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Library Associated institutions Since 1551 at the service of the Church and the World The Library contributes to the mission of the University and is specialised in the different The origin of the Pontifical Gregorian University sectors in which it conducts teaching and research PONTIFICIA dates back to 1551 when Saint Ignatius of Loyola, activities. UNIVERSITÀ together with a small group of Jesuits, established The collection of books amounts to about GREGORIANA in Rome a “free school of grammar, humanities 500,000 volumes, 50,000 of which are available on and Christian doctrine”. This institution was called open shelves. the Roman College and, in 1873, by the will of There are also about 150,000 tomes of the Pope Pius IX, took the name of the Pontifical Periodicals Collection, all of them on open shelves, Our networks Gregorian University. and a great variety of electronic resources that can In 1928, Pope Pius XI wanted to associate the be accessed also remotely. The five reading rooms Pontifical Biblical Institute and the Pontifical can contain up to 332 users. Oriental Institute to the Gregorian University. From that time on the three institutions have cooperated together in teaching and in research, University Publications facilitating the exchange of professors and students as well as access to their libraries. Periodicals: Gregorianum; Periodica de re canonica; Committed to the pedagogical tradition of the Archivum Historiae Pontificiae; Ignaziana. Society of Jesus, the Gregorian University focuses Series: Analecta Gregoriana; Miscellanea Historiae on excellence in studies, complete formation as Pontificiae; Rhetorica Biblica et Semitica; Documenta well as a human and spiritual growth for each Missionalia; Tesi Gregoriana; Interreligious and student. We dedicate ourselves so that every student Intercultural Investigations; Theologia; Diritto Canonico; can be a protagonist of a “Church which goes Philosophia; Spiritualità; Storia e Beni Culturali della forth” and, at the same time, can answer in depth Chiesa; Chiesa e Società. and with spirit of service to the many challenges of today’s world. Among those challenges are integral human development; the scientific and technological evolution; the interreligious dimension of contemporary society; the problems of family; migratory flows; ecology and the care of our common home; safeguarding. As a University entrusted to the Society of Jesus, we accept the exhortation of our Vice Grand Chancellor, Fr. Arturo Sosa S.J., to make Pontifical Gregorian University each university a “source of reconciled life”. Piazza della Pilotta, 4 - 00187 Rome Tel: +39 06 6701.1 For further information www.unigre.it Why study Academic Units Who are our students and at the Gregorian University? of the University where are they coming from? Studying at the Gregorian University offers a • Faculty of Theology unique experience on a human, ecclesial and • Faculty of Canon Law 29,95% academic level, and leaves a mark of universality • Faculty of Philosophy for life. Its international nature, with professors • Faculty of History and Cultural 20,26% 20,54% and students from around 120 countries, makes 18,86% Heritage of the Church the University atmosphere unique. In a multicultural environment, where the centre • Faculty of Missiology 10,39% and the peripheries meet, the Gregorian offers a • Faculty of Social Sciences Degrees • Institute of Spirituality diversified formation in its six faculties, two Diocesan Religious Seminarians Consecrated Lay people institutes and six specialised centres. Our students • Institute of Psychology priests priests can also enhance their curricula with courses from The Gregorian University confers academic degrees • Saint Peter Favre Centre for Formators 0,56% other institutions of ecclesiastical studies in Rome. with canonical value by authority of the Holy See, to the Priesthood and to Religious Life 15,5% The diversity of the academic areas allows the in compliance with the principles of the Bologna • Cardinal Bea Centre for Judaic Studies University to put into action what Pope Francis 45,31% Process, undersigned by the Holy See in 2003. • Alberto Hurtado Centre for Faith and Culture asks of the ecclesiastical universities in the Apostolic The University also has the right to confer its own 15,5% • Gregorian Centre for Interreligious Studies Constitution Veritatis Gaudium : “inter-disciplinary diplomas through its academic units, with • Centre for Child Protection (CCP) and cross-disciplinary approaches carried out with the approval of the Congregation for Catholic n Europe wisdom and creativity in the light of Revelation”. Education. • Ignatian Spirituality Centre 5 CONTINENTS n Americas Finally, living and studying in Rome is not, for Several programmes of study can start either in 116 COUNTRIES us, a simple geographic issue. In the city of Peter the first or in the second semester (October and n Asia and Paul, we are at the heart of the Christian February) of the academic year. n Africa world, in close contact with our history and our The possibility of having a civil recognition of identity. For this reason, the University offers its the canonical bachelor, licence and doctorate 23,13% n Oceania students – seminarians, priests, religious men and degrees is guaranteed by bilateral agreements and women, lay people – an environment under the multilateral conventions, among which: Lisbon sign of ecclesiality, which inspires and shapes Convention (1997), Tokyo Convention (2011), those who are training for a highly qualified Addis Ababa Convention (2014) and Buenos Aires service in their local Churches. Convention (2019), all of them signed by the Holy Total number of students See. in the recent academic years As an ecclesiastical university, the Gregorian University is subject to AVEPRO, the Holy See 2858 Agency for evaluation and the enhancing of 2754 quality. 2697 2645 2596 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020.