International Council of Universities of Saint Thomas Aquinas
January 02, 2023
The International Council of Universities of Saint Thomas Aquinas (Spanish: Consejo Internacional de Universidades Santo Tomás de Aquino) is a world-wide network of universities inspired by the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas. Generally known as ICUSTA, it promotes academic exchange between students, professors and researchers. ICUSTA unites some 23 universities, with over 200,000 students on the five continents.
International Council of Universities of Saint Thomas Aquinas
ICUSTA has as its main mission, to unite all the Catholic universities based on the intellectual, pedagogical and methodologic principles of Thomism, the thought of Saint Thomas Aquinas, in order to create and to integrate university policies. This takes the form of increasing the interchange between students and professors, the development of joint plans between the various institutions and the sharing of information and programs.
History
ICUSTA grew out of a meeting in 1993 between representatives of the University of St. Thomas (Houston) and Universidad Santo Tomás, Chile. They were soon joined by the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum in Rome, and the Universidad Santo Tomás, Colombia. In 1995 in Rome, a second conference was held which was attended by 12 universities. There a permanent international organization was established with bylaws and protocols for the accomplishment of the ICUSTA mission.
In the successive conferences additional members were added. The later meetings were in Manila, in 1997; in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, in 1999; in Rome, in 2001; in Mar del Plata, Argentina, in 2003; and in Barcelona, Spain, in 2005, Australian Catholic University in Melbourne, Australia (2007), and Mary Immaculate College in Limerick, Ireland (2009).
ICUSTA returned to the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomás in the Philippines in 2011 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the founding of this great university in 1611. In 2013, the conference will be held in France at the Catholic Institute of Higher Studies - ICES. In 2015, ICUSTA hold its biennial meeting for the first time in Africa at the University of St. Thomas of Mozambique for the 12th Biennial.
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The International Council of Universities of Saint Thomas Aquinas Spanish Consejo Internacional de Universidades Santo Tomas de Aquino is a world wide network of universities inspired by the thought of St Thomas Aquinas Generally known as ICUSTA it promotes academic exchange between students professors and researchers ICUSTA unites some 23 universities with over 200 000 students on the five continents International Council of Universities of Saint Thomas AquinasAbbreviationICUSTAFormation1993TypeINGOLegal statusAssociationPurposeEducational humanitarian and religiousHeadquartersUniversity of Saint ThomasLocationMontrose Houston U S Membership30 universitiesPresidentHerve Magnouloux President of Catholic Institute of Higher Studies ICESMain organAssembly conferenceWebsitewww stthom edu icusta Contents 1 Mission 2 History 3 Members 4 See also 5 External linksMission EditICUSTA has as its main mission to unite all the Catholic universities based on the intellectual pedagogical and methodologic principles of Thomism the thought of Saint Thomas Aquinas in order to create and to integrate university policies This takes the form of increasing the interchange between students and professors the development of joint plans between the various institutions and the sharing of information and programs History EditICUSTA grew out of a meeting in 1993 between representatives of the University of St Thomas Houston and Universidad Santo Tomas Chile They were soon joined by the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas Angelicum in Rome and the Universidad Santo Tomas Colombia In 1995 in Rome a second conference was held which was attended by 12 universities There a permanent international organization was established with bylaws and protocols for the accomplishment of the ICUSTA mission In the successive conferences additional members were added The later meetings were in Manila in 1997 in Fredericton New Brunswick Canada in 1999 in Rome in 2001 in Mar del Plata Argentina in 2003 and in Barcelona Spain in 2005 Australian Catholic University in Melbourne Australia 2007 and Mary Immaculate College in Limerick Ireland 2009 ICUSTA returned to the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines in 2011 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the founding of this great university in 1611 In 2013 the conference will be held in France at the Catholic Institute of Higher Studies ICES In 2015 ICUSTA hold its biennial meeting for the first time in Africa at the University of St Thomas of Mozambique for the 12th Biennial Members EditLocation University Website Luanda Angola Universidade Catolica de Angola www ucan edu Mar del Plata Argentina Universidad Fraternidad de AgrupacionesSanto Tomas de Aquino FASTA www ufasta edu ar Tucuman Argentina Universidad del Norte Santo Tomas de Aquino www unsta edu ar Buenos Aires Argentina Universidad Catolica Argentina www uca edu ar Sydney Australia Campion College Australia www campion edu au Sydney Fremantle Broome Australia University of Notre Dame Australia www nd edu au Sydney Australia Australian Catholic University www acu edu au New Brunswick Canada Saint Thomas University www stu ca Santiago Chile Universidad Santo Tomas www ust cl Bogota Colombia Universidad Santo Tomas www usantotomas edu co Santiago de los Caballeros Dominican Republic Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra www pucmmsti edu do Addis Ababa Ethiopia Ethiopian Catholic University of St Thomas Aquinas 1 La Roche sur Yon France Catholic Institute of Higher Studies ICES www ices fr Tegucigalpa Honduras Universidad Santo Tomas N A Medan Indonesia Universitas Katolik Santo Thomas www ust ac id Limerick Ireland Mary Immaculate College www mic ul ie Rome Italy Pontifical University of St Thomas Aquinas Angelicum www angelicum org Ehime Japan Sei Katarina Daigaku www catherine ac jp Osaka Japan Sei Tomasu Daigaku www st thomas ac jp Maputo Mozambique Universidade Sao Tomas de Mocambique www ustm ac mz Imo State Nigeria Catholic University of Nigeria N A Lima Peru Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru www pucp edu pe Legazpi City Philippines University of Santo Tomas Legazpi www aq edu ph Manila Philippines Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas www ust edu ph Madrid Spain Universidad CEU San Pablo www ceu es Barcelona Spain Abat Oliba CEU University www uao es Valencia Spain Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera www uch ceu es Lugano Switzerland Faculta di Teologia di Lugano www teologialugano ch California USA Thomas Aquinas College www thomasaquinas edu Ohio USA Ohio Dominican University www ohiodominican edu Texas USA University of Saint Thomas www stthom edu Minnesota USA University of Saint Thomas www stthomas eduSee also EditList of institutions named after Thomas AquinasExternal links EditThis article includes a list of references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations July 2015 Learn how and when to remove this template message ICUSTA official webpage ICUSTA 2013 11th biennial conference El rector de la universidad Fasta visito al rey Juan Carlos I La Capital El diario de Mar del Plata 13 May 2005 about the Barcelona Conference in Spanish Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title International Council of Universities of Saint Thomas Aquinas amp oldid 1069478358, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
