Pontifical Xavierian University
（重定向自Javeriana）
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![A hall in the second floor of the library.](/Images/godic/202501/21/Pontifical_Xavierian_University_library5422.jpg")
The Pontifical Xavierian University (in Spanish La Pontificia Universidad Javeriana) is a private higher education institution founded in 1623. It is one of the oldest, most traditional, and prestigious Colombian universities, directed by the Society of Jesus, with its main facilities in Bogotá and a second campus in Cali. "La Javeriana", as it is known by its students, has traditionally educated the Colombian elite, and it is one of the 28 universities entrusted to the Society of Jesus in Latin America and one of 114 around the world.