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 #42 worldwide in the 2022 edition of the same ranking.
• In the 2023 QS World University Rankings it occupies the #76 position worldwide.
  
  

A COMPREHENSIVE UNIVERSITY

• Founded in 1.425, 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, 584,5 million euros in research expenditure in 2021, 6.386 PhD, students, 846 doctoral degrees in the 2010-2021 academic year, 430 (50%) of these were awarded to non-Belgian researchers.
• 149 spin-offs created over the past 4 decades.
• In 2021, 160 patents were granted and a license-income of 130 million euro was obtained by KU Leuven
  
  Sources: KU Leuven Corporate booklet-brochure & KU Leuven facts and figures