosophy
United States
* Ecclesiastical Faculty of Theology,
Boston College
Boston College (BC) is a private university, private Catholic Jesuits, Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1863 by the Society of Jesus, a Catholic Religious order (Catholic), religious order, t ...
, Massachusetts
*
Catholic University of America
The Catholic University of America (CUA) is a private Catholic research university in Washington, D.C., United States. It is one of two pontifical universities of the Catholic Church in the United States – the only one that is not primarily a ...
**
School of Canon Law
The Catholic University of America School of Canon Law is the only faculty of Catholic canon law in the United States. It is one of the twelve schools at Catholic University of America, located in Washington, D.C.,[St. Mary's Seminary and University
St. Mary's Seminary and University is a Catholic Church, Catholic seminary located within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore, Archdiocese of Baltimore in Baltimore, Maryland; it was the first seminary founded in the United States after ...]
, Baltimore, Maryland
* Pontifical Faculty of Theology,
University of Saint Mary of the Lake
The University of Saint Mary of the Lake (USML) is a private Roman Catholic seminary in Mundelein, Illinois. It is the principal seminary and school of theology for the formation of priests in the Archdiocese of Chicago in Illinois. USML was ...
, Mundelein, IL
*
Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception
The Dominican House of Studies is a Catholic institution in Washington, DC, housing both the Priory of the Immaculate Conception, a community of the Province of St. Joseph of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans), and the Pontifical Faculty of the I ...
,
Washington, D.C.
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*
Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University, Berkeley, California
America, South
*
Catholic University of Córdoba
The Universidad Católica de Córdoba (UCC) is a Jesuit university in Argentina that was founded on June 8, 1956, immediately after private universities were authorized.
In brief
UCC is part of the worldwide network of Jesuit universities in over ...
, Argentina
** Faculty of Philosophy and Humanities
** Faculty of Theology
*
Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina
The Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina (), also known as Catholic University of Argentina (; UCA), is a private university in Argentina with campuses in the cities of Buenos Aires, Santa Fe, Rosario, Paraná, Mendoza and Pergamino. The ...
*
Bolivian Catholic University San Pablo, Bolivia
* Jesuit Faculty of Philosophy and Theology, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
** Faculty of Theology
** Faculty of Philosophy
* Faculty of Theology, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
* Faculdade de Direito Canônico São Paulo Apóstolo (Faculty of Canon Law Saint Paul the Apostle),
São Paulo
São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, as well as the List of cities in Brazil by population, most populous city in Brazil, the List of largest cities in the ...
, Brazil
* Faculty of Theology,
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
The Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (UC Chile; ) is a traditional private university based in Santiago, Chile. It is one of the thirteen Catholic universities existing in Chilean university system and one of the two pontifical univ ...
, Santiago de Chile, Chile
* Ecclesiastical Faculty of Theology – Institute of Religious Studies,
Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso
The Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso () (PUCV), also known as ''Universidad Católica de Valparaíso'' (UCV), is one of six Catholic universities in Chile and one of the two pontifical universities in the country, along with th ...
, Valparaíso, Chile
*
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
The Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (English:
Xavierian Pontifical University) is a private university in Colombia founded in 1623. It is one of the oldest and most traditional Colombian universities, directed by the Society of Jesus, with its ...
(Xavierian Pontifical University), Bogotá D.C., Colombia
** School of Canon Law
** School of Theology
** School of Philosophy
* School of Theology, Philosophy and Humanities,
Pontifical Bolivarian University
The Pontifical Bolivarian University (), also referred to as UPB, is a private university in Colombia with its main campus in Medellín, where it was founded in 1936. As of 2023, the university is ranked among the top four universities in Colombia ...
, Medellín, Colombia
* Faculty of Philosophy and Theology,
Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador
The Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (PUCE) (English: ''Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador'') is a Pontifical Catholic university founded in 1946 in Quito, Ecuador.
