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UCLouvain celebrates its 600th anniversary with its alumni

Are you a UCLouvain graduate? On Saturday, May 10, 2025, join us for a festive reunion. Register now for the Grand Alumni Celebration!

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7 March 2025

UCLouvain and KU Leuven award an exceptional honorary doctorate to the United Nations

On Friday 21 March 2025, UCLouvain and KU Leuven jointly awarded an honorary doctorate to the United Nations for its commitment to peace, human rights, and sustainable development.
28 November 2024

2025 honorary doctors: five individuals honoured at KU Leuven.

On 3 February, UCLouvain and KU Leuven will jointly award five honorary doctorates.
19 December 2024

Towards our 600th anniversary in 2025

To kick off this festive year, we invite you to watch our New Year's video.

A 600-year-old university

On 9 December 1425, Pope Martin V signed the Sapientie Immarcessibilis bull in Rome, marking the creation of the University of Louvain.

In 2025, UCLouvain is celebrating its 600th anniversary on all of its campuses with the help of the entire university community.

On the programme: events, unique initiatives and many new projects, all to the theme of “Since 1425 and into the future”!

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Education at UCLouvain

UCLouvain aims to empower all of its students to achieve educational excellence. Programmes are designed to impart quality education, knowledge and skills.

UCLouvain research

Spin-offs, patents, results, discoveries... UCLouvain, stimulates innovation.

Research

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All about the Bachelor of Geographic Sciences

Interested in geographic sciences? Find out more about the challenges, curriculum, strengths and opportunities relating to this course.

Courses in geography are designed to meet the most important challenges of this century: climate, environment, land management, use of the world's natural resources, mobility... A variety of teaching methods, field activities and support are at the heart of this program at UCLouvain. Find out more!

Discover the university

A university of values, UCLouvain is one of the oldest universities in Europe. It is also the leading and largest French-speaking university in Belgium.