Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina

The Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina (Spanish: Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina, UCA) is a private Catholic research university based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with campuses in Buenos Aires, Rosario, Paraná and Mendoza.阿根廷天主教大学（西班牙语：Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina，简称 UCA）是位于阿根廷布宜诺斯艾利斯的一所私立天主教研究型大学，在布宜诺斯艾利斯、罗萨里奥、巴拉那与门多萨设有校区。

Founded on 7 March 1958 by the Argentine Episcopal Conference and opened on 6 May 1958, it traces its origins to the Catholic University of Buenos Aires, which the country's bishops created in 1910 and were forced to close in 1922.该校由阿根廷主教团于 1958 年 3 月 7 日创办、1958 年 5 月 6 日开学，其渊源可追溯至阿根廷主教们于 1910 年创办、并在 1922 年被迫停办的布宜诺斯艾利斯天主教大学。

As of 2025 UCA enrolled 20,409 undergraduate and postgraduate students taught by 4,942 academic staff, has awarded degrees to 112,722 graduates, and in the QS World University Rankings 2027 it is placed 530th in the world.截至 2025 年，该校注册的本科与研究生共 20,409 人、教师 4,942 人，累计授予学位 112,722 个；在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列全球第 530 位。

History

• The idea of a Catholic university in Argentina was first debated at the Eucharistic Congress of 1884 and promoted by the Congress of Catholic Youths in 1908, which led the Argentine Episcopate to establish the Catholic University of Buenos Aires in 1910.阿根廷设立天主教大学的构想最早在 1884 年的圣体大会提出，1908 年的天主教青年大会又加以推动，最终促使阿根廷主教团于 1910 年创办布宜诺斯艾利斯天主教大学。
• The Catholic University of Buenos Aires, known as the first foundation, offered only a Faculty of Law and taught compulsory courses in philosophy and history in addition to a legal curriculum modelled on the public universities.作为第一次创办的布宜诺斯艾利斯天主教大学仅设一个法学院，除仿照公立大学的法学课程外，还开设哲学与历史必修课。
• Because Argentine legislation on private higher education was inadequate, the degrees of the first university were never recognised by the state, and the institution closed its doors in 1922 barely a decade after opening.由于当时阿根廷关于私立高等教育的立法不健全，这所第一代大学的学位始终未获国家承认，该校于 1922 年停办，距其创办仅十余年。
• Decree 6403 of 1955 on the freedom of education gave private universities the authority to deliver academic qualifications, reopening the legal path to a Catholic university in Argentina.1955 年颁布的关于教育自由的第 6403 号法令赋予私立大学授予学位的资格，为阿根廷重建天主教大学重新打开了法律通道。
• The Argentine Episcopate decided at its plenary assembly of February 1956 to create the university and to study projects and organisational bases for it, and ratified that decision at a further plenary assembly in October 1957.阿根廷主教团在 1956 年 2 月的全体会议上决定创建该大学并研究其建校方案与组织基础，又在 1957 年 10 月的全体会议上批准了这一决定。
• The Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina was formally founded on 7 March 1958 under the advocacy of Santa María de los Buenos Aires, the first Virgin venerated on Argentine soil.阿根廷天主教大学于 1958 年 3 月 7 日正式创办，奉「Santa María de los Buenos Aires」为主保，那是这片土地上最早受敬礼的圣母。
• The university was inaugurated at a public ceremony on 6 May 1958, when Cardinal Antonio Caggiano, then Archbishop of Buenos Aires, was appointed its first Grand Chancellor on behalf of the Episcopal Commission.该校于 1958 年 5 月 6 日举行公开落成典礼，时任布宜诺斯艾利斯大主教的安东尼奥·卡贾诺枢机代表主教委员会出任首任大校监。
• Teaching began in 1958 with the Faculty of Philosophy, which opened with 112 enrolled students in classrooms lent by the Instituto de Cultura Religiosa Superior on Rodríguez Peña street, where it remained until 1963.1958 年开课时先设哲学院，首年注册学生 112 人，借用宗教高等文化学院在罗德里格斯·佩尼亚街的教室，直到 1963 年。
