page_title: KU Leuven
section_title: Affiliations
hierarchical_section_title: KU Leuven / Affiliations
caption_attribution_description: English: The first Students For Liberty European conference at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Leuven, Belgium.
context_page_description: KU Leuven is a research university in the Dutch-speaking city of Leuven in Flanders, Belgium. It conducts teaching, research, and services in the natural sciences, engineering, humanities, medicine, law, business, and social sciences.
  The university's full name is Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, officially Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven, which translates in English as Catholic University of Leuven. It is however not translated in official communications, like its similarly-named French-language sister university Université catholique de Louvain.
  In addition to its main campus in Leuven, it has satellite campuses in Kortrijk, Antwerp, Ghent, Bruges, Ostend, Geel, Diepenbeek, Aalst, Sint-Katelijne-Waver, and in Belgium's capital Brussels. KU Leuven is the largest university in Belgium and the Low Countries. In 2017–18, more than 58,000 students were enrolled. Its primary language of instruction is Dutch, although several programs are taught in English, particularly graduate degrees.
  KU Leuven consistently ranks among the top 100 universities in the world by major ranking tables.
context_section_description: Since July 2002, thirteen higher education institutes have formed the KU Leuven Association. Members include:
  KU Leuven
  LUCA School of Arts
  Odisee
  Thomas More
  UC Leuven Limburg
  Vives
  KU Leuven is a member of a number of international university affiliations including the League of European Research Universities, Coimbra Group, UNA Europa, Universitas 21, and  Venice International University, among others.
  The university is a member of the Flanders Interuniversity Institute of Biotechnology. The Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre is a spin-off company of the university.
caption: Students attending a conference at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
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