Catholic University of Leuven
Founded 1425 by Bull of Pope Martin V on the initiative of Duke John of Brabant. Collegium Trilingue established by Erasmus 1517. Suppressed 1797 under French occupation and closed during the reigns of Napoleon and William I of Holland. Re-established 1834 as Catholic University by Belgian episcopate. Reorganized 1969 with two divisions, the Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven and the Université catholique de Louvain which became separate legal entities in 1970. The titular head of the University is the Cardinal Archbishop of Malines, it is independent of direct State control but receives a full State subvention.
Funding:
Unknown
Grades 3
Languages 2
Divisions 21
- Agrarian Bio and Environment Ethics Centre
- Arts Faculty
- Bioengineering Sciences FacultyFields of study: Bioengineering, Food Technology, Management, Molecular Biology, Nanotechnology, Natural Resources, Water Science
- Biomedical Ethics and Law Centre
- Business and Economics FacultyFields of study: Business Administration
- Canon Law FacultyFields of study: Canon Law
- Energy InstituteFields of study: Energy Engineering
- Engineering FacultyFields of study: Architecture, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Engineering
- Ethics CentreFields of study: Ethics
- Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Science Faculty
- Labour Studies InstituteFields of study: Labour and Industrial Relations
- Language InstituteFields of study: Modern Languages
- Law FacultyFields of study: Law
- Medicine FacultyFields of study: Medicine
- Pharmaceutical Sciences FacultyFields of study: Pharmacy
- Philosophy InstituteFields of study: Philosophy
- Psychology and Educational Sciences Faculty
- Risk and Insurance Studies CentreFields of study: Insurance
- Science FacultyFields of study: Astronomy and Space Science, Biology, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Environmental Studies, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, Physics
- Social Sciences FacultyFields of study: Anthropology, Communication Studies, Cultural Studies, Political Sciences, Social Sciences, Sociology
- Theology Faculty
Admission details
- Academic year: September to June (September-January, February-June)
- Requirements: Secondary school leaving certificate or foreign equivalent if formally recognized under agreements concluded with the Belgian Government. Other foreign qualifications subject to the approval of the faculty concerned
- Students allowance: Co-ed