Andrés Bello Catholic University

The Andrés Bello Catholic University (Spanish: Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, UCAB) is a private Catholic university in Venezuela owned by the Society of Jesus, with its main campus at Montalbán in western Caracas and further sites in Los Teques, Puerto Ordaz and Coro.安德烈斯·贝约天主教大学（西班牙语：Universidad Católica Andrés Bello，简称 UCAB）是委内瑞拉一所由耶稣会持有的私立天主教大学，主校区位于加拉加斯西部的蒙塔尔万，另在洛斯泰克斯、奥尔达斯港与科罗设有校区。

It was opened on 24 October 1953 by decision of the Venezuelan Episcopate taken in 1951 and realised by the Jesuits in Caracas, and is one of the oldest private higher-education institutions in Venezuela.该校由委内瑞拉主教团 1951 年作出决议、耶稣会于 1953 年在加拉加斯付诸实施，于 1953 年 10 月 24 日开办，是委内瑞拉历史最悠久的私立高等教育机构之一。

The university teaches some 20,000 students across five faculties, and the QS World University Rankings 2027 records 9,203 students and 621 faculty, with the institution placed in the 1001-1200 band worldwide.学校在五个学院培养约 20,000 名学生，2027 年 QS 世界大学排名记录其在校生 9,203 人、教职工 621 人，并将学校列入全球第 1001-1200 位区间。

History

• Its antecedents reach back to 1916, when the Jesuits took charge of the Colegio Seminario de Santa Rosa de Lima, and to 1921, when they founded the Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola at the corner of Jesuitas in downtown Caracas.校史可溯至 1916 年耶稣会接管圣罗莎·德·利马神学院，以及 1921 年他们在加拉加斯市中心耶稣会街创办圣依纳爵·德·洛约拉公学。

• Its first classes were held at the old Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola in downtown Caracas, on the site where the Jesuits had founded a school in 1921.最初的课堂设于加拉加斯市中心的旧圣依纳爵·德·洛约拉公学，即耶稣会于 1921 年创办学校的旧址。

• From its 1953 opening the university has kept teaching through the country's subsequent political cycles, including the 1999 constitution and the 2010s economic crisis.自 1953 年开办以来，该校在委内瑞拉此后的政治周期中持续办学，包括 1999 年宪法出台与 2010 年代的经济危机。

• Its foundation was decreed by the Venezuelan Episcopate in 1951, which resolved to create a Catholic institution of higher learning for the whole country and to widen access to Catholic higher education.学校的创办由委内瑞拉主教团于 1951 年作出决议，该决议决定为全国创办一所天主教高等学府，以拓宽天主教高等教育的入学渠道。

• That decree was handed to the Society of Jesus to carry out, and the Jesuits remain its owners in perpetuity, so that its governance is bound to the Jesuit educational mission in Venezuela.该决议交由耶稣会付诸实施，而耶稣会永久持有该校，因此其治理系于耶稣会在委内瑞拉的教育使命。

• It opened under a new education law promulgated in 1953 by the government of Marcos Pérez Jiménez, which for the first time allowed private universities to operate in the country.学校开办之时，正逢 1953 年马科斯·佩雷斯·希门尼斯政府颁布新教育法，该法首次允许私立大学在委内瑞拉办学。

• UCAB was thereby one of the first two private higher-education institutions in Venezuelan history, breaking the state monopoly on university teaching.自 1953 年开办起，UCAB 便成为委内瑞拉历史上最早的两所私立高等教育机构之一，打破了国家对大学教学的垄断。

• The first rector was the Jesuit Carlos Guillermo Plaza, who set the twin aims of forming committed citizens and producing knowledge for national development.首任校长为耶稣会士卡洛斯·吉列尔莫·普拉萨，他立下培养有担当的公民与为国家发展生产知识的双重宗旨。

