The Federation gathers 240 Institutions of Catholic Higher Education around the World

The Federation gathers 240 Institutions of Catholic Higher Education around the World

A Global Voice for a Common Future since 1924

A Global Voice for a Common Future since 1924

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JULY 2025 - IFCU GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2025

The International Federation of Catholic Universities will organize its XXVIII General Assembly at the Universidad del Valle de Atemejac in July 2025.

17-20 MARCH 2024 - IFCU CENTENNIAL IN AFRICA

Madonna University will host an International Conference in the frame of the Centennial of the Federation and the Silver Jubilee of the University.

18-19 JANUARY 2024 - IFCU CENTENARY IN ROME- The University and the Church: the Future of Catholic Universities

The first event to be organized in the frame of the Centennial of the Federation will take place in Rome in cooperation with the Dicastery for Culture and Education.

20-22 MARCH 2024 - Psychology and the Psychosocial: Understandings in Context

The International Federation of Catholic Universities, IFCU, and the Psychology Program of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Health and Welfare of the Luis Amigó Catholic University, are pleased to invite you to participate in the 8th International Congress of Psychology of the FIUC . Psychology and the Psychosocial: Understandings in Context, between March 20 and 22, 2024 in Medellín – Colombia.

4-6 April, 2024 - ACISE CONFERENCE IN LUBLIN - "Inspiring Trust"

The three-year research project on the educational and anthropological foundations of Educating in Trust – Educating fot Trust which has been led by ACISE gives a unique possibility of research, discussion and scholarly exchange.

NEWS

IFCU Centenary – January 18-19, 2024

On the occasion of the launch of the celebrations of the centenary of the International Federation of Catholic Universities, the International Federation of Catholic Universities is pleased to invite you to participate in the Conference “The university and the Church: the future of the Catholic University”, which will be held on January 18 and 19, 2024.

 

IFCU Declaration on the situation in the Middle East

The International Federation of Catholic Universities strongly condemns the unprecedented outbreak of violence in the Middle East and the violent attacks against innocent citizens. The Federation calls for Peace, tolerance, respect for others, for Human Dignity and International Law.

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Statement by the International Federation of Catholic Universities on the seizure of Catholic universities in Nicaragua

The International Federation of Catholic Universities strongly condemns the seizure of universities by the Nicaraguan government as a grave act of aggression against the freedom, quality and autonomy of education. The recent confiscation of the assets and the attacks against the leadership, faculty and students of the Universidad Centroamericana in Managua destroys a globally recognized pillar of higher education and infringes on the right of access to quality education for thousands of students. This action builds on the previous closure in March of the San Juan Pablo II University in a deliberate attack against Catholic higher education.

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MED 23: Pope Francis at the Mediterranean Meetings

IFCU was represented by its Secretary General, Dr. François Mabille, at the encounter MED 23 at the invitation of H. E. Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline, a longtime friend of the Federation. This year, the Mediterranean Meetings have brought together about 70 Catholic Bishops and 120 young people, aged 20 to 35, from all over the Mediterranean.

Our President welcomed Pope Francis to the campus of the Catholic University of Portugal, of which she is Rector.

On 3 August, Pope Francis visited the Universidade Católica in Lisbon for the Meeting with Young University Students. Thousands of university students from all over the country, “the Pope’s Youth” as they call themselves, listened attentively to His Holiness who urged them to “seek and take risks.”

IFCU Secretary General represented the Federation at the 29th ASEACCU Annual Conference held in Saint Louis University (Philippines)

This Conference was successfully held from Aug 21st to Aug 26th, 2023, in Baguio City, Philippines.and was attended by over 200 faculty, staff and students.

 

VISIT THE NEW ASEACCU WEBSITE!

The Association of Southeast and East Asian Catholic Colleges and Universities (ASEACCU) formed in 1991 and has grown to include Catholic colleges and universities across the regions of East and Southeast Asia. We function as a forum for members to engage in open dialogue, share resources, and reflect on our identities as Catholic institutions. As an affiliated association of the International Federation of Catholic Universities (IFCU), we represent East and Southeast Asian Catholic higher education to the rest of the Catholic world and beyond.

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Seton Hall Hosts International Think Tank Meeting on the Implementation of Ex Corde Ecclesiae

The Catholic Studies working group of the International Federation of Catholic Universities (IFCU) held an eye-opening meeting about current trends in Catholic higher education and opportunities for universities to put into practice the principles explained in St. John Paul II’s Ex Corde Ecclesiae.

Africa Peace and Development Network Webinar – December 6, 2023 – Webinar – Can a Basic Income Grant reduce Violence ? Evidence from Namibia, Kenya and Uganda

Global Peace events take place every Wednesday from 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. East Africa Time (EAT), using the same link, thanks to generous offers from peacebuilders, development professionals, academics, researchers, activists and intellectuals from around the world.

Fifteen executives coming from all around the world participated in our Leadership Program from September 10 to 15, in Rome!

This session focused on the specificity of Catholic identity, including the nature of a Catholic university, the Catholic intellectual tradition, etc. It was also oriented to specific issues in the management, quality assurance and social responsibility of such institutions. The group attended a Papal Audience and had a fruitful meeting with Dr. Antonella Sciaronne, Under-Secretary of the Dicastery for Culture and Education. The Rector of the Pontifical Gregorian University invited our participants for a visit and dinner where Father Armand Puig i Tàrrech, AVEPRO President, had the opportunity to present the work of the Quality Assurance Agency of the Holy See.

PUBLICATIONS

The Future of Teaching and Researching

Higher education has gone through dramatic transformations over the past two decades, and is bound to be altered even more significantly by 2030. Educational technology will evidently continue to play a major role in these changes, but other rising trends will have an equally disrupting impact. This report focuses on how the academic profession will evolve in the new landscape that is dawning for instructors and researchers.

The report offers an overview of this changing landscape, and relies on a number of possible scenarios – each of which prioritizes a selection of key potential transformations in the global economic, social and political environment that may take place by 2030 – to lay the ground for further reflection on how universities and aspiring faculty may best prepare for what already appears as a watershed moment for the higher education sector.

The report is available on the IFCU collaborative platform. Click here

Youth cultures in Catholic universities

IFCU published the Working Document “Towards a better understanding of youth’s cultures and values” (available in English) which takes up, on the one hand, some of the trends that have emerged in recent years with regard to young people, their values, their interests, their beliefs, their attitudes. On the other hand, the document presents the results of the second phase of the global study on young people studying in Catholic universities, as well as a series of key questions aimed at provoking the reader’s reflection.

The Geopolitics of Higher Education

The geopolitical tensions that are now dominating the international landscape had been brewing for years, making it clear even before Russia’s war against Ukraine that the global order was transitioning back toward great-power politics. Higher education has been playing a prominent role in this shifting alignment, as a significant instrument of soft power and vector of global influence – which means that university leaders need to pay more attention to their regional and the global geopolitical environment.

The report is available on the IFCU collaborative platform. Click here

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