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, 60.292 students, 22.310 staff members, +250.000 alumni.
• 48 bachelor’s programmes (48 taught in Dutch, 5 in English).
• 138 master’s programmes (123 taught in Dutch, 72 in English, 1 in French).
• 42 advanced master’s programmes (19 taught in Dutch, 23 in English and 1 in Spanish).

RESEARCH & IMPACT

• 7.988 researchers, 650,5 million euros in research expenditure in 2022, 6.386 PhD, students, 834 doctoral degrees in the 2021-2022 academic year, 395 (48%) of these were awarded to non-Belgian researchers.
• 151 spin-offs created over the past 5 decades.
• In 2022, 144 patents were granted and a license-income of 150 million euro was obtained by KU Leuven.
  
  Sources: KU Leuven Corporate booklet-brochure & KU Leuven facts and figures