The first French-speaking university in Belgium, UCLouvain will celebrate its 600th anniversary in 2025. It now welcomes nearly 40,000 students in eight locations in Wallonia and Brussels.
Locations
- 8 locations: Louvain-la-Neuve (main campus), Brussels Woluwe, Brussels Saint-Louis, Mons, Tournai, Brussels Saint-Gilles, Charleroi, Namur (CHU UCL Namur).
Students and staff*
- 38 000 students :
- 23 500 in Louvain-la-Neuve
- 7 000 in Brussels Woluwe
- 4 400 in Brussels Saint-Louis
- 1 200 in Mons
- 750 in Brussels Saint-Gilles
- 570 in Tournai
- 200 in Charleroi
- 6 800 staff members:
- 2 200 academic staff
- 2 500 scientific staff
- 2 100 administrative and technical staff
*Rounded numbers
Studies
- 20 faculties
- 72 bachelor programmes
- 140 master programmes (60 and 120 ECTS)
- 68 advanced master programmes
- 235 continuing education programmes
- 43 MOOCs
Research
- 25 research institutes
- 3 400 researchers*
- 2 400 PhD students*
- 31 doctoral programmes
- 78 spin-offs
*Rounded numbers
Reputation
- 1 Nobel prize for Medicine : Christian de Duve (1974)
- 21 Prix Francqui ("Belgian Nobel")
- 60 ERC grants: 36 Starting grant, 8 Consolidator grant, 8 Advanced grant, 2 Synergy Grant et 1 POC (Proof of Concept)
- 1st French-speaking university in Belgium, 4th comprehensive French-speaking university in the world
- International rankings :
- 170 in the Times Higher Education ranking (THE) 2022-2023
- 195 in the QS Magazine ranking 2022-2023
- 204 in the Shanghai ranking 2022-2023
- 67, and leading Belgian university, in the Times (THE) Sustainability Impact Ranking 2024
Infrastructures
- 2 university hospitals (Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc (Brussels) et CHU UCL Namur), 1 909 approved beds
- 2 science parks, 279 companies
- 4 incubators
- 32 libraries and learning centers
- 2 sport centers (Louvain-la-Neuve and Brussels Woluwe)
- 5 877 accommodations
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Last updated figures: 5 july 2024