• The institution was first named the Universidad Católica Venezolana and kept that name until 7 July 1954, when the Minister of Education authorised Father Plaza's request to add the name of the humanist Andrés Bello.该校最初名为委内瑞拉天主教大学，1954 年 7 月 7 日教育部长批准普拉萨神父的请求，将人文主义者安德烈斯·贝约之名加入校名。

• The university is named after Andrés Bello (1781-1865), the Venezuelan-born scholar, jurist and educator who became the first rector of the University of Chile.学校以安德烈斯·贝约（1781-1865）命名——这位生于委内瑞拉的学者、法学家与教育家曾任智利大学首任校长。

• In 1965 it moved to its present Montalbán campus, a plot of about 32 hectares on the western edge of the Caracas valley that was then largely undeveloped land on the fringe of the city.1965 年，学校迁至今日的蒙塔尔万校区，占地约 32 公顷，位于加拉加斯河谷西缘，当时仍是城郊尚未开发的地块。

• The Guayana campus opened in Puerto Ordaz, Bolívar State, and stands as the university's second-largest site by both extension and number of students.瓜亚那校区设于玻利瓦尔州奥尔达斯港，按面积与学生数计均为该校第二大校区。

• Three further regional sites followed, at Coro in Falcón State, at Los Teques in Miranda State and at La Castellana in Caracas, spreading the Jesuit presence across the country.其后又增添了法尔孔州科罗、米兰达州洛斯泰克斯与加拉加斯拉斯卡斯特利亚纳三处区域校区，将耶稣会的存在铺展全国。

• The institute ITER-UCAB, devoted to technological and professional training, completes the network of university sites alongside the four campuses.专事技术与职业培训的 ITER-UCAB 学院，与四处校区共同构成学校的校区网络。

• In 2013 the university marked its 60th anniversary and inaugurated the Father Carlos Guillermo Plaza Cultural Centre, a 14,000-square-metre building that also houses the new library.2013 年，学校迎来建校 60 周年，并启用神父卡洛斯·吉列尔莫·普拉萨文化中心——这座 14,000 平方米的建筑同时容纳新图书馆。

• The library opened the same year with the aim of delivering state-of-the-art research and study services to faculty and students.新图书馆于同年启用，旨在为教职员与学生提供一流的研学服务。

• In 2023 UCAB celebrated its 70th anniversary, by then firmly established as a reference point for academic quality in Venezuela.2023 年，UCAB 庆祝建校 70 周年，此时已被公认为委内瑞拉学术质量的标杆之一。

• UCAB is a member of AUSJAL, the association linking 30 Jesuit universities and higher-education institutions across 14 Latin American countries, and of the International Federation of Catholic Universities.UCAB 是 AUSJAL 成员——该协会联结拉丁美洲 14 国的 30 所耶稣会大学与高等教育机构；同时也是国际天主教大学联合会成员。

• It also belongs to the Inter-American Organization for Higher Education, and its campuses were among the first in Venezuela to be connected to the international academic mobility network.该校同属美洲高等教育组织，其各校区也是委内瑞拉最早接入国际学术流动网络者之一。

• The university's Social Extension scheme, rooted in its founding in 1953, keeps the institution in continuous relationship with the surrounding community and its organisations.学校植根于 1953 年创校的「社会延伸」项目，使其与周边社区及其各类组织保持持续联系。

• Its Model United Nations team has been active since 1996 and won the best delegation award at Harvard University, and in 2016 UCAB law students took first place in the Spanish-language edition of the International Criminal Court moot at The Hague.学校的模拟联合国团队自 1996 年起持续活动，并曾在哈佛大学夺得最佳代表团奖；2016 年，UCAB 法学院学生在海牙举行的国际刑事法院模拟法庭竞赛西语组中夺得第一名。

• By the 2020s, with some 20,000 students across its campuses, the university remained one of the largest private institutions in Venezuela.至 2020 年代，学校各校区合计约 20,000 名学生，仍是委内瑞拉规模最大的私立高校之一。

