Academic staff recruitment
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Joining UCLouvain’s academic staff is about much more than simply securing a post at a university. It’s also about :
- Joining one of Belgium’s leading universities, with an international reputation and covering all disciplines;
- Belonging to a passionate, curious and forward-looking community;
- Working in a stimulating environment where ideas flow freely, research and education fuel each other, and everyone can make a contribution;
- Collaborating with colleagues from a variety of disciplines and developing ambitious projects with a genuine impact on society;
- Benefiting from a rich and diverse range of training opportunities throughout your career, covering the various aspects of academic life (teaching, leadership, PhD supervision, etc.);
- Joining an institution where people really matter, with a particular focus on quality of life at work and work-life balance.
By joining UCLouvain, you will be part of the adventure of sharing knowledge whilst helping to expand it. You will be joining a dynamic, internationally oriented university, where it is a pleasure to work, grow and flourish professionally.

UCLouvain is also:
- A community of over 1,000 academics, who undertake education, research and service roles, as well as an equally large number of visiting academics invited to undertake teaching duties;
- An environment offering extensive support for both teaching and research, including:
- 500 teaching/research assistants;
- 700 researchers;
- 1,000 PhD and postdoctoral research fellows;
- 2,000 administrative and technical staff;
- An institution with a presence at eight sites: Louvain-la-Neuve, Mons, Brussels-Saint-Louis, Brussels-Saint-Gilles, Brussels-Woluwe, Tournai, Namur and Charleroi.
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Annual academic staff recruitment campaign
Every year UCLouvain conducts an academic staff recruitment campaign in which the university authorities, committees and applicants are involved at specific times, per the recruitment timetable below.
The timetable is organised in such a way as to promote the quality of the applications submitted to UCLouvain and to enable applicants to be informed of decisions as soon as possible.