Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro

The Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (Portuguese: Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, PUC-Rio) is a private pontifical Catholic university in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, run by the Society of Jesus.里约热内卢天主教大学（葡萄牙语：Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro，简称 PUC-Rio）是位于巴西里约热内卢的一所私立天主教宗座大学，由耶稣会主办。

It was founded in 1940 by Cardinal Sebastião Leme and Father Leonel Franca, acquired full university status in 1946 and was granted the title Pontifical by the Vatican in 1947, a rare honour linking it directly to the Pope.该校于 1940 年由枢机塞巴斯蒂昂·莱梅与神父莱昂内尔·弗兰卡创办，1946 年取得完整大学地位，1947 年获梵蒂冈授予「宗座」称号，这是一项把它与教皇直接相连的罕见荣誉。

It is one of Brazil's leading private institutions, enrolling 8,681 undergraduate and 2,217 graduate students in 2023 with a faculty of some 1,200, and in the QS World University Rankings 2027 it is placed 620th in the world.该校是巴西顶尖私立学府之一，2023 年在校本科生 8681 人、研究生 2217 人，教师约 1200 人；在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列世界第 620 位。

History

• The institution traces its origin to Federal Decree 6,409 of 30 October 1940, which authorised the opening of the Faculdades Católicas in Rio de Janeiro as the country's first private institution of higher education.该校的源头可追溯到 1940 年 10 月 30 日的联邦第 6409 号法令，该法令批准在里约热内卢开办「天主教学院」，成为巴西第一所私立高等教育机构。
• Classes were inaugurated on 15 March 1941 with faculties of philosophy and law installed beside the Colégio Santo Inácio, and Father Leonel Franca, S.J. served as its first rector.1941 年 3 月 15 日，哲学学院与法学院在圣伊纳西奥中学旁开办，首批课程正式开学，神父莱昂内尔·弗兰卡出任首任校长。
• In 1946 the Catholic Faculties acquired the status of a university, formally becoming the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro.1946 年，天主教学院取得大学地位，正式成为里约热内卢天主教大学。
• The following year, 1947, the Vatican conferred the title Pontifical on the university, establishing a special canonical link between the institution and the Holy See.次年即 1947 年，梵蒂冈授予该校「宗座」称号，在校方与圣座之间建立起特殊的教会法联系。
• In 1955 the university moved to its present campus in Gávea, a site that had previously been a coffee farm on the edge of the Tijuca forest.1955 年，该校迁入位于加维亚的现址，这片土地原是蒂茹卡森林边缘的一座咖啡庄园。
• PUC-Rio installed the first mainframe computer used exclusively for academic purposes at a Brazilian university in 1960, an early indication of its technological orientation.1960 年，该校安装了巴西大学中第一台专供学术用途的大型计算机，早早显示出其技术取向。
• Its first graduate courses, leading only to master's degrees, were created in 1963, and its first student obtained a Master of Science in 1965 in mechanical engineering.1963 年，该校开设首批研究生课程，当时只授予硕士学位；1965 年，其首位学生取得机械工程理学硕士学位。
• In 1968 the university introduced the credit system, began doctoral courses, reorganised itself into academic centres and departments, and offered Portuguese as a second language for the first time in Brazil.1968 年，该校引入学分制、开设博士课程、按学术中心与系重组，并在巴西首次开设葡萄牙语作为第二语言的课程。