History
The university opened in the fall of 1946, with Carlo ...
, Quito, Ecuador
* Ecclesiastical Faculty of Sacred Theology,
Universidad Católica "Nuestra Señora de la Asunción", Asuncion, Paraguay
* Facultad de Teología Pontificia y Civil de Lima, Lima, Peru
* Facultad de Teología Redemptoris Mater de El Callao Mater, Callao, Peru
* Facultad de Teología del Uruguay Mons. Mariano Soler, Montevideo, Uruguay
Asia
East Asia
*
Sophia University
Sophia University (Japanese language, Japanese: 上智大学, ''Jōchi Daigaku''; Latin: ''Universitas Sedis Sapientiae'') is a private List of Jesuit educational institutions, Jesuit research university in Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 1913 by ...
, Tokyo, Japan
** Faculty of Philosophy
** Faculty of Theology
* Faculty of Theology,
Nanzan University
is a Private university, private, Catholic and Mixed-sex education, coeducational higher education institution run by the Society of the Divine Word (SVD) in the Shōwa-ku, Nagoya, Shōwa Ward of Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is consi ...
, Nagoya, Japan
* Fu Jen Faculty of Theology of St. Robert Bellarmine, Taipei, Taiwan
South Asia
* Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram, Bangalore, India
** Faculty of Philosophy
** Faculty of Theology
* Jnana Deepa, Institute of Philosophy and Theology, Pune, India
** Faculty of Philosophy
** Faculty of Theology
* Saint Peter's Pontifical Institute, Bangalore, India
** Faculty of Theology
** Institute of Philosophy
* Paurastya Vidyapitham Pontifical Oriental Institute of Religious Studies, Kottayam, India
* Sacred Heart College Satya Nilayam, Madras (Chennai), India
* Faculty of Theology, Saint Albert's College, Ranchi, India
* Faculty of Theology, Vidyajyoti Institute of Religious Studies, Delhi
South East Asia
* Fakultas Teologi Wedabhakti (Wedabhakti Pontifical Faculty of Theology), Yogyakarta, Indonesia
*
Loyola School of Theology,
Ateneo de Manila University, Manila, Philippines
[ oyola School of Theology http://lst.edu/about-us/vision-a-mission/ref>
* ]University of Santo Tomas
The University of Santo Tomas (UST; ), officially the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, The Catholic University of the Philippines or colloquially as ''Ustê'' (), is a Private university, private Catholic school, Catholic researc ...
, Manila, Philippines
** Faculty of Canon Law
** Faculty of Philosophy
** Faculty of Theology
* Catholic Institute of Viet Nam
West Asia
* Ecole Biblique et Archéologique Française de Jérusalem, Jerusalem
* Pontifical School of Theology, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik
The Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK; , ''Jāmiʿah al-Rūḥ al-Quddus – al-Kaslīk'') is a private, non-profit, Catholic university in Jounieh, Lebanon. The university was founded by the Baladites in 1950 and ratified under the new ...
, Kaslik, Lebanon
Europe
Austria
* Catholic Private University Linz
The Catholic Private University Linz is one of four universities in Linz, the capital of Upper Austria, with approximately 500 students enrolled. Its roots go back to 1672 and it is a Papal faculty since 1978. It is an accredited private universit ...
, Linz, Austria
** Faculty of Theology
** Faculty of Philosophy and Art History
* Faculty of Catholic Theology, University of Innsbruck
The University of Innsbruck (; ) is a public research university in Innsbruck, the capital of the Austrian federal state of Tyrol (state), Tyrol, founded on October 15, 1669.
It is the largest education facility in the Austrian States of Austria, ...
, Innsbruck, Austria
* ITI Catholic University, Schloss Trumau, Austria
* Faculty of Catholic Theology, Paris Lodron University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
* Pontifical Philosophical Institute-Faculty of Catholic Theology, University of Graz
The University of Graz (, formerly: ''Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz'') is a public university, public research university located in Graz, Austria. It is the largest and oldest university in Styria, as well as the second-largest and second-old ...
