United Kingdom of the Netherlands
The region next became part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands (1815–1830), and William I of the Netherlands founded a new university in 1816 in Leuven as a state university () which was a secular university and where several professors from the old university continued their teaching. This university was also abolished in 1835. In 1830, the Southern Provinces of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands became the independent state of Belgium.