Ukrainian Catholic University

Ukrainian Catholic University
Український Католицький Університет
Motto in English
Witness, Serve, Communicate
TypePrivate, Eastern Catholic
Established6 October 1929 (1929-10-06)
September 1994 (re-established)
ChancellorMajor Archbishop Dr. Sviatoslav Shevchuk
PresidentBishop Dr. Borys Gudziak
RectorDr. Taras Dobko
Academic staff
300
Students2,300
Location,
Ukraine

49°49′23″N 24°02′15″E / 49.82306°N 24.03750°E / 49.82306; 24.03750
Websitewww.ucu.edu.ua

The Ukrainian Catholic University (Ukrainian: Український католицький університет, romanizedUkrainskyi katolytskyi universytet) is a Catholic university in Lviv, Ukraine, affiliated with the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. The Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU) was the first Catholic university to open on the territory of the former Soviet Union.[1] The university frequently has the highest external independent evaluation scores of any Ukrainian university.[2] and 2023,[3]

The Ukrainian Catholic University is the successor to the Greek Catholic Theological Academy, which was created in 1928 by metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky in the city of Lviv, then under the Second Polish Republic. The academy's first rector was Josyf Slipyj. In 1994, the original school was recreated under the name of the Lviv Theological Academy, and on 28 June 2002, the Ukrainian Catholic University was formally refounded.[4]

  1. ^ (in English) "History of the Ukrainian Catholic University." Ukrainian Catholic University official website. URL accessed 5 November 2006
  2. ^ "Вступ.ОСВІТА.UA: Найбільший бал НМТ на контракт 2022". 7 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Вступ.ОСВІТА.UA: Найбільший бал НМТ на контракт 2022". 7 April 2024.
  4. ^ (in Ukrainian) "History of the Ukrainian Catholic University." Ukrainian Catholic University official website. URL accessed 5 November 2006