• The original faculties of the second foundation were Philosophy, Law and Political Science, and Social and Economic Sciences, which together defined the university's early academic profile.第二次创办时的首批学院为哲学院、法律与政治学院、社会与经济学院，共同奠定了该校早期的学科格局。
• In 1963 the Faculty of Philosophy obtained its first own building at Avenida Córdoba 1739, ending its decade of borrowed premises in central Buenos Aires.1963 年，哲学院在科尔多瓦大道 1739 号取得第一座自有校舍，结束了在布宜诺斯艾利斯市中心借址办学的十年。
• The university's part-time Master of Business Administration programme has been accredited by the London-based Association of MBAs since 1998, one of the earliest such accreditations in Latin America.该校的兼读制工商管理硕士课程自 1998 年起获总部设在伦敦的工商管理硕士协会认证，是拉丁美洲最早获得此类认证的项目之一。
• In December 2000 the university established an Office of International Relations, renamed International Relations and Academic Cooperation in 2006, to internationalise every component of the institution.该校于 2000 年 12 月设立国际关系办公室，2006 年更名为国际关系与学术合作办公室，以推动全校各层面的国际化。
• Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio served as Grand Chancellor by virtue of his office as Archbishop of Buenos Aires until his election as Pope Francis in 2013.豪尔赫·马里奥·贝尔戈里奥枢机因身兼布宜诺斯艾利斯大主教而担任大校监，直至 2013 年当选为教宗方济各。
• When Mario Aurelio Poli was named Archbishop of Buenos Aires by Pope Francis later in 2013, he became ex officio Grand Chancellor of the university.2013 年稍后，教宗方济各任命马里奥·奥雷利奥·波利为布宜诺斯艾利斯大主教，他因而依职权出任该校大校监。
• In May 2013 Pope Francis named Víctor Manuel Fernández, then president of the university, titular archbishop of Tiburnia, a rare distinction for a serving university head.2013 年 5 月，教宗方济各任命当时担任校长的维克托·曼努埃尔·费尔南德斯为蒂布尔尼亚领衔大主教，这在在任大学校长中十分罕见。
• The Superior Council opened the university's 2018-2022 Institutional Project at its plenary session of 11 May 2018, setting out an interdisciplinary and participatory roadmap for the institution.2018 年 5 月 11 日，该校最高校务委员会全体会议启动了 2018 至 2022 年的机构规划，制定了跨学科、广泛参与的学校路线图。
• Miguel Ángel Schiavone has served as rector of the university since 2018 and has led its relationship with state evaluation bodies in the following years.米格尔·安赫尔·斯基亚沃内自 2018 年起担任该校校长，并在随后数年主导学校与国家评估机构的对接。
• In 2023 the university marked its 65th anniversary with a gala attended by its founding community, reaffirming the mission and values inherited from its 1958 foundation.2023 年该校举行建校 65 周年庆典晚宴，创办群体齐聚一堂，重申 1958 年建校所传承的使命与价值。
• UCA began its third institutional evaluation before CONEAU in the 2025 to 2027 cycle, following earlier external evaluations carried out under Argentina's Higher Education Act 24.521.该校于 2025 至 2027 年周期启动新一轮国家大学评估委员会（CONEAU）院校评估，此前已在阿根廷第 24.521 号高等教育法框架下完成过两次外部评估。
• In the mid-2020s the UCA community comprised more than 20,000 students, roughly 3,000 teaching staff and about 500 administrative collaborators.到 2020 年代中期，该校共同体包括两万余名学生、约 3,000 名教师以及约 500 名行政协作人员。
• In 2026 the university held the Gala UCA to raise funds for student scholarships and confirmed that it would receive Pope Leo XIV during his visit to Argentina.2026 年该校举办「Gala UCA」为奖学金募款，并确认将在教宗良十四世访问阿根廷期间予以接待。
• The InterUCA student sports and cultural meeting reached its 20th edition in 2026 with a record attendance of about 3,500 participants drawn from the university's four campuses.校内学生体育与文化盛会「InterUCA」于 2026 年迎来第 20 届，来自四个校区的约 3,500 名参与者创下出席纪录。

