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The Université catholique de Louvain, sometimes known as UCL, is Belgium
Belgium

* A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
's largest French
French language

French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
-speaking university
University

A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education....
, and a successor institution to the oldest university in the Low Countries
Low Countries

The Low Countries, the historical region of de Nederlanden, are the country on low-lying land around the river delta of the Rhine, Scheldt, and Meuse River rivers....
. It is located in Louvain-la-Neuve
Louvain-la-Neuve

Louvain-la-Neuve, an example of the "automobile under" type of New Pedestrianism, is a planned city in the municipality of Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium....
 and in Brussels
Brussels

Brussels , officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is the de facto capital city of the European Union and the largest urban area in Belgium....
. It has full university status.

History
The Catholic University of Leuven
Catholic University of Leuven

The Catholic University of Leuven, or Louvain, was the largest, oldest and most prominent university in Belgium. It was founded in 1425 by Pope Martin V, and refounded in 1835 after the disruptions of the French Revolutionary Wars....
, based in Leuven
Leuven

Leuven is the capital of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Flanders, Belgium. It is located about 30 kilometers east of Brussels, with as other neighbouring cities Mechelen, Aarschot, Tienen, and Wavre....
 ("Louvain" in French), 30 km
Kilometre

The kilometre , symbol km is a Units of measurement of length in the metric system, equal to one thousand metres.Slang terms for kilometre include click and kay ....
 east of Brussels
Brussels

Brussels , officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is the de facto capital city of the European Union and the largest urban area in Belgium....
, provided lectures in French from 1835, and in Dutch from 1930. In 1968 the Dutch-language section became an independent Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

The Katholieke Universiteit Leuven is the Flemish offshoot of the oldest university in the Low Countries which was originally founded in 1425 ....
, which remained in Leuven, while the French-speaking university was moved to a greenfield campus, Louvain-la-Neuve
Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve

Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve is a Wallonia municipality located in the Belgium province of Walloon Brabant. On January 1 2006 Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve had a total population of 29,521....
, 20 km south-east of Brussels, in a part of the country where French is the official language.






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The Université catholique de Louvain, sometimes known as UCL, is Belgium
Belgium

* A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
's largest French
French language

French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
-speaking university
University

A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education....
, and a successor institution to the oldest university in the Low Countries
Low Countries

The Low Countries, the historical region of de Nederlanden, are the country on low-lying land around the river delta of the Rhine, Scheldt, and Meuse River rivers....
. It is located in Louvain-la-Neuve
Louvain-la-Neuve

Louvain-la-Neuve, an example of the "automobile under" type of New Pedestrianism, is a planned city in the municipality of Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium....
 and in Brussels
Brussels

Brussels , officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is the de facto capital city of the European Union and the largest urban area in Belgium....
. It has full university status.

History


The Catholic University of Leuven
Catholic University of Leuven

The Catholic University of Leuven, or Louvain, was the largest, oldest and most prominent university in Belgium. It was founded in 1425 by Pope Martin V, and refounded in 1835 after the disruptions of the French Revolutionary Wars....
, based in Leuven
Leuven

Leuven is the capital of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Flanders, Belgium. It is located about 30 kilometers east of Brussels, with as other neighbouring cities Mechelen, Aarschot, Tienen, and Wavre....
 ("Louvain" in French), 30 km
Kilometre

The kilometre , symbol km is a Units of measurement of length in the metric system, equal to one thousand metres.Slang terms for kilometre include click and kay ....
 east of Brussels
Brussels

Brussels , officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is the de facto capital city of the European Union and the largest urban area in Belgium....
, provided lectures in French from 1835, and in Dutch from 1930. In 1968 the Dutch-language section became an independent Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

The Katholieke Universiteit Leuven is the Flemish offshoot of the oldest university in the Low Countries which was originally founded in 1425 ....
, which remained in Leuven, while the French-speaking university was moved to a greenfield campus, Louvain-la-Neuve
Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve

Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve is a Wallonia municipality located in the Belgium province of Walloon Brabant. On January 1 2006 Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve had a total population of 29,521....
, 20 km south-east of Brussels, in a part of the country where French is the official language. This separation also entailed dividing existing library holdings between the two new universities.

