The Central University of Ecuador is a public university in Quito, Ecuador. By institutional lineage it is among the oldest universities in the Americas, with its origin in the 1620 royal charter of the Jesuit Real y Pontificia Universidad de San Gregorio Magno, later merged with the Dominican Universidad de Santo Tomas de Aquino. It adopted its current name by decree in 1836.
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By institutional lineage it is among the oldest universities in the Americas: its origin lies in the royal charter of the Jesuit Real y Pontificia Universidad de San Gregorio Magno (1620)
1. Central University of Ecuador (Wikipedia)
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its origin lies in the royal charter of the Jesuit Real y Pontificia Universidad de San Gregorio Magno (1620)
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