Affiliations, Aggregations, Incorporations, and HIRSs
The Holy See allows ecclesiastical faculties to award degrees through other institutions around the world. These relationships are called Affiliations (for the conferral of the Baccalaureate degree), Aggregations (for the Baccalaureate and Licentiate degrees), Incorporations (for the Licentiate and Doctorate degrees), and Sponsorship of Higher Institutes of Religious Sciences (for the Baccalaureate and Licentiate degrees in religious sciences). Thus, seminaries, houses of studies, and other institutions around the world are able to confer Angelicum degrees through this system.
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A Worldwide Impact
Currently, our Faculties are connected to 16 institutes in 9 different countries that are granting Angelicum degrees, with several applications currently under review. Many of the institutes are houses of studies of the Dominican Order, which look to the Angelicum as an academic point of reference. At the same time, several other institutes are not Dominican, either run by other orders or diocesan seminaries that recognize the quality of an Angelicum education, rooted in the Thomistic tradition.
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