With the democratization of university education already stretching existing structures, plans to expand the French-speaking part of the university at a campus in Brussels or Wallonia
Wallonia

Wallonia is the Francophone southern part of Belgium. This region makes up about 31% of the Belgian population.Since 1970, Wallonia has approximately coincided with the territory of the Walloon Region, which is a federated component of the Belgian state and provides a government and a parliament to both Wallonia and the smaller German-s...
 had been quietly discussed from the early 1960s, but it had not been anticipated that the French-speaking section would become an entirely independent university and lose all its buildings and infrastructure in Leuven. The first stone of the new campus at Louvain-la-Neuve was laid in 1971, and the transfer of faculties to the new site was completed in 1979.

Campuses

While the main campus
Campus

A campus is traditionally the land on which a college or university and related institutional buildings are situated. Usually a campus includes library, lecture halls, residence halls and park-like settings....
 of Université catholique de Louvain is based at Louvain-la-Neuve
Louvain-la-Neuve

Louvain-la-Neuve, an example of the "automobile under" type of New Pedestrianism, is a planned city in the municipality of Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium....
, there is however a small campus in Brussels, in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
Woluwe-Saint-Lambert

Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe or Woluwe-Saint-Lambert is one of the nineteen municipality located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. It is a prosperous residential area, with a mixture of flats and detached houses, often compared with Uccle , another affluent community around Brussels and the VIIe arrondissement or XVIe arrondissemen...
, which until recently was called "Louvain-en-Woluwe" (the authorities of the UCL tend to prefer nowadays to refer to it as "UCL-Brussels"). This satellite campus hosts the faculty of medicine
Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc

The Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc is a non-profit-making hospital situated in the municipality of Woluwe-Saint-Lambert in the west of Brussels, Belgium....
 of the university.

Prospects

According to a 2007 agreement, the Université Catholique de Louvain should absorb three small French-speaking catholic colleges: the Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix
Facultés universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix

The University of Namur or Facult?s Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix , in Namur , is a Jesuit Catholic private university in the French Community of Belgium....
 (FUNDP) located in Namur
Namur (city)

Namur is a city and Municipalities in Belgium in Wallonia, in southern Belgium. It is both the capital of the Provinces of Belgium of Namur and of the Walloon Region ....
, the Facultés Universitaires Saint-Louis
Facultés universitaires Saint-Louis

The Facult?s universitaires Saint-Louis in Brussels, Belgium is a private university in the French Community of Belgium. Its official language is French .It was originally founded to serve veteran officers of the Belgian Army....
 (FUSL) located in Brussels and the Facultés universitaires catholiques de Mons
Facultés universitaires catholiques de Mons

The Facult?s Universitaires Catholiques de Mons , in Mons, Wallonia, Belgium, is a private university in the French Community of Belgium. Its official language is French ....
 (FUCAM) located in Mons
Mons

Mons is a Walloon Region city and Municipalities in Belgium located in the Belgium Provinces of Belgium of Hainaut , of which it is the capital....
 and Charleroi
Charleroi

Charleroi is the largest city and Municipalities in Belgium of Wallonia, located in the Provinces of Belgium of Hainaut , Belgium. On 1 January 2008, Charleroi had a total population of 201,593....
. Negotiations started in September 2007 and they should lead to the creation of a new university to be called Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL). (The campuses might be identified as UCL/Brussels, UCL/Louvain-la-Neuve, UCL/Mons, UCL/Namur and UCL/Charleroi). The four universities are already part of a common group, the "Academie Louvain". Within this group, member universities have coordinated their masters programmes in the fields of economics, management, political sciences and sciences.

Faculties

  1. Faculty of Theology (theology
    Theology

    Theology is the study of the existence or attributes of a deity or gods, or more generally the study of religion or spirituality. It is sometimes contrasted with religious studies: theology is understood as the study of religion from an internal perspective , and religious studies as the study of religion from an external perspective....
    )
  2. Faculty of Philosophy (also known as the Institute of Philosophy, ISP)(philosophy
    Philosophy

    Philosophy is the study of general problems concerning matters such as existence, knowledge, truth, beauty, justice, validity, mind, and language....
    )
  3. Faculty of Law (law
    LAW

