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Apr 18, 2024 · Almost 600 years of history. Founded in 1425, KU Leuven will celebrate its 600 th anniversary in 2025, making it one of Europe's oldest universities. Our institution has the double honour of being the oldest university in the Low Countries and the oldest extant Catholic university in the world. Learn more about our history.
KU Leuven (or Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) is a Catholic research university in the city of Leuven, Belgium. In addition to its main campus in Leuven, it has satellite campuses in Kortrijk , Antwerp , Ghent , Bruges , Ostend , Geel , Diepenbeek , Aalst , Sint-Katelijne-Waver , and in Belgium's capital Brussels . [3]
KU Leuven is home to a vibrant community of international students and staff members, with 23,8% of the university’s 63,774 students coming from outside of Belgium. Together, they represent over 150 countries, spread across our various Belgian campuses.
The Catholic University of Leuven or Louvain ( French: Université catholique de Louvain, Dutch: Katholieke Hogeschool te Leuven, later Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven) was founded in 1834 in Mechelen as the Catholic University of Belgium, and moved its seat to the town of Leuven in 1835, changing its name to Catholic University of Leuven. [1]
Sep 19, 2023 · KU Leuven will celebrate its 600 th anniversary in 2025, making it one of Europe’s oldest universities. Our institution has the double honour of being the oldest university in the Low Countries and the oldest extant Catholic university in the world. The University that is now known as KU Leuven was founded with the papal bull ‘ Sapientie ...
UCLouvain or Université catholique de Louvain (also known as the Catholic University of Louvain, the English translation of its French name, and the University of Louvain, its official English name) [3] is Belgium's largest French-speaking university. It is located in Louvain-la-Neuve, which was expressly built to house the university, and ...
Catholic University of Leuven, renowned institution of higher learning founded in 1425 in Leuven (Louvain), Brabant (now in Belgium). The university was a unitary entity until 1970 when it was partitioned, based on linguistic differences, into two separate universities.
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