Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina

Catholic University of Argentina

Universidad Católica Argentina
UCA building in Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires
Type	Private
Established	1958; 66 years ago (1958)
Religious affiliation	Roman Catholic
Chancellor	Archbishop of Buenos Aires Mario Aurelio Poli
President	Dr. Miguel Ángel Schiavone
Students	24,000 [1]
Location	Puerto Madero , Buenos Aires , Argentina
Student Government	Student Federation of the Catholic University of Argentina (FEUCA)
Colors	Navy blue, white
Website	uca.edu.ar

The Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina (Spanish: Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina), also known as Catholic University of Argentina (Spanish: Universidad Católica Argentina; UCA), is a private university in Argentina with campuses in the cities of Buenos Aires, Santa Fe, Rosario, Paraná, Mendoza and Pergamino. The main campus is located in Puerto Madero, a modern neighborhood of Buenos Aires.

Its predecessor, the Catholic University of Buenos Aires (1910–1922), was founded by the Argentine episcopate in 1910, but its degrees in law were not recognized by the Argentine government and the institution was closed in 1922.^[2]

In 1955, Decree 6403 concerning the freedom of education enabled the creation of private universities with the authority to deliver academic qualifications. In 1956, the bishops decided to create the Catholic University of Argentina, formally founded on March 7, 1958.^[2]

Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was UCA's Grand Chancellor, by virtue of his office as Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, until his election in 2013 as Pope Francis. When Mario Aurelio Poli was named Archbishop of Buenos Aires by Pope Francis later in 2013, he became ex officio Grand Chancellor of the University. In May 2013, Pope Francis named Víctor Manuel Fernández, the University's President (the second-highest administrative rank after the Grand Chancellor), as titular archbishop of Tiburnia.^[3]