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KU Leuven (or Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) [a] [2] is a Catholic research university in the city of Leuven, Belgium . 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. [3]
KU Leuven is a comprehensive and independent university with 15 faculties offering hundreds of degree programmes in various fields. It is ranked among the top 100 in the world and has a global network of partners and campuses in Europe.
The Catholic University of Leuven or Louvain (French: Université catholique de Louvain, Dutch: Katholieke Hogeschool te Leuven, later Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven) was founded in 1834 in Mechelen as the Catholic University of Belgium, and moved its seat to the town of Leuven in 1835, changing its name to Catholic University of Leuven.
Catholic University of Leuven, renowned institution of higher learning founded in 1425 in Leuven (Louvain), Brabant (now in Belgium ). The university was a unitary entity until 1970 when it was partitioned, based on linguistic differences, into two separate universities.