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Dates
| 11th century: | Beginnings of an intellectual tradition in Liege |
| 15th century: | First grades achieved by illustrious students (Pétrarque, ...). Liege is the “New Athens” |
| 1496 : | Inauguration of the “College” on the current place du 20-Août followed later by the Grand Collège en Ile and the Academy |
| 1817 : | Foundation of the University of Liege, State university, by William I, King of the Netherlands The academic hall was built in 1824. |
| 1883 : | Start of the expansion of the University: creation of institutes (Anatomy, Physiology, Pharmacy, Astrophysics, Zoology, Botany, ...) |
1967 : 1989 : | Start of the transfer of the University to the Sart Tilman campus ULg becomes a university of the French community of Belgium |
A large University
- More than 20 000 students
- 3300 lecturers-researchers
- 4600 foreign students
- 122 nationalities represented
- 70 000 living graduates
- more than 400 honorary doctors
A complete University
- 9 Faculties, 1 Institute and 1 School
- 38 degree courses and 193 masters courses, 68 complementary masters courses
- a network of relations covering more than 600 institutions throughout the world (of which 250 in Europe)
A large evolving library
- Centres providing easy access to electronic documentary resources, connected to the IT networks and to the online databases
- More than 3 million volumes available for consultation
- Very full special collections: 6,500 manuscripts, 500 incunabula, several tens of thousands of works from the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries
- More than 16000 publications available in Open Access
Employment at the ULg
- 5000 direct jobs
- 3300 lecturers and researchers
- 1700 members of administrative and technical staff, and workers
Employment in the University surroundings
- More than 5000 jobs at the University of Liege Hospital
- 2445 jobs in the LIEGE Science Park at Sart Tilman (97 high-tech firms)
- more than 1500 highly-qualified jobs created by the 70 spin-offs of the University of Liege (firms resulting from research)
Research
- 471 research units in all disciplines
- 20 large-scale inter-disciplinary research centres
- 1500 contractual researchers
- 100 mobile researchers
- 75 million Euros of public financing for research (competitive research)
- 50 million Euros of financing for research by companies/industries
- 1200 standard research contracts, including 65 FP6 projects, in all thematic priorities
- active collaboration in research projects with countries in all continents (78) scientific and technical partnerships with around sixty developing countries
Relations with firms
- contacts with more than 600 Belgian and foreign firms
- cutting-edge activities resulting from applied research:
- 70 high-tech spin-off firms in activity
- 150 million Euros of turnover
- 150 million Euros of turnover
Contact(s) : Université de Liège Place du 20-Août, 7 4000 Liège BELGIQUE Tél. central : +32 4 366 21 11
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