    LAW may refer to:* Anti-tank warfare, e.g. the US Army M72 LAW or the British Army LAW 80*Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights ...
    )
  4. Faculty of Economical, Social and Political Sciences.(economics
    Economics

    File:Ballard Farmers' Market - vegetables.jpgEconomics is the Social sciences that studies the Production theory basics, Distribution , and Consumption of Good and Service ....
    , management
    Management

    Management in business and human organization activity is simply the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals. Management comprises planning, organizing, staffing, leadership or directing, and Control an organization or effort for the purpose of accomplishing a goal....
     , sociology
    Sociology

    Sociology is a branch of the social sciences that uses systematic methods of Empiricism and critical theory to develop and refine a body of knowledge about human social structure and activity, sometimes with the goal of applying such knowledge to the pursuit of social welfare....
    , anthropology
    Anthropology

    Anthropology is the study of humans and humanity in its totality. Anthropology has origins in the natural sciences, and the humanities. In Great Britain it was originally divided into physical anthropology and cultural anthropology, which itself was divided into archaeology, technology, ethnology and sociology ....
    , political sciences, communication
    Communication

    Communication is commonly defined as "the imparting or interchange of thoughts, opinions, or information by speech, writing, or signs...",, 1: an act or instance of transmitting and 3 a: "a process by which information is exchanged between individuals through a common system of symbols, signs, or beha...
    , journalism
    Journalism

    Journalism is the craft of conveying news, descriptive material and editorial via a widening spectrum of Media . These include newspapers, magazines, radio and television, the internet and, more recently, the cellphone....
    , demography
    Demography

    Demography is the statistical study of all populations. It can be a very general science that can be applied to any kind of dynamic population, that is, one that changes over time or space ....
    , development studies
    Development studies

    Development studies is a multidisciplinary branch of social science which addresses issues of concern to Developing country. It has historically placed a particular focus on issues related to Social development and economic development, and its relevance may therefore extend to communities and regions outside of the developing world....
    ).
  5. Faculty of Philosophy and Literature (Arts and Humanities)(languages and literature
    Literature

    Literature is the art of written works. Literally translated, the word means "acquaintance with letters" . In Western culture the most basic written literary types include fiction and non-fiction....
    , history
    HIStory

    HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I is a double album by Michael Jackson, released on June 20, 1995, and is Jackson's ninth. The first disc, named "HIStory Begins" consists of a selection of Jackson's greatest hits from the singer's past fifteen years, while the second, named "HIStory Continues" features new songs, with the...
    , history of art
    History of art

    The history of art usually refers to the history of the visual arts of painting, sculpture and architecture as well as architecture. It is the history of one of the fine arts, others of which are the performing arts and literary arts....
    , theatre
    Theatre

    Theatre is the branch of the performing arts defined by Bernard Beckerman as what "occurs when one or more actor, isolated in time and/or Theater , present themselves to Audience." By this broad definition, theatre has existed since the dawn of man, as a result of human tendency for story telling....
    , archeology)
  6. Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences (psychology
    Psychology

    Psychology is an academic and applied science discipline involving the science study of human mental functions and behavior. Occasionally it also relies on symbolic hermeneutics and critical theory, although these traditions are less pronounced than in other social sciences such as sociology....
    , education
    Education

    File:Inukshuk Monterrey 1.jpgEducation can be seen as a product or a process and considered in a broad sense or a technical sense. According to philosophy of education George F....
    )
  7. Faculty of Science (biology
    Biology

    Biology is a branch of the natural sciences concerned with the study of living organisms and their interaction with each other and their environment ....
    , chemistry
    Chemistry

    Chemistry is the science concerned with the composition, structure, and properties of matter, as well as the changes it undergoes during chemical reactions....
    , physics
    Physics

    Physics is the natural science which examines basic concepts such as energy, force, and spacetime and all that derives from these, such as mass, charge, matter and its Motion ....
    , geography
    Geography

    Geography is the study of the Earth and its lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena. A literal translation would be "to describe or write about the Earth"....
    , mathematics
    Mathematics

    Mathematics is the study of quantity, structure, space, change, and related topics of pattern and form. Mathematicians seek out patterns whether found in numbers, space, natural science, computers, imaginary abstractions, or elsewhere....
    , computer science
    Computer science

    Computer science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation, and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems....
    )
  8. Faculty of Engineering (engineering
    Engineering