, Graz, Austria
* Faculty of Catholic Theology, University of Vienna
The University of Vienna (, ) is a public university, public research university in Vienna, Austria. Founded by Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria, Duke Rudolph IV in 1365, it is the oldest university in the German-speaking world and among the largest ...
, Vienna, Austria
* Benedict XVI Philosophical-Theological University, Heiligenkreuz, Austria
Balkan - Southeast Europe
* Faculty of Catholic Theology, University of Sarajevo
The University of Sarajevo (Bosnian language, Bosnian, Croatian language, Croatian and Serbian language, Serbian: ''Univerzitet u Sarajevu'' / Sveučilište u Sarajevu / Универзитет у Сарајеву) is a List of universities in Bo ...
, Bosnia and Herzegovina
* University of Zagreb
The University of Zagreb (, ) is a public university, public research university in Zagreb, Croatia. It is the largest Croatian university and one of the oldest continuously operating universities in Europe. The University of Zagreb and the Unive ...
, Zagreb, Croatia
** Faculty of Philosophy and Religious Sciences
** Catholic Faculty of Theology
* Catholic Faculty of Theology, University of Split
The University of Split (, ) is a university located in Split, Croatia. It was founded in 1974. and is organized in 13 faculties and 124 faculty programmes. As of 2009, a total of approximately 40,000 students have graduated, and a total of 337 ...
, Split, Croatia
* Catholic Faculty of Theology in Đakovo, University of Osijek
The Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek (, ), commonly known as the University of Osijek (UNIOS), is a public university based in Osijek, Croatia. Established in 1975, it is the flagship institution of higher education in Slavonia, and ...
, Croatia
* Faculty of Theology, University of Ljubljana
The University of Ljubljana (, , ), abbreviated UL, is the oldest and largest university in Slovenia. It has approximately 38,000 enrolled students. The university has 23 faculties and three art academies with approximately 4,000 teaching and re ...
, Slovenia
Central-East Europe
* Saints Cyril and Methodius Faculty of Theology, Palacký University Olomouc
Palacký University Olomouc () is the oldest university in Moravia and List of universities in the Czech Republic, the second-oldest in the Czech Republic. It was established in 1573 as a public university led by the Jesuit order in Olomouc, whi ...
, Czech Republic
* Catholic Theological Faculty, Charles University
Charles University (CUNI; , UK; ; ), or historically as the University of Prague (), is the largest university in the Czech Republic. It is one of the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, oldest universities in the world in conti ...
, Prague, Czech Republic
* Faculty of Greek-Catholic Theology, University of Prešov, Slovakia
* Faculty of Roman Catholic Theology of Cyril and Methodius, Comenius University
Comenius University Bratislava () is the largest university in Slovakia, with most of its faculties located in Bratislava. It was founded in 1919, shortly after the creation of Czechoslovakia. It is named after Jan Amos Comenius, a 17th-century ...
, Bratislava, Slovakia
* Faculty of Theology, Catholic University in Ružomberok, Slovakia
* Pázmány Péter Catholic University
Pázmány Péter Catholic University (PPKE) ( (''PPKE'')) is a private university in and near Budapest, Hungary, belonging to the Catholic Church in Hungary, Catholic Church and recognized by the state. While PPKE takes its name after an insti ...
, Hungary
** Faculty of Theology
** Canon Law Institute
* Theology Faculty of Lviv, Ukraine
* Faculty of Catholic Theology, Vytautas Magnus University
Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) (, VDU) is a public university in Kaunas, Lithuania. The university was founded in 1922 during the interwar period as an alternate national university.
Initially it was known as the University of Lithuania, but ...
