Pontifical Urban University

Pontifical Urban University

Pontificia Università Urbaniana
Latin: Pontificia Universitas Urbaniana (PUU)
Motto	Euntes docete (Matthew 28:19)
Motto in English	Go and teach
Type	Pontifical university
Established	1 August 1627 (396 years ago) (1627-08-01)
Affiliation	Catholic (Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples)
Chancellor	Luis Antonio Tagle
Rector	P. Leonardo Sileo, OFM
Location	Via Urbano VIII, 16 Rome , Italy 41°53′58″N 12°27′35″E / 41.89944°N 12.45972°E / 41.89944; 12.45972
Website	www.urbaniana.va/it.html

The Pontifical Urban University, also called the Urbaniana after its names in both Latin and Italian,^[a] is a pontifical university under the authority of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. The university's mission is to train priests, religious brothers and sisters, and lay people for service as missionaries. Its campus is located on the Janiculum Hill in Rome, on extraterritorial property of the Holy See.
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