The International Federation of Catholic Universities (IFCU) is an organisation of over 200
Catholic
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universities throughout the world.
History
Founded in 1924. Created by a Papal Decree in 1948 as the ''Fœderatio Universitatum Catholicarum'' it became the International Federation of Catholic Universities in 1965. The federation has its origins in collaboration in 1924 between the
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
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in Milan and the
Catholic university of Nijmegen
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in the
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. The FIUC facilitates, research, partnership and exchange programmes between catholic institutes of education. The secretariat is in
Paris
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Institut Catholique de Paris.
Regional groups
The IFCU is broken up into a number of regions of the world:
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Federation of European Catholic Universities
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(FUCE)
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(ACUIAM)
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(ASEACCU)
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The Organisation of Catholic Universities in Latin America
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(ODUCAL)
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Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities
The Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU) is a voluntary association of delegates from Catholic institutions of higher learning.
History
It was founded in 1899 by fifty-three delegates from Catholic colleges across the United ...
(ACCU) in North America
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The Xavier Board of Higher Education in India
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List of Secretaries-General
* François Mabille, November 2019
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References
External links
Official Website
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1948 establishments
1948 in Christianity
Catholic education
International college and university associations and consortia
Catholic universities and colleges
International associations of the faithful