Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino

Royal and Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas
Regia y Pontificia Universidad de Santo Thomás de Aquino
Active1538–1823
FounderPope Paul III
RectorLast: Bernardo Correa y Cidrón
Location
Santo Domingo 18°27′43″N 69°55′01″W / 18.4620°N 69.9170°W / 18.4620; -69.9170
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Dominican Republic
LanguageLatin, Spanish

St. Thomas Aquinas University (Spanish: Universidad de Santo Tomás de Aquino) was a university in Dominican Republic. It is arguably the first institution of higher education in the Americas. It was founded by papal bull in 1538 in Santo Domingo, in the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, present-day Dominican Republic, although it didn't have the official certification by the king of Spain until 1558. The headquarters of the university was the Church and Convent of los Dominicos. It was closed in 1801 and in 1823, being reopened as a new iteration in 1914, named Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo.

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