Academics

• The university is organised into faculties that include Arts and Musical Sciences, Agricultural Sciences, Economics, Exact Sciences and Engineering, Medical Sciences, Social Political and Communication Sciences, Law, Canon Law, Philosophy and Literature, Psychology and Educational Psychology, and Theology.该校按学院建制，设有艺术与音乐科学、农业科学、经济、精密科学与工程、医学、社会政治与传播科学、法律、教会法、哲学与文学、心理学与教育心理学及神学等学院。
• UCA offers 90 undergraduate degree programmes together with more than 650 postgraduate, specialisation and extension courses across its campuses.该校开设 90 个本科专业，并在各校区提供 650 门以上的研究生、专业深造与推广课程。
• As of 2025 the university enrolled 20,409 students, employed 4,942 teaching staff and had produced 112,722 graduates since its foundation.截至 2025 年，该校在读学生 20,409 人、教师 4,942 人，自建校以来累计毕业生达 112,722 人。
• The Faculty of Medical Sciences trains physicians and runs UCA's clinical and health-related programmes, complementing the university's long-standing strength in biomedical research.医学院培养医师并开设该校的临床与健康相关课程，与学校在生物医学研究上的长期优势相辅相成。
• The Faculty of Engineering and Agricultural Sciences groups the engineering and agronomy disciplines and maintains experimental and laboratory facilities for regional agricultural development.工程与农业科学学院统合工程学与农学学科，并设有面向区域农业发展的实验与实验室设施。
• Larger faculties in Buenos Aires include Economics, Law, Philosophy and Literature, Psychology and Educational Psychology, and Social Political and Communication Sciences, alongside a graduate Institute of Political Science and International Relations.布宜诺斯艾利斯校区较大的学院包括经济、法律、哲学与文学、心理学与教育心理学、社会政治与传播科学等学院，并设有研究生层次的国际关系与政治学研究所。
• Canon Law is taught at UCA as a distinct faculty, one of the few in Latin America empowered to grant pontifical degrees in canon law and theology.该校设有独立的教会法学院，是拉丁美洲少数有权授予教会法与神学宗座学位的院校之一。
• The university hosts research and outreach institutes such as the Institute of Bioethics, the Institute of Culture and University Extension, the Institute for Marriage and Family, and the Institute of Social Sciences Research.该校设有生命伦理研究所、文化与大学推广研究所、婚姻与家庭研究所以及社会科学研究所等研究与推广机构。
• The Center for Studies of the Ancient Near East (CEHAO) publishes Antiguo Oriente and is internationally recognised for research on the ancient Near East, with Egyptologists on its academic staff.古代近东研究中心（CEHAO）出版《Antiguo Oriente》，在古代近东研究方面享有国际声誉，其学术队伍中不乏埃及学家。
• The university's periodicals include Sapientia, Prudentia Iuris, Teología, Damqatum and Temas de Historia Argentina y Americana, supporting scholarship in theology, law and history.该校出版的刊物包括《Sapientia》《Prudentia Iuris》《Teología》《Damqatum》与《Temas de Historia Argentina y Americana》，支撑神学、法学与历史学的研究。
• The part-time MBA accredited by the Association of MBAs complements a portfolio of business programmes that the university positions as a leading offering in Argentina.获工商管理硕士协会认证的兼读制 MBA，与该校一系列商科课程共同构成其在阿根廷被视为主导项目的商学教育组合。
• The Observatory of Argentine Social Debt (ODSA) surveys poverty, inequality and employment across Argentina and its annual reports are widely cited in national policy debates.阿根廷社会债务观察站（ODSA）长期调查全国贫困、不平等与就业状况，其年度报告在国内政策讨论中被广泛引用。
• UCA maintains academic exchange and cooperation agreements with universities in the Americas, Europe and Asia, including Boston College, McGill University, the University of São Paulo, Peking University and Sogang University, along with Queen's University, American University, the Georgia Institute of Technology and Singapore Management University.该校与美洲、欧洲及亚洲的多所大学保持学术交流与合作，包括波士顿学院、麦吉尔大学、圣保罗大学、北京大学与西江大学，以及女王大学、美利坚大学、佐治亚理工学院与新加坡管理大学。
• Through its Continuing Education division UCA offers professional and executive courses to graduates and working professionals in Buenos Aires and the other campuses.该校通过继续教育部门，在布宜诺斯艾利斯及其他校区为毕业生与在职专业人士开设职业与高管课程。
• The university runs the Colegio Santo Tomás de Aquino as an affiliated school, providing pre-university education in Buenos Aires and other cities.该校附设圣托马斯·阿奎那学校，在布宜诺斯艾利斯等城市提供大学预科阶段的教育。
• Postgraduate teaching is also offered at the Rosario faculty of Law and Social Sciences and the Mendoza faculties of Humanities and Education, extending the academic offer beyond the capital.研究生教学还在罗萨里奥的法律与社会科学学院以及门多萨的人文与教育学院开设，使学术布局超出首都。
• The university's library system serves all four campuses, with the central library in Buenos Aires supporting postgraduate work in law, theology and the social sciences.该校图书馆体系服务四个校区，其中布宜诺斯艾利斯的总馆支撑法学、神学与社会科学的博硕士研究。

