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The Jesuits (Society of Jesus) in the Catholic Church have founded and managed a number of educational institutions, including the notable secondary schools, colleges, and universities listed here. Some of these universities are in the United States where they are organized as the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities .
The Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU) is a consortium of the 28 Jesuit colleges and universities and three theological centers in the United States, Canada, and Belize committed to advancing academic excellence by promoting and coordinating collaborative activities, sharing resources, and advocating and representing the work of Jesuit higher education at the national and ...
For a complete list of the 175 or so universities and colleges run by the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), see the List of Jesuit institutions. Listed below are only those for which there are Wikipedia articles.
Jesuit college in Bratislava (1628–1773) on the north side of St Martin's Cathedral, now faculty of theology of Comenius University; Jesuit university in Trnava (1635–1773), now University of Trnava and Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist; precursor to Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest; Monastery of Skalka nad Váhom (1644–1773)
Stevenson University (Stevenson, Maryland) – formerly Villa Julie College; founded by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in 1947; renounced affiliation with the Catholic Church in 1967; University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (Newark, New Jersey) – sold by Seton Hall University to the State of New Jersey in the 1960s
Georgetown University was founded by former Jesuits in the tradition of Ignatius of Loyola; it is a member of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. [16] [46] Georgetown is not a pontifical university, though seven Jesuits serve on the 36 member Board of Directors, the university's governing body. [47]
Institutions of higher education in the United States affiliated with the Society of Jesus, an order of the Roman Catholic Church. Subcategories This category has the following 35 subcategories, out of 35 total.
The International Association of Jesuit Universities (IAJU) is an association of higher education institutions run by the Society of Jesus.It was founded in 2018, upon the approval of Rev. Fr. Arturo Sosa SJ, Father General of the society.