Central American University, San Salvador
Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas | |
Seal of UCA El Salvador | |
Other name | La UCA |
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| Motto | Universidad para el Cambio Social (Spanish) |
Motto in English | University for Social Change |
| Type | Private Nonprofit |
| Established | 15 September 1965 |
Religious affiliation | Catholic Church (Society of Jesus) |
Academic affiliations | AUSJAL |
| Endowment | m |
| Rector | Mario Cornejo, S.J. |
Academic staff | 421 |
| Students | 8,993 |
| Location | , El Salvador |
| Campus | Urban, 38 acres (15 ha) |
| Colors | Black, white, blue |
| Mascot | Owl |
| Website | www |
José Simeón Cañas Central American University (Spanish: Universidad Centroamericana "José Simeón Cañas"), also known as UCA El Salvador, is a private Catholic university with nonprofit purposes in Antiguo Cuscatlán, El Salvador. It is operated by the Society of Jesus.
UCA was founded on September 15, 1965, at the request of a group of Catholic families who appealed to the Salvadoran government and the Society of Jesus in order to create a university as an alternative to the University of El Salvador, becoming the first private institution of higher education in the country. The Jesuits also ran Central American University in Nicaragua (UCA Managua), opened in 1960.