An educational approach rooted in humanism
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador is the country’s first private university and forms part of the network of universities entrusted to the Society of Jesus in Latin America. Its academic community contributes, rigorously and critically, to safeguarding and advancing human dignity and cultural heritage.
That purpose unfolds through research, teaching and community engagement, supported by an academic staff that places PUCE among Ecuador’s leading institutions for academic reputation and graduate employability.
Flexible learning, open to the world
It offers a critical, humanistic and flexible education in which each student builds their own pathway and can broaden their degree with complementary learning without interrupting their studies. Its offering is delivered on campus, in hybrid format and online, spanning technological qualifications through to postgraduate study.
PUCE embeds personal development across the whole of its academic work, bringing teaching, research and community engagement together in a single purpose: to train professionals committed to building a fairer, more supportive and more sustainable society.
Areas
of knowledge
This academic institution offers a broad and diverse educational portfolio in fields such as law, medicine and health sciences, engineering, exact and natural sciences, business administration and accounting, economics, communication and the arts, psychology, education, and philosophical and theological sciences.
Its offering brings together undergraduate degrees, on-campus and online postgraduate programmes and technological qualifications, delivered at its main campus in Quito and across the campuses that make up its institutional system.
+27.000
Students
+80.000
Graduates throughout its history
+200
Academic cooperation agreements
#1 in Ecuador
For employability
According to the QS World University Rankings