, Kaunas, Lithuania
France
* Catholic University of Paris
** Faculty of Canon Law
** Faculty of Philosophy
** Faculty of Theology
** Faculty of Social Sciences and Economics
* Catholic University of Toulouse
** Faculty of Canon Law
** Faculty of Philosophy
** Faculty of Theology
* Centre Sèvres
The Centre Sèvres is a university-level, Jesuit faculty of philosophy and theology on the Rue de Sèvres, in the heart of Paris. It was formed in 1974 from the merger of former Jesuit schools of philosophy at Lyon-Fourvière and philosophy at Cha ...
, Paris
** Faculty of Philosophy
** Faculty of Theology
* Catholic University of Lyon
The Catholic University of Lyon (UCLy), also known as the Lyon Catholic Institute ( French: ''Institut Catholique de Lyon''), is a French private university based in Lyon and Annecy, Southeastern France.
History
The Lyon Catholic University has ...
** Faculty of Philosophy
** Faculty of Theology
* Faculty of Catholic Theology, University of Strasbourg
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* Faculté de Théologie Notre Dame
* Faculty of Theology, Université catholique de Lille
* Faculty of Theology, Catholic University of the West
The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institut ...
Germany
* Faculty of Catholic Theology, University of Augsburg
The University of Augsburg () is a university located in the Universitätsviertel section of Augsburg, Germany. It was founded in 1970 and is organized in 8 Faculties.
The University of Augsburg is a relatively young campus university with a ...
* Faculty of Catholic Theology, Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn
* Faculty of Catholic Theology, Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
The Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (KU) is a Catholic research university in Eichstätt and Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany. It is the only Catholic university in Germany.
Compared to other German universities it is a rather small ...
* Faculty of Catholic Theology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
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* Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
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** Faculty of Catholic Theology
** Klaus-Mörsdorf-Studium für Kanonistik (Klaus-Mörsdorf-Studies for Canon Law)
* University of Münster
The University of Münster (, until 2023 , WWU) is a public research university located in the city of Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany.
With more than 43,000 students and over 120 fields of study in 15 departments, it is Germany's ...
** Faculty of Catholic Theology
** Institut für Kanonisches Recht
* Faculty of Catholic Theology, University of Regensburg
The University of Regensburg () is a public research university located in the city of Regensburg, Germany. The university was founded on 18 July 1962 by the Landtag of Bavaria as the fourth full-fledged university in Bavaria. Following groundbr ...
* Faculty of Catholic Theology, Ruhr University Bochum
The Ruhr University Bochum (, ) is a public research university located in the southern hills of the central Ruhr area, Bochum, Germany. It was founded in 1962 as the first new public university in Germany after World War II. Instruction began ...
* Faculty of Catholic Theology, Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg
* Faculty of Roman-Catholic Theology, Eberhard Karl University of Tübingen
* Kölner Hochschule für Katholische Theologie
* Hochschule für Katholische Kirchenmusik und Musikpädagogik Regensburg (University of Catholic Church Music and Music Education Regensburg)
* Hochschule für Kirchenmusik der Diözese Rottenburg-Stuttgart (University of Church Music of the Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart)
* Hochschule für Philosophie München (Munich School of Philosophy)
* Institut für Katholische Theologie (Institute for Catholic Theology), Philosophische Fakultät (Faculty of Arts and Humanities), RWTH Aachen University
RWTH Aachen University (), in German ''Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen'', is a German public research university located in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With more than 47,000 students enrolled in 144 study prog ...
* Philosophisch-Theologische Hochschule Münster
* Philosophisch-Theologische Hochschule Sankt Georgen
* Philosophisch-Theologische Hochschule Vallendar
* Faculty of Theology, Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg
The University of Freiburg (colloquially ), officially the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg (), is a public research university located in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The university was founded in 1457 by the Habsburg ...
* Theologische Fakultät Fulda
* Theologische Fakultät Paderborn
* Theologische Fakultät Trier
Italy
* Pontifical Lateran University
The Pontifical Lateran University (; ), also known as Lateranum, is a pontifical university based in Rome. The university also hosts the central session of the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family. The university ...
