K.U.Leuven is (2001 status):
26 368 students (8,2% of foreign origin)
4 663 professors and researchers, 2 492 administrative and technical staff, 7 030 university hospital staff
Three campuses in Leuven: Humanities (center of Leuven), biomedic sciences (Gasthuisberg), exact sciences (Heverlee-Arenberg)
One undergraduate campus in Kortrijk (KULAK)
13 faculties, 50 departments, at about 240 sub-departments
61 academic programmes in Leuven. Twelve of those also partially (first cycle or first candidature) in Kortrijk
4 completely English academic programmes (Philosophy, Theology, Religious Studies, Canon Law)
102 post-graduate academic programmes: 50 supplementary programmes (15 of them are in English,8 are inter-university programmes) and 52 specialization programmes (21 in English, 21 inter-university)
5,700 million francs for scientific research exclusively VIB -dotation and external resources (55% goes to research in exact sciences, 25% to biomedic sciences, and 20% to humanities)
295 research groups with an average amount of 12 million francs of research funds
2 012 publications per year in international peer-reviewed scientific magazines
260 doctorates per year (58 of them by foreign doctorandi)
participation in 1 coordinating Erasmus programme: 576 students from K.U.Leuven go abroad, 523 foreign students come to K.U.Leuven
participation in 8 Tempus-Phare, 2 Tempus-Tacis programmes and 8 Alfa programmes
partner in 22 bilateral interuniversity collaboration agreements
development cooperation: 15 ongoing projects in Africa, 18 in Asia, 16 in Central and South America
university library (Central library and 23 subsidiaries) with a collection of 4,2 million volumes and subscriptions to 14 500 magazines
3 528 rooms and 292 apartments in university residences (3 800 have already been connected to Kotnet)
Alumni Lovanienses with almost 25 000 members
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