Universite Catholique de Louvain

Continente:: Europe
Country:: Belgium
Address:: Université catholique de Louvain, Place de l'Université 1, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Web Site:: www.uclouvain.be

About Universite Catholique de Louvain:

The Université catholique de Louvain (UCL) is Belgium's largest French-speaking university. It is located in Louvain-la-Neuve, which was expressly built to house the university, and Brussels, Charleroi, Mons and Tournai. From September 2018 onwards, the university will be called UCLouvain in the context of a merger with Saint-Louis University, Brussels. The University of Louvain (Universitas Lovaniensis) was founded at the centre of the historic town of Leuven (or Louvain) in 1425, making it the first university in Belgium and the Low Countries. After being closed in 1797 during the Napoleonic period, the Catholic University of Leuven was "re-founded" in 1834, and is frequently, but controversially, identified as a continuation of the older institution. In 1968 the Catholic University of Leuven split into the Dutch-language Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, which stayed in Leuven, and the French-language Université catholique de Louvain, which moved to Louvain-la-Neuve in Wallonia, 30 km southeast of Brussels. Since the 15th century, Leuven/Louvain, as it is still often called, has been a major contributor to the development of Catholic theology.

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Agriculture	161	204	228	215	177	180	232	238	261	270	242	227	250	301-350	351-400	291	277	301-350
Engineering	178	161	244	216	206	228	257	-	-	351-400	301-350	351-400	351-400	451-500	451-500	-	-	-
Life Sciences	166	175	190	186	185	201	212	226	237	242	223	230	286	301-350	351-400	301-350	301-350	301-350
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Natural Sciences	266	269	290	251	252	239	246	-	-	401-450	301-350	298	301-350	301-350	301-350	271	268	297
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Chemical Engineering	196	277	-	250	294	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	351-400	401-450
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Clinical Medicine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	173	184	188	201	208	208	224
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Economics & Business	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	169	213	235	273	256	253	301-350
Electrical Engineering	-	178	-	245	-	-	301-350	351-400	301-350	301-350	401-450	401-450	401-450	401-450	451-500
Environment / Ecology	206	200	158	241	296	253	-	277	240	246	273	293	-	257	301-350
Geosciences	191	214	211	211	248	274	-	258	192	173	236	257	213	216	228
Immunology	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	161	205	223	241	205	248	201
Materials Science	208	215	296	270	252	282	301-350	351-400	301-350	301-350	351-400	351-400	301-350	301-350	401-450
Mathematics	105	151	177	154	170	221	207	219	215	230	283	245	264	283	301-350
Mechanical Engineering	168	135	217	173	226	221	203	-	218	-	-	-	-	-	-
Microbiology	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	263	282	282	275	274	281	259
Molecular Biology & Genetics	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	286	-	-	-	-	-	301-350
Neuroscience & Behavior	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	216	201	203	247	241	249	271
Pharmacology & Toxicolog	-	124	111	112	109	120	118	88	92	118	128	172	170	268	295
Physics	300	268	267	268	-	-	401-450	301-350	261	278	238	257	224	237	236
Plant & Animal Science	251	249	229	267	204	256	-	271	243	240	278	229	-	243	267
Psychiatry / Psychology	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	191	205	240	284	223	235	224
Social Sciences, General	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	254	232	351-400	351-400	285	301-350	351-400
Space Science	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	271	288	-	243	257	241	264
Energy Science & Engineering	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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