University of Saint Francis Xavier
- University of Saint Francis Xavier
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name =Royal and Pontificial Major University of Saint Francis Xavier of Chuquisaca
native_name =Universidad Mayor Real y Pontificia de San Francisco Xavier de Chuquisaca
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established =March 27, 1624
type =Public University
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city =Sucre
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country =Bolivia
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website = http://www.usfx.info/edif/
The Royal and Pontificial Major University of Saint Francis Xavier of Chuquisaca is a public university in Sucre Bolivia. It is one of the oldest universities of the new world, ranking in as the second oldest university in the Americas, behind Peru's National University of San Marcos. Founded in 1624 by order of the Spanish King Philip IV and the support of Pope Innocent XII, the university was aimed to provide an education in Law and Theology to the families of the rich noblemen established in South America and their descendents.
The Royal and Pontificial Major University of Saint Francis Xavier of Chuquisaca is older than Harvard which oldest official reference as a university occurs only in 1780.
Chuquisaca and its university became at the beginnings of the 19th century the main focus of independency ideals among its cultivated and Francophile elite which led to the independence war and ultimately to the independence of all the Spanish colonies. Once the republic proclaimed by Simon Bolivar the university became the main university of the new country. Until the first decades of the 20th century its law faculty remained famous all across South America.
ee also
* List of universities in Bolivia
External links
* Official Website [http://www.usfx.info/edif/index.php]
* Fundacion de la Universidad San Francisco Xavier de Chuquisaca [http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Falls/4737/Universidad/univ_fund.html]
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