BRIEF HISTORY
The Catholic University of Angola (UCAN) is an Institution of the Church, authorised by Decree of the Ministries Cabinet, n.38-A/92, 7th August 1992 and was created by Catholic Bishops' Conference of Angola and S.Tomé (CEAST) on 29th October 1997 to help the education of the Angolan people.

UCAN corresponds to CEAST's desire of promoting in Angola a Centre of Universtiy Studies, that upgrades an extensive and deep work of research and of formation in Human Sciences, Exact Sciences, Biological Sciences, contributing in conformity of Christian values, for development and growth of the Angolan nation. UCAN does not mean exclusion of anyone by religious reasons. It means only that the university will seek to ensure an integral formation, that is not only technical and scientifc, but also ruled by Christian Humanism.

LOCATION OF UCAN
UCAN is presently located at the Northeast wing of the St. Clunny School (Luanda), Nossa Senhora da Muxima Street, 29.

OBJECTIVES OF UCAN
UCAN behaves as a Church mission, and has as attributions:

• Support to creation and cultural diffusion, in intellectual, artistic, moral and spiritual olans, as tools of integral human achievement, insured in christian worths.

• The promotion of graduates to the civil society, by a scientific and professional, up-dated and a deontological education, as justice demands.

• The creation of a communitarian circle propitious to harmonius of students' personality upgrowth and the comprehension and collaboration between all the members of God's body.

• The education and permanent formation, in particular of the students.

• The realisation of extension's university activities and of support to community.

• The full integration in the Angolan Community, through the study of problems and in sense to contribute to the development and progress, to protect the Angolan cultural identity.

• The education at the Catholic University of Angola is directed to render aid to students of consistent knowledge and up-dated of each subject, to offer to the student an adequate basic scientific formation, as well capacity, through the apprenticeship of scientific methods, to learn and create new knowledge, to develop within students the spirit of objectivity and the capacity of good critical good sense.