Academics

• Teaching is organised into five faculties, namely Economic and Social Sciences, Law, Humanities and Education, Engineering, and Theology, the Law faculty being housed in the UCAB Law School.教学按五个学院组织，分别为经济与社会科学、法学、人文与教育、工程，以及神学，其法学院设于 UCAB 法学院之下。

• The university offers sixteen undergraduate programmes, covering business administration, public accounting, economics, sociology, industrial relations, law, literature and psychology, each faculty also running postgraduate study.学校开设十六个本科专业，涵盖工商管理、会计、经济学、社会学、劳资关系、法学、文学与心理学，各学院亦开设研究生项目。

• Social Communications is taught with three specialities, advertising, journalism and film and media, while Education offers six specialities from pre-school to chemistry and biology.社会传播学下分广告、新闻、影视与媒体三个专业方向，教育学则提供从学前到化学与生物等六个方向。

• Engineering is represented by industrial, computing, telecommunications and civil programmes, while theology and philosophy form part of the undergraduate offer, reflecting the Jesuit and Catholic identity.工程学科以工业、计算、电信与土木四个专业为代表，神学与哲学则列入本科专业，体现其耶稣会与天主教的办学底色。

• At postgraduate level the university reports about 100 programmes, including specialisations, master's degrees and doctorates across its five faculties.在研究生阶段，学校报称约 100 个项目，含专科深造、硕士与博士，覆盖五个学院。

• Enrolment is recorded at 16,000 undergraduate students and 4,000 postgraduate students, served by approximately 1,700 faculty and about 100 research staff.在校生录得本科生 16,000 人、研究生 4,000 人，由约 1,700 名教师与约 100 名研究人员服务。

• The QS figures for the institution are lower, giving 9,203 students with 13.7 per cent at postgraduate level, 286 international students and 621 faculty, of whom 97 per cent are domestic staff.QS 口径的数字则较低，记录在校生 9,203 人，其中研究生占 13.7%，国际学生 286 人，教职工 621 人，其中 97% 为本国人员。

• QS also records a student to staff ratio of 17 to 1 for the university and a female to male ratio of 50 to 50.QS 还为该校记录了 17 比 1 的师生比，以及 50 比 50 的女生与男生比例。

• The library and university press together hold 350,000 volumes, while UCAB Press, the university's own scholarly publishing house, has issued nearly 1,000 titles.图书馆与大学出版社合计藏书 350,000 册，UCAB 出版社作为学校自办的学术出版机构，已刊行近 1,000 种图书。

• The university reports having produced some 69,000 professionals over its history, a measure of its reach in Venezuelan professional life.学校报称办学以来已培养约 69,000 名专业人士，可见其在委内瑞拉职业领域的影响。

• Its Economics and Social Sciences Research Institute studies economy, labour relations, demography, policies, poverty and violence in Venezuela.其经济与社会科学研究所研究委内瑞拉的经济、劳资关系、人口、政策、贫困与暴力。

• The History Research Institute works on the territorial history of Venezuela, the history of the church and the history of ideas in the Americas.历史研究所专攻委内瑞拉的地域史、教会史与美洲思想史。

• The Institute of Legal Research studies children's rights, economic delinquency, the administration of justice, citizen safety and delinquency control, while the Center for Human Rights researches freedom of speech, refugees' rights and Inter-American human rights.法律研究所研究儿童权利、经济犯罪、司法行政、公民安全与犯罪控制；人权研究中心则研究言论自由、难民权利与美洲人权。

• The Research Center for Communications investigates the history of journalism, communication technology, media and political communication.传播研究中心考察新闻史、传播技术、媒体与社会表征及政治传播。

• An Engineer Research and Development Center carries out projects in environmental and non-formal education using information and communication technologies.工程研发中心以信息与通信技术开展环境教育与非正规教育项目。