Campus

• The main campus, known as the Campus Papa Francisco, stands in Puerto Madero, the financial district of downtown Buenos Aires.该校主校区名为「Campus Papa Francisco」，位于布宜诺斯艾利斯市中心的金融区马德罗港。
• The Buenos Aires campus lies about 500 metres from the Casa Rosada and within 600 metres of three lines of the Buenos Aires Underground.布宜诺斯艾利斯校区距玫瑰宫约 500 米，距三条布宜诺斯艾利斯地铁线路的交汇处不到 600 米。
• Besides the capital, UCA operates campuses in Rosario on Avenida Pellegrini 3314, in Paraná on Buenos Aires street 239, and in Mendoza, with a regional centre in Pergamino.除首都外，该校还在罗萨里奥佩列格里尼大道 3314 号、巴拉那布宜诺斯艾利斯街 239 号以及门多萨设有校区，并在佩尔加米诺设有地区中心。
• The Rosario campus houses the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences and a school of chemical engineering, while the Mendoza campus holds the faculties of Humanities and Education and of Economics.罗萨里奥校区设法律与社会科学学院与化工学院，门多萨校区则设人文与教育学院以及经济学院。
• The Buenos Aires campus centres on the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Campus Papa Francisco, which together host guided visits and public events.布宜诺斯艾利斯校区以耶稣圣心堂与「Campus Papa Francisco」为核心，二者共同承办导览参观与公开活动。
• The university's main campus sits near the coordinates 34.61 degrees south and 58.38 degrees west, within walking distance of the city's central government quarter.该校主校区位于南纬约 34.61 度、西经约 58.38 度附近，步行即可到达市政府中枢地带。
• Facilities are distributed across the four campuses, each offering a distinct set of faculties, so that students may pursue programmes such as musical and performing arts on the Puerto Madero campus.教学设施分布于四个校区，各校区设有不同的学院组合，学生可在马德罗港校区修读音乐与表演艺术等专业。
• The Paraná campus serves the Entre Ríos region and hosts the Faculty Teresa of Avila, while the Pergamino regional centre extends the university into northern Buenos Aires Province.巴拉那校区服务恩特雷里奥斯地区并设阿维拉德肋撒学院，佩尔加米诺地区中心则把学校延伸至布宜诺斯艾利斯省北部。
• UCA's Buenos Aires premises stand in a redeveloped dockland quarter, giving the university a downtown location close to the port, government offices and the financial centre.该校在布宜诺斯艾利斯的核心校舍位于改造后的滨港城区，紧邻港口、政府机关与金融中心，地段十分中心。
• All four campuses have widened their academic offer in recent years, with the Faculty of Health Sciences expanding its programmes in Rosario and Mendoza.近年来四个校区都扩大了学术供给，其中健康科学学院在罗萨里奥与门多萨增设了课程。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina is placed 530th in the world, the highest-placed private university in Argentina in that edition.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，阿根廷天主教大学位列全球第 530 位，是该榜单该年度阿根廷私立高校中的最高名次。
• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 place UCA in the 2001 and above band, making it the first private Argentine university to enter the THE world ranking.2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名将该校列入 2001 名及以后的区间，使其成为首所进入该世界排名的阿根廷私立大学。
• UCA does not appear in the main table of the U.S. News Best Global Universities edition of 2026-2027.在 2026 至 2027 年版美国新闻最佳全球大学排名主榜中，该校未进入榜单。
• The university is also absent from the main table of the Academic Ranking of World Universities 2026.该校同样未进入 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名主榜。
