Universidade Católica Timorense

Timorese Catholic University
Universidade Católica Timorense
Motto
Educare in veritate ad servire
Motto in English
"Educate in truth to serve"
TypePrivate university
Established8 December 2021 (2021-12-08)
AccreditationANAAA
Religious affiliation
Catholic Church
ChancellorVirgílio do Carmo da Silva
RectorJoel Casimiro Pinto
Academic staff
140 (2025)
Students2,144 (2025)
Location,
8°33′55″S 125°35′00″E / 8.56541°S 125.58346°E / -8.56541; 125.58346
CampusUrban
Websiteuct.edu.tl

St. John Paul II Timorese Catholic University (UCT; Portuguese: Universidade Católica Timorense São João Paulo II; Tetum: Universidade Katólika Timorense) is a private Catholic university in Dili, Timor-Leste. Inaugurated on 8 December 2021, the university admitted its first 491 students in March 2022 and has since grown to an enrollment of 2,144. The first Catholic university in the country, UCT operates under the Archdiocese of Dili with funding from the national government. The university's campus is located in the Balide area of Dili.

UCT comprises four faculties—education, language, and arts; medical sciences; social sciences; and agricultural engineering—offering 22 undergraduate degree programs, along with a MBBS medical degree program. The university has 140 academic faculty, mostly Timorese along with some international faculty. The university is selective, accepting 500 students each year from an applicant pool of over 1,500. UCT is a member of several international academic associations and has partnerships with a number of foreign universities.