How can you organise your life at the university – your academic life but also your cultural life, fitness, social life ... and what services does UCLouvain offer? Language classes, libraries, wi-fi, university restaurants ...
University Life
Academic calendar
For all students except PhD students, who can begin their programmes at any point during the year, and Erasmus students who can begin their programmes in either September or January/February, the...
Internet / WIFI
All students and staff are entitled to a UCLouvain email address and access to computer labs and libraries. Moreover, all UCLouvain accommodations are equipped with a cable television connection...
Libraries
The UCLouvain staff card or the UCLouvain student access card entitles its holder to free access and borrowing privileges at all UCLouvain libraries and learning commons.
Sport
The UCLouvain Sport and Fitness Service offers more than 100 sports and fitness activities as well as modern fitness facilities. Louvain-la-Neuve is home to French-speaking Belgium’s...
Culture
Theatre, cinema, concerts, shows, exhibitions, conferences – cultural activities abound at UCLouvain and throughout Wallonia and Brussels. Each year, UCLouvain features a cultural season and...
University Restaurant Service
The University Restaurant Service (fr) offers healthy, balanced meals designed in collaboration with a nutritionist for maximum benefit to students and staff.
Student activities
The university encourages student involvement in extracurricular activities, whether social, sport, environmental or cultural, and provides venues, equipment and subsidies. Student associations...
Student support
The university cares about its students. This includes physical health and psychological well-being in every context: the classroom, the laboratory, accommodation, social life.
Persons with disabilities
UCLouvain is committed to supporting persons with disabilities to pursue their higher education dreams.
Intellectual property law
Ownership of research conducted at UCLouvain by PhD students, researchers and lecturers is governed by UCLouvain intellectual property and copyright regulations and Belgian intellectual property law.
