Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

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Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
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PRESENTATION

• Geographical Situation
• History
• Missions
• Structure
• People
• Education
• Research
• Hospitals
• Association K.U.Leuven
• International

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GEOGRAPHICAL SITUATION
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GEOGRAPHICAL SITUATION
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HISTORY

• 1425 Foundation
• Erasmus, Dodoens, Justus Lipsius, Vesalius,
• Pope Adrian VI
• 1797 Dissolution, French Revolution
• 1835 Foundation of current university
• 1911 First Dutch-language courses
• 1970 Division of K.U.Leuven - UCL
• 2000 575th anniversary celebrations

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MISSIONS

• Education
• Research
• Community service

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STRUCTURE Organizational Chart
Management boards
UZ Leuven (Leuven University Hospitals)
LRD (Leuven Research and Development)
Rector
Vice Rectors
Managing Director
Humanities Group Science, Engineering
Technology Group Biomedical Sciences
Group Kortrijk Campus Education Policy Research
Policy Student Affairs Internationalisation
Managing Director Services
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STRUCTURE - Campuses

• Humanities Group Campus Leuven city centre
• 8 faculties Theology Philosophy Canon Law
  Law
• Business and Economics Social Sciences
• Arts Psychology and Educational Sciences
• Biomedical Sciences Group CampusLeuven -
  Gasthuisberg
• 3 faculties Medicine Pharmaceutical Sciences
  Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences

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STRUCTURE - Campuses

• Science, Engineering Technology Group Campus
  Heverlee - Arenberg
• 3 faculties Exact Sciences Engineering
  Bioscience Engineering
• Kortrijk Campus
• Subfaculties Business and Economics
  Medicine Arts Psychology and Educational
  Sciences Law Exact Sciences
• - Number of students 2008-2009 1133

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PEOPLE - Staff

• 17.794 staff members as of February 1, 2008
• K.U.Leuven 9.133 staff members
• 4.926 female, 4.207 male
• 6.966 full time, 2.167 part time
• 784 assistant academic staff
• 1.454 professors
• 3.973 OWP (Overig Wetenschappelijk Personeel)
• 2.922 administrative and technical staff
• University Hospital Leuven 8.661 staff members

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PEOPLE - Students

• Academic Year 2008-2009 34.840 students
• 7.847 first-year students, of whom 5380 are
  generation students
• about 55 female students
• about 88 Belgians, 6 EU students, and 6
  non-EU students
• Student Affairs
• Study Advisory Centre, Housing Services, Alma
  student restaurants, Social Service, Medical and
  Psychotherapeutic Centres, Student Job Service
• Broad offering of sports (75 sorts), and
  culture (free UUR KULtUUR, Stuk, Depot etc.)
• Free public transportation in Leuven
• University Parish

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PEOPLE - Students

• Alumni Lovanienses vzw coordinates 31 faculty
  alumni organizations.
• Membership as of 2009 totals 29.000 graduates, or
  24 of all K.U.Leuven graduates.
• Missions
• Keeping alumni abreast of K.U.Leuvens
  scientific, educational, cultural, and social
  activities
• Networking

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EDUCATION

• Academic education supported by high-quality
  scientific research
• Bachelors-masters structure, semester system,
  flexibilization through the credit system
• Electronic learning platform Toledo
• Guided self-study
• Quality follow-up and development
• Education Policy Plan
• Educationally-Directed Development and
  Implementation Projects (OOI)
• Educational Development Fund (OOF)

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RESEARCH

• Scientific research as the basis of academic
  education
• 530 doctorates in 2008-2009, of which 151 were by
  international students
• Research funds in 2008 EUR 259 million
• Growth in
• Special Research Fund (BOF)
• K.U.Leuven Research Development (K.U.Leuven
  RD)
• Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (National
  Fund for Scientific Research) (FWO)
• 1979-2008 Establishment of 84 spin-offs, of
  which 74 still active in december 2008
• Centre of excellence
• 2006 development of the Industrial Research Fund
  (IOF)

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RESEARCH
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RESEARCH
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UZ LEUVEN (LEUVEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS)

• Gasthuisberg Campus
• Sint-Pieter and Sint-Rafaël Campus
• Pellenberg and Lubbeek Campus
• Functions
• World-class scientific and clinical-scientific
  research
• Academic education
• Key function in tertiary health care (serious
  pathologies)
• Regional hospital for Leuven and surroundings

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Cooperation with 12 Flemish technical colleges
and K.U.BrusselReach about 80,000 students
ASSOCIATION K.U.LEUVEN

• Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel
• Groep T Leuven Hogeschool
• Hogeschool Sint-Lukas Brussel
• Hogeschool voor Wetenschap Kunst
• Katholieke Hogeschool Brugge-Oostende
• Katholieke Hogeschool Kempen
• Katholieke Hogeschool Leuven
• Katholieke Hogeschool Limburg
• Katholieke Hogeschool Mechelen
• Katholieke Hogeschool Sint-Lieven
• Katholieke Hogeschool Zuid-West-Vlaanderen
• Lessius Hogeschool

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INTERNATIONAL

• K.U.Leuven is member of
• League of European Research Universities (LERU)
• Coïmbra Group
• Participates in
• Erasmus and Socrates programmes for students
• International exchange of researchers
• North-South dialogue and cooperation
• Growing cooperation with sister-university
  Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL)
• Has 15 central bilateral accords with foreign
  universities