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{{Short description|Salvadoran private university}}
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|motto = ''Universidad para el Cambio Social''<br>University for Social Change
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'''José Simeón Cañas Central American University''' ({{lang-es|Universidad Centroamericana "José Simeón Cañas"}}), also known as '''UCA El Salvador''', is a [[private university|private]] [[university]] with [[Nonprofit organization|nonprofit]] purposes in [[San Salvador]], [[El Salvador]], run by the [[Society of Jesus]]. It was founded on September 15, 1965, at the request of a group of [[Roman Catholic]] families who appealed to the Salvadoran government and the Society of Jesus in order to create another university as an alternative to the [[University of El Salvador]], becoming the first private institution of [[higher education]] in the country.<ref>[http://www.uca.edu.sv/pagina-web.php?cat=9&pag=1 History]</ref> The [[Jesuits]] also run [[Central American University (Managua)|Central American University in Nicaragua]] (UCA Managua), opened in 1960.
'''José Simeón Cañas Central American University''' ({{lang-es|Universidad Centroamericana "José Simeón Cañas"}}), also known as '''UCA El Salvador''', is a private [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] university with [[Nonprofit organization|nonprofit]] purposes in [[Antiguo Cuscatlán]], [[El Salvador]]. It is operated by the [[Jesuits|Society of Jesus]].
UCA was founded on September 15, 1965, at the request of a group of Catholic families who appealed to the Salvadoran government and the Society of Jesus in order to create a university as an alternative to the [[University of El Salvador]], becoming the first private institution of [[higher education]] in the country.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.uca.edu.sv/pagina-web.php?cat=9&pag=1|title=Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas|website=www.uca.edu.sv|access-date=2017-10-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171025073419/http://uca.edu.sv/pagina-web.php?cat=9&pag=1|archive-date=2017-10-25|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Jesuits]] also run [[Central American University, Managua|Central American University in Nicaragua]] (UCA Managua), opened in 1960.


==History==
==History==
UCA has since evolved to be one of the best institutions of higher learning in [[Central America]] (Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama).<ref>[http://www.webometrics.info/top200_latinamerica.asp Webometrics. "Ranking of World Universities". July 2010.] {{wayback|url=http://www.webometrics.info/top200_latinamerica.asp |date=20101221182924 }}</ref> This is the case, despite the university's focus on playing a decisive role in the transformation of the unjust Salvadoran society.<ref>[http://ww.scu.edu/Jesuits/ellacuria.html Rector Ignacio Ellacuria's commencement address to Santa Clara University, 1982.]</ref> Such a focus within the Salvadoran context has driven the university to give priority to undergraduate degrees, research within the social sciences, and popular presentation of research results ("proyección social") in local peer-reviewed journals.<ref>[http://www.uca.edu.sv/pagina-web.php?cat=8&pag=170 Vision]</ref><ref name=social>[http://www.uca.edu.sv/pagina-web.php?cat=103 Social projection]</ref> These elements do not of their nature improve the university's place in international rankings.
UCA has since evolved to be one of the best institutions of higher learning in [[Central America]] (Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama).<ref>[http://www.webometrics.info/top200_latinamerica.asp Webometrics. "Ranking of World Universities". July 2010.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101221182924/http://www.webometrics.info/top200_latinamerica.asp |date=December 21, 2010 }}</ref> This is the case, despite the university's focus on playing a decisive role in the transformation of the unjust Salvadoran society.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ww.scu.edu/Jesuits/ellacuria.html|title=Ignacio Ellacuría, S.J.'s 1982 Address at Santa Clara University|website=ww.scu.edu|access-date=2017-10-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306080534/http://ww.scu.edu/Jesuits/ellacuria.html|archive-date=2012-03-06|url-status=dead}}</ref> Such a focus within the Salvadoran context has driven the university to give priority to undergraduate degrees, research within the social sciences, and popular presentation of research results ("social projectionl") in local peer-reviewed journals.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.uca.edu.sv/pagina-web.php?cat=8&pag=170|title=Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas|website=www.uca.edu.sv|access-date=2017-10-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171025073237/http://uca.edu.sv/pagina-web.php?cat=8&pag=170|archive-date=2017-10-25|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="social">{{Cite web|url=http://www.uca.edu.sv/pagina-web.php?cat=103|title=Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas|website=www.uca.edu.sv|access-date=2017-10-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171025073343/http://uca.edu.sv/pagina-web.php?cat=103|archive-date=2017-10-25|url-status=dead}}</ref>