    Engineering is the discipline and profession of applying Technology and science knowledge and utilizing natural laws and physical resources in order to design and implement materials, structures, machines, devices, systems, and process that safely realize a desired objective and meet specified criteria....
    )
  9. Faculty of Applied Bioscience and Engineering (bio-engineering, agronomy
    Agronomy

    Agronomy is the science and technology of using plants for food, fuel, feed, and fiber. Agronomy encompasses work in the areas of plant genetics, plant physiology, meteorology, and soil science....
    , environmental studies
    Environmental studies

    Environmental studies is the systematic study of human behavior with their environment. It is a broad field of study that includes the natural environment, built environments, social environments, organizational environments, and the sets of relationships between them....
    )
  10. Faculty of Medicine
    Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc

    The Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc is a non-profit-making hospital situated in the municipality of Woluwe-Saint-Lambert in the west of Brussels, Belgium....
     (medicine
    Medicine

    Medicine is the art and science of healing. It encompasses a range of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
    )
  11. Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences (pharmacology
    Pharmacology

    Pharmacology is the study of drug action. More specifically it is the study of the interactions that occur between a living organism and exogenous chemicals that alter normal biochemical function....
    )
  12. Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences (kinesiology
    Kinesiology

    Kinesiology, also known as Human Kinetics, is the science of human movement. It focuses on how the body functions and moves. A kinesiological approach applies scientific based medical principles towards the analysis, preservation and enhancement of human movement in all settings and populations....
    , physical education
    Physical education

    In most educational systems, physical education class,Phys Ed, is a course that utilizes learning in the cognitive, affective and psychomotor domains in a play or movement exploration setting....
    )


General credit

The Université catholique de Louvain educates around 22,000 students (2003) in all areas of studies, from theology
Theology

Theology is the study of the existence or attributes of a deity or gods, or more generally the study of religion or spirituality. It is sometimes contrasted with religious studies: theology is understood as the study of religion from an internal perspective , and religious studies as the study of religion from an external perspective....
 to biology
Biology

Biology is a branch of the natural sciences concerned with the study of living organisms and their interaction with each other and their environment ....
 and from nuclear physics
Nuclear physics

Nuclear physics is the field of physics that studies the building blocks and interactions of atomic nuclei.The most commonly known applications of nuclear physics are nuclear power and nuclear weapons, but the research field is also the basis for a far wider range of applications, including in the medical sector , in materials engineering...
 to law
LAW

LAW may refer to:* Anti-tank warfare, e.g. the US Army M72 LAW or the British Army LAW 80*Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights ...
. It has educated a large part of Belgium's elite and is still considered, with its Dutch-speaking sister, as a centre of excellence in many fields. In 2006, it was ranked 76th in the world universities ranking established by the Times higher education supplement (24th in Europe). It is connected to Brussels by a train service, and the new town and campus is unusually architecturally interesting.

Student life


Cercles

Cercles are Student Societies
Student society

A student society or student organization is an organization, operated by students at a university, whose membership normally consists only of students....
 or Fraternities based around each faculty. Each Cercle runs a bar. In order to be inducted new members are paraded through the street over night in hazing
Hazing

File:Bizutage pilote gazelle.jpgHazing is a ritualistic test and a task involving harassment, abuse or humiliation used as a way of initiation a person into a gang, club, military organization or other group....
 ceremonies involving eggs and other foosdtuffs, paint, demeaning chants etc.

Kots

Student accommodation in Belgium comes in the form of a "kot", a term having Belgian Dutch
Flemish

Flemish can refer to anything related to Flanders, and may refer directly to the following articles:*Flemish, a number of varieties of the Dutch language as spoken in Belgium....
 origin.

Kot à projet

Unique to UCL a "Kot à projet" (KAP) is a KOT whose inhabitants have similar interests and who organise activities for the general student population, they are similar to Fraternity and sorority houses
Fraternity and sorority houses

North American fraternity and sorority housing refers largely to the houses or housing areas that Fraternities and sororities in North America live and work together in....
, but smaller in size with only the committee living in the Kot. Being small several Kots can be situated in the same, university owned, apartment building. Kot ONU is interested in the UN
United Nations

The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, Social change, human rights and achieving world peace....
 while the Kot et Scout is interested in Scouting & Guiding
Guidisme et Scoutisme en Belgique

Gidsen- en Scoutsbeweging in Belgi? or Guidisme et Scoutisme en Belgique is the national Girl Guides and Scouting federation in Belgium....
.

