UCLouvain
Public university in Louvain-la-Neuve
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| 2022 | Gustavo Petro begins his term as President of Colombia |
| 2022 | UCLouvain merged with Saint-Louis University, adding a new campus specialized in social and human sciences research in central Brussels. |
| 2019 | University experienced a further drop in overall ranking to 165, with Philosophy moving to the 51-100 range and continued diverse subject area rankings. |
| 2019 | Global ranking declined to 165th, showing variations in academic department performance. |
| 2018 | Slight decline in overall ranking to 153, with notable improvements in Theology (rank 12) and continued presence in multiple academic discipline rankings. |
| 2018 | University maintained a similar global ranking at 153rd, with continued performance across various academic fields. |
| September 2018 | University rebranded as UCLouvain after merging with Saint-Louis University, Brussels, replacing the previous acronym UCL. |
| 2017 | UCLouvain's overall ranking dropped to 154. New rankings were achieved in Theology (17), Philosophy (33), and Social Sciences (84), with Medicine first appearing at rank 105. |
| 2016 | António Mascarenhas Monteiro, first democratically elected president of Cape Verde, passes away |
| 2016 | University climbed to an overall world ranking of 146, with Philosophy dropping to rank 43 and Economics moving to the 51-100 range. |
| 2015 | UCLouvain achieved an overall world ranking of 149, improving 5 positions from the previous year. Notable rankings included Philosophy at rank 31 and Economics at rank 45. |
| 2012 | Merger with Saint-Louis University, establishing an independent campus for social and human sciences research in Brussels city center. |
| 2011 | UCLouvain moved up to 125th place in the QS World University Rankings. |
| 2011 | Moved up to 125th position in the QS World University Rankings. |
| 2010 | Times Higher Education World University Rankings and QS World University Rankings separated to produce individual rankings. |
| December 2010 | Negotiations for a full merger aborted due to insufficient vote by the FUNDP general assembly. |
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