Universidad Católica de Oriente (UCO) is a private Catholic university in Rionegro, Antioquia. Established in 1982, it is accredited by Ministry of National Education. The university comprises eight academic faculties: which are the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Educational sciences, Health Sciences, Economic and Administrative sciences, Social sciences, Law, Engineering and the Faculty of Theology and Humanities.

History

The statutes of the Universidad de Catolica de Oriente date back to 1982, when Monsignor Alfonso Uribe Jaramillo, bishop of Sonsón-Rionegro, founded the Universidad Catolica de Oriente. counting on the support of the Diocese of Sonson-Rionegro. In 1982, it was officially consolidated as a new higher education institution in Rionegro that would include its school, called Monseñor Alfonso Uribe Jaramillo, abbreviated MAUJ, also located in Rionegro.