In September 1965 the University moved from Turin to Rome and the following year, in October 1966, Pope Paul VI presided over the official inauguration of the new Salesian Pontifical Athenaeum.
On May 24, 1973, with the Motu Proprio Magisterium vitae, the University was elevated to the rank of Pontifical University, organized around five Faculties: Theology, Educational Sciences, Philosophy, Canon Law and Christian and Classical Literature.
On January 31, 1981, on the anniversary of the feast day of St Giovanni Bosco, John Paul II visits the University.
Source: La Storia
