page_title: Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
section_title: Colleges
hierarchical_section_title: Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala / Academic units / Colleges
caption_attribution_description: Español: Edificio T2 de la Facultad de Arquitectura de la USAC
context_page_description: The Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala is the largest and oldest university of Guatemala; it is also the fourth founded in the Americas. Established in the Kingdom of Guatemala during the Spanish colony, it was the only university in Guatemala until 1954.
  The University has had five major transformations:
  Royal and Pontifical University of San Carlos Borromeo: Established during the colony by the Spanish Crown in the 17th century, approved by the Vatican and directed by regular orders of the Catholic Church. After the Independence in 1821, it was called only Pontifical University.
  Academia de Ciencias: a secular institution created during the Central American Federation by the liberal governor Mariano Galvez.
  Pontifical University of San Carlos Borromeo: an ecclesiastical institution run by the regular orders during the governments of Rafael Carrera and Vicente Cerna y Cerna, ratified by the Concordat of 1854.
  National University of Guatemala: a secular and positivist institution divided into colleges of Notary and Law, Medicine and Pharmacy.
  University of San Carlos of Guatemala: a socially oriented secular institution established after the Revolution of 1944.
caption: Architecture College Building
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