UCLouvain

french-speaking university in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Organization catholic_university Q378134
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

UCLouvain is a Catholic university[1]. UCLouvain draws 3,240 Wikipedia views per month (catholic university category, ranking #8 of 52).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: Innovative Multicultural Curricula for the Young European and US Engineers and Scientists[3], Top International Managers in Engineering[4], Coimbra Group[5], European University Association[6], Brussels Studies Institute[7], Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities[8], ORCID, Inc.[9], Agence universitaire de la Francophonie[10], Open Education Global[11], Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment[12], International Association of Universities[13], Circle U[14]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve[15]
  • Country: Belgium[16]
  • Instance of: academic publisher[17], organization[18]
  • Headquarters location: Louvain-la-Neuve[19], Brussels[20], Mons[21], Tournai[22], Namur[23], Saint-Gilles[24], Woluwe-Saint-Lambert - Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe[25], Charleroi[26]
  • Location: Louvain-la-Neuve[27]
  • Commons category: Université catholique de Louvain[28]
  • Has part(s): Louvain School of Management[29], UCLouvain FUCaM Mons[30], Saint-Luc University Hospital[31], UCLouvain Saint-Louis – Bruxelles[32], Higher Institute of Philosophy[33], UCLouvain Brussels Woluwe[34], CHU UCLouvain Namur[35], UCLouvain Faculty of Architecture, Architectural Engineering, Urban Planning[36], Musée L[37], Faculty of Economics, Social, and Political Sciences and Communication[38], Louvain School of Engineering[39], UCLouvain Charleroi[40], Economics School of Louvain[41], Center for Operations Research and Econometrics[42]
  • Inception: 1970[43]
  • Official website: https://uclouvain.be/[44]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Université catholique de Louvain[45]
  • Main subject: lifestance organisation[46]
  • Rector: Françoise Smets[47]
  • Employees: 6150[48], 10,700[49]
  • Replaces: Catholic University of Leuven[50]
  • Native label: Université catholique de Louvain[51]
  • Short name: UCLouvain[52]
  • Different from: Old University of Leuven[53], State University of Leuven[54], Catholic University of Leuven[55], Katholieke Universiteit Leuven[56], University of Leuven[57]

Why It Matters

UCLouvain has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[58] UCLouvain is known by 87 alternative names across languages and contexts.[59]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [16] ↑ . Open Funder Registry. Retrieved . odis.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . odis.be. odis.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [6] ↑ . eua.eu. Retrieved . eua.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [8] ↑ . the-guild.eu. Retrieved . the-guild.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [9] ↑ . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [10] ↑ . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [11] ↑ . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [12] ↑ . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . odis.be. odis.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . odis.be. odis.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . uclouvain.be. uclouvain.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . moustique.lalibre.be. moustique.lalibre.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . kbopub.economie.fgov.be. kbopub.economie.fgov.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  51. [53] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  52. [54] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  53. [55] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  54. [56] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  55. [57] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [58] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [59] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). UCLouvain. Retrieved October 14, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/uclouvain
MLA “UCLouvain.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 14 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/uclouvain.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_uclouvain_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{UCLouvain}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/uclouvain}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-14}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): UCLouvain — https://4ort.xyz/entity/uclouvain (retrieved 2026-10-14)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/uclouvain · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 52B1-93DC-18AD-E57D-E3B2
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14750: 52B1-93DC-18AD-E57D-E3B2, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269254|batch #269254]]"
  2. 15w ago · Daieuxetdailleurs · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Francearchives agent id → 794324932
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Francearchives agent id: 794324932, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782644922236"
  3. 23w ago · GeertivpBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Item operated → Q48773771
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Item operated: Musée L, #pwb Copy label Add beheert (P121)"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.