Facultés universitaires Saint-Louis

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Université Saint-Louis
Established	1858
Type	Catholic/Partly state funded
Rector	Pierre Jadoul
Students	2,300
Location	Brussels, Belgium 50°51′11.21″N 4°21′40.59″E / 50.8531139°N 4.3612750°E / 50.8531139; 4.3612750Coordinates: 50°51′11.21″N 4°21′40.59″E / 50.8531139°N 4.3612750°E / 50.8531139; 4.3612750
Affiliations	Académie Louvain
Website	http://www.fusl.ac.be/

The Université Saint-Louis (USLB) in Brussels, Belgium, formerly known as the Facultés Universitaires Saint-Louis (FUSL) from 1858 until 2012, is a public university in the French Community of Belgium. Its official language is French. It was originally a school of philosophy.^{[citation needed]}

USLB, Université Catholique de Louvain, and two other French-speaking universities in Belgium make up the Académie universitaire Louvain.^[1]

Notable alumni

Benoît Cerexhe, Belgian politician, minister of the Région bruxelles-capitale.
Etienne Davignon, businessman, Belgian statesman and former European Commissioner.
Jean-Baptiste Janssens (1889-1964), twenty-seventh Superior General of the Society of Jesus.
Philippe van Parijs, philosopher, professor at Harvard University and Université Catholique de Louvain.
Michel Weber, philosopher.

References

↑ "Académie universitaire Louvain / English / Members".

External links

Université Saint Louis

Universities in Belgium

Dutch-speaking: University of Antwerp (UA); University College of Brussels (HUB); Free University of Brussels (VUB); University of Ghent (UGent); University of Hasselt (UHasselt); KU Leuven (KULeuven); Catholic University of Leuven Campus Kortrijk (KULAK)

French-speaking: Free University of Brussels (ULB); University of Liège (ULg); Catholic University of Louvain (UCL); University of Mons; University of Namur; University Faculties of Saint-Louis [Brussels] (FUSL)

Other recognised academic establishments: ICHEC Management School [Brussels]; Faculty for Protestant Theology [Brussels]; Evangelical Theological Faculty [Leuven]

Postgraduate: College of Europe [Bruges]; Institute of Tropical Medicine [Antwerp]; Vlerick Business School [Ghent and Leuven]

Military: Royal Military Academy [Brussels]

Transgressing universities: transnational University Limburg [Hasselt, Belgium and Maastricht, Netherlands]

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