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. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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1. Central University of Ecuador (Wikipedia)
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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)
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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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The Central University of Ecuador is a public university in Quito, Ecuador.
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3. Center for World University Rankings: CWUR World University Rankings 2025
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21,462 institutions were ranked, and those that placed at the top made the Global 2000 list.
Wikidata: Central University of Ecuador
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- Wikidata Q1643758, class allow-list match (w-bbfill-education6-0927)
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