• In the QS Latin America Rankings 2027 UCA was rated the leading private university in Argentina for academic reputation.在 2027 年 QS 拉丁美洲排名中，该校被评为阿根廷私立大学中学术声誉最佳者。
• OpenAlex attributes 7,587 works and 77,526 citations to the university, reflecting a research output concentrated in the humanities, social sciences and biomedical fields.OpenAlex 为该校收录 7,587 篇成果、被引 77,526 次，显示其科研产出集中于人文、社会科学与生物医学领域。
• The university's business programmes carry Association of MBAs accreditation, and its business school has been recognised among the leading schools of the country.该校的商科课程持有工商管理硕士协会认证，其商学院也被公认为国内领先的商学院之一。
• UCA's Social Debt Observatory reports and its biomedical studies, including research on early Alzheimer's diagnosis, are cited in Argentine public debate and policy design.该校社会债务观察站的报告以及包括阿尔茨海默病早期诊断在内的生物医学研究，常被阿根廷公共讨论与政策制定引用。
• As a pontifical university, UCA enjoys canonical status conferred by the Holy See and is entitled to grant ecclesiastical degrees in theology and canon law.作为宗座大学，该校享有教廷授予的教会法地位，有权授予神学与教会法方面的教会学位。
• UCA's research profile is concentrated in the social sciences and humanities, where the Social Debt Observatory and the Center for Studies of the Ancient Near East give it a distinctive standing in Latin America.该校的研究特色集中于社会科学与人文学科，社会债务观察站与古代近东研究中心使其在拉丁美洲具有独特地位。

Student life

• UCA has no formally adopted Latin motto, and its identity is carried instead by its Catholic mission and the patronage of Santa María de los Buenos Aires.该校没有正式采用的拉丁文校训，其身份认同由天主教使命以及对「Santa María de los Buenos Aires」的主保敬礼承载。
• The university community takes part in the annual pilgrimage to the Basilica of Our Lady of Luján, which reached its 52nd edition in 2026 with students and staff walking overnight.该校共同体每年参加前往卢汉圣母大殿的朝圣，2026 年已是第 52 届，师生彻夜步行前往。
• InterUCA brings students from the four campuses together for sport, culture and recreation and marked its 20th edition in 2026 with about 3,500 participants.「InterUCA」把四个校区的学生汇聚一堂开展体育、文化与娱乐活动，2026 年迎来第 20 届，参与者约 3,500 人。
• Pastoral and chaplaincy activities are organised around the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on the Buenos Aires campus, which also hosts exhibitions and university ceremonies.牧灵与校牧活动围绕布宜诺斯艾利斯校区的耶稣圣心堂展开，该教堂也承办展览与学校典礼。
• Student centres, volunteer groups and solidarity programmes run across the campuses, with medical students providing care to pilgrims during the Luján pilgrimage.各校区设有学生中心、志愿服务团体与公益项目，医学院学生在卢汉朝圣期间为朝圣者提供医疗服务。
• The affiliated Colegio Santo Tomás de Aquino links school pupils to the university's educational community and received a distinction from the Government of the City of Buenos Aires.附设的圣托马斯·阿奎那学校把中小学生与大学教育共同体联系起来，并曾获布宜诺斯艾利斯市政府嘉奖。
• The Gala UCA raises scholarship funds for students in financial need, drawing support from alumni, companies and benefactors of the university.「Gala UCA」为经济困难的学生募集奖学金，得到校友、企业与学校资助者的支持。
• Because the main campus sits in Puerto Madero, students combine campus life with easy access to the cultural, sporting and commercial life of central Buenos Aires.由于主校区位于马德罗港，学生在校园生活之外，还能便捷地接触布宜诺斯艾利斯市中心的文体与商业生活。

