Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas
The Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas (PUST), also known as the Angelicum in honor of its patron the Doctor Angelicus Thomas Aquinas,[3] is a pontifical university located in the historic center of Rome, Italy. The Angelicum is administered by the Dominican Order and is the order's central locus of Thomist theology and philosophy.
Not to be confused with Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas.
Other name
Angelicum; PUST
- Collegium Divi Thomae (1577–1580)
- Collegium Divi Thomae de Urbe (1580–1906)
- Pontificium Collegium Divi Thomae de Urbe (1906–1908)
- Pontificium Collegium Internationale Angelicum (1908–1926)
- Pontificium Institutum Internationale Angelicum (1926–1942)
- Pontificium Athenaeum Internationale Angelicum (1942–1963)
Latin: Caritas veritatis
English: The charity of truth
1222
(reformed 1577, 1963)
1007 (2014–2015)[1]
Black and white
Clericus Cup Football Team
Minerva the Owl[2]
The Angelicum is coeducational and offers both undergraduate and graduate degrees in theology, philosophy, canon law, and social sciences, as well as certificates and diplomas in related areas. Courses are offered in Italian and some in English. The Angelicum is staffed by clergy and laity and serves both religious and lay students from around the world.
Academics[edit]
Quality and ranking[edit]
The Angelicum is one of the world's Pontifical universities. Specifically, a pontifical university addresses "Christian revelation and disciplines correlative to the evangelical mission of the Church as set out in the apostolic constitution, Sapientia christiana".[136][137]
In distinction to secular or other Catholic universities, which address a broad range of disciplines, Ecclesiastical or Pontifical universities are "usually composed of three principal ecclesiastical faculties, theology, philosophy, and canon law, and at least one other faculty". Current international quality ranking services do not have rankings for pontifical universities that are specific to their curricula.
Since 19 September 2003 the Holy See has taken part in the Bologna Process, a series of meetings and agreements between European states designed to foster comparable quality standards in higher education, and in the "Bologna Follow-up Group".[138][139][140]
The Holy See's Agency for the Evaluation and Promotion of Quality in Ecclesiastical Universities and Faculties (AVEPRO) was established on 19 September 2007 by the Pope Benedict XVI "to promote and develop a culture of quality within the academic institutions that depend directly on the Holy See and ensure they possess internationally valid quality criteria."[137]