Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain) 

IAU-019519

IAU Member

Belgium - French Community

top General Information

Address

Street:Place de l'Université, 1

City:Louvain-la-Neuve

Post Code:1348

WWW:https://uclouvain.be

Other Sites

Bruxelles Woluwe, Mons, Tournai, Bruxelles St-Gilles, and Charleroi campus locations

Institution Funding

Public

History

Founded 1425, UCL is one of the oldest universities in the world. Erasmus, Jansenius, Vesalius, Mercator, Georges Lemaître worked or taught at the UCL. In 1970, separation into two distinct universities, the Flemish-speaking one remained on the original site in Leuven. The French-speaking University moved to Wallonia (Louvain-la-Neuve). The faculty of Medicine moved to Brussels. Merged with Université Saint-Louis - Bruxelles (IAU-019835) which became a campus of UCL.

Academic Year

September to July (September-February; February-July)

Admission Requirements

Secondary school certificate and entrance examination, or foreign qualifications if recognized under agreement concluded with the Belgian Government. Other foreign qualifications subject to the approval of the faculty concerned

Language(s)

French

Accrediting Agency

Wallonia-Brussels Federation (Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles)

Religious Affiliation

Christian

Student Body

co-ed

top Officers

Head : Vincent Blondel

Job title:Rector

Years of office:2014-


Senior Administrative Officer : Alexia Autenne

Job title:Director General


International Relations Officer : Dana Samson

Job title:Pro-Rector, International Relations

top Divisions

Campus : Bruxelles Saint-Gilles

Fields of study:Architecture, Town Planning

More details:Rue Henri Wafelaerts 47 - 1060, Saint-Gilles


Campus : Bruxelles Woluwe

Fields of study:Biomedicine, Dentistry, Medicine, Pharmacy, Public Health

More details:Avenue Emmanuel Mounier 50 - 1200, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert


Campus : Charleroi

Fields of study:Administration, Management

More details:Boulevard Emile Devreux 6 - 6000, Charleroi


Campus : Louvain-la-Neuve

Fields of study:Administration, Ancient Civilizations, Archaeology, Architecture, Art History, Arts and Humanities, Behavioural Sciences, Biology, Building Technologies, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Chinese, Civil Engineering, Classical Languages, Communication Studies, Crop Production, Cultural Studies, Data Processing, Dutch, Earth Sciences, Economics, Educational Sciences, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Electronics and Automation, Energy Engineering, English, Environmental Studies, Ethics, Food Science, French, German, Greek, History, Information Technology, Italian, Journalism, Latin, Law, Linguistics, Literature, Management, Marketing, Materials Engineering, Mathematics, Mechanics, Medieval Studies, Modern Languages, Musicology, Oriental Languages, Performing Arts, Philosophy, Political Sciences, Psychology, Rehabilitation and Therapy, Religion, Romance Languages, Social Studies, Social Work, Sociology, Software Engineering, Sports, Statistics, Teacher Training, Theology, Town Planning, Veterinary Science

More details:Place de l'Université 1 - 1348, Ottignies-Louvain-La-Neuve


Campus : Mons

Fields of study:Administration, Advertising and Publicity, Business Administration, Communication Studies, Demography and Population, Development Studies, Economics, Journalism, Management, Marketing, Political Sciences, Social Sciences

More details:Chaussée de Binche 151 - 7000, Mons


Campus : Namur

Fields of study:Biology, Biotechnology, Building Technologies, Civil Engineering, Cultural Studies, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electronics and Automation, Social Studies, Teacher Training

More details:Rue de Bruxelles 61 - 5000, Namur


Campus : Saint-Louis Bruxelles

Fields of study:Anthropology, Economics, European Studies, French, German, History, Human Rights, Information Sciences, Law, Management, Philosophy, Political Sciences, Public Law, Romance Languages, Sociology, Translation and Interpretation


Campus : Tournai

Fields of study:Architecture, Regional Planning, Structural Architecture, Town Planning

More details:Rue du Glategnies 6 - 7500, Tournai

top Degrees

Bachelier (enseignement supérieur de type court)


Bachelier (enseignement universitaire et enseignement supérieur de type long)


Master

Fields of study:Administration, Advertising and Publicity, Anthropology, Archaeology, Architecture, Biology, Building Technologies, Business and Commerce, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Civics, Civil Engineering, Criminology, Crop Production, Cultural Studies, Data Processing, Demography and Population, Dentistry, Development Studies, Earth Sciences, Economics, Educational Sciences, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electronics and Automation, Energy Engineering, Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Studies, Ethics, Food Science, Food Technology, Health Sciences, History, Human Resources, Journalism, Law, Linguistics, Literature, Management, Marketing, Materials Engineering, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Medicine, Music, Performing Arts, Pharmacy, Philology, Physics, Political Sciences, Psychology, Public Administration, Rehabilitation and Therapy, Religion, Social Work, Sociology, Software Engineering, Sports, Statistics, Teacher Training, Theology, Town Planning


Master de spécialisation


Doctorat

Fields of study:Archaeology, Architecture, Art History, Civil Engineering, Communication Studies, Computer Science, Economics, Education, History, Management, Natural Sciences, Philosophy, Physical Therapy, Political Sciences, Psychology, Social Sciences, Translation and Interpretation, Veterinary Science

top Academic Periodicals

Periodicals

La Lucarne

Louvain medical

Revue Louvain

Main Press

Presses universitaires de Louvain

Updated on 28-09-2023