Catholic University of Leuven

University since 1968 with its main campus in Leuven, Belgium

thumb|Book celebrating the 25 anniversary of the founding of the Catholic University of Louvain, November 3, 1859. UCLouvain (or Université catholique de Louvain , French for Catholic University of Louvain, officially in English the University of Louvain) is Belgium's largest French-speaking university and one of the oldest in Europe (originally established in 1425). It is located in Louvain-la-Neuve, which was expressly built to house the university, and has smaller campuses in Brussels, Charleroi, Mons, Tournai and Namur. Since September 2018, the university uses the branding UCLouvain, repl

former University in Belgium, 1834–1968

Research university in Brussels, Belgium

split of the university along linguistic lines after a period of civil unrest in 1967–68