As the university announced on Monday, the rector of the university, Jesuit Father Mark Lewis, received a corresponding decree from Jesuit General Arturo Sosa, which is to come into force on 19 May (Pentecost Sunday).
Around 3,000 men and women from all over the world currently study at the university in the centre of Rome, which was founded in 1551.
According to the decree, new statutes of the university will apply from 19 May.
They include the permanent incorporation of the Pontifical Biblical Institute (founded in 1909) and the Pontifical Eastern Church Institute (founded in 1917) into the Gregorian University.
The two specialised institutes were already run by Jesuits and were affiliated to the Gregorian University as associated institutes; now they will lose their independence.
The
integration is part of a larger restructuring process with which Pope
Francis is attempting to optimise the content and structures of the
Pontifical Universities in Rome.