KU Leuven is a Catholic research university headquartered in Leuven, Belgium, with satellite campuses across the country including in Kortrijk, Antwerp, Ghent and Brussels. It is the largest university in Belgium and the Low Countries and the largest Dutch-language university in the world, enrolling more than 65,000 students in 2021-22, of whom 21 percent were international, with instruction primarily in Dutch though some programs, especially at the graduate level, are taught in English. It once accepted only baptized Catholics but is now open to students of any faith or life-stance.
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Is KU Leuven the same university as the Université catholique de Louvain?
No. They are two sister universities formed when the bilingual Catholic University of Leuven split in 1968.
No, though they share one origin. Until 1968 there was a single bilingual Catholic University of Leuven. Tensions between the Dutch-speaking and French-speaking communities led to its split into two sister universities. The Dutch-language university became a fully functioning independent institution in Leuven in 1970, which is KU Leuven. The Université catholique de Louvain left for a newly built campus in the French-speaking part of Belgium.
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KU Leuven (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) is a Catholic research university in the city of Leuven, Belgium.
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Publicly-funded Catholic university
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It is the largest university in Belgium and the Low Countries and the largest Dutch-language university in the world, enrolling more than 65,000 students in 2021-22, of whom 21 percent were international, with instruction primarily in Dutch though some programs, especially at the graduate level, are taught in English.
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