Catholic University of Petrópolis
| Universidade Católica de Petrópolis | |
Coat of arms of the university
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Other name
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UCP |
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| Motto | Non excidet |
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Motto in English
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Not be extinguished |
| Type | Private, non-profit |
| Established | December 21, 1961 |
| Affiliation | Roman Catholic Church |
| Chancellor | Dom Filippo Santoro |
| Rector | José Luiz Rangel Sampaio Fernandes |
| Vice rector | José Maria Pereira |
| Location | Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colors | Orange and Blue |
| Sports | Football, poker, shot put, launching the disc, javelin, jump |
| Website | www |
The Catholic University of Petrópolis (Portuguese: Universidade Católica de Petrópolis, UCP) is a private and non-profit Catholic university in Petrópolis — the capital of the State of Rio de Janeiro for nine years and the largest city of the highlands of the state. It is maintained by the Catholic Archdiocese of Petrópolis.
Created in 1953, the Catholic University of Petrópolis was the first institution of higher education in the city of Petrópolis. It began with the creation of civil society Petropolitana Catholic Colleges at the initiative of the then Diocesan Bishop Dom Manoel Pedro da Cunha Cintra. The first course offered by the new institution was law, installed in 1954 in a building in the Retiro district. In 1956, with the acquisition of the building where he worked for a long time, one of the finest hotels in the region, the Orleans Hotel, Barão do Amazonas Street, the schools of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters and, later, Industrial engineering were created.
In 1961, the merger of three colleges resulted in the founding of the Catholic University of Petrópolis. The institution was recognized by Decree 383 of December 20, 1961 and published in the Official Gazette on December 21, 1961. The university was formally installed on March 11, 1962 and then experienced a strong expansion with the opening of new courses. In the late '60s, the university purchased the School of Notre Dame de Sion, Benjamin Constant Street used its space for its administration and much of their students. In the new campus, the School of Application was founded; it aimed to provide training field and research for students of the School of Education.
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