ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
The Charter for the Catholic University of Eastern Africa
9A. Functions of the University
Edition: 2023-12-29 · In force
9A. Functions of the University
The University shall—(a)be a centre of creativity and dissemination of knowledge and a community made up of both teachers and learners, which in a rigorous and critical fashion assists in the protection and advancement of human dignity, human-divine values, and of cultural heritage;(b)provide facilities and opportunities to scholars and a forum to promote continuous development of self-awareness of men and women, of their potentials, resources, cultural values and of their environment;(c)be actively involved in confronting and solving the great problems of society and cultures, as a Church organ in her complex task of evangelization;(d)provide a forum and facilities where academic autonomy of each discipline is respected and promoted;(e)be an organ of the Catholic Church in its prophetic mission;(f)provide instruction through teaching and research in an African environment to all those admitted to the University and to make provision for the advancement, transmission and preservation of knowledge both in ecclesiastical studies and other areas of human knowledge and to stimulate academic life in Eastern Africa;(g)prepare the clergy, religious, lay women and men of the Catholic Church as well as people of other religious denominations with a Christian attitude in order to serve the Church in its various institutions and human family at large, in their growth, understanding and solidarity;(h)be responsible for university education within the Catholic Church in Eastern Africa and to work with other appropriate bodies, including ecclesiastical authorities, and to examine and make proposals to the Commission for University Education for new faculties, new departments, new degree courses or new subjects of study, in accordance with the Act, Sapientia Christiana and Ex Corde Ecclesiae;(i)be a centre of encounter and research where the various branches of ecclesiastical studies and of other forms of human knowledge continuously make dialogue or interact for their mutual enrichment in the light of the gospel message and African values;(j)provide facilities for continuing education;(k)collaborate with other institutions of higher learning, particularly with those located in the AMECEA region for the integral development, understanding, and for the promotion of cultures and environmental conservation;(l)be a forum for ecumenical dialogue and collaboration with other Christian denominations and non-Christian theological and religious studies in Eastern Africa, the whole of Africa and the world at large;(m)through the Senate, conduct examinations and through the Chancellor, grant degrees, diplomas and other awards of the University;(n)participate in the discovery, transmission and preservation of knowledge and to stimulate the intellectual, cultural and economic development of the AMECEA region;(o)through the Senate, determine who may teach, what may be taught and to whom it may be taught in the University;(p)without prejudice to Sapientia Christiana and Ex Corde Ecclesiae, admit students without distinction of race, colour, creed, sex or nationality; and(q)perform any other function as the Sponsor shall determine from time to time.