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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
Document produced by the Department of External Relations
tel: + 32 (0) 4 366 52 18 fax: + 32 (0) 4 366 57 98
www.ulg.ac.be