In the 1970s and 1980s, during the [[History of El Salvador|Civil War in El Salvador]], UCA was known as the home of several internationally recognized Jesuit scholars and intellectuals, including [[Jon Sobrino]], [[Ignacio Ellacuría]], [[Ignacio Martín-Baró]], and [[Segundo Montes]]. They were outspoken against the abuses of the Salvadoran military and government, and carried out research to demonstrate the effects of the war and poverty in the country. The extreme social conditions in El Salvador provided a very rich empirical basis for innovative research within sociology, social anthropology, philosophy, social psychology, and theology. These scholars made important and lasting contributions within these fields. Ellacuría, Martín-Baró and Segundo Montes, along with three other Jesuit professors, their housekeeper, and her daughter, were murdered by the Salvadoran Armed forces on November 16, 1989, in one of the most notorious episodes from the Civil War (see [[Murder of UCA scholars]]).
In the 1970s and 1980s, during the [[History of El Salvador|Civil War in El Salvador]], UCA was known as the home of several internationally recognized Jesuit scholars and intellectuals, including [[Jon Sobrino]], [[Ignacio Ellacuría]], [[Ignacio Martín-Baró]], and [[Segundo Montes]]. They were outspoken against the abuses of the Salvadoran military and government, and carried out research to demonstrate the effects of the war and poverty in the country. The extreme social conditions in El Salvador provided a very rich empirical basis for innovative research within sociology, social anthropology, philosophy, social psychology, and theology. These scholars made important and lasting contributions within these fields. Ellacuría, Martín-Baró and Segundo Montes, along with three other Jesuit professors, their housekeeper, and her daughter, were murdered by the Salvadoran Armed forces on November 16, 1989, in one of the most notorious episodes from the Civil War (see [[Murder of UCA scholars]]).


==Campus==
==Campus==
The university is located at [[Antiguo Cuscatlán]]. The university campus has 38 acres (16 ha) with 33 buildings, a professional soccer field, basketball and volleyball courts, as well as three auditoriums and four cafeterias. The campus also includes a minimarket, a museum, three clinics, a book shop, a main library, several smaller thematic libraries, and a documentation center.<ref>[http://www.uca.edu.sv/pagina-web.php?cat=16&pag=13 Campus]</ref>
The university is located at [[Antiguo Cuscatlán]]. The university campus has 38 acres (16 ha) with 33 buildings, a professional soccer field, basketball and volleyball courts, as well as three auditoriums and four cafeterias. The campus also includes a minimarket, a museum, three clinics, a book shop, a main library, several smaller thematic libraries, and a documentation center.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.uca.edu.sv/pagina-web.php?cat=16&pag=13|title=Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas|website=www.uca.edu.sv|access-date=2017-10-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171025073415/http://uca.edu.sv/pagina-web.php?cat=16&pag=13|archive-date=2017-10-25|url-status=dead}}</ref>


===Faculties===
===Faculties===
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===Academic departments===
===Academic departments===


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* Department of Mathematics
* Department of Mathematics
* Department of Business Administration
* Department of Business Administration
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* Department of Philosophy
* Department of Philosophy
* Department of Theology
* Department of Theology

