UCLouvain in a few figures
A multi-campus university 鈥� 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.
鲍颁尝辞耻惫补颈苍鈥檚 reputation is based on:
- 1 Nobel Prize in Medicine: Christian de Duve (1974)
- 21 Francqui Prizes (Belgian Nobel Prize)
- 48听European Research Council grants
- the fourth-ranked comprehensive French-speaking university in the world and top-ranked in Belgium; in the top 1聽% of all universities worldwide; in addition, ranked:
- 158nd overall by the Times鈥� 2021聽THE rankings
- in the 151st-200th range by the 2021聽Shanghai rankings
- 195th by 2022聽QS Magazine rankings
- 6,150听staff members
- 35,000听students (as of June 2019), 54% female, and 19 % international
- 245听programmes聽of instruction, including 45听bachelor's programmes; 190听master鈥檚 programmes including 69advanced master鈥檚 programmes and 31听masters in English; 38听MOOCs on the edX platform; 214听continuing education programmes
- 3,000听researchers, 2,500 research projects per year and 鈧�268听尘颈濒濒颈辞苍 granted for research聽(including 鈧�195 million from external resources)
- 5,737听UCLouvain accommodation units, the largest in Europe, with an average rent of 鈧�300/month
- 2 sport and fitness centres and 103听sports and fitness activities
- 10 libraries containing seating for 3,418 individuals, and a surface area of 22,354 m虏 accessible to the public
- 2 university hospitals (in Brussels-Woluwe and ), 10,606听staff members and 1,909听beds
- 2 science parks (the and the ) and 3 business incubators (the , the , and Activalis): 334听companies, 8,679听jobs and 78听spin-offs of which 64听remain 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 597聽years in the making. The current rector of UCLouvain is Vincent Blondel.