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August 14, 2019
Eduniversal: two UCLouvain master’s programmes on top of...
UCLouvain's master's degree in actuarial science is once again first worldwide in the 2019 Eduniversal ranking in the 'Insurance, Risk and Actuarial Science' category. The interdisciplinary course in entrepreneurship (CPME) is ranked second worldwide and first in Europe in the...
Click to know more August 08, 2019
Anonymising personal data is not enough to protect privacy
Current methods for anonymising data leave individuals at risk of being re-identified, according to new research from University of Louvain (UCLouvain) and Imperial College London. This research is published in Nature Communications.
With the first large fines for breaching EU General...
Click to know more August 08, 2019
UCLouvain researchers eye Alaska thaw
32°C. This summer saw the highest temperature ever recorded in southern Alaska. What are the consequences for the environment and ice melt? UCLouvain researchers will go to Alaska (15/08 to 6/09) to analyse soil (permafrost) thawing. The mission’s goal is to understand and clarify thaw...
Click to know more July 01, 2019
A bacteria likely to reduce the cardiovascular risks of...
Patrice Cani, professor at UCLouvain, and his team conducted the first pilot study in humans to observe the impact of the bacteria Akkermansia (ingestion for 3 months), particularly on the reduction of cardiovascular risk factors. The results are published in the scientific journal Nature...
Click to know more June 11, 2019
Administrative staff meeting in Paris
Last June, in Paris, representatives of the administrative staff of each university discussed the practical aspects of a "European campus". Creating a European University with a goal of significantly increased mobility and a European Inter-University Campus will require administrative...
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