• A Center for Humanistic Research and Training focuses on values, democracy and youth culture, while an Institutional Research and Assessment Center evaluates academic excellence and an Online Studies Centre develops the online offer.人文研究与培训中心聚焦价值观、民主与青年文化三个领域；机构研究与评估中心评估学术卓越的发展，在线教育中心则负责在线课程供给。

• A Language Centre runs programmes in Spanish and English as foreign languages, and an international mobility scheme offers exchanges with more than 30 allied universities.学校设语言中心开设西班牙语与英语作为外语的项目，国际交流项目则提供与逾 30 所合作院校的交换。

Campus

• The main campus at Montalbán covers 310,000 square metres, of which 75,000 are given to classrooms, laboratories, computer rooms, library, auditorium, sports facilities and services.蒙塔尔万主校区占地 310,000 平方米，其中 75,000 平方米用于教室、实验室、机房、图书馆、礼堂、体育设施与服务空间。

• A further 35,000 square metres of the Montalbán site are devoted to green areas and walking paths, softening the campus edge of the Caracas valley.蒙塔尔万校区另有 35,000 平方米辟为绿地与步道，柔化了加拉加斯河谷的校园边界。

• The campus address is Avenida Teherán in the Montalbán urbanisation of the La Vega parish of the Libertador municipality, in the Caracas postal district 1020.校区地址为加拉加斯自由市镇拉维加教区蒙塔尔万城区的德黑兰大道，邮编区号 1020。

• The Padre Manuel Aguirre S.J. Community Centre stands just across from the main campus, hosting organisations such as the Santa Inés health centre for neighbouring communities.神父曼努埃尔·阿吉雷社区中心正对主校区而立，驻有圣伊内斯健康中心等机构，服务邻近社区。

• The Father Carlos Guillermo Plaza Cultural Centre contains two auditoriums, an exhibition hall and several galleries alongside the university library.神父卡洛斯·吉列尔莫·普拉萨文化中心内设两个礼堂、一间展厅与若干画廊，并与大学图书馆相连。

• The Guayana campus at Puerto Ordaz, with more than 2,000 students, is the second-largest site in both area and enrolment.位于奥尔达斯港的瓜亚那校区有学生逾 2,000 人，在面积与在校人数上均为第二大校区。

• Four other UCAB sites operate at Los Teques, Coro, La Castellana and through the ITER institute, extending teaching beyond the capital.UCAB 另在洛斯泰克斯、科罗、拉斯卡斯特利亚纳以及 ITER 学院设有四处教学点，将教学延伸至首都之外。

• Athletics at Montalbán occupy more than 1,000 square metres, with facilities for basketball, baseball, football, volleyball, rugby and martial arts.蒙塔尔万的体育区逾 1,000 平方米，设有篮球、棒球、足球、排球、橄榄球与武术场地。

• The Montalbán campus lies at the south-western limit of the Caracas valley, placing the university within the city while overlooking its western districts.蒙塔尔万校区地处加拉加斯河谷西南缘，使学校既嵌于城市之中，又可俯瞰其西部城区。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 the Andrés Bello Catholic University is placed in the 1001-1200 band worldwide, a position shared with peers across that interval.在 QS 世界大学排名 2027 中，安德烈斯·贝约天主教大学名列全球第 1001-1200 位区间，与该区间内多所高校并列。

• It does not appear in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027, and is likewise absent from the US News Best Global Universities ranking for 2026-2027 and from the Academic Ranking of World Universities 2026.该校未进入 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名，同样未进入 2026-2027 年度《美国新闻》全球最佳大学排名，也未进入 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名。

• In the QS subject ranking the university appears in the 351-400 band for law and legal studies in 2025, a stronger showing than its overall world band.在 QS 学科排名中，该校法学与法律研究专业于 2025 年位列第 351-400 档，较其综合世界位次更为靠前。

• QS also places it second in Venezuela and thirty-eighth in South America in 2027, and it was ranked third best and top private university in Venezuela in 2025, behind the Central University of Venezuela and the Simón Bolívar University.QS 同时将其列为 2027 年委内瑞拉第 2 位、南美洲第 38 位；2025 年该校被列为委内瑞拉综合第 3 名、私立大学之首，位居委内瑞拉中央大学与西蒙·玻利瓦尔大学之后。