Notable people

• Cardinal Antonio Caggiano, Archbishop of Buenos Aires, was appointed the university's first Grand Chancellor when it was inaugurated in 1958.时任布宜诺斯艾利斯大主教的安东尼奥·卡贾诺枢机在 1958 年建校落成时出任该校首任大校监。
• Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Grand Chancellor until 2013, was elected Pope Francis and has remained closely associated with the university that hosted his early academic ties.豪尔赫·马里奥·贝尔戈里奥枢机担任大校监至 2013 年，其后当选教宗方济各，与这所大学始终保持密切联系。
• Mario Aurelio Poli became ex officio Grand Chancellor of UCA after being named Archbishop of Buenos Aires by Pope Francis in 2013.马里奥·奥雷利奥·波利在 2013 年被教宗方济各任命为布宜诺斯艾利斯大主教后，依职权成为该校大校监。
• Miguel Ángel Schiavone has been rector of the university since 2018, steering its institutional project and its relationship with CONEAU.米格尔·安赫尔·斯基亚沃内自 2018 年起担任该校校长，主导其机构规划及与 CONEAU 的评估事务。
• Alberto Ginastera, one of the foremost Argentine composers of the twentieth century, taught and worked within the university's musical and arts programmes.二十世纪最重要的阿根廷作曲家之一阿尔韦托·希纳斯特拉，曾在该校音乐与艺术课程中任教与工作。
• Marta Lambertini, a noted Argentine composer of the late twentieth century, was likewise attached to the university's Faculty of Arts and Musical Sciences.二十世纪后期知名阿根廷作曲家玛尔塔·兰贝蒂尼同样与该校艺术与音乐科学学院有关。
• Alicia Daneri and Perla Fuscaldo, both Egyptologists, were among the specialists who gave UCA's Center for Studies of the Ancient Near East its international standing.埃及学家阿莉西亚·达内里与佩尔拉·富斯卡尔多，都是使该校古代近东研究中心取得国际声誉的学者。
• Mauricio Macri, President of Argentina from 2015 to 2019, is an alumnus of the university.2015 至 2019 年任阿根廷总统的毛里西奥·马克里是该校校友。
• Máxima Zorreguieta, Queen of the Netherlands, studied at UCA before her marriage to King Willem-Alexander.荷兰王后马克西玛·索雷吉耶塔在与国王威廉—亚历山大大婚之前曾就读该校。
• Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, is a graduate of the university.国际原子能机构总干事拉斐尔·格罗西是该校毕业生。
• Eduardo Costantini, founder and president of the Museum of Latin American Art of Buenos Aires, is counted among the university's prominent alumni.布宜诺斯艾利斯拉丁美洲艺术博物馆创办人兼馆长爱德华多·科斯坦蒂尼，被列为该校杰出校友之一。
• Alfonso Prat-Gay, a former Minister of the Treasury of Argentina, is also an alumnus of the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina.曾任阿根廷财政部长一职的阿方索·普拉特—盖伊同样是阿根廷天主教大学的校友。