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A pontifical university is a Roman Catholic university established by and directly under the authority of the Holy See. It is licensed to grant academic degrees in sacred faculties, the most important of which are Sacred Theology, Canon Law, Sacred Scripture and Philosophy. Pontifical universities follow a European system of degrees in the sacred faculties, granting the baccalaureate, license, and doctorate.

Independent institutions or individual faculties at non-pontifical universities may also be given charters by the Holy See to grant pontifical degrees, usually in one or two specific fields. These are referred to as a "pontifical faculty" or "pontifical institute" to distinguish it from an entire "pontifical university."

These ecclesiastical degrees are prerequisites to certain offices in the Roman Catholic Church, especially considering that bishop candidates are selected mainly from priests who are doctors of sacred theology (S.T.D.) or canon law (J.C.D.) and that ecclesiastical judges and attorneys must at least be licentiates of canon law (J.C.L.).

Contents 1 List of pontifical universities, institutes and faculties 1.1 Argentina 1.2 Belgium 1.3 Brazil 1.4 Canada 1.5 Chile 1.6 Colombia 1.7 Cuba 1.8 Dominican Republic 1.9 Ecuador 1.10 France 1.11 Germany 1.12 Guatemala 1.13 India 1.14 Ireland 1.15 Italy 1.16 Japan 1.17 Lebanon 1.18 Netherlands 1.19 Panama 1.20 Paraguay 1.21 Peru 1.22 Philippines 1.23 Poland 1.24 Portugal 1.25 Puerto Rico 1.26 Spain 1.27 Taiwan 1.28 United Kingdom 1.29 United States 1.30 Uruguay 1.31 Venezuela 2 See also

• Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina (Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina), Buenos Aires

• Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve
• Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven

• Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas, Campinas
• Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte
• Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, Sao Paulo
• Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba
• Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
• Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre

• Université Laval, Quebec
• Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies, Toronto. It uniquely among all pontifical faculties grants the licentiate in Medieval Studies (L.M.S., a post-doctorate earned degree), and the doctorate (M.S.D.) which is awarded on the basis of a career. It is an independent research institute at the University of Toronto.
• Saint Paul University, Ottawa
• Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke

• Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago
• Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaiso

• Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota
• Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellin

• Universidad Católica de Santo Tomás de Villanueva, Marianao

• Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra, Santiago de Los Caballeros

• Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador, Quito

• Institut Catholique de Paris, Paris
• Institut Catholique de Toulouse, Toulouse
• Université Catholique de Lille, Lille
• Université Catholique de l'Ouest, Angers
• Université Catholique de Lyon, Lyon

• Katholische Universitat Eichstatt, Eichstatt

• Landivar University, Guatemala City

• Pontifical Institute of Theology and Philosophy, Alwaye, Kerala
• Pontifical Oriental Institute of Religious Studies, Kottayam

• Pontifical University of Maynooth, Maynooth

• Pontifical University of St. Anthony, Roma
• Pontifical University of Saint Bonaventure, Roma
• Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum), Roma
• Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Roma
• Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum, Roma
• Pontifical Urbaniana University, Roma
• Pontifical Gregorian University, Roma
• Pontifical Lateran University, Roma
• Salesian Pontifical University, Roma
• Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano & Roma
• Libera University Mary of the Assumption, Roma
• Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family, Roma - While not a university per se, the Institute's several sessions throughout the world offer the licentiate and doctorate of sacred theology in the concentration of marriage and family. The Roman session is located at the Pontifical Lateran University.
• Pontifical University of St. Anselm (Sant'Anselmo), Roma

• Sophia University, Tokyo

• St. Joseph University of Beirut, Beirut

• Catholic University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen

• University of S. Maria La Antigua, Panama City

• Catholic University of Our Lady of the Assumption, Asuncion

• Pontifical and Civil Faculty of Theology
• Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima

• Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas (The Catholic University of the Philippines), Manila

• Pontifical Academy of Theology in Cracow, Cracow
• Pontifical Faculty of Theology in Warsaw, Warsaw
• Pontifical Faculty of Theology in Wroclaw, Wroclaw
• Catholic University of Lublin, Lublin

• Portuguese Catholic University, Lisbon

• Pontificia Universidad Católica de Puerto Rico, Ponce

• University of Navarra, Pamplona
• Pontifical University of Salamanca, Salamanca
• Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Madrid
• University of Deusto, Bilbao

• Fu Jen Catholic University, Taipei County

• Heythrop College, University of London, London

• The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC
• Dominican House of Studies, Washington, DC - Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception
• Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
• Niagara University, Niagara, NY
• Pontifical College Josephinum, Columbus, OH - While bearing the title Pontifical, The Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio is not strictly speaking a pontifical university or faculty. Its faculty is not authorized by the Holy See to grant pontifical academic degrees in its own name. It is rather a Pontifical seminary, the only one outside of Italy. Founded in the late 19th century, it was named a Pontifical seminary by Pope Leo XIII. Its founder, Msgr. Joseph Jessing had petitioned to keep his young seminary under the auspices of the Holy See to prevent intervention from local ecclesial authorities. Today, unlike other Catholic seminaries which are under the jurisdiction of local bishops or religious orders, the Josephinum has as its chancellor the Pope's Apostolic Nuncio to the United States, who must approve all faculty appointments and major decisions regarding the seminary.
• Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family at The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC
• St. Joseph's Seminary, Dunwoodie, Yonkers, NY - the seminary for the Archdiocese of New York grants bachelor of Sacred Theology (S.T.B.) degrees under its charter as a satellite of the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome, Italy.
• St. Mary's Seminary and University, Baltimore, MD
• University of Saint Mary of the Lake Mundelein, IL - Ecclesiastical Faculty of Theology
• Weston Jesuit School of Theology, Cambridge, MA

• Catholic University of Uruguay 'Damaso Antonio Larrañaga', Montevideo

• Catholic University 'Andres Bello', Caracas

• List of colleges and universities by country