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Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Logo: KU Leuven, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

Catholic research university in Belgium

KU Leuven (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) is a Catholic research university in the city of Leuven, Belgium. In addition to its main campus in Leuven, it has satellite campuses in Kortrijk, Antwerp, Ghent, Bruges, Ostend, Geel, Diepenbeek, Genk, Aalst, Sint-Katelijne-Waver, and in Belgium's capital Brussels. KU Leuven is the largest university in Belgium and the Low Countries and the largest Dutch-language university in the world.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1968Founded1
  • HeadquartersLeuven1
  • Websitewww.kuleuven.be/english
  • Legal formprivate law corporation1
  • Kind of organizationPublic body1
  • LEI5299001MN2MYAHLGXD653
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressOude markt 13, 3000 Leuven, Belgium3
  • Registered withFederal Public Service Economy (Ministry of Economy), 0419.052.1733

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Leuven-University-Library
Photo: Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons6

KU Leuven (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) is a Catholic research university in the city of Leuven, Belgium.2

Corporate structure

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven sits at the top of its group. 6 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Leuven, Belgium
    • Flanders Institute for Biotechnology Subsidiary · Gent, Belgium
    • Computer Security and Industrial Cryptography Subsidiary · Belgium
    • Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Law Center Subsidiary · Leuven, Belgium
    • Neuroelectronics Research Flanders Subsidiary · Leuven, Belgium
    • Research Council, KU Leuven Subsidiary · Belgium
    • American College of the Immaculate Conception Owned · Leuven, Belgium
    • Heilige Geestcollege Owned · Leuven, Belgium

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Katholieke Universiteit Leuven reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

  • American College of the Immaculate Conception
  • Heilige Geestcollege

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

Leadership

Who has led Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Board members and other officers (1)

Products and brands

KU Leuven scientists have managed to produce a solar hydrogen panel, which is able to directly convert no less than 15 per cent of sunlight into hydrogen gas, which according to them is a world record. In the solar hydrogen panel the hydrogen and oxygen evolution reactions are performed in the gas phase in cathode and anode compartments separated by a membrane. Anion exchange membranes provide an alkaline environment enabling the use of earth abundant materials as electrocatalysts.

According to IEEE Spectrum in 2019 this is a giant leap from 0.1% efficiency 10 years earlier.

This technology bypasses the conversion losses of the classical solar–hydrogen energy cycle where solar power is first harvested via a solar panel and only then to converted to hydrogen with electrolysis plants.

From Wikipedia’s article on KU Leuven, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

  • Computer Security and Industrial Cryptography
  • Flanders Institute for Biotechnology
  • Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Law Center
  • Neuroelectronics Research Flanders
  • Research Council, KU Leuven

Also owns

  • American College of the Immaculate Conception
  • Heilige Geestcollege

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded Catholic University of Leuven (1834–1968)1

Timeline

  1. 1968Founded Founded1

Sources

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