• The Rio Datacentro, the first computer science centre in a Brazilian university, was created in 1972 and became the seed of the institution's later software research.1972 年，里约数据中心成立，成为巴西大学中的第一个计算机科学中心，也是该校日后软件研究的源头。
• In 1980 the university inaugurated the Solar Grandjean de Montigny, a mansion built in 1823 that was moved to the campus to serve as its museum and cultural centre.1980 年，该校启用「格朗让·德·蒙蒂尼宅邸」，这座建于 1823 年的宅邸被迁至校园，用作大学博物馆与文化中心。
• The Tecgraf Institute for Technical and Scientific Software Development was founded in 1987 as a laboratory of the Department of Informatics in partnership with the state oil company Petrobras.1987 年，技术管理图形研究所作为信息学系的实验室成立，与国家石油公司巴西石油合作。
• Work on the Lua programming language began at Tecgraf in 1993 under Roberto Ierusalimschy, with Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo and Waldemar Celes completing the original design team.1993 年，卢阿程序设计语言在技术管理图形研究所由罗伯托·耶鲁萨林斯基主持开始研发，路易斯·恩里克·德·菲格雷多与瓦尔德马尔·塞莱斯共同组成最初的三人设计团队。
• In 1997 the university opened the Genesis Institute, a business incubator that lets students combine academic study with entrepreneurial ventures.1997 年，该校设立「创世纪研究所」，这是一个企业孵化器，让学生把学业与创业实践结合起来。
• A new gymnasium named after Father Ormindo Viveiros de Castro was inaugurated in 2000, supporting the university's sports and recreation programmes.2000 年，以神父奥尔明多·维韦罗斯·德·卡斯特罗命名的新体育馆落成，为该校的体育与康乐活动提供场地。
• In 2009 PUC-Rio created the Institute of Digital Media, the first such institute in Brazil, and began building a Petrobras research building on campus.2009 年，该校创立数字媒体研究所，为巴西首个此类研究所，并在校园内动工兴建巴西石油研究大楼。
• The PUC-Rio Confucius Institute was inaugurated in 2011, teaching Chinese language and culture in cooperation with Chinese partner institutions.2011 年，该校孔子学院落成，与中国伙伴机构合作教授汉语与中国文化。
• Tecgraf was formally upgraded into an institute of PUC-Rio in 2013, having grown to more than 400 collaborators, and it works today mainly on digital interactivity, modelling and simulation.2013 年，技术管理图形研究所正式升格为该校的研究所，此时已拥有 400 多名合作人员，如今主要从事数字交互、建模与仿真研究。
• In 2014 the university was granted the status of a public non-state institution, recognised in Brazilian law as a communitarian university serving the wider community.2014 年，该校取得「公立非国立机构」地位，在巴西法律上被认定为服务社会大众的社群型大学。
• In 2009 PUC-Rio ranked first among 2,252 higher education institutions in Brazil in the ENADE evaluation run by the Ministry of Education, one of the strongest results ever recorded by a private university.2009 年，该校在教育部主持的 ENADE 评估中于巴西 2252 所高校里排名第一，这是私立大学取得过的最优异结果之一。
• In 2024 the university was rated the best private institution in Brazil and the fifth best university overall by the QS World University Rankings, consolidating its national standing.2024 年，该校被 QS 世界大学排名评为巴西最佳私立学府、全国综合第五名，巩固了其国内地位。

