Complex sentence: That same year, the "cours supérieurs" (called "cours académiques" from 1824) were founded: these taught metaphysics, logic, physical sciences and mathematics, and were intended to compensate to an extent for the lack of a university in Luxembourg.
Split into simpler sentences: That same year, the "cours supérieurs" (called "cours académiques" from 1824) were founded: these taught metaphysics, logic, physical sciences and mathematics. These were intended to compensate to an extent for the lack of a university in Luxembourg.