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* Department of Educational Sciences
* Department of Educational Sciences
* Department of Communications and Culture
* Department of Communications and Culture
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* Department of Spatial Organization
* Department of Spatial Organization
* Department of Engineering Process and Environmental Science
* Department of Engineering Process and Environmental Science
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===Social projection===
===Social projection===
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===Undergraduate programs===
===Undergraduate programs===
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* Architecture
* Architecture
* Civil Engineering
* Civil Engineering
* Electrical Engineering
* Electrical Engineering
* Mechanical Engineeing
* Mechanical Engineering
* Industrial Engineering
* Industrial Engineering
* Chemical Engineering
* Chemical Engineering
* Food Engineering
* Licenciate in Computer Science
* Energetic Engineering
* Computing Engineering
* Technician in Marketing
* Technician in Marketing
* Technician in Accounting
* Technician in Accounting
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* Licenciate in Philosophy
* Licenciate in Philosophy
* Licenciate in Theology
* Licenciate in Theology
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* Licenciate in Business Administration
* Licenciate in Business Administration
* Licenciate in Agribusiness Administration
* Licenciate in Agribusiness Administration
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* Licenciate in Judicial Sciences
* Licenciate in Judicial Sciences
* Licenciate in Social Communications
* Licenciate in Social Communications
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* Professorate of Preschool Education
* Professorate of Preschool Education
* Professorate of Basic Education (1st & 2nd Cycles)
* Professorate of Basic Education (1st & 2nd Cycles)
* Professorate of English Language (3rd Cycle Basic and Middle Education)<ref>[http://www.uca.edu.sv/pregrados.php Undergraduate]</ref>
* Professorate of English Language (3rd Cycle Basic and Middle Education)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.uca.edu.sv/pregrados.php |title=Undergraduate |access-date=2016-01-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151218022824/http://www.uca.edu.sv/pregrados.php |archive-date=2015-12-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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===Postgraduate programs===
===Postgraduate programs===
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* Master in Iberoamerican Philosophy
* Master in Iberoamerican Philosophy
* Master in Social Sciences
* Master in Social Sciences
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* Master in Environmental Management
* Master in Environmental Management
* Master in Industrial Maintenance Management
* Master in Industrial Maintenance Management
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* Master in Public Health
* Master in Public Health
* Master in Communitarian Psychology
* Master in Communitarian Psychology
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* Doctorate in Iberoamerican Philosophy
* Doctorate in Iberoamerican Philosophy
* Doctorate in Social Sciences<ref>[http://www.uca.edu.sv/postgrados/ Graduate]</ref>
* Doctorate in Social Sciences<ref>[http://www.uca.edu.sv/postgrados/ Graduate]</ref>
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==See also==
==See also==
{{Portal|El Salvador|University}}
{{Portal|El Salvador}}
* [[Education in El Salvador]]
* [[Education in El Salvador]]
* [[List of Jesuit sites]]
* [[List of universities in El Salvador]]
* [[List of universities in El Salvador]]
* [[:es:José Simeón Cañas|José Simeón Cañas]]
* [[:es:José Simeón Cañas|José Simeón Cañas]]


==References==
==References==
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Revision as of 10:09, 12 June 2024

For university in Nicaragua, see Central American University, Managua.
José Simeón Cañas Central American University
Universidad Centroamericana
José Simeón Cañas
Seal of UCA El Salvador
Other name
La UCA
MottoUniversidad para el Cambio Social (Spanish)
Motto in English
University for Social Change
TypePrivate Catholic Research Non-profit Coeducational Higher education institution
Established1965; 59 years ago (1965)
Religious affiliation
Catholic Church
(Society of Jesus)
Academic affiliations
AUSJAL
Endowmentm
RectorMario Cornejo, S.J.
Academic staff
421
Students8,993
Location
Antiguo Cuscatlán
,
El Salvador
CampusUrban, 38 acres (15 ha)
ColorsBlack, white, blue    
MascotOwl
Websitewww.uca.edu.sv

José Simeón Cañas Central American University (Spanish: Universidad Centroamericana "José Simeón Cañas"), also known as UCA El Salvador, is a private Catholic university with nonprofit purposes in Antiguo Cuscatlán, El Salvador. It is operated by the Society of Jesus.

UCA was founded on September 15, 1965, at the request of a group of Catholic families who appealed to the Salvadoran government and the Society of Jesus in order to create a university as an alternative to the University of El Salvador, becoming the first private institution of higher education in the country.[1] The Jesuits also run Central American University in Nicaragua (UCA Managua), opened in 1960.

History

UCA has since evolved to be one of the best institutions of higher learning in Central America (Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama).[2] This is the case, despite the university's focus on playing a decisive role in the transformation of the unjust Salvadoran society.[3] Such a focus within the Salvadoran context has driven the university to give priority to undergraduate degrees, research within the social sciences, and popular presentation of research results ("social projectionl") in local peer-reviewed journals.[4][5]

In the 1970s and 1980s, during the Civil War in El Salvador, UCA was known as the home of several internationally recognized Jesuit scholars and intellectuals, including Jon Sobrino, Ignacio Ellacuría, Ignacio Martín-Baró, and Segundo Montes. They were outspoken against the abuses of the Salvadoran military and government, and carried out research to demonstrate the effects of the war and poverty in the country. The extreme social conditions in El Salvador provided a very rich empirical basis for innovative research within sociology, social anthropology, philosophy, social psychology, and theology. These scholars made important and lasting contributions within these fields. Ellacuría, Martín-Baró and Segundo Montes, along with three other Jesuit professors, their housekeeper, and her daughter, were murdered by the Salvadoran Armed forces on November 16, 1989, in one of the most notorious episodes from the Civil War (see Murder of UCA scholars).

