UCLouvain figures
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UCLouvain in a few figures
A multi-campus university – 8 locations, to be exact: Louvain-la-Neuve, Brussels (Saint-Louis Brussels, Brussels Woluwe and Brussels Saint-Gilles), Mons, Tournai, Charleroi, Namur (UCLouvain Namur University hospital). Check out a UCLouvain location.
UCLouvain’s reputation is based on:
- 1 Nobel Prize in Medicine: Christian de Duve (1974)
- 21 Francqui Prizes (Belgian Nobel Prize)
- 68 European Research Council grants
- the fourth-ranked comprehensive French-speaking university in the world and top-ranked in Belgium; in the top 1 % of all universities worldwide; in addition, ranked:
- 184th by the Times’ 2025 THE rankings
- 191th by 2025 QS Magazine rankings
- 218th by the 2025 Shanghai rankings
- 7,000 staff members
- 40,000 students, 57% female, and 19 % international
- 280 programmes of instruction, including 73 bachelor's programmes; 207 master’s programmes including 37 masters in English; 43 MOOCs on the edX platform; 208 continuing education programmes
- 3,636 researchers, 2,500 research projects per year and €370 million granted for research (including €250 million from external resources)
- 6,300 UCLouvain accommodation units, the largest in Europe, with an average rent of €370/month
- 2 sport and fitness centres and 104 sports and fitness activities
- 11 libraries containing seating for 3,418 individuals, and a surface area of 22,354 m² accessible to the public
- 2 university hospitals (Saint-Luc University Hospital in Brussels-Woluwe and UCL Namur University Hospital), 10,606 staff members and 1,909 beds
- 2 science parks (the LLN Science Park and the Seneffe Science Park) and 3 business incubators (the Centre d’entreprises et d’innovation, the Brussels Life Science Incubator, and Activalis): 349 companies, 8,543 jobs and 83 spin-offs of which 73 remain active
- 2 museums: the L Museum in Louvain-la-Neuve and the Couvreur Museum in Brussels Woluwe
The University of Louvain was created in 1425 and has built a rich history 600 years in the making. The current rector of UCLouvain is Françoise Smets.