UCLouvain is a comprehensive university founded in 1425. It is located in the center of Belgium and is organized around 14 faculties and schools, 30.000 students, 1.900 teachers, 3.000 researchers and 150.000 Alumni.
Placing 149th in the 2016 QS ranking of the world’s universities, UCLouvain is ranked first among Belgian french speaking universities.
Erasmus, Gerardus Mercator and Andreas Vesalius are among the greats to have graced its halls; it’s where Georges Lemaître formulated his Big Bang theory and Christian de Duve conducted research that won him the 1974 Nobel Prize in Medicine.
At UCLouvain, a digital strategy, set up in 2015, aims to exploit digital capabilities to enhance the creation, dissemination, and diffusion of knowledge. It is based on a three-pronged approach: Open Education, Open Publication, and Open Source.
UClouvain is also a pioneer in the creation of massive open online courses (MOOCs).
