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University of Liege
www.ulg.ac.be
ULg…
At a glance
18,000 students, 22% from abroad, 97 nationalities
4,300 staff (2,800 professors and researchers)
70,000 graduates (10% foreign students)
At a glance
8 Faculties, 1 School, 1 Institute
Philosophy and Letters
Law and Political Science
Science
Medicine
Applied Science
Veterinary Medicine
Psychology and Education
Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
HEC – Management School-ULg
Integrated into the Bologna Process
38 bachelor’s
Institute for Human and Social Sciences
178 master’s
21% of which are unique in
French-speaking Belgium
67 complementary master’s
At a glance
530 research units
3500 scientific publications per year
In contact with 600 institutions in Europe and elsewhere
An early proponent of Open Access in Europe
At a glance
A pioneer in the commercialization of research results in Wallonia
- More than 90 spin-off companies created
- 70 still active, resulting in € 100 million GP and 1200 jobs
Structures integrating research and commercialization in expanding
sectors
- WSL (Wallonia Space Logistics) : space and engineering science
- GIGA : life sciences
- Aquapôle : environmental and water sciences
Total budget: ca. € 250 million
Geographical location
Cosmopolitan, artistic
and historic city with a
strong industrial and
intellectual identity
At the core of the
Meuse-Rhine Euregio
(Maastricht, Aachen)
and the Greater Region
(Luxembourg,
Saarbrücken, Metz,
Nancy)
Easily accessible by road or train from large European cities
(Brussels, Paris, London, Amsterdam, Cologne)
Geographical Location
Important transport and logistics centre (2nd river port in
Europe, Liege Airport)
City in constant renewal, as evidenced by commissioning of
work by renowned architects Santiago Calatrava (TGV station)
and Ron Arad (Médiacité)
4 campuses
Downtown Liege campus: The Rector’s Office,
Administration, Faculty of Philosophy and
Letters
Sart Tilman campus:
A verdant 760-acre campus,
main teaching and
research center + Liege Science Park
4 campuses
Gembloux : Agro-Bio Tech
Arlon: Environmental Science and Management
News & perspectives 2009-2010
Integration of Gembloux Agricultural University (Gembloux Agro-Bio
Tech since October 1st, 2009)
Integration of the Lambert Lombard Higher Institute of Architecture
and the Saint-Luc School of Architecture (new Faculty of Architecture as
of January 2010)
New university governance instituted in 2009-2010: Associate ViceRectors for International Relations, Research, Evaluation and Quality
Implementation of the “ULg Project” (focus on self-assessment, setting up of 3 crossdisciplinary research sectors, priority to language learning, etc.).
University of Liege
Member of the Wallonia-Europe Academy
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www.ulg.ac.be