Pontifical Urban University

The Pontifical Urban University, also called the Urbaniana after its names in both Latin and Italian, is a pontifical university under the authority of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. The university's mission is to train priests, religious brothers and sisters, and lay people for service as missionaries. Its campus is located on the Janiculum Hill in Rome, on extraterritorial property of the Holy See.

Pontifical Urban University
Pontificia Università Urbaniana
Latin: Pontificia Universitas Urbaniana (PUU)
Motto
Euntes docete (Matthew 28:19)
Motto in English
Go and teach
TypePontifical university
Established1 August 1627 (1627-08-01)
AffiliationCatholic (Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples)
ChancellorLuis Antonio Tagle
RectorP. Leonardo Sileo, OFM
Location
Via Urbano VIII, 16
Rome
,
Italy

41°53′58″N 12°27′35″E
Websitewww.urbaniana.edu
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