Catholic universities: Identity and Internationalization the case of Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

The aim of this paper is to conduct an initial analysis of the links between the Catholic identity and internationalization at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (UCSC) in Italy. In UCSC, both internationalization and identity have been identified as two of the three pillars in the university's recently developed strategic plan. For this reason it is interesting to gain insight into the connections between identity and internationalization, and to explore in what way Catholic identity affects the policies and practices of internationalization at the UCSC.