Universidad Católica "Nuestra Señora de la Asunción"

The project for the Catholic University "Nuestra Señora de la Asunción" was conceived by the Episcopal Conference of Paraguay and formalized by the Vatican's Holy See and Pope John XXIII as an entity of Superior Education at the end of the 1950s.

In September 1959, the Episcopal Conference reaffirmed its right to create universities, which was recognized by the 1940 National Constitution of Paraguay. The decree of foundation of the university was signed on February 13, 1960. The Executive Branch of the Paraguayan government made its own decree to recognize the creation of the Catholic University: this was the decree N° 9350 followed by the law N°663 by the Honourable House of Representatives. This legal recognition by the state was followed by the Resolution N°284 of July the 19th 1961, which established the relations between the Ministry of Education and Cult and the Catholic University Nuestra Señora de la Asunción.

The University Nuestra Señora de la Asunción has 6 Campuses and 2 Academic Units:

• Campus of Asunción (Central, La Providencia, Santa Librada, Music Conservatory, Guarambaré, Campus de la Salud and Caacupé).

• Campus of Alto Paraná (Hernandarias and Santa Rita)

• Campus of Caaguazú (Coronel Oviedo andCaaguazú)