Academics

• PUC-Rio is organised into four academic centres, namely the Centre for Social Sciences, the Science and Technology Centre, the Centre of Theology and Human Sciences and the Centre for Biological and Health Sciences.该校设有四个学术中心，分别为社会科学中心、科学与技术中心、神学与人文科学中心以及生物与健康科学中心。
• The Centre for Social Sciences comprises nine departments, covering administration, social science, social communication, law, economics, geography and environment, history, social service and international relations.社会科学中心下辖九个系，涵盖行政管理、社会科学、社会传播、法学、经济学、地理与环境、历史学、社会服务以及国际关系。
• The Science and Technology Centre offers ten engineering programmes, including petroleum, control and automation, production, computing, chemical, materials and nanotechnology, electrical, mechanical and environmental engineering, a portfolio shaped by the university's close ties with Brazil's oil and energy industry.科学与技术中心开设十个工程专业，包括石油、控制与自动化、生产、计算、化学、材料与纳米技术、电气、机械以及环境工程，这一专业布局得益于该校与巴西石油及能源产业的紧密联系。
• It also offers two computer science programmes, in computer science and in artificial intelligence, together with undergraduate degrees in mathematics, physics and chemistry.该中心还开设计算机科学与人工智能两个计算机专业，以及数学、物理学和化学的本科学位。
• The Centre of Theology and Human Sciences groups seven departments and eight undergraduate courses across architecture and urbanism, arts and design, education, philosophy, letters, psychology and theology.神学与人文科学中心汇集七个系与八门本科课程，涉及建筑与城市规划、艺术与设计、教育学、哲学、文学、心理学与神学。
• The Centre for Biological and Health Sciences includes the departments of biology, medicine and nutrition and offers postgraduate medical courses through its School of Medical Postgraduate Studies.生物与健康科学中心下设生物学系、医学系与营养学系，并通过医学院研究生部开设医学类研究生课程。
• In the 2023.2 academic period the university enrolled 8,681 undergraduate students, 2,217 graduate students and 10,741 continuing education students across its four centres.在 2023.2 学期，该校在四个中心共注册本科生 8681 人、研究生 2217 人与继续教育学生 10741 人。
• In the same period 5,816 students benefited from full or partial waiver of fees, reflecting the institution's non-profit and philanthropic character.同一时期，有 5816 名学生获得全额或部分学费减免，体现出该校非营利、慈善办学的性质。
• It counted 447 full-time and 777 part-time faculty members in 2023.2, a total of 1,224 academic staff across all its departments and institutes.2023.2 学期，该校有全职教师 447 人、兼职教师 777 人，各系与各研究所合计教师 1224 人。
• Undergraduate admission uses two examinations, the national ENEM test and PUC-Rio's own vestibular entrance examination, whose results also determine the distribution of academic scholarships.本科招生采用两项考试，即全国 ENEM 考试与校方自设的入学考试，其成绩还用于分配学业奖学金。
• For the class entering in 2022 the university accepted about 12 per cent of applicants, making it a very selective institution by Brazilian private-sector standards.2022 年入学的一届，该校录取率约为 12%，按巴西私立高校的标准衡量属高度挑剔的选拔。
• Its best-known faculties are in law, engineering, computer science, psychology, economics, business and international relations, fields in which it is widely regarded as a national leader.该校最负盛名的学科为法学、工程、计算机科学、心理学、经济学、商学与国际关系，这些领域普遍被视为全国领先。
• PUC-Rio is a doctoral research institution, granting master's and doctoral degrees through its centres and stressing the development of academic and scientific knowledge.作为一所博士研究型大学，该校通过各学术中心授予硕士与博士学位，并强调学术与科学知识的发展。
• Tecgraf develops around 40 computer systems and several core technologies, with more than 400 collaborators including students and professors, and its partners include Petrobras and the Brazilian Navy.技术管理图形研究所开发约 40 个计算机系统与若干核心技术，拥有包括学生与教授在内的 400 多名合作人员，伙伴包括巴西石油与巴西海军。
• The university runs exchange programmes with Harvard University, Brown University, the University of Notre Dame, UC Berkeley and UCLA, as well as with European universities, with hundreds of students taking part each year.该校与哈佛大学、布朗大学、圣母大学、加州大学伯克利分校与加州大学洛杉矶分校以及多所欧洲大学开展交换项目，每年有数百名学生参与。
• Its International Program Central Coordination Office, created in 1991 and marking its twentieth anniversary in 2012, manages the university's growing flow of international exchange students.该校的国际项目中央协调办公室设立于 1991 年，并于 2012 年迎来二十周年，负责管理日益增长的国际交换生事务。
• Research and doctoral training in the humanities are supported by the Institute of Advanced Studies in Humanities and the Carlo Maria Martini Chair, both attached to the Centre of Theology and Human Sciences.人文领域的研究与博士培养由人文高等研究所与卡洛·马里亚·马尔蒂尼教席支持，二者均隶属于神学与人文科学中心。

