University of Liège

 18,600 students, 20% from abroad, 102 nationalities  4,300 staff (2,800 professors and researchers)  70,000 graduates (10% foreign students) ULg… At a glance ULg…

 9 Faculties, 1 School, 1 Institute Philosophy and Letters Law and Political Science ScienceMedicine Applied Science Veterinary Medicine Psychology and Education Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech Architecture HEC – Management School-ULg Institute for Human and Social Sciences  Integrated into the Bologna Process  38 bachelor’s  178 master’s 21% of which are unique in French-speaking Belgium  67 complementary master’s At a glance

 530 research units  3500 scientific publications per year  In contact with 600 institutions in Europe and elsewhere  An early proponent of Open Access in Europe At a glance

 A pioneer in the commercialization of research results in Wallonia - More than 90 spin-off companies created - 70 still active, resulting in € 100 million GP and 1200 jobs  Structures integrating research and commercialization in expanding sectors - WSL (Wallonia Space Logistics) : space and engineering science - GIGA : life sciences - Aquapôle : environmental and water sciences  Total budget: ca. € 250 million At a glance

Geographical location  Cosmopolitan, artistic and historic city with a strong industrial and intellectual identity  At the core of the Meuse-Rhine Euregio (Maastricht, Aachen) and the Greater Region (Luxembourg, Saarbrücken, Metz, Nancy)  Easily accessible by road or train from large European cities (Brussels, Paris, London, Amsterdam, Cologne) (Brussels, Paris, London, Amsterdam, Cologne)

Geographical Location  Important transport and logistics centre (2 nd river port in Europe, Liege Airport)  City in constant renewal, as evidenced by commissioning of work by renowned architects Santiago Calatrava (TGV station) and Ron Arad (Médiacité)

4 campuses Downtown Liege campus: The Rector’s Office, Administration, Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, Architecture, Business School Sart Tilman campus: A verdant 760-acre campus, main teaching and research center + Liege Science Park

4 campuses Gembloux : Agro-Bio Tech Arlon: Environmental Science and Management

 Integration of Gembloux Agricultural University (Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech since October 1st, 2009)  Integration of the Lambert Lombard Higher Institute of Architecture and the Saint-Luc School of Architecture (new Faculty of Architecture as of January 2010)  New university governance instituted in : Associate Vice- Rectors for International Relations, Research, Evaluation and Quality  Implementation of the “ULg Project” (focus on self-assessment, setting up of 3 cross- disciplinary research sectors, priority to language learning, etc.). News & perspectives

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