Saint Thomas Aquinas University
Encyclopedia
Saint Thomas University is a Roman Catholic university
located in Bogotá
, Colombia
. It is the oldest Colombian university, founded in 1580 by the Dominican Order
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La Universidad Santo Tomás is a catholic private institution of higher education, founded on June 13th 1580, rebuilt and directed by the Dominican Preachers Order, non profit organization.
It offers the service of higher Education at its headquarters in Bogota and the branches of Bucaramanga, Tunja, Medellin, and its regional centers of the OPEN and At DISTANCE modalities in many other cities throughout the country.
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
located in Bogotá
Bogotá
Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...
, Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
. It is the oldest Colombian university, founded in 1580 by the Dominican Order
Dominican Order
The Order of Preachers , after the 15th century more commonly known as the Dominican Order or Dominicans, is a Catholic religious order founded by Saint Dominic and approved by Pope Honorius III on 22 December 1216 in France...
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La Universidad Santo Tomás is a catholic private institution of higher education, founded on June 13th 1580, rebuilt and directed by the Dominican Preachers Order, non profit organization.
MISSION
The mission of the University, inspired by the humanist thought and Christian belief of Saint Thomas Aquinas, consists of promoting the integral formation of people, in the field of higher education, by means of actions and processes of teaching-learning, investigation and social projection, so that they respond in an ethical, creative and critical manner to the demands of human life and be able to contribute to the solutions to problems and needs of society and the country.It offers the service of higher Education at its headquarters in Bogota and the branches of Bucaramanga, Tunja, Medellin, and its regional centers of the OPEN and At DISTANCE modalities in many other cities throughout the country.