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Sam Dillemans remains inspired by the First World War. On November 11, he donated two works, which were part of the exhibition Goodbye to all that - Paintings of the Great War , to the University Library of KU Leuven. Dillemans, who was…

Photographer and visual artist Sammy Baloji receives the biennial KU Leuven Culture Prize. The jury is impressed by the way in which Baloji interweaves Belgian colonial history in his work. The Culture Prize will be awarded on 1 December…

In the coming weeks you can visit Japan's Book Donation to the University of Louvain - Japanese Cultural Identity and Modernity in the 1920s in the Leuven University Library . This new exhibition, a collaboration between KU Leuven and…

KU Leuven is currently conducting disciplinary proceedings against thirteen students for organizing and participating in a high-risk and irresponsible baptismal activity. The baptismal activity, which took place last academic year, was in…

The students involved in the ZOV case have decided not to appeal against the sanctions pronounced by the KU Leuven Disciplinary Committee. This decision marks the end of the disciplinary procedure. Six students are temporarily excluded…

The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded its Starting Grants. This year, four KU Leuven researchers may receive such a grant: literary scholar Núria Codina Solà, engineer Benjamin Gorissen, bioengineer Koenraad Van Meerbeek and…

In 2025, KU Leuven will celebrate its 600th anniversary. A birthday that the university is already fully preparing at the moment. 2025 will be a festive year with exhibitions, celebrations and all kinds of retrospectives and previews. But…

Now that the court has ruled in the case in which a KU Leuven professor was on trial for the rape of a student, KU Leuven is continuing with disciplinary proceedings against that teacher. This disciplinary procedure can lead to dismissal.…

The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded a prestigious Synergy Grant to KU Leuven astrophysicist Conny Aerts. As coordinating principal investigator, she joins forces with Stéphane Mathis (CEA Paris-Saclay) and Michel Rieutord…

In the academic year 2021-2022, KU Leuven introduced a milestone for new bachelor students. With this, the university wanted to motivate students to pass all courses from the first bachelor as quickly as possible. They have two academic…