, Rome
** Faculty of Canon Law
** Faculty of Civil Law
** Faculty of Philosophy
** Faculty of Theology
** Pastoral Institute Redemptor Hominis
** Institutum Utriusque Iuris
** ''“Claretianum''” Institute of Theology of Consecrated Life
** “Augustinianum” Patristic Institute
** Higher Institute of Moral Theology “Alphonsian Academy”
** Peace Sciences
* Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum
The Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum (Italian: ''Pontificio Ateneo Regina Apostolorum'') is an educational institute of the Catholic Church in Rome.
The Pontifical Athenaeum is directed by the Congregation of the Legionaries of Christ.
...
, Rome
** Faculty of Bioethics
** Faculty of Philosophy
** Faculty of Theology
* Pontifical University of the Holy Cross
Pontifical University of the Holy Cross (, ) is a Roman Catholic university under the Curial Congregation for Catholic Education, now entrusted to the Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei, or more commonly called Opus Dei. It was started i ...
** School of Church Communications
** School of Canon Law
** School of Philosophy
** Faculty of Theology
* Pontifical Oriental Institute
The Pontifical Oriental Institute, also known as the Orientale, is a Catholic institution of higher education located in Rome and focusing on Eastern Christianity.
The plan of creating a school of higher learning for Eastern Christianity had bee ...
, Rome
** Faculty of Eastern Canon Law
** Faculty of Eastern Christian Studies
* Pontifical University of Saint Anthony, Rome
** Faculty of Canon Law
** Faculty of Philosophy
** Faculty of Biblical Sciences and Archaeology
** Faculty of Theology
* Pontifical Gregorian University
Pontifical Gregorian University (; also known as the Gregorian or Gregoriana), is a private university, private pontifical university in Rome, Italy.
The Gregorian originated as a part of the Roman College, founded in 1551 by Ignatius of Loyo ...
, Rome
** Faculty of Canon Law
** Faculty of Missiology
** Faculty of Philosophy
** Faculty of Social Sciences
** Faculty of History and Cultural Heritage of the Church
** Faculty of Theology
** Institute of Psychology
** Institute of Spirituality
* Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas
The Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas (PUST), also known as the ''Angelicum'' or ''Collegio Angelico'' (in honor of its patron, the ''Doctor Angelicus'' Thomas Aquinas), is a pontifical university located in the historic center of R ...
, Rome
** Faculty of Canon Law
** Faculty of Philosophy
** Faculty of Social Sciences
** Faculty of Theology
* Pontifical Urban University
The Pontifical Urban University, also called the ''Urbaniana'' after its names in both Latin and Italian, is a pontifical university that was under the authority of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. The university's mission is to ...
, Rome
** Faculty of Canon Law
** Faculty of Missiology
** Faculty of Philosophy
** Faculty of Theology
* Pius X Faculty of Canon Law, Venice
* Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm
The Anselmianum, also known as the Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm (; ) or simply ''Sant'Anselmo'', is a pontifical university in Rome associated with the Benedictines. It offers courses in philosophy, theology, liturgy, monastic studies, lan ...
, Rome
** Faculty of Philosophy
** Faculty of Theology
** Pontificio Istituto Liturgico
* Salesian Pontifical University
The Salesian Pontifical University (; ) is a pontifical university in Italy run by the Salesians of Don Bosco. It has three campuses, one in Rome, one in Turin, and one in Jerusalem. The Salesian Pontifical University is an ordinary member of ...
, Rome
** Faculty of Christian and Classical Literature
** Faculty of Sciences of Social Communication
** Faculty of Sciences of Education
** Faculty of Theology
* Pontifical Biblical Institute
The Pontifical Biblical Institute (also known as Biblicum) is a research and postgraduate teaching institution specialised in biblical and ancient Near Eastern studies located in Rome. Founded in 1909 by Pope Pius X, it is an institution of the ...