• Its recorded scholarly output is 2,840 works attracting 4,604 citations, a modest total consistent with a teaching-intensive private institution rather than a large research university.其科研产出记录为论文 2,840 篇、被引 4,604 次，总量不大，与其教学型私立大学而非大型研究型大学的定位相符。

• Among its associated bodies the university also counts the Center for Humanistic Research and Training and the UCAB Press, its own scholarly publishing house, which has issued nearly 1,000 titles.学校所属机构还包括人文研究与培训中心，以及其自办的学术出版机构 UCAB 出版社，该社已刊行近 1,000 种图书。

• Its confessional network, through AUSJAL and the International Federation of Catholic Universities, underpins its international academic standing.学校借由 AUSJAL 与国际天主教大学联合会构成的教派网络，支撑其国际学术声望。

• UCAB law students won the Spanish edition of the International Criminal Court moot in 2016, evidence of a strong professional training in law.UCAB 法学院学生于 2016 年赢得国际刑事法院模拟法庭西语组竞赛，显示其法学职业训练的扎实。

• The university's own scientific publishing activity and its participation in more than 20 international competitions each year provide a public record of its standing.学校自办的出版活动与其每年参与逾 20 项国际竞赛的记录，为其地位留下公开印证。

• The institution's reputation in Venezuela rests on seven decades of continuous operation through periods of national political and economic strain.该校在委内瑞拉的声誉，系于其在国家政治与经济困局中连续办学七十载的历程。

Student life

• The university motto is the Latin phrase Ut innotescat multiformis sapientia Dei, meaning To make known the manifold wisdom of God.学校的校训为拉丁语「Ut innotescat multiformis sapientia Dei」，意为「使人认识上帝那多姿多彩的智慧」。

• UCAB's flag is a horizontal triband of equal blue, white and yellow stripes, colours linked to the Virgin Mary in Catholic tradition.UCAB 校旗为蓝、白、黄三等分横条旗，三色在天主教传统中与圣母玛利亚相系。

• The anniversary day kept by the university is 24 October, marking the opening of the institution in 1953.学校保留的校庆日为 10 月 24 日，以纪念 1953 年的开办。

• Cultural life is channelled through the UCAB Choir, a chamber group, a theatre club, a storyteller group and folk and contemporary dance ensembles, which perform at the cultural centre and at university ceremonies.文化生活经 UCAB 合唱团、室内乐团、戏剧社、说书小组以及民间舞与现代舞团等展开，这些团体在文化中心与学校典礼上演出。

• The Office of the Dean for Student Development runs a Center for Counselling and Human Development that supports the psychological growth of the university community.学生发展学院办公室下设咨询与人的发展中心，支持全校成员的心理成长。

• Pastoral work encourages contemplation and spiritual commitment, in keeping with the university's Jesuit identity and its Ignatian tradition.牧灵工作鼓励静观与精神担当，与其耶稣会身份及依纳爵传统相契合。

• Community outreach coordinates student and teacher volunteers in social projects on entrepreneurship, legal advice and protection of the environment.社区外展协调师生志愿者参与创业、法律援助与环境保护等社会项目。

• Students take part in more than 20 international competitions each year, from academic moots to athletic events, and the MUN delegation competes annually in simulations held at universities such as Harvard.学生每年参加逾 20 项国际竞赛，涵盖学术模拟庭辩与体育赛事；模拟联合国代表团每年参加包括哈佛大学在内的国际模拟赛事。

Notable people

• Andrés Bello (1781-1865), the Venezuelan humanist after whom the university is named, was a scholar, poet and the first rector of the University of Chile.安德烈斯·贝约（1781-1865）是学校所纪念的委内瑞拉人文主义者，身为学者、诗人，并曾任智利大学首任校长。

