Pontifical universities




Pontifical universities around the world such as the Pontifical University, St Patrick's College, Maynooth in Ireland, the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas in Manila, The Catholic University of America, the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum in Rome, the University of Louvain (UCLouvain) in Belgium and the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru depend for their status as pontifical universities and for the nature of their academic degrees on the Pope through the Congregation for Catholic Education. The nature of academic degrees from ecclesiastical institutions of education is outlined in the apostolic constitution Sapientia Christiana.

In distinction to secular or Catholic universities, which are academic institutions for the study and teaching of 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. A Pontifical university specifically addresses Christian revelation and disciplines correlative to the evangelical mission of the Church as set out in the apostolic constitution Sapientia christiana."

There are three cycles of degrees that constitute the core of degrees granted by pontifical universities: the first cycle leading to the baccalaureate degree; the second cycle leading to the licentiate degree; the third cycle leading to the doctorate. From this core pontifical universities confer degrees including:
Theology

  • Baccalaureate in Sacred Theology, Sacrae Theologiae Baccalaureatus (S.T.B.)
  • Licentiate in Sacred Theology, Sacrae Theologiae Licentiatus (S.T.L.)
  • Doctorate in Sacred Theology, Sacrae Theologiae Doctoratus (S.T.D.)

Philosophy

  • Baccalaureate in Philosophy, Philosophiae Baccalaureatus (Ph.B.)
  • Licentiate in Philosophy, Philosophiae Licentiatus (Ph.L.)
  • Doctorate in Philosophy, Philosophiae Doctoratus (Ph.D.)

Canon Law

  • Baccalaureate in Canon Law, Juris Canonici Baccalaureatus (J.C.B.)
  • Licentiate in Canon Law, Iuris Canonici Licentiatus (J.C.L.)
  • Doctorate in Canon Law, Iuris Canonici Doctoratus (J.C.D.)

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