Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas | |
 Seal of UCA El Salvador | |
Other name | La UCA |
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| Motto | Universidad para el Cambio Social (Spanish) |
Motto in English | University for Social Change |
| Type | Private |
| Established | 15 September 1965 |
Religious affiliation | Catholic Church (Society of Jesus) |
Academic affiliations | AUSJAL |
| Endowment | m |
| Rector | Mario Cornejo, S.J. |
Academic staff | 421 |
| Students | 8,993 |
| Location | , El Salvador |
| Campus | Urban, 38 acres (15 ha) |
| Colors | Black, white, blue |
| Mascot | Owl |
| Website | www |
José Simeón Cañas Central American University (Spanish: Universidad Centroamericana "José Simeón Cañas"), also known as UCA El Salvador, is a private Catholic university with nonprofit purposes in Antiguo Cuscatlán, El Salvador. It is operated by the Society of Jesus.
UCA was founded on September 15, 1965, at the request of a group of Catholic families who appealed to the Salvadoran government and the Society of Jesus in order to create a university as an alternative to the University of El Salvador, becoming the first private institution of higher education in the country.[1] The Jesuits also ran Central American University in Nicaragua (UCA Managua), opened in 1960.
- ^ "Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas". www.uca.edu.sv. Archived from the original on 2017-10-25. Retrieved 2017-10-17.