- Student-faculty ratios: 36.3
- Male to female ratio: 50 : 50
- School nature: Public
- Website: http://www.kuleuven.be/english
- Address: Oude Markt 13 - bus 5005,Leuven, 3000,Belgium
- Phone: +32 16 32 40 10
- Total number of students 44,719
- Number of international students 6,690
- Total number of academic staff 1,226
- Number of international staff 159
- Number of undergraduate degrees awarded 5,329
- Number of master's degrees awarded 9,099
- Number of doctoral degrees awarded 744
- Number of research only staff 1,277
- Number of new undergraduate students 9,472
- Number of new master's students 9,942
- Number of new doctoral students 1,050
- Global score 72.8
- Global research reputation #69
- Regional research reputation #10
- Publications #48
- Books #66
- Conferences #52
- Normalized citation impact #229
- Total citations #50
- Number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #46
- Percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #150
- International collaboration #523
- Percentage of total publications with international collaboration #61
- Number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #46
- Percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #165
*The above data comes from: Official website of U.S.News
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36.3
No. of students per staff
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15%
Percentage of International Students
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50 : 50
Student Ratio of Females to Males
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45,049
Number of FTE Students
*The above data comes from: Official website of TIMES
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#26 Agricultural Sciences
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- Agricultural Sciences overall score 73.2
- Agricultural Sciences global research reputation #14
- Agricultural Sciences regional research reputation #3
- Agricultural Sciences publications #45
- Agricultural Sciences normalized citation impact #34
- Agricultural Sciences total citations #28
- Agricultural Sciences number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #28
- Agricultural Sciences percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #56
- Agricultural Sciences international collaboration #146
- Agricultural Sciences percentage of total publications with international collaboration #37
- Agricultural Sciences number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #55
- Agricultural Sciences percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #102
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#35 Arts and Humanities
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- Arts and Humanities overall score 68.2
- Arts and Humanities global research reputation #48
- Arts and Humanities regional research reputation #11
- Arts and Humanities publications #21
- Arts and Humanities books #99
- Arts and Humanities conferences #7
- Arts and Humanities normalized citation impact #131
- Arts and Humanities total citations #39
- Arts and Humanities number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #29
- Arts and Humanities percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #130
- Arts and Humanities international collaboration #123
- Arts and Humanities percentage of total publications with international collaboration #28
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#54 Biology and Biochemistry
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- Biology and Biochemistry overall score 58.0
- Biology and Biochemistry global research reputation #67
- Biology and Biochemistry regional research reputation #29
- Biology and Biochemistry publications #60
- Biology and Biochemistry normalized citation impact #145
- Biology and Biochemistry total citations #57
- Biology and Biochemistry number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #60
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #178
- Biology and Biochemistry international collaboration #154
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of total publications with international collaboration #7
- Biology and Biochemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #55
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #150
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#74 Chemistry
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- Chemistry overall score 70.3
- Chemistry global research reputation #147
- Chemistry regional research reputation #90
- Chemistry publications #64
- Chemistry normalized citation impact #176
- Chemistry total citations #65
- Chemistry number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #58
- Chemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #174
- Chemistry international collaboration #481
- Chemistry percentage of total publications with international collaboration #51
- Chemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #74
- Chemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #203
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#24 Clinical Medicine
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- Clinical Medicine overall score 78.3
- Clinical Medicine global research reputation #38
- Clinical Medicine regional research reputation #8
- Clinical Medicine publications #52
- Clinical Medicine normalized citation impact #87
- Clinical Medicine total citations #34
- Clinical Medicine number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #34
- Clinical Medicine percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #24
- Clinical Medicine international collaboration #197
- Clinical Medicine percentage of total publications with international collaboration #16
- Clinical Medicine number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #30
- Clinical Medicine percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #33
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#97 Computer Science
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- Computer Science overall score 53.1
- Computer Science global research reputation #59
- Computer Science regional research reputation #12
- Computer Science publications #68
- Computer Science normalized citation impact #204
- Computer Science total citations #122
- Computer Science number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #94
- Computer Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #164
- Computer Science international collaboration #173
- Computer Science percentage of total publications with international collaboration #90
- Computer Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #204
- Computer Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #238
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#45 Economics and Business
