Universidad Católica de Oriente
Universidad Católica de Oriente (UCO) is a private Catholic university in Rionegro, Antioquia. Established in 1982, it is accredited by Ministry of National Education. The university comprises eight academic faculties: which are the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Educational sciences, Health Sciences, Economic and Administrative sciences, Social sciences, Law, Engineering and the Faculty of Theology and Humanities.
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Universidad Católica de Oriente
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- Universidad Católica de Oriente
- Founded
- 1982
- Headquarters
- Colombia · Ecuador
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Universidad Católica de Oriente (UCO) is a private Catholic university in Rionegro, Antioquia. Established in 1982, it is accredited by Ministry of National Education. The university comprises eight academic faculties: which are the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Educational sciences, Health Sciences, Economic and Administrative sciences, Social sciences, Law, Engineering and the Faculty of Theology and Humanities.
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• Name — Universidad Católica de Oriente • Motto — Veritati per fidem et scientiam • Motto Eng — To the truth by faith and science • Type — Private university • Founders — Diocese of Sonsón–Rionegro • Rector — Elkin de Jesús Narváez Gómez • Students — 1,842 (2021-2022) • City — Rionegro • State — Antioquia • Country — Colombia • Campus — Suburban 30 acre • Colors — - - • Sports Nickname — Vulturs • Mascot — Vultur • Website — www.uco.edu.co
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The statutes of the Universidad de Catolica de Oriente date back to 1982, when Monsignor Alfonso Uribe Jaramillo, bishop of Sonsón-Rionegro, founded the Universidad Catolica de Oriente. counting on the support of the Diocese of Sonson-Rionegro. In 1982, it was officially consolidated as a new higher education institution in Rionegro that would include its school, called Monseñor Alfonso Uribe Jaramillo, abbreviated MAUJ, also located in Rionegro.
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