, Rome
** Faculty of Sacred Scripture
** Faculty of Ancient Near Eastern Studies
* Facoltà Teologica del Triveneto, Padua
* Facoltà Teologica dell'Emilia Romagna, Bologna
* Facoltà Teologica dell'Italia Centrale, Florence
* Facoltà Teologica dell'Italia Settentrionale, Milan
* Facoltà Teologica di Sicilia, Palermo
* Facoltà Teologica Pugliese, Bari
* Philosophisch-Theologische Hochschule Brixen
* Pontifical Faculty of Educational Sciences Auxilium
* Pontifical Faculty of Theology of Sardinia
The Pontifical Faculty of Theology of Sardinia is a theological academic institution founded by pope Pius XI in Cuglieri (Sardinia – Italy) with the Apostolic Constitution ''Nostrarum Partem'' of 5 August 1927. It was the first Italian Faculty ...
* Marianum Pontifical Faculty of Theology, Rome
* Pontifical University of St. Bonaventure - Seraphicum, Rome
* Pontifical Theological Faculty and Pontifical Institute of Spirituality Teresianum
* Pontificio Istituto Ambrosiano di Musica Sacra, Milan
* Pontificio Istituto di Archeologia Cristiana, Rome
* Pontificio Istituto di Musica Sacra, Rome
* Pontificio Istituto di Studi Arabi e d'Islamistica, Rome
*
* Pontificia Facoltà Teologica dell'Italia Meridionale
** Sezione S.Luigi Posillipo
** Sezione S.Tommaso d'Aquino Capodimonte
Northwest Europe
* Faculty of Theology, Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), Belgium
* Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven), Belgium
** Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies
** Faculty of Canon Law
** Institute of Philosophy
* Tilburg School of Catholic Theology, Tilburg University
Tilburg University is a Catholic research university specializing in the social and behavioral sciences, economics, law, business sciences, theology and humanities, located in Tilburg, Netherlands.
Tilburg has a student population of about 19,1 ...
, Netherland
* Mater Ecclesiae College, London, United Kingdom
* St Patrick's Pontifical University, Maynooth, Ireland
Poland
* Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, Warsaw (formerly Academy of Catholic Theology)
** Faculty of Catholic Theology
** Faculty of Christian Philosophy
** Faculty of Family Studies
** Faculty of Theology
* Faculty of Theology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
The Adam Mickiewicz University (; Latin: ''Universitas Studiorum Mickiewicziana Posnaniensis'') is a research university in Poznań, Poland. Due to its history, the university is traditionally considered among Poland's most reputable institution ...
* Faculty of Theology, University of Szczecin
The University of Szczecin () is a public university in Szczecin, western Poland. It is the biggest university in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, West Pomerania, with 33,267 students and a staff of nearly 1,200.
Faculties
The university consists o ...
* Pontifical Faculty of Theology of Wroclaw
* Faculty of Philosophy, Jesuit University of Philosophy and Education Ignatianum
Ignatianum University in Cracow (formerly ''Jesuit University Ignatianum in Krakow'') is a Catholic higher education institution run by the Society of Jesus in Kraków, Poland. It is officially recognized by the state of Poland. It offers BA, MA, ...
* Pontifical University of John Paul II
The Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow () is an academic institution located in Kraków, Poland, that offers graduate degrees in theology, philosophy, and church history. It derived from the theology faculty of Jagiellonian Unive ...
** Faculty of History and Cultural Heritage
** Faculty of Social Sciences
** Faculty of Canon Law
** Faculty of Philosophy
** Faculty of Theology
* John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin
John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (, , abbreviation KUL) is a university established in 1918.
History
:pl:Idzi Radziszewski, Father Idzi Benedykt Radziszewski founded the university in 1918. Vladimir Lenin, Lenin allowed the priest ...