CSE

Sport in UCL is organised by CSE Animations (Centre Sportif Etudiant), a KAP. Events include the 24h Velo, 10 Mile race and semester soccer leagues.

Student Union

The AGL (General Assembly of Louvain students) is the UCL's Students' union
Students' union

A students' union, student government, student senate, students' association, guild of students or government of student body is a student organization present in many colleges, universities and has started to appear in some high schools....
. The body comprises an executive
Executive (government)

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 Committee, and a legislative
Legislature

Legislature is a type of representative deliberative assembly with the power to create and change laws. The law created by a legislature is called legislation or statutory law....
 Council. The Committee consists of ex-officio members: President, Vice-Presidents for Education & Welfare, VP for the Medicine faculty (Situated in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
Woluwe-Saint-Lambert

Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe or Woluwe-Saint-Lambert is one of the nineteen municipality located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. It is a prosperous residential area, with a mixture of flats and detached houses, often compared with Uccle , another affluent community around Brussels and the VIIe arrondissement or XVIe arrondissemen...
), General Secretary, Activities Officer, Communications Officer, Operations Officer, Foreign student's Officer, Cultural Officer, Editor-in-Chief
Editing

Editing is the process of preparing language, s, sound, video, or film through correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications in various media....
 & Deputy Editor-in-Chief as well as the president of the Council.

Publications

Quinzaine a University produced newsletter, and La Savate produced by the AGL. Cercles also produce publications.

24h Vélo


The 24 Hour Cycle (24h Vélo) is, nominally, a bicycle
Bicycle

The bicycle, bike, or cycle is a pedal-driven, human-powered transport with two bicycle wheel attached to a bicycle frame, one behind the other....
 endurance road race
Road bicycle racing

Road bicycle racing is a popular bicycle racing sport held on Road cycling , using racing bicycles. The term 'road racing' is usually applied to events where competing riders start simultaneously with the winner being the first at the end of the course ....
 held in October, now in its 31st year. While there is an elite race with teams of two, Student groups enter novelty themed multi-bike vehicles, in the shape of a Van or Whale for example, for prizes. The quality of these designs range in terms of artistic merit, and ability to stay intact over the duration of the race. A 240 minute race also takes place for teenagers. The event is probably best known for what happens off the track. Concurrent with the race is Belgium
Belgium

* A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
’s largest student event, with concerts and stands lasting the full 24hrs.

Notable alumni

For pre-1968 alumni see Catholic University of Leuven
Catholic University of Leuven

The Catholic University of Leuven, or Louvain, was the largest, oldest and most prominent university in Belgium. It was founded in 1425 by Pope Martin V, and refounded in 1835 after the disruptions of the French Revolutionary Wars....
.

  • David Payne
    David Payne (politician)

    David Payne is a politician and former member of the National Assembly of Quebec of Quebec, Canada, from the constituency of Vachon . During his time in the National Assembly he was the only anglophone MNA within the Parti Qu?b?cois parliamentary caucus, and advocated anglophone rights in a new Qu?bec Constitution....
     (1944 - ), politician
  • Páll Skúlason
    Páll Skúlason

    P?ll Sk?lason was born 4 June, 1945 in Akureyri, Iceland. He is a professor of philosophy and former Rector of the University of Iceland....
     (1945 - ), philosopher and former Rector of the University of Iceland.
  • Philippe Van Parijs
    Philippe Van Parijs

    Philippe Van Parijs is a Belgium philosopher and political economist, mainly known as a proponent and main defender of the basic income concept....
     (1951 - ), philosopher and economist
    Economist

    An economist is an expert in the social science of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy....
  • Jean-Pascal van Ypersele
    Jean-Pascal van Ypersele

    Jean-Pascal van Ypersele is a Belgium Professor of Climatology and Environmental Sciences at the Universit? Catholique de Louvain-La-Neuve ....
    , (1957 - ) climatology
  • Joëlle Milquet
    Joëlle Milquet