Campus

The university is located at Antiguo Cuscatlán. The university campus has 38 acres (16 ha) with 33 buildings, a professional soccer field, basketball and volleyball courts, as well as three auditoriums and four cafeterias. The campus also includes a minimarket, a museum, three clinics, a book shop, a main library, several smaller thematic libraries, and a documentation center.[6]

Faculties

  • Faculty of Economics and Business Sciences
  • Faculty of Human and Social Sciences
  • Faculty of Engineering and Architecture

Academic departments

  • Department of Mathematics
  • Department of Business Administration
  • Department of Judicial Sciences
  • Department of Sociology and Political Science
  • Department of Economics
  • Department of Accounting and Finance
  • Department of Psychology
  • Department of Philosophy
  • Department of Theology
  • Department of Educational Sciences
  • Department of Communications and Culture
  • Department of Public Health
  • Department of Operations and Systems
  • Department of Electronics and Informatics
  • Department of Energy and Fluid Sciences
  • Department of Structural Mechanics
  • Department of Spatial Organization
  • Department of Engineering Process and Environmental Science

Social projection

  • UCA Audiovisuals
  • YSUCA 91.7 FM Radio
  • Monseñor Romero Center
  • University's Public Opinion Institute - IUDOP
  • University's Human Rights Institute - IDHUCA[5]

Academics

Undergraduate programs

  • Architecture
  • Civil Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Food Engineering
  • Energetic Engineering
  • Computing Engineering
  • Technician in Marketing
  • Technician in Accounting
  • Licenciate in Philosophy
  • Licenciate in Theology
  • Licenciate in Psychology
  • Licenciate in Economics
  • Licenciate in Marketing
  • Licenciate in Public Accounting
  • Licenciate in Business Administration
  • Licenciate in Agribusiness Administration
  • Licenciate in Judicial Sciences
  • Licenciate in Social Communications
  • Professorate of Theology
  • Professorate of Special Education
  • Professorate of Preschool Education
  • Professorate of Basic Education (1st & 2nd Cycles)
  • Professorate of English Language (3rd Cycle Basic and Middle Education)[7]

Postgraduate programs

  • Master in Iberoamerican Philosophy
  • Master in Social Sciences
  • Master in Political Sciences
  • Master in Latin American Theology
  • Master in Local Development
  • Master in Criminal Constitutional Law
  • Master in Applied Statistics to Investigation
  • Master in Environmental Management
  • Master in Industrial Maintenance Management
  • Master in Public Health
  • Master in Communitarian Psychology
  • Master in Educational Evaluation and Politics
  • Master in Communications
  • Master in Finance
  • Master in Financial Audit
  • Master in Business Law
  • Master in Business Administration
  • Doctorate in Iberoamerican Philosophy
  • Doctorate in Social Sciences[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas". www.uca.edu.sv. Archived from the original on 2017-10-25. Retrieved 2017-10-17.
  2. ^ Webometrics. "Ranking of World Universities". July 2010. Archived December 21, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Ignacio Ellacuría, S.J.'s 1982 Address at Santa Clara University". ww.scu.edu. Archived from the original on 2012-03-06. Retrieved 2017-10-17.
  4. ^ "Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas". www.uca.edu.sv. Archived from the original on 2017-10-25. Retrieved 2017-10-17.
  5. ^ a b "Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas". www.uca.edu.sv. Archived from the original on 2017-10-25. Retrieved 2017-10-17.
  6. ^ "Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas". www.uca.edu.sv. Archived from the original on 2017-10-25. Retrieved 2017-10-17.
  7. ^ "Undergraduate". Archived from the original on 2015-12-18. Retrieved 2016-01-03.
  8. ^ Graduate

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