Andrés Bello Catholic University () is a

private university Private universities and private colleges are higher education institutions not operated, owned, or institutionally funded by governments. However, they often receive tax breaks, public student loans, and government grants. Depending on the count ...

Venezuela Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...

. One of the largest universities in Venezuela, UCAB has campuses in several cities, such as

Caracas Caracas ( , ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas (CCS), is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the northern p ...

(main campus),

Los Teques Los Teques () is the capital of the state of Miranda, and the municipality of Guaicaipuro in north-central Venezuela. The city is about 25 km southwest of Caracas, and above mean sea level. It lies in the Cordillera de la Costa, on the ba ...

, Guayana, and Coro. Named for Venezuelan writer

Andrés Bello Andrés de Jesús María y José Bello López (; November 29, 1781 – October 15, 1865) was a Venezuelan Humanism, humanist, diplomat, poet, legislator, philosopher, educator and philologist, whose political and literary works constitute a ...

, UCAB was founded in October 1953 by the

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(Episcopado Venezolano a la Compañía de Jesús). In 2017 it was ranked as the fourth best and top private university in Venezuela.

Programs

Academic departments of the school include that of Economics and Social Sciences, Humanities and Education, Engineering, Theology, and the Law School. All faculties also offer postgraduate education. The university publications deal mainly with human rights issues and cultural topics. In 2013 the university opened its new library with the goal of delivering state-of-the-art services to faculty and students, including its Cultural Center and Resources for Learning and Research. The university also offers on-line courses and distance learning. In 2016, UCAB law students took first place in the Spanish version of the

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Competition at

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. The university's

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team has been active since 1996, and has won the best delegation award at

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Notable alumni

Among its notable graduates are: *

José Antonio Abreu José Antonio Abreu Anselmi (May 7, 1939 – March 24, 2018) was a Venezuelan orchestra conductor, pianist, economist, educator, activist, and politician best known for his association with El Sistema. He was honored with the 2009 Latin Gramm ...

(orchestra conductor, economist, political activist) *

Milos Alcalay Milos Alcalay (born 8 November 1945) is a Venezuelan diplomat.

(Venezuelan diplomat) * María Teresa Arnal (industrial engineer) *

Ivonne Attas Ivonne Attas (born August 2, 1943) is a Syrian-born Venezuelan telenovela soap opera actress and politician of the Copei party. Attas served as the third mayor of the Baruta Municipality (3 December 1995 - 30 July 2000). She has mostly portrayed ...

(actress and politician) *

Henrique Capriles Henrique Capriles Radonski (; born 11 July 1972) is a Venezuelan politician and lawyer, who served as the 36th Governor of Miranda (state), Miranda from 2008 to 2017. Born in Caracas, he received a degree in law from the Universidad Católica ...

(lawyer and governor) *

María Corina Machado María Corina Machado Parisca (born 7 October 1967) is a Venezuelan politician and industrial engineer who is currently Venezuelan opposition, opposition leader in Venezuela. She served as an elected member of the National Assembly of Venezuela ...

, (engineer, Assembly member, founder of

Súmate ''Súmate'' ( Spanish for "Join Up") is a Venezuelan volunteer civil association founded in 2002 by María Corina Machado and Alejandro Plaz. ''Súmate'' describes itself as a vote-monitoring group; it has also been described as an election-mon ...

) *

Valentina Quintero Valentina Quintero Montiel (born 28 June 1954) is a Venezuelan journalist and environmental activist, explored Venezuela's most emblematic places, hosted radio and television shows and wrote books, diaries, magazines and newspapers. Biography ...

(author, journalist and television hostess) *

Édgar Ramírez Édgar Filiberto Ramírez Arellano (, born 25 March 1977) is a Venezuelan actor. After studying communications at the Andrés Bello Catholic University, Ramírez worked in media and considered becoming a diplomat. When filmmaker Guillermo ...

(journalist and actor) *

Nery Santos Gómez Nery Santos Gómez (Caracas, Venezuela, 1967) is a Venezuelan-American author. Biography Nery Santos Gómez was born in Caracas, Venezuela on August 21, 1967. She currently holds a degree in Industrial Relations from the Andrés Bello Cathol ...

(author)

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Programs

Notable alumni

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