** Faculty of Philosophy
** Faculty of Law, Canon Law and Administration
** Faculty of Theology
** Faculty of Theology, Section in Tarnów
* Faculty of Theology, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń or NCU (, UMK) is located in Toruń, Poland. It is named after Nicolaus Copernicus, who was born in Toruń in 1473.
History
The beginnings of higher education in Toruń
The first institution of higher ...
* Faculty of Theology, University of Opole
The University of Opole () is a public university in the city of Opole. It was founded in 1994 from a merger of two parallel educational institutions. The university has 17,500 students completing 32 academic majors and 53 specializations. The ...
* Faculty of Theology, University of Silesia in Katowice
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The university offers higher education and research facilities. It offers undergraduate, masters, and PhD degree programs, ...
* Faculty of Theology, University of Szczecin
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Faculties
The university consists o ...
* Faculty of Theology, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn
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Southwest Europe Iberia Mediterranean
* Catholic University of Portugal
The Catholic University of Portugal ( Portuguese: ''Universidade Católica Portuguesa'', pronounced nivɨɾsiˈðad(ɨ) kɐˈtɔlikɐ puɾtuˈɣezɐ, also referred to as Católica or UCP for short, is a concordat university (non-state-run unive ...
** Faculty of Theology
** Higher Institute of Canon Law
* San Damaso Ecclesiastical University
The San Damaso Ecclesiastical University is a catholic university erected by the Holy See in the Archdiocese of Madrid (Spain). It teaches Philosophy, Theology, Classical Philology, Canon Law and Religion Sciences with official validity in all th ...
, Madrid, Spain
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** Faculty of Canon Law
** Faculty of Philosophy
** Faculty of Christian and Classical Literature St. Justin
** Faculty of Theology
* Valencia Catholic University Saint Vincent Martyr, Valencia, Spain
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** Faculty of Canon Law
** Faculty of Theology
* University of Navarra
The University of Navarra is a private Catholic research university located on the southeast border of Pamplona, Navarre, Spain. It was founded in 1952 by Saint Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer, the founder of '' Opus Dei'', as a corporat ...
, Spain
** Faculty of Canon Law
** Faculty of Philosophy
** Faculty of Theology
* Comillas Pontifical University
Comillas Pontifical University () is a private Catholic Church, Catholic university run by the Spanish Province of the Society of Jesus in Madrid, Madrid, Spain. The university is involved in a number of academic exchange programmes, work practi ...
, Madrid, Spain
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** Faculty of Canon Law
** Faculty of Philosophy attached to the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
** Faculty of Theology
* Pontifical University of Salamanca
The Pontifical University of Salamanca (in Spanish (language), Spanish: ''Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca'') is a Private university, private Catholic university, Roman Catholic university based in Salamanca, Spain.
History
This Pontifica ...
, Spain
** Faculty of Canon Law
** Faculty of Philosophy
* Ateneo Universitario Sant Pacià, Barcelona
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, Spain
** Faculty of History, Archeology and Christian Art Antonio Gaudì
** Faculty of Theology of Catalonia
** Ecclesiastical Faculty of Philosophy of Catalonia
** Institut Superior de Litúrgia ad instar Facultatis
* Faculty of Theology, Loyola University Andalusia, Spain
* Facultad de Teología de San Esteban, Spain
* Facultad de Teología San Isidoro de Sevilla, Spain
* Facultad Teológica del Norte de España, Spain
** Sede de Burgos
** Sede de Vitoria
* Faculty of Theology, University of Deusto
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, Spain
* Faculty of Theology, University of Malta
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Switzerland
* Facoltà di Teologia di Lugano
* Faculty of Theology, University of Fribourg
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The roots of the university can be traced back to 1580, when the notable Jesuit Peter Canisius founded the Collège Saint-Michel in the City of Fribourg ...
* Faculty of Theology, University of Lucerne
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* Theologische Hochschule Chur
Oceania
* Catholic Institute of Sydney
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, Sydney, Australia
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