Campus

• The university's campus lies in Gávea, in the south of Rio de Janeiro, at the edge of the Tijuca National Forest and on the site of a former coffee farm.该校校园位于里约热内卢南部的加维亚，紧邻蒂茹卡国家森林，所在地原为一座咖啡庄园。
• It stands at approximately 22.91 degrees south and 43.18 degrees west, in a hilly residential district of the former Brazilian capital.校园约位于南纬 22.91 度、西经 43.18 度，处在巴西前首都一处多山的住宅区内。
• A creek crossed by three bridges runs through the campus, whose green setting distinguishes it from the dense urban fabric around it.一条溪流穿过校园，上有三座小桥；绿意盎然的校园环境使它有别于周边密集的城市肌理。
• The Solar Grandjean de Montigny, built in 1823 by the architect of the same name, serves as the university's cultural centre and hosts visual arts exhibitions throughout the year.「格朗让·德·蒙蒂尼宅邸」建于 1823 年，由同名建筑师设计，如今作为大学文化中心，全年举办视觉艺术展览。
• In the early 1960s the United States donated the building now named after President John Kennedy through its American Schools and Hospitals Abroad programme.20 世纪 60 年代初，美国通过其「海外美国学校与医院」计划捐建了如今以总统约翰·肯尼迪命名的大楼。
• Besides the Central Library the campus holds three specialised libraries, and it was the site of the first purely academic mainframe computer in Brazil.除中央图书馆外，校园还设有三个专业图书馆；巴西第一台纯学术用途的大型计算机也安装于此。
• The Vila dos Diretórios, a small cobblestone alley of former workers' houses, is now occupied by student academic directories that maintain the buildings and use them for study and social events.「学生学社村」是一条铺着鹅卵石的小巷，原为工人住宅，如今由各学生学社占用，负责维护并用于自习与社交活动。
• The campus has three restaurants, five coffee shops, a bookstore, copy centres, bank branches and cash machines, and is served by many city bus lines near Leblon, Ipanema and Jardim Botânico, which also links it to the Botanical Gardens and Leblon beach within walking distance.校园内有三个餐厅、五家咖啡店、一家书店、复印店、银行网点与取款机，附近勒布隆、伊帕内马与植物园区有多条市内公交线路经过，植物园与勒布隆海滩也在步行可达范围内。
• For the 2016 Rio Olympic Games a metro station was begun on the site of the former university car park, but the work was halted amid accusations of overpricing and remains unfinished today.为 2016 年里约奥运会，校方在原大学停车场的位置开建一座地铁站，但工程因造价过高的指控而停工，至今仍未完工。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 PUC-Rio is placed 620th in the world, making it one of the highest-ranked private universities in Brazil and one of the strongest private universities in the whole of Latin America.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，该校位列世界第 620 位，是巴西排名最高的私立大学之一，也是整个拉丁美洲实力最强的私立大学之一。
• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 places it in the 701 to 800 band, after an appearance in the 801 to 1000 group in 2026.2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名将其列于世界第 701 至 800 区间，2026 年则位于第 801 至 1000 区间。 ^[1]
• The U.S. News Best Global Universities ranking for 2026 to 2027 places PUC-Rio 1435th in the world.2026 至 2027 年版《美国新闻与世界报道》最佳全球大学排名将该校列为世界第 1435 位。
• It is not included in the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities published by ShanghaiRanking.该校未进入上海软科发布的 2026 年世界大学学术排名。
• OpenAlex attributes 44,305 works and 943,108 citations to the university, a substantial record for a private institution in Brazil or Latin America and comparable to that of several large public universities in the region.OpenAlex 数据库为该校收录 44305 篇成果、被引用 943108 次，这在巴西乃至拉丁美洲的私立院校中是相当可观的记录，可与该地区若干大型公立大学的水平相比。
• In 2009 it ranked first among 2,252 higher education institutions in Brazil in the ENADE benchmark run by the Ministry of Education.2009 年，该校在教育部主持的 ENADE 基准评估中于巴西 2252 所高校里排名第一。
• In the 2023 Times Higher Education subject rankings PUC-Rio placed first in Brazil in computer science and led Brazilian universities in the Partnership with Industry indicator.在 2023 年泰晤士高等教育学科排名中，该校的计算机科学位列巴西第一，并在「产业合作」指标上居巴西高校之首。
• In 2024 QS rated it the best private institution in Brazil and the fifth best university overall in the country, across both public and private institutions.2024 年 QS 将其评为巴西最佳私立学府，并在公立与私立院校合计的全国排名中位列第五。
• PUC-Rio belongs to the Strategic Alliance of Catholic Research Universities, a network of Jesuit and Catholic research universities, and hosted its 2026 scientific colloquium and governing board meeting.该校是「天主教研究型大学战略联盟」成员，这一网络由耶稣会及天主教研究型大学组成，2026 年的科学研讨会与理事会会议即由该校承办。

