The International Federation of Catholic Universities (IFCU) is an organisation of over 200

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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

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in Milan and the

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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

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Regional groups

The IFCU is broken up into a number of regions of the world: * Federation of European Catholic Universities (FUCE) * Association of Catholic Universities and Institutes of Africa and Madagascar (ACUIAM) *

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(ASEACCU) * The Organisation of Catholic Universities in Latin America (ODUCAL) * Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU) in North America * The Xavier Board of Higher Education in India

List of Secretaries-General

* François Mabille, November 2019François Mabille IFCU Secretary General
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References

External links

Official Website
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