Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Continente:: Europe
Country:: Belgium
Address:: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Oude Markt 13 - bus 5500, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
Web Site:: www.kuleuven.be

About Katholieke Universiteit Leuven:

The Katholieke Universiteit Leuve is a research university in the Dutch-speaking town of Leuven in Flanders, Belgium. It conducts teaching, research, and services in the sciences, engineering, humanities, medicine, law, and social sciences. In addition to its main campus in Leuven, it has satellite campuses in Kortrijk, Antwerp, Ghent, Bruges, Ostend, Geel, Diepenbeek, Aalst, Sint-Katelijne-Waver, and in Belgium's capital Brussels. KU Leuven is the largest university in Belgium and the Low Countries. In 2017-18, more than 58,000 students were enrolled. Its primary language of instruction is Dutch, although several programs are taught in English, particularly graduate degrees.

World University Rankings

	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
World University Rankings	42	59	68	77	64	63	69	50	40	48	54	60	60	68	66	52	46

By Fields

Field	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Agriculture	39	62	87	77	30	81	65	56	67	59	90	89	101	101	101	71
Engineering	35	53	61	57	48	52	50	49	52	67	84	91	103	103	121	164
Life Sciences	68	79	76	79	68	71	58	61	61	60	62	64	70	66	65	52
Medicine	69	61	65	48	55	54	37	36	46	50	50	51	53	55	41	39
Natural Sciences	72	102	103	80	76	120	118	86	93	95	120	134	142	133	127	99
Social Sciences	95	135	78	91	82	69	79	65	73	80	105	80	81	76	79	74

By Subjects

Subject	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Agricultural Sciences	20	30	32	20	18	20	27	30	35	42	49	60	44
Biology & Biochemistry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	58	59	-	69	59
Chemistry	60	50	65	65	63	66	67	83	84	95	93	98	135
Chemical Engineering	87	89	78	70	68	65	53	64	60	74	64	45	62
Civil Engineering	78	54	37	47	52	54	66	83	77	91	86	85	125
Clinical Medicine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	49	54	61	42	38
Computer Science	34	32	26	32	34	42	52	71	78	99	130	156	158
Economics & Business	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	72	61	-	55	66
Electrical Engineering	56	52	46	44	48	53	65	78	80	94	109	105	157
Environment / Ecology	114	120	103	114	108	106	79	111	113	132	-	109	94
Geosciences	240	204	214	226	150	133	144	218	171	155	-	186	142
Immunology	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	101	94	-	90	67
Materials Science	54	55	68	86	89	97	113	122	134	121	119	130	137
Mathematics	53	40	49	38	34	27	34	59	73	97	112	122	103
Mechanical Engineering	30	35	47	41	38	36	35	51	53	53	71	63	103
Microbiology	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	54	62	-	-	51
Molecular Biology & Genetics	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	70	69	-	62	56
Neuroscience & Behavior	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	55	55	-	44	47
Pharmacology & Toxicolog	-	44	46	30	25	24	23	26	33	41	47	54	59
Physics	134	127	177	186	142	168	171	242	301-350	301-350	301-350	292	273
Plant & Animal Science	120	100	103	105	76	85	89	149	150	148	129	154	124
Psychiatry / Psychology	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	37	32	-	31	25
Social Sciences, General	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	93	98	88	97	82
Space Science	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	168	124	-	67	73
Energy Science & Engineering	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	111	102	126
Environmental Science & Engineering	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	128	93	106
Biomedical Engineering	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	49	39	40