Pontifical Lateran University

The Pontifical Lateran University is a prestigious university based in Rome in the extraterritorial area of ​​the Holy See in Laterano. Born from the heart of the Church and located in the center of Rome, frequented by saints and popes in its more than two centuries of history, the Pontifical Lateran University proposes itself today as an avant-garde frontier in education and scientific research.

The origin of the Pontifical Lateran University dates back to Pope Clement XIV, who reunited the Roman Seminary and the School of Theology of the Roman College, entrusting its direction to the secular clergy of the diocese of Rome. This new "institution" (founded by virtue of the Brief Commendatissimam of November 24, 1773) was under the immediate dependence of the Pope, who called it "College, Seminary and University".

Pope Leo XII, returning the Roman College to the Society of Jesus, with the Brief Recolentes animo of 10 April 1824, wanted the Schools and the Seminary to continue in the palace of Sant'Apollinare, which thus became the "Roman Seminary" (for which it was promulgated the Ordinatio Seminarii Romans). Equipped with canonical independence, he had the power to confer the degree of Doctor in S. Theology. In 1828, the one in Philosophy was added.

The Pontifical Lateran University (Pontificia Università Lateranense or Lateranum), also sometimes referred to as the Pontifical University of Apollinaire, is a university by pontifical right based in Rome.

The present Pontifical Lateran University was founded in 1773 by Pope Clement XIV after he had suppressed the Society of Jesus, and officially entrusted the clergy of Rome with the mission to teach theology and philosophy to seminarians from the Roman Colleges.

At the Pontifical Lateran University, you’ll meet young people and professors from all over the world. Among the 4,000 enrolled at our campus, there are students from 105 different countries, and our professors come from 20 different countries. Throughout the world, there are 41 institutes connected to our University.

The University is linked to university Pastoral Institute Redemptor Hominis and the Theological Institute of Assisi. The Theological Institute of Assisi is a training college established in 1971 in Assisi in the structures of Saint Francis sharing the premises of the Sacred Convent with the community of Friars Minor Conventual.

The Institute also has a documentation center. Since 1993, it is attached to the Faculty of Theology at the Pontifical University Lateran, and serves as the academic institution designed to train students in theology. It organizes courses of studies leading to diplomas of Bachelor of Sacred Theology and Licentiate of Sacred Theology, and Franciscan studies for those wishing to be recruited into church office or intending to teach the Catholic religion in schools.

Over 200 teachers from more than 20 countries.More than 40 locations worldwide.A place where one can meet and exchange ideas with students from over 105 countries

Advanced language instruction:-

• Foreign language courses on site or at affiliated centers abroad
• Study of the Italian language and culture
• Study of classical languages, Latin and Greek

Personal attention to each student:-

• Orientation sevices to welcome new students
• Practical diplomatic support available for all students
• Academic accompaniment available through the assignment of a tutor/ student advisor