KU Leuven in facts and figures

ONE OF EUROPE'S HIGHLY RANKED UNIVERSITIES

• KU Leuven ranks consistently in Europe's top-15 universities in the Times Higher Education ranking. Ranks #45 worldwide in the 2024 edition of the same ranking.
• In the 2024 QS World University Rankings it occupies the #61 position worldwide.
  
  

A COMPREHENSIVE UNIVERSITY

• Founded in 1425, 13 campuses in 10 cities across Flanders, 15 faculties, 63.774 students, 22.622 staff members, +250.000 alumni.
• 49 bachelor’s programmes (48 taught in Dutch, 6 in English).
• 137 master’s programmes (120 taught in Dutch, 74 in English, 1 in French).
• 43 advanced master’s programmes (19 taught in Dutch, 24 in English and 1 in Spanish).

RESEARCH & IMPACT

• 8.268 researchers, 739,9 million euros in research expenditure in 2023, 7.077 PhD students,926 doctoral degrees in the 2022-2023 academic year, 493 (53%) of these were awarded to non-Belgian researchers.
• 156 spin-offs created over the past 5 decades.
• In 2023, 163 patents were granted and a license-income of 150,9 million euro was obtained by KU Leuven.
  
  Sources: KU Leuven Corporate booklet-brochure & KU Leuven facts and figures