Salesian Pontifical University

The Salesian Pontifical University (Italian: Università Pontificia Salesiana) is a pontifical university in Italy run by the Salesian order. It has two campuses, one in Rome and one in Turin.

History

The Salesian Pontifical University is promoted by the Salesian Society of Saint John Bosco and is canonically erected by the Congregation for Catholic Education with the decree of May 3, 1940 (Prot. N. 265/40) with the official title «Pontificio Ateneo Salesiano». The new title «Pontificia Studiorum Universitas Salesiana» (Salesian Pontifical University) was approved by Pope Paul VI with the Motu Proprio Magisterium vitae on 24 May 1973.
It consists of the following Faculties:

The Faculty of Theology
The Faculty of Education
The Faculty of Philosophy
The Faculty of Canon Law
The Faculty of Christian and Classical Literature
The Faculty of the Sciences of Social Communication

On 8 December 1986, a Department of Youth Pastoral and Catechetics was constituted by an agreement between the Faculties of Theology and Education. In 2012 the Faculty of the Sciences of Social Communication began to offer Catholic priests (who, by virtue of their priestly studies, possess a Bachelor's degree in either Philosophy or Theology) a three-year Master's Degree in Pastoral Communication that includes a one-year Bachelor's in Communication.

On 10 October 2006, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, in his first year as Cardinal Secretary of State, gave a homily there celebrating the opening of the new academic year.^[1]

The Salesian Pontifical University is an ordinary member of FIUC (Fédération Internationale des Universités Catholiques), FUCE (Fédération des Universités Catholiques Européennes) and EUA (Association Européenne de l'Université).

Illustrious students and professors

Tarcisio Bertone
Angelo Amato
Alfons Maria Stickler
Ludwig Schwarz
Antonio María Javierre Ortas
Rosalio José Castillo Lara
Joseph Prathan Sridanusil
Joseph Cardinal Zen
Brian Edwin Ferme
Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, 1996.

Faculties

References

↑ "2006 STATEMENTS OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE, H. EM. Cardinal TARCISIO BERTONE, S.D.B.". Vatican. Retrieved 3 November 2014.

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Coordinates: 41°57′33″N 12°31′18″E / 41.95917°N 12.52167°E / 41.95917; 12.52167

Pontifical institutions of higher education in Rome

Universities	University Antonianum Gregorian University Lateran University Salesian University University of the Holy Cross University of St. Thomas Aquinas Urban University

Academies	Academy of Arcadia Alphonsian Academy Fine Arts and Letters of the Virtuosi al Pantheon Sciences Theology Archaeology Martyrs St. Thomas Aquinas Immaculate Conception Mary Life Social Sciences Latin

Other	Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum Pontificio Ateneo Sant Anselmo Pontifical Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies Pontifical Biblical Institute The Pontifical Colleges Institute of the Theology of the Consecrated Life Claretianum Pontifical Theological Faculty Marianum Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family Pontifical Oriental Institute Pastorale Universitaria Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music Pontifical Theological Faculty Teresianum Patristic Institute Augustinianum

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