KU Leuven is an international community where innovative research is the basis of all programmes. Driven researchers and curious students are constantly gaining new insights and using their knowledge to tackle the challenges of our time.

About KU Leuven

For 600 years, KU Leuven has been driven by unending curiosity and a search for knowledge.

The result is cutting-edge research that attracts the foremost minds in academia, engages our diverse student body, and ignites partnerships with industry to benefit society as a whole.

A comprehensive and independent university: The full breadth of intellectual discovery is to be found within their walls. KU Leuven is home to 15 faculties offering hundreds of degree programmes. No matter where their students' curiosity leads, KU Leuven reseachers are studying, analysing and pushing the boundaries of that field. All of which is conducted with the ethical rigour and financial resources necessary for true academic freedom.

Research is at the heart of our University: Groundbreaking discoveries in the field, the lab, and the library go straight into the classroom and define their educational offering. From Georges Lemaître's Big Bang theory to their revolutionary solar hydrogen panels, at KU Leuven curiosity is transformed into knowledge.

A timeless university town in the heart of Europe: KU Leuven's main campus is situated in Leuven, at about 30 kilometers from Brussels, the capital of Belgium and Europe. Furthermore, the University has campuses in nine other Flemish cities, including Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent and Bruges.