University of Sainte-Chloé

Imperial and Pontifical University of Sainte-Chloé

Université Impériale et Pontificale Sainte-Chloé
Latin: Imperialis et Pontificia Studiorum Universitas a Sancta Chloea
Motto	Contemplare et Contemplata aliis Tradere
Motto in English	To Study, and to Hand on the Fruits of Study to Others
Type	Public Pontifical
Established	1543 (1543)
Chancellor	Louis Cardinal Merloix
Vice-Chancellor	Louis Thomas
Provost	Catherine Delacroix
Rector	Reginald Garrigou, OP
Academic staff	1,673 (2022)
Students	23,224 (2022)
Undergraduates	15,344 (2022)
Postgraduates	7,880 (2022)
Location	Port de la Sainte , Capitale , Sainte-Chloé
Campus	Urban
Colours	Yellow and Blue
Affiliations	Roderican Order

The University of Sainte-Chloé (Gaullican: Université Sainte-Chloé), officially known as the Imperial and Pontifical University of Sainte-Chloé (Université Impériale et Pontificale Sainte-Chloé) is a public and Pontifical collegiate research university in Port de la Sainte, Sainte-Chloé. Originally founded in 1523 as a seminary and studium conventuale by the Roderican Order, in 1543 the Pope elevated it to University status, and it recieved an Imperial charter in 1566. It is the oldest university in Sainte-Chloé and claims to be the oldest university in the Asterias, which is disputed with the National University of Saint Isidore in Aucuria. It has been in continual operation since its founding, making it the oldest continuously operating university in the Asterias.

The University of Sainte-Chloé is divided into 12 constituent colleges, governed by a central faculty and university structure. Despite being publicly run and funded, the University since the beginning has been managed and overseen by the Roderican Order, although other religious orders have connexions certain colleges. The University is ranked as the top University in Sainte-Chloé, as as one of the premier educational institutions of the Arucian region. It is considered the parent university to Sainte-Chloé's other universities and a prominent centre of the Holistique movement, and many of Sainte-Chloé's most prominent figures have attended the institution. The University was central to the development of Arucian Football.

Organisation

Central Governance

Although the University of Sainte-Chloé is a collegiate university, the central administration has a great deal of oversight of the major operations and departments of the University. The University's ceremonial head is the Chancellor, which is held by the incumbent Archbishop of Sainte-Chloé, currently Louis Cardinal Merloix. The position is mostly ceremonial, but the Chancellor does still have authority to step in and make decisions. De facto administrative control of the university is overseen by the Rector, with further power shared between the Vice-Rector, Vice-Chancellor, and Provost. The Rector is the general executive of the university, including faculty affairs, instructional oversight, curricular management, and the academic departments of the university. The Rector is always a member of the Roderican Order, as is usually appointed by the Province. The Vice-Chancellor, currently Louis Thomas, is a layman responsible for the funding and financial affairs of the University, and oversees employment, scholarships and fundrasing for University activities as well as new projects and buildings. Most of the business and promotional staff serve under the office of the Vice-Chancellor. The Provost, currently Catherine Delacroix, is in charge of the aspects of student life throughout the university, from managing living arrangements for students, administering discipline, and all aspects of student welfare.

Colleges

The University of Sainte-Chloé, as a collegiate university, is divided in 12 semi-independent residential Colleges. Although these colleges usually have certain rights and perogatives, every college heavily guided and watched over by the central administration, and teaching is carried out by the University proper. Every student and faculty member must belong to a College and may reside in the College, although many do not. Each college is headed by a Master, who in turn reports to the central administration, usually the Rector. Every college is still run by a religious order, and the master of each college being selected from the religious order responsible for it and the general rules and traditions being dictated by the religious community.

The College system initially was connected to various priories of religious communities in Saint Chloe, as the Univeristy also functioned as an educational place for the missionary clergy. In the first few centuries of the University's existence, the school was primarily dominated by Roderican, Franciscan and Jesuit clergy, with non-clerics and other clergy housing in Sacred Heart College. The three colleges remained in place until 1804, when the Benedictines founded St. Boniface College. The success of the Holistique movement in the latter 19th century necessitated the expansion of the University, which saw increasing number of priestly and lay students. With the increasing number of lay students, fewer religious began to reside in the colleges themselves, although some still do.

Each college has the ability to oversee potential admissions, with some having stricter requirements than others, based on the resources and amount of space within a college, the student's interests and state of character. Out of the twelve colleges, 7 are co-educational, although by University requirements men and women cannot share dormitory space, while 5 remain single-sex. All of the Colleges began as single sex, but after 1977 most Colleges began to become co-educational. While most Colleges are made up of both undergraduates and graduate students, Sotirias College is comprised of graduate students, and Notre Dame only accepts undergraduate students. As a general rule, the older schools are smaller in size and have few spaces, which has lead to a tendency for some them, especially Roderic College, to be considered as the "elite" ones. In addition, each college maintains its own chapel, refrectory, and common rooms, unique traditions and residential policies, as well as intermural clubs.

No.	Name	Sex	Founded	Size	Notes
1	Roderic College	Male	1523 or 1578	420	Predates the University, was the name of the original Roderican Seminary and studium conventuale founded in 1523. Officially designated as a College in 1578. Named after St. Roderic, founder of the Rodericans. Although it has ceased being its own priory, it still functions as the studium provinciale of the Roderican Province. The smallest and hardest to get into, Roderic College is generally considered the most elite of the colleges.
2	Bonaventure College	Co-ed	1578	784	College run by the Franciscans. Named after Saint Bonaventure. Originally a Franciscan priory.
3	Sacred Heart College	Co-ed	1578	1,437	College run by the Jesuits. For most of its history it was the college of other clerics and non-clerics until the University's expansion in the nineteenth century.
4	Boniface College	Male	1804	1,234	College run by the Benedictines of Saint Boniface Abbey in Port de la Sainte. Named after Saint Boniface.
5	Sotirias College	Co-ed	1866	2,304	College run by secular clergy. Comprised of graduate level students.
6	Augustine College	Co-ed	1872	2,991	College run by Canons regular. Named after Saint Augustine.
7	Notre Dame College	Co-ed	1884	3,301	College run by the Servites. Comprised of undergraduate students.
8	Michael College	Co-ed	1898	2,480	College run by the Norbertines. Named after Saint Michael.
9	Catherine College	Female	1907	1,842	College run by Roderican sisters. Founded as the first women's college. Named after St. Catherine.
10	Albertus Magnus College	Co-ed	1959	3,767	College run by Rodericans. Named after St. Albert the Great. Largest of the colleges.
11	Monica College	Female	1964	2,689	College run by Canonesses Regular.
12	Aquinas College	Male	2006	1,588	College run by the Canons of Sainte-Chloé. Named after Thomas Aquinas.

Notable Alumni

University of Sainte-Chloé Notable Alumni

Genevieve Chevallier,
Catherine College

Louis Cardinal Merloix,
Roderic College

Raymond Rivière,
Bonaventure College

Charles Saint-Pierre,
Sacred Heart College

 • Charles Saint-Pierre, Philanthropist and founder of the Holistique movement, Sacred Heart College
 • Camille Pétain, first President of Sainte-Chloé and one of the two "fathers of the nation", Roderic College
 • Raymond Rivière, first Premier of Sainte-Chloé and one of the two "fathers of the nation", Bonaventure College
 • Louis Cardinal Merloix, Cardinal and Archbishop of Sainte-Chloé, Roderic College
 • Genevieve Chevallier, current Premier of Sainte-Chloé, Catherine College