UCLouvain in a few figures
A multi-campus university – seven locations, to be exact: Louvain-la-Neuve, Brussels Woluwe, Mons, Tournai, Brussels Saint-Gilles, Charleroi, Namur (University UCL Namur). Check out a UCLouvain location.
±«°ä³¢´Ç³Ü±¹²¹¾±²Ô’s reputation is based on:
- 1 Nobel Prize in Medicine: Christian de Duve (1974)
- 21 Francqui Prizes (Belgian Nobel Prize)
- 48ÌýEuropean Research Council grants
- the fourth-ranked comprehensive French-speaking university in the world and top-ranked in Belgium; in the top 1Â % of all universities worldwide; in addition, ranked:
- 158nd overall by the Times’ 2021 THE rankings
- in the 151st-200th range by the 2021Â Shanghai rankings
- 195th by 2022Â QS Magazine rankings
- 6,150Ìýstaff members
- 35,000Ìýstudents (as of June 2019), 54% female, and 19 % international
- 245Ìýprogrammes of instruction, including 45Ìýbachelor's programmes; 190Ìýmaster’s programmes including 69advanced master’s programmes and 31Ìýmasters in English; 38ÌýMOOCs on the edX platform; 214Ìýcontinuing education programmes
- 3,000Ìýresearchers, 2,500 research projects per year and €268Ìý³¾¾±±ô±ô¾±´Ç²Ô granted for research (including €195 million from external resources)
- 5,737ÌýUCLouvain accommodation units, the largest in Europe, with an average rent of €300/month
- 2 sport and fitness centres and 103Ìýsports and fitness activities
- 10 libraries containing seating for 3,418 individuals, and a surface area of 22,354 m² accessible to the public
- 2 university hospitals (in Brussels-Woluwe and ), 10,606Ìýstaff members and 1,909Ìýbeds
- 2 science parks (the and the ) and 3 business incubators (the , the , and Activalis): 334Ìýcompanies, 8,679Ìýjobs and 78Ìýspin-offs of which 64Ìýremain active
- 2 museums: the in Louvain-la-Neuve and the Couvreur Museum in Brussels Woluwe
The University of Louvain was created in 1425 and has built a rich history 597Â years in the making. The current rector of UCLouvain is Vincent Blondel.