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- Economics and Business overall score 55.8
- Economics and Business global research reputation #71
- Economics and Business regional research reputation #20
- Economics and Business publications #32
- Economics and Business normalized citation impact #118
- Economics and Business total citations #45
- Economics and Business number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #49
- Economics and Business percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #132
- Economics and Business international collaboration #80
- Economics and Business percentage of total publications with international collaboration #16
- Economics and Business number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #60
- Economics and Business percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #134
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#41 Engineering
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- Engineering overall score 78.5
- Engineering global research reputation #84
- Engineering regional research reputation #14
- Engineering publications #68
- Engineering normalized citation impact #63
- Engineering total citations #41
- Engineering number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #43
- Engineering percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #99
- Engineering international collaboration #414
- Engineering percentage of total publications with international collaboration #76
- Engineering number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #49
- Engineering percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #176
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#127 Environment/Ecology
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- Environment/Ecology overall score 58.7
- Environment/Ecology global research reputation #162
- Environment/Ecology regional research reputation #30
- Environment/Ecology publications #108
- Environment/Ecology normalized citation impact #223
- Environment/Ecology total citations #122
- Environment/Ecology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #132
- Environment/Ecology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #232
- Environment/Ecology international collaboration #315
- Environment/Ecology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #93
- Environment/Ecology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #144
- Environment/Ecology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #217
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#192 Geosciences
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- Geosciences overall score 48.7
- Geosciences global research reputation #128
- Geosciences regional research reputation #69
- Geosciences publications #217
- Geosciences normalized citation impact #200
- Geosciences total citations #224
- Geosciences number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #193
- Geosciences percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #153
- Geosciences international collaboration #238
- Geosciences percentage of total publications with international collaboration #63
- Geosciences number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #206
- Geosciences percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #187
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#67 Immunology
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- Immunology overall score 51.3
- Immunology global research reputation #46
- Immunology regional research reputation #12
- Immunology publications #139
- Immunology normalized citation impact #40
- Immunology total citations #103
- Immunology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #101
- Immunology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #47
- Immunology international collaboration #136
- Immunology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #14
- Immunology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #66
- Immunology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #20
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#96 Materials Science
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- Materials Science overall score 58.4
- Materials Science global research reputation #61
- Materials Science regional research reputation #17
- Materials Science publications #127
- Materials Science normalized citation impact #148
- Materials Science total citations #111
- Materials Science number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #107
- Materials Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #133
- Materials Science international collaboration #227
- Materials Science percentage of total publications with international collaboration #24
- Materials Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #195
- Materials Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #277
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#43 Mathematics
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- Mathematics overall score 68.0
- Mathematics global research reputation #64
- Mathematics regional research reputation #21
- Mathematics publications #87
- Mathematics normalized citation impact #55
- Mathematics total citations #55
- Mathematics number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #52
- Mathematics percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #69
- Mathematics international collaboration #165
- Mathematics percentage of total publications with international collaboration #40
- Mathematics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #58
- Mathematics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #97
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#54 Microbiology
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- Microbiology overall score 54.8
- Microbiology global research reputation #107
- Microbiology regional research reputation #2
- Microbiology publications #62
- Microbiology normalized citation impact #150
- Microbiology total citations #69
- Microbiology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #84
- Microbiology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #171
- Microbiology international collaboration #120
- Microbiology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #25
- Microbiology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #47
- Microbiology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #94
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#41 Molecular Biology and Genetics
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- Molecular Biology and Genetics overall score 63.0
- Molecular Biology and Genetics global research reputation #67
- Molecular Biology and Genetics regional research reputation #13
