Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
| Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro | |
Coat of arms of the university
|
|
|
Other name
|
PUC-Rio |
|---|---|
| Motto | Alis Grave Nil |
|
Motto in English
|
With wings, nothing is heavy |
| Type | Private, non-profit |
| Established | October 30, 1940 |
| Affiliation | Roman Catholic Church and Society of Jesus |
| Chancellor | Orani João Tempesta, O. Cist. |
| Rector | Josafá Carlos de Siqueira, S.J. |
| Vice rector | Francisco Ivern Simó, S.J. |
|
Academic staff
|
800 |
| Students | 17,900 |
| Undergraduates | 10,400 |
| Postgraduates | 7,500 |
| Location | Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colors | Yellow and Blue |
| Website | puc-rio |
The Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (Portuguese: Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, PUC-Rio) is a Catholic pontifical university in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is the joint responsibility of the Catholic Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro and the Society of Jesus. In 2016, PUC-Rio was ranked as the fifth best university in Latin America by Times Higher Education magazine.
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 graduate students, and 4,000 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 of Education.
PUC-Rio has highly accredited faculties in Law, Engineering, Computer science, Psychology, Economics, Business, and International Relations. It fosters cultural diversity in its student body. It has participated in exchange programs with Harvard, Notre Dame, UC Berkeley, UCLA, Brown University as well as European universities, with hundreds of students participating each year.
...
Wikipedia