University Overview

About Us

Timorese Catholic University (UCT) is a private university that belongs to the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Dili, Timor-Leste, founded in the year of Saint Joseph, 2021, by the Archbishop of Dili through Decree No. 14/2021 of December 6th. The University, which is dedicated to St. John Paul II, was formally launched by the Prime Minister of VIII Constitutional Government His Excellence Taur Matan-Ruak and H.Em Virgílio Cardinal do Carmo da Silva, SDB Archbishop of Dili on December 8th, 2021 based on Ministerial Dispatch of the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Culture no. 166/GM/MESCC/XII/2021 of December 3rd that attributes operational license to UCT.

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UCT Mission

The mission of UCT is to promote the creation, transmission and critical dissemination of science, technology, art and culture through the articulation between teaching, scientific research and extension in various fields with a view to the integral development of the human being and the well-being of the national and international community, in the light of the Christian faith.

We want to be the best teaching and scientific research university in the country, providing education for every human person, moral, spiritual and intellectual, forming the future leaders of Timor-Leste and the world under the auspices of the Catholic faith.

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