- Molecular Biology and Genetics publications #66
- Molecular Biology and Genetics normalized citation impact #114
- Molecular Biology and Genetics total citations #57
- Molecular Biology and Genetics number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #49
- Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #71
- Molecular Biology and Genetics international collaboration #145
- Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of total publications with international collaboration #10
- Molecular Biology and Genetics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #45
- Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #78
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#50 Neuroscience and Behavior
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- Neuroscience and Behavior overall score 61.7
- Neuroscience and Behavior global research reputation #58
- Neuroscience and Behavior regional research reputation #26
- Neuroscience and Behavior publications #69
- Neuroscience and Behavior normalized citation impact #75
- Neuroscience and Behavior total citations #61
- Neuroscience and Behavior number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #61
- Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #87
- Neuroscience and Behavior international collaboration #104
- Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of total publications with international collaboration #5
- Neuroscience and Behavior number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #61
- Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #80
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#18 Pharmacology and Toxicology
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- Pharmacology and Toxicology overall score 72.5
- Pharmacology and Toxicology global research reputation #69
- Pharmacology and Toxicology regional research reputation #7
- Pharmacology and Toxicology publications #26
- Pharmacology and Toxicology normalized citation impact #57
- Pharmacology and Toxicology total citations #21
- Pharmacology and Toxicology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #10
- Pharmacology and Toxicology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #34
- Pharmacology and Toxicology international collaboration #89
- Pharmacology and Toxicology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #7
- Pharmacology and Toxicology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #24
- Pharmacology and Toxicology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #59
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#301 Physics
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- Physics overall score 56.3
- Physics global research reputation #85
- Physics regional research reputation #38
- Physics publications #190
- Physics normalized citation impact #566
- Physics total citations #392
- Physics number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #335
- Physics percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #516
- Physics international collaboration #568
- Physics percentage of total publications with international collaboration #302
- Physics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #502
- Physics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #642
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#133 Plant and Animal Science
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- Plant and Animal Science overall score 61.0
- Plant and Animal Science global research reputation #133
- Plant and Animal Science regional research reputation #76
- Plant and Animal Science publications #154
- Plant and Animal Science normalized citation impact #173
- Plant and Animal Science total citations #135
- Plant and Animal Science number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #150
- Plant and Animal Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #226
- Plant and Animal Science international collaboration #299
- Plant and Animal Science percentage of total publications with international collaboration #99
- Plant and Animal Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #111
- Plant and Animal Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #136
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#22 Psychiatry/Psychology
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- Psychiatry/Psychology overall score 74.9
- Psychiatry/Psychology global research reputation #52
- Psychiatry/Psychology regional research reputation #3
- Psychiatry/Psychology publications #31
- Psychiatry/Psychology normalized citation impact #37
- Psychiatry/Psychology total citations #28
- Psychiatry/Psychology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #33
- Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #106
- Psychiatry/Psychology international collaboration #56
- Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #5
- Psychiatry/Psychology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #15
- Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #11
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#65 Social Sciences and Public Health
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- Social Sciences and Public Health overall score 60.4
- Social Sciences and Public Health global research reputation #57
- Social Sciences and Public Health regional research reputation #7
- Social Sciences and Public Health publications #55
- Social Sciences and Public Health normalized citation impact #305
- Social Sciences and Public Health total citations #74
- Social Sciences and Public Health number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #56
- Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #142
- Social Sciences and Public Health international collaboration #209
- Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of total publications with international collaboration #39
- Social Sciences and Public Health number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #112
- Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #309
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#114 Space Science
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- Space Science overall score 46.9
- Space Science global research reputation #52
- Space Science regional research reputation #32
- Space Science publications #72
- Space Science normalized citation impact #192
- Space Science total citations #121
- Space Science number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #147
- Space Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #214
- Space Science international collaboration #142
- Space Science percentage of total publications with international collaboration #42
- Space Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #146
- Space Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #192