Higher Institute of Canon Law

The Higher Institute of Canon Law, belonging to the network of ecclesiastic universities and faculties - in Europe there are more than one hundred and fifty higher education institutions - and to the community of forty-two university institutions for teaching Canon Law, was canonically erected by the Holy See in 2004 as an institute ad instar facultatis, succeeding the center of canonical studies founded in 1986 at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa.