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 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.

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.

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