International Council of Universities of Saint Thomas Aquinas
AbbreviationICUSTA
Formation1993
TypeINGO
Legal statusAssociation
PurposeEducational, humanitarian and religious
HeadquartersUniversity of Saint Thomas
Location
Membership
30 universities
President
Hervé Magnouloux, President of Catholic Institute of Higher Studies – ICES
Main organ
Assembly/conference
Websitewww.stthom.edu/icusta

The International Council of Universities of Saint Thomas Aquinas (Spanish: Consejo Internacional de Universidades Santo Tomás de Aquino) is a world-wide network of universities inspired by the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas. Generally known as ICUSTA, it promotes academic exchange between students, professors and researchers. ICUSTA unites some 23 universities, with over 200,000 students on the five continents.

Mission

ICUSTA has as its main mission, to unite all the Catholic universities based on the intellectual, pedagogical and methodologic principles of Thomism, the thought of Saint Thomas Aquinas, in order to create and to integrate university policies. This takes the form of increasing the interchange between students and professors, the development of joint plans between the various institutions and the sharing of information and programs.

History

ICUSTA grew out of a meeting in 1993 between representatives of the University of St. Thomas (Houston) and Universidad Santo Tomás, Chile. They were soon joined by the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum in Rome, and the Universidad Santo Tomás, Colombia. In 1995 in Rome, a second conference was held which was attended by 12 universities. There a permanent international organization was established with bylaws and protocols for the accomplishment of the ICUSTA mission.

In the successive conferences additional members were added. The later meetings were in Manila, in 1997; in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, in 1999; in Rome, in 2001; in Mar del Plata, Argentina, in 2003; and in Barcelona, Spain, in 2005, Australian Catholic University in Melbourne, Australia (2007), and Mary Immaculate College in Limerick, Ireland (2009).

ICUSTA returned to the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomás in the Philippines in 2011 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the founding of this great university in 1611. In 2013, the conference will be held in France at the Catholic Institute of Higher Studies - ICES. In 2015, ICUSTA hold its biennial meeting for the first time in Africa at the University of St. Thomas of Mozambique for the 12th Biennial.

Members

Location University Website
Angola Luanda, AngolaUniversidade Católica de Angolawww.ucan.edu
Argentina Mar del Plata, ArgentinaUniversidad Fraternidad de Agrupaciones
Santo Tomás de Aquino (FASTA)
www.ufasta.edu.ar
Argentina Tucumán, ArgentinaUniversidad del Norte Santo Tomás de Aquinowww.unsta.edu.ar
Argentina Buenos Aires, ArgentinaUniversidad Católica Argentinawww.uca.edu.ar
Australia Sydney, AustraliaCampion College Australiawww.campion.edu.au
Australia Sydney, Fremantle, Broome, AustraliaUniversity of Notre Dame Australiawww.nd.edu.au
Australia Sydney, AustraliaAustralian Catholic Universitywww.acu.edu.au
Canada New Brunswick, CanadaSaint Thomas Universitywww.stu.ca
Chile Santiago, ChileUniversidad Santo Tomáswww.ust.cl
Colombia Bogota, ColombiaUniversidad Santo Tomáswww.usantotomas.edu.co
Dominican Republic Santiago de los Caballeros,
       Dominican Republic
Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestrawww.pucmmsti.edu.do
Ethiopia Addis Ababa, EthiopiaEthiopian Catholic University of St. Thomas Aquinas
France La Roche-sur-Yon, FranceCatholic Institute of Higher Studies - ICESwww.ices.fr
Honduras Tegucigalpa, HondurasUniversidad Santo TomásN/A
Indonesia Medan, IndonesiaUniversitas Katolik Santo Thomaswww.ust.ac.id
Republic of Ireland Limerick, IrelandMary Immaculate Collegewww.mic.ul.ie
Italy Rome, ItalyPontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum)www.angelicum.org
Japan Ehime, Japan Sei Katarina Daigakuwww.catherine.ac.jp
Japan Osaka, JapanSei Tomasu Daigakuwww.st.thomas.ac.jp
Mozambique Maputo, MozambiqueUniversidade São Tomás de Moçambiquewww.ustm.ac.mz
Nigeria Imo State, NigeriaCatholic University of NigeriaN/A
Peru Lima, PeruPontificia Universidad Católica del Perúwww.pucp.edu.pe
Philippines Legazpi City, PhilippinesUniversity of Santo Tomás - Legazpiwww.aq.edu.ph
Philippines Manila, PhilippinesPontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomáswww.ust.edu.ph
Spain Madrid, SpainUniversidad CEU San Pablowww.ceu.es
Spain Barcelona, SpainAbat Oliba CEU Universitywww.uao.es
Spain Valencia, SpainUniversidad CEU Cardenal Herrerawww.uch.ceu.es
Switzerland Lugano, SwitzerlandFacultà di Teología di Luganowww.teologialugano.ch
United States California, USAThomas Aquinas Collegewww.thomasaquinas.edu
United States Ohio, USAOhio Dominican Universitywww.ohiodominican.edu
United States Texas, USAUniversity of Saint Thomaswww.stthom.edu
United States Minnesota, USAUniversity of Saint Thomaswww.stthomas.edu

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