Catholic University of Leuven (KULeuven)
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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
- Language InstituteFields of study: Modern Languages
- Engineering FacultyFields of study: Chemical Engineering, Architecture, Electronic Engineering, Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering
- Arts FacultyFields of study: Latin American Studies, Musicology, European Studies, American Studies, Archaeology, Linguistics, Fine Arts, Modern Languages, Literature, Arts and Humanities
- Agrarian Bio and Environment Ethics Centre
- Biomedical Ethics and Law Centre
- Ethics CentreFields of study: Ethics
- Risk and Insurance Studies CentreFields of study: Insurance
- Bioengineering Sciences FacultyFields of study: Nanotechnology, Water Science, Bioengineering, Molecular Biology, Natural Resources, Food Technology, Management
- Business and Economics FacultyFields of study: Business Administration
- Canon Law Faculty
- Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Science Faculty
- Law FacultyFields of study: Law
- Medicine FacultyFields of study: Medicine
- Pharmaceutical Sciences FacultyFields of study: Pharmacy
- Psychology and Educational Sciences Faculty
- Science FacultyFields of study: Astronomy and Space Science, Earth Sciences, Natural Sciences, Environmental Studies, Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics
- Social Sciences FacultyFields of study: Anthropology, Cultural Studies, Sociology, Communication Studies, Social Sciences, Political Sciences
- Theology Faculty
- Energy InstituteFields of study: Energy Engineering
- Labour Studies InstituteFields of study: Labour and Industrial Relations
- Philosophy InstituteFields of study: Philosophy
Requirements
- Admission details: 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
Short online courses 23
- Artistic Research in Music – an Introduction
- As above, so below: An introduction to soils, ecosystems and livelihoods in the Tropics
- Beer: the science of brewing
- Creating a Digital Cultural Heritage Community
- Data Analytics in Health – From Basics to Business
- Energy Systems Integration: A Trend or a Revolution?
- Enhancing Catholic School Identity
- Euro Noir: Transcultural Identities in European Popular Crime Narratives
- Europeana Space: Creative with Digital Heritage
- Existential Well-being Counseling: A Person-centered Experiential Approach
- How to analyze a microbiome
- Introduction to Metal Additive Manufacturing (AM) Technology
- Irrigation Efficiency: more food with less water
- Mathematics for (starting) students
- Mentoring engineers with impact
- Rule of Law and Democracy in Europe
- The EU and Human Rights
- The Great War and Modern Philosophy
- The UN Sustainable Development Goals: an Interdisciplinary Academic Introduction
- Trends in e-Psychology
- UML Class Diagrams for Software Engineering
- Vaccines: from smallpox to technologies of the future
- Web Security Fundamentals