• Carlos Guillermo Plaza, S.J., the university's first rector, defined the institution's early mission of forming citizens and producing knowledge, and gave his name to the cultural centre opened in 2013.卡洛斯·吉列尔莫·普拉萨（耶稣会士）为学校首任校长，确立了培养公民与生产知识的早期使命，2013 年启用的文化中心即以其命名。

• María Corina Machado, an industrial engineering graduate, is a Venezuelan political leader and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2025, and is an alumna of the Yale University World Fellows Program.玛丽亚·科里纳·马查多为工业工程专业毕业生，是委内瑞拉政治领袖、2025 年诺贝尔和平奖得主，亦为耶鲁大学世界学者项目校友。

• José Antonio Abreu, the economist and conductor who founded El Sistema, the Venezuelan youth orchestra system that has trained hundreds of thousands of young musicians, was a UCAB alumnus.何塞·安东尼奥·阿夫雷乌是经济学家兼指挥家、委内瑞拉青年乐团体系「系统」的创办人，该体系培养了数十万青年乐手，他亦为 UCAB 校友。

• Henrique Capriles, a lawyer and former governor who studied at the university, later entered national politics and contested the presidency of Venezuela.恩里克·卡普里莱斯为律师、前州长，曾就读于该校，后投身国家政治并角逐委内瑞拉总统职位。

• Édgar Ramírez, the Venezuelan actor known for international film roles, is a graduate of the university, as is the diplomat Milos Alcalay.埃德加·拉米雷斯是活跃于国际影坛的委内瑞拉演员，为该校毕业生，外交官米洛斯·阿尔卡拉伊亦为该校校友。

• Ivonne Attas, an actress and politician, and Valentina Quintero, an author, journalist and television host, are both listed among the university's notable graduates.演员兼政治人物伊冯娜·阿塔斯，以及作家、记者与电视主持人瓦伦蒂娜·金特罗，均列于该校知名毕业生之中。

• Nery Santos Gómez, an author, and María Teresa Arnal, an industrial engineer, are also counted among the alumni of the university.作家内里·桑托斯·戈麦斯与工业工程师玛丽亚·特蕾莎·阿尔纳尔，亦列于该校校友之中。

• Francisco José Virtuoso, S.J., an earlier rector, presided over the inauguration of the cultural centre that houses the library.弗朗西斯科·何塞·维尔图奥索（耶稣会士）为前任校长，主持了容纳图书馆的文化中心落成。

• Arturo Ernesto Peraza Celis, S.J., serves as rector, and the academic and administrative vice-rectorships are held by José Francisco Juárez and Gustavo García.阿图罗·埃内斯托·佩拉萨·塞利斯（耶稣会士）现任校长，教务与行政副校长分别由何塞·弗朗西斯科·华雷斯与古斯塔沃·加西亚担任。

• Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino, a cardinal of the Catholic Church, has served as chancellor of the university, with Alfredo Infante Silvera, S.J., as vice-chancellor.天主教会枢机豪尔赫·利贝拉托·乌罗萨·萨维诺曾任学校校监，副校监则为阿尔弗雷多·因凡特·西尔维拉（耶稣会士）。

• Dean Luisa Angelucci of the Humanities faculty has led recent academic partnerships, and Magaly Vásquez serves as Secretary General of the university.人文学院院长路易莎·安赫卢奇主持了近期的学术合作事务，马加莉·巴斯克斯出任学校秘书长。

• Among the university's governance figures the Jesuit institution also counts Gustavo García, administrative vice-rector, Néstor Luis Luengo, in charge of identity, student development and social extension, and Jorge Luis Pernía Morales, head of the Guayana extension.在治理层中，古斯塔沃·加西亚任行政副校长，内斯特·路易斯·卢恩戈主管学校认同、学生发展与社会延伸，豪尔赫·路易斯·佩尔尼亚·莫拉莱斯则负责瓜亚那校区事务。