Student life

• Its motto is Alis Grave Nil, Latin for "with wings nothing is heavy", a phrase that expresses the university's confidence in the liberating power of education.该校校训为拉丁文「Alis Grave Nil」，意为「有翅膀便无所重」，表达学校对教育解放力量的信心。
• Every June the campus holds the Festa Junina, a traditional Brazilian festival featuring folkloric food, costumes and dance from the country's rural past.每年六月，校园都会举办「六月节」，这是巴西传统节庆，有源自乡村传统的特色食物、服饰与舞蹈。
• Parties in the Vila dos Diretórios are traditionally held on Thursdays, and each academic directory is responsible for maintaining and using its own house.学社村的聚会历来在星期四举行，每个学生学社负责维护并使用属于自己的那栋房子。
• The Solar Grandjean de Montigny stages year-round visual arts exhibitions, giving students free access to the visual culture of the city.格朗让·德·蒙蒂尼宅邸全年举办视觉艺术展览，让学生得以免费接触这座城市的视觉文化。
• The ground floor of the Kennedy building, known as the Pilotis, hosts public debates, concerts and fairs that draw both students and residents of Rio de Janeiro.肯尼迪大楼的底层被称为「架空层」，常举办公共辩论、音乐会和市集，吸引学生与里约市民一同参与。
• The university works with student housing providers such as Uliving and Covivere to offer accommodation to Brazilian and foreign students in Rio de Janeiro.该校与 Uliving、Covivere 等学生住房供应商合作，为里约的巴西学生与外国学生提供住宿。
• Most students commute by the municipal bus system, and the campus's position near Leblon, Ipanema and the Botanical Garden ties student life closely to the wealthy south zone of the city.多数学生乘坐市营公交通勤，校园临近勒布隆、伊帕内马与植物园，使学生生活与这座城市富裕的南区紧密相连。
• The gymnasium named after Father Ormindo Viveiros de Castro, opened in 2000, anchors the university's sports and recreation programmes for its student body.2000 年启用的奥尔明多·维韦罗斯·德·卡斯特罗神父体育馆，是该校学生体育与康乐活动的主要场所。
• Most students use Rio de Janeiro's municipal bus system to reach the campus, and the university's cultural and international programmes are regularly opened to the public of the city.多数学生乘坐里约热内卢市营公交抵达校园，而该校的文化与国际项目也定期向里约市民开放。

Notable people

• Cardinal Sebastião Leme, Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro, co-founded the Catholic Faculties in 1940 and gave the future university its Catholic identity.里约热内卢大主教、枢机塞巴斯蒂昂·莱梅于 1940 年共同创办天主教学院，为这所未来的大学确立了天主教身份。
• Father Leonel Franca, S.J., a Jesuit educator, served as the first rector and led the institution from the opening of its first courses in 1941.耶稣会教育家莱昂内尔·弗兰卡神父出任首任校长，自 1941 年首批课程开设起领导该校。
• The Cardinal Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro, currently Orani João Tempesta, holds the office of Grand Chancellor of the university.里约热内卢大主教（现为奥拉尼·若昂·滕佩斯塔）担任该校的最高校监（Grand Chancellor）。
• Father Anderson Antonio Pedroso, S.J. is the rector of PUC-Rio, leading an administration organised around its four academic centres and their departments.安德松·安东尼奥·佩德罗索神父是该校现任校长，领导着围绕四个学术中心及其各系构建的行政体系。
• Roberto Ierusalimschy, a professor in the Department of Informatics, was the chief designer of the Lua programming language, which is used worldwide in games, embedded systems and web servers.信息学系教授罗伯托·耶鲁萨林斯基是卢阿程序设计语言的首席设计师，该语言广泛应用于全球的游戏、嵌入式系统与网页服务器。
• Waldemar Celes, a researcher at Tecgraf, was one of the three original creators of Lua, developed at the university's computer graphics group.技术管理图形研究所研究员瓦尔德马尔·塞莱斯是卢阿语言的三位最初创造者之一，该语言诞生于该校的计算机图形团队。
• Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo completed the team that developed Lua, and the language powers software such as World of Warcraft, Adobe Lightroom and Wikipedia.路易斯·恩里克·德·菲格雷多与另两人共同组成卢阿语言的开发团队，该语言支撑着《魔兽世界》、Adobe Lightroom 与维基百科等软件。
• Auguste Grandjean de Montigny, a French architect who helped found the Brazilian Imperial Academy of Fine Arts, is commemorated in the name of the campus cultural centre built in 1823.法国建筑师奥古斯特·格朗让·德·蒙蒂尼曾参与创办巴西帝国美术学院，校园内建于 1823 年的文化中心即以他命名。
• Pedro Malan, who graduated in electrical engineering from PUC-Rio in 1965 before earning a doctorate at Berkeley, served as Minister of Finance of Brazil from 1995 to 2002.佩德罗·马兰 1965 年自该校电机工程专业毕业，后于伯克利取得博士学位，并于 1995 至 2002 年担任巴西财政部长。
• President John Kennedy of the United States is commemorated in the name of a campus building donated by the United States in the early 1960s.美国总统约翰·肯尼迪之名被用于命名 20 世纪 60 年代初由美国捐建的一座校园大楼。