Catholic University of Uruguay

The university was founded by the Archbishop of Montevideo, Monseigneur Mariano Soler, in 1882. In 1985, it was reopened and entrusted to the Society of Jesus. The university seeks to promote a combination of academic excellence, ideological pluralism, ecumenism, and inter-religious dialogue.

From its beginning, the Catholic University of Uruguay gave itself the challenge of being a different option in university teaching. It took to working in areas that had been neglected, and to playing a role as an innovator in the development of new educational methods and evangelization of culture. It is now one of the most prestigious centers of university learning in Uruguay.

Pictures of Montevideo Campus

The Catholic University of Uruguay is made up of several academic and administrative buildings across its three campuses.^[3]

The UCU campus in Montevideo is made up of several buildings located in the residential neighborhood of La Blanqueada.^[4] The Sacré Cœur Building, located on 8 de Octubre Avenue, houses the university's headquarters. Built in 1920 to the design of architect Elzeario Boix, it is neoclassical in style and housed the Sacré Cœur Jesuit School for girls until the early 1980s.^[5]

The University also has two other campuses, one in the city of Punta del Este, located on Roosevelt Avenue and Florencia, inaugurated in 1998, and another in the city of Salto, located on Artigas Street and inaugurated in 2003, which houses the University's Economic Observatory.

List of buildings—Montevideo campus

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Building	Image	Built	Location	Notes	Ref
Sacré Cœur Building		1920	2738 8 de Octubre Avenue 34.888560°S 56.159441°W / -34.888560; -56.159441 (Sacré Cœur Building)	Main university building. It houses classrooms, the library, a restaurant, the main auditorium, various conference rooms, and administrative offices.	[6][7]
Mullin Building		2007	2715 Comandate Braga St. 34.886883°S 56.158706°W / -34.886883; -56.158706 (Mullin Building)	Named in honor of the Jesuit priest and rector of the Instituto de Filosofía, Ciencias y Letras—an institution that preceded the University—Carlos Arturo Mullin, it houses the Faculty of Engineering and Technology, the Department of Natural and Exact Sciences, as well as classrooms and laboratories.	[8][9]
Semprún Building		2021	2271 Estero Bellaco St. 34.888208°S 56.158839°W / -34.888208; -56.158839 (UCU Business School)	It houses the UCU Business School (UCUBS), the Graduate School, and conference rooms.	[10][11]
San Ignacio Building		2012	2733 Cornelio Cantera St. 34.889041°S 56.158478°W / -34.889041; -56.158478 (San Ignacio Building)	Five-story annex building to Sacré Cœur, housing classrooms and administrative offices.	[12]
San José Building		2025	2733 8 de Octubre Avenue 34.888550°S 56.159491°W / -34.888550; -56.159491 (San José Building)	It houses classrooms, common areas, an auditorium, and the University Health Clinic, which includes laboratories, consulting rooms, and administrative offices.	[13]
Athanasius Building		2020	2871 Urquiza Street 34.886289°S 56.1588959°W / -34.886289; -56.1588959 (Athanasius Building)	It houses the Centro Ignis, the university’s audiovisual and artistic production facility, consisting of radio studios as well as soundstages.	[14]
Madre Marta Building			2831 Garibaldi Avenue 34.890170°S 56.158309°W / -34.890170; -56.158309 (Madre Marta Building)	It houses facilities of the Faculty of Health Sciences.	[15]
Xalambrí House		1949	2728 Cornelio Cantera Street 34.888970°S 56.158415°W / -34.888970; -56.158415 (Xalambri House)	Historic building dating from the early decades of the 20th century, housing classrooms and a garden as a common space.	[16]

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The School of Business Sciences and the UCU Business School (UCUBS) have been accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) since October 2021, making the University the only one in Uruguay with this certification. Since September 2023, the UCU Business School (UCUBS) has also been accredited by the International Accreditation Advisory Board of the Association of MBAs (AMBA) and the Business Graduates Association (BGA).

As a fundamental objective of the University, it seeks that its students live beyond the classroom, incorporating extracurricular activities such as sports, with the Universidad Católica Club; artistic experiences such as the UCU Choir and the Espacio Crear; in addition to its traditional Pastoral.

The University has an extensive academic exchange network. It has links with more than 300 universities in countries of the five continents. It receives about 200 foreign students annually.

In 2015 the university partnered with Orkestra-Basque Institute of Competitiveness to address the issue of competition between companies.^[17] Also, in conjunction with a professor at Pennsylvania State University, researchers at UCU study the effects of iron deficiency and lead toxicity on behavioral and cognitive development in children.^[18] In 2016 the university signed an agreement of cooperation with the newly founded University of Tifariti.

Sponsored sports activities include futsal (male and female), volleyball, basketball, women's handball, swimming, football, and hockey.^[19] The university offers students workshops to develop their artistic abilities in chorus, theater, and visual arts.^[20]

Service projects are carried on for credit as integral or supplemental to classwork, as well as through voluntary projects without academic credit. In 2015 Extension Services at UCU counted 141 projects with 191 teachers and 1,700 students involved.^[21] A major vacation-time project is building homes for the poor,^[22]

There are student-organized events and tournaments throughout the year,^[23] and a series of workshops voted for by the students to foster their special interests.^[24] There is also a club which raises environmental awareness by collecting all plastic bottles on campus.^[25]

The university is divided into five faculties, and two schools: UCU Business School and the School of Postgraduate Courses.^[26]

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  Montevideo Campus.
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  Montevideo Campus Entrance.
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  Main Building Corridor.
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  Bauzá Hall.
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  University Bookstore.
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  Exteriors of the Montevideo Campus.
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  University Library.

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