14 Facts About KU Leuven

KU Leuven is a Catholic research university in the city of Leuven, Belgium.

KU Leuven is the largest university in Belgium and the Low Countries.

Catholic University of KU Leuven was founded in 1834 in Mechelen by the bishops of Belgium, after an official Papal Brief of Pope Gregory XVI.

KU Leuven is generally identified as a continuation of the older institution; controversy lays in the fact that the continuation is mainly of a sociocultural and ecclesiastical nature, but cannot be maintained from a purely juridical perspective as the old University was suppressed under French rule.

On 11 July 2002, the KU Leuven became the dominant institution in the "KU Leuven Association" .

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KU Leuven is a member of the Coimbra Group as well as of the LERU Group .

Since November 2014, KU Leuven's Faculty of Economics and Business is accredited by European Quality Improvement System, which is a leading accreditation system specializing in higher education institutions of management and business administration.

KU Leuven is a main hub in Belgium's and nearby country's train network.

KU Leuven station is located in the northeast edge of the city.

KU Leuven has campuses in Kortrijk, Antwerp, Ghent, Bruges, Ostend, Geel, Diepenbeek, Aalst, Sint-Katelijne-Waver, Brussels.

Academics at KU Leuven is organized into three groups, each with its own faculties, departments, and schools offering programs up to doctoral level.

KU Leuven has 24 libraries and learning centers across its 12 campuses, containing millions of books and other media.

KU Leuven scientists have managed to produce a solar hydrogen panel, which is able to directly convert no less than 15 per cent of sunlight into hydrogen gas, which according to them is a world record.

KU Leuven is a member of a number of international university affiliations including the League of European Research Universities, Coimbra Group, UNA Europa, Universitas 21, and Venice International University, among others.