Dom Bosco Catholic University

Dom Bosco Catholic University

Universidade Católica Dom Bosco
Coat of arms of the university
Type	Private, non-profit
Established	November 24, 1961
Affiliation	Roman Catholic Church
Chancellor	Dom Bosco
Rector	José Marinoni
Vice rector	Raffaele Lochi
Location	Campo Grande , Mato Grosso do Sul , Brazil
Campus	Urban
Colors	Red and Blue
Website	http://www.ucdb.br

The Universidade Católica Dom Bosco (Dom Bosco Catholic University, often abbreviated as UCDB) is a private and non-profit Catholic university, located in Campo Grande, the capital of the State of Mato Grosso do Sul, in Western Brazil. It is one of the largest and most prestigious Brazilian universities. It is maintained by the Catholic Archdiocese of Campo Grande.

To respond to the concerns of a community eager for knowledge and culture, the Salesian Mission of Mato Grosso do Sul introduced in Campo Grande, in 1961, the first Center for Higher Education of the State of Mato Grosso do Sul, the School "Dom Aquino Philosophy of Science and Letters," with courses in pedagogy and literature, focused on training of educators, mentors and change agents in society of the state. Thus, due to the position and the commitments made to the people of Mato Grosso do Sul, the Salesians have marked their presence and guided its action in order to respond to the concerns and needs of that community.

As a result of this process at work and concrete action, gradually, the Salesian Mission has created new schools: the School of Law, FADIR in 1965, the School of Economics, Management, and Accounting, witticisms, in 1970, the School of Social Work, FASO in 1972 and so on. In subsequent years, courses in History, Geography, Science (Biology and Mathematics), Philosophy, Psychology, and Graduate School, which were gradually integrated into FADAFI, which already had courses in Pedagogy and Literature.

Aiming at the future University, the Salesian Mission requested by the Ministry of Education and Culture, MEC, the integration of schools, with a unified Regiment, arose the United Catholic Schools of Mato Grosso do Sul, FUCMS. A legal source that gave rise to United Catholic Schools of Mato Grosso do Sul was the Opinion No. 1.907/76, approved by the Federal Council of Education, at the Plenary Session of June 6, 1965, judging the MEC Case No. 13.718/75 (cf Document, No. 175, p. 312-313) and its Director General, officially, Fr Joseph Scampini.

From these events, there was the historical confluence of several factors, among others: the importance of the Salesian Mission in better serving the customer, demand for higher education; The purpose of the Salesians in being present, with the University, among the youth of Mato Grosso do Sul and Brazil, living with the rich socio-cultural, political and religious, under the guidelines of the Catholic Church and the doctrine of the educator Dom Bosco, to contribute to the full development of people, in all its potential, as subject and object of history and its continued future.

This meeting of interests is grounded in the explanatory memorandum to the Consultation Letter, drafted by the Coordination of Planning, Evaluation and Research, COPAPE in period 1986 to 1989, based on Federal Law No. 5540/68, Resolution CFE 3/83 and other relevant legal provisions. On December 20, 1989, the Salesian Mission filed, by the Federal Education Council, its Consultation Letter demanding the transformation, by means of recognition, then colleges of nations in Catholic University, under the name Dom Bosco Catholic University.

This Consultation Letter was approved by Opinion No. 000113 on February 21, 1991, and there began "Phase Monitoring Institution," for proof of its maturing academic and administrative staff. By Ordinance No. 1547 of the Ministry of Education and Culture, October 27, 1993, the FUCMS became Dom Bosco Catholic University.

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