Universities in Leuven

The city of Leuven, in the former Duchy of Brabant was the seat of three universities and of a universitarian college:

• 1425: The University of Leuven (1425-1797) or Studium Generale Lovaniense or Universitas Studiorum Lovaniensis, was founded by a French prince, Jean de Bourgogne, Duke John IV of Brabant, with the consent of Pope Martin V. This university was officially abolished in 1797.

• 1517: the Collegium Trilingue, a universitarian institute, it was an humanistic institution independent of the University.

• 1817: the State University of Leuven. This university was officially abolished in 1835.

• 1835: the new Catholic University of Mechlin established in Leuven and take the name of Catholic University of Leuven^[1]. The University Faculty which was originally composed almost entirely of clergy is under the direct leadership of the bishops of Belgium. This university was divided into two parts French and Dutch.

These three universities, although located in the same city, have not any historical connection between them, they have different institutions and have personal and different development.

See also

• Faculty of Theology, Old University of Leuven
• Faculty of Theology, Catholic University of Leuven

Notes

1. ^ We remind here this ruling of the Cour de Cassation of Belgium of 26 November 1846: "The Catholic University of Leuven can not be regarded as continuing the old University of Leuven", in, Table générale alphabétique et chronologique de la Pasicrisie Belge contenant la jurisprudence du Royaume de 1814 à 1850, Brussels, 1855, p. 585, column 1, alinea 2. See also: Bulletin Usuel des Lois et Arrêtés‎, 1861, p.166

See also

• Old University of Leuven
• Collegium Trilingue
• State University of Leuven
• Catholic University of Leuven
• Université catholique de Louvain
• Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
• Louvain-la-Neuve
• Academic libraries in Leuven