    Jo?lle F.G.M. Milquet is a Belgium politician from the Humanist Democratic Centre ....
     (1961 - ), law, politician.
  • Rafael Correa
    Rafael Correa

    Rafael Vicente Correa Delgado is the President of Ecuador of the Republic of Ecuador and a self-described "humanist and Christian left". A United States-educated economist, he previously served as the country's finance minister....
     (1963 - ), President of Ecuador
    Ecuador

    Ecuador , officially the , literally, "Republic of the equator") is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, by Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west....
  • Christian Arnsperger (1966 - ), economist
    Economist

    An economist is an expert in the social science of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy....
  • Dyab Abou Jahjah
    Dyab Abou Jahjah

    Dyab Abou Jahjah is an Arab political activist who came from Lebanon to Belgium as an asylum seeker. He is the founder and leader of the Arab European League , a Pan-Arabist movement which claims to struggle for Muslim immigrant interests in Europe....
     (1971 - ), Lebanese-Belgian political activist
  • HRH Princess Mathilde, Duchess of Brabant
    Princess Mathilde, Duchess of Brabant

    Princess Mathilde, Duchess of Brabant , styled HRH The Duchess of Brabant, is the wife of the heir apparent to the Belgian throne, HRH Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant....
     (1973 - ), wife of HRH Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant and future Queen Consort of Belgium
    Belgium

    * A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
  • Xavier De Cuyper
    Xavier De Cuyper

    Xavier De Cuyper is a Belgium agricultural engineer and civil servant. He is General Administrator of the Federal Agency for Medicines and Health Products of Belgium....
    , agricultural engineer.
  • Arnoud de Pret de Calesberg
    Arnoud de Pret de Calesberg

    Arnoud de Pret de Calesberg is a Belgium businessman. He is a member of board of the international brewery InBev, Delhaize, Umicore and of Euronext-NYSE....
    , commercial sciences, InBev
    InBev

    For the parent company, see Anheuser-Busch InBev.InBev is a subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch InBev. The company existed independently for several years - since the merger between Interbrew and Ambev and until the acquisition of Anheuser-Busch....
    .


See also

  • Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED)
  • Louvain School of Management
    Louvain School of Management

    The IAG-Louvain School of Management is a business school accredited by the European Quality Improvement System , which is part of the Universit? catholique de Louvain, in Belgium....
  • Hoover Chair
    Hoover Chair

    The Hoover Chair , was established at the Universite Catholique de Louvain by Pierre Macq in 1991. This was made possible by a generous donation from the Hoover Foundation for university development....
  • Louvain-la-Neuve
    Louvain-la-Neuve

    Louvain-la-Neuve, an example of the "automobile under" type of New Pedestrianism, is a planned city in the municipality of Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium....
  • List of universities in Belgium
    List of universities in Belgium

    In Belgium, which is a Federalism state, the constitution attributes legislative power over higher education to the Communities, regions and language areas of Belgium....
  • List of forestry universities and colleges
    List of forestry universities and colleges

    This is a list of colleges and universities worldwide that offer either a Bachelor's degree or Master's degree in the profession field of forestry. Where noted, the country's Educational accreditation standard has been used and cited....
  • University Foundation
    University Foundation

    The Belgium University Foundation was founded in 1920. The goal of the Foundation, as was put forward by Emile Francqui, is to promote scientific activity at Belgian universities....
  • Science and technology in Wallonia
    Science and technology in Wallonia

    Science and technology in Wallonia, the southern region of Belgium , is well developed with the presence of several List_of_universities_in_Belgium and research institutes....
  • Science Parks of Wallonia
    Science Parks of Wallonia

    Created in 2002, SPoW -Science Parks of Wallonia-, is an association of six Belgian science parks located in Wallonia:* Louvain-la-Neuve Science Park...


External links

  • . IAG is the affiliated business school of UCL and is part of the CEMS
    CEMS

    CEMS may refer to:*Continuous emissions monitoring system*Capillary electrophoresis mass spectrometry*Community of European Management Schools and International Companies...
     network of leading European business schools.
  • Top Industrial Managers for Europe
    Top Industrial Managers for Europe

    Top Industrial Managers for Europe is a network of more than fifty engineering schools and faculties and technical universities.It promotes graduate student exchanges and double degrees throughout Europe....