Situated in the heart of Western Europe, K.U. Leuven has been a center of learning for almost six centuries. Founded in 1425, K.U. Leuven bears the double honor of being the oldest existent Catholic university in the world and the oldest university in the Low Countries. Currently, K.U. Leuven is composed of 14 faculties, 50 departments, and about 240 sub-departments, and it also supports five hospitals and three affiliated hospitals. At present, the university caters to more than 31,000 students, of whom one in every eight are international students from more than 120 nations. There are about 5,000 academic staff, 3,000 administrative and technical staff, and 8,000 university hospital staff members.
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Van Petegem, W. (2010). Stories of Change: The K.U. Leuven, Belgium. In: Ehlers, UD., Schneckenberg, D. (eds) Changing Cultures in Higher Education. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03582-1_18
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