Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB)

The Université libre de Bruxelles (French for Free University of Brussels, however seldom interpreted) is a French-talking private examination college in Brussels, Belgium. It has around 24,200 understudies, 32% of whom originate from abroad, and a similarly cosmopolitan staff.

The ULB embodies three primary grounds: the Campus de la Plaine with workforces, for example, the employees of drug store in Ixelles, the Campus du Solbosch, which is the fundamental and greatest grounds of the college, on the regions of Brussels and Ixelles districts, in the Brussels-Capital Region and the Campus Erasme (personnel of prescription) in Anderlecht next to the Erasmus Hospital however the college additionally has structures and exercises in Charleroi on the Aéropole Science Park, Parentville, Treignes (fr) and Nivelles.

Notable faculty

• Eugene Goblet d'Alviella (1846–1925), antiquarian and lawmaker
• Jules Bordet (1870–1961), doctor, laureate of the 1919 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• Albert Claude (24 August 1899 – 22 May 1983), scholar, laureate of the 1974 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• Paul Hymans (1865–1941), law, first President of the League of Nations
• Ilya Prigogine, (1917–2003), physicist and scientific expert, laureate of the 1955 Francqui Prize, and laureate of the 1977 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• Théophile de Donder, (1872–1957), physicist and mathematician, and father of irreversible thermodynamics
• Jacques Tits (conceived 12 August 1930), Belgian mathematician, laureate of the 1993 Wolf Prize and of the 2008 Abel Prize
• Emile Vandervelde (1866–1938), statesman, teacher of law and human science

Nobel prizes

• Henri La Fontaine (1854-1943)
• Jules Bordet (1870-1961)
• Albert Claude (1898-1983)
• Ilya Prigogine (1917-2003)
• François Englert (1932)

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Ghent University (UGent)

Ghent University is a Dutch-talking state funded college found in Ghent, Belgium. It is one of the bigger Flemish colleges, comprising of 41,000 understudies and 9,000 staff individuals. The current minister is Anne De Paepe (nl). Starting 2014, Ghent University positions as 90th universally as per Times Higher Education,[4] 129th as per QS World University Rankings and 70th as per the Academic Ranking of World Universities. It is consequently thought to be a top college, all around.

It was secured in 1817 by King William I of the Netherlands. After the Belgian insurgency of 1830, it was managed by the recently structured Belgian state. French turned into the scholastic dialect until 1930, when Ghent University turned into the first Dutch-talking college in Belgium. In 1991, the college was allowed significant self-governance and transformed its name from State University of Ghent (Dutch: Rijksuniversiteit Gent, contracted as RUG) to its current name.

Rankings

Ghent University is reliably positioned among the best colleges in Belgium and around the world (main 100). Ghent University ascends from spot 85 to 70 in the as of late distributed Shanghai positioning. Again Ghent University has the most noteworthy score of all Belgian colleges in this world positioning of colleges. In the 2009 THE–QS World University Rankings (From 2010 two different rankings will be created by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings and the QS World University Rankings) rundown of the main 100 colleges on the planet, Ghent University was positioned in 136th spot. In the Times Top 50 Life Sciences Universities 2011-2012, Ghent positioned 36th. In the 2010 QS World University Rankings it was positioned 192nd, though the 2011 rankings put it at 165th.[13] In the Times Higher Education World University Rankings of 2010, it was positioned 124nd. A review of the most recent years:

Year	Rank (change)
2014	85
2013	90
2012	106
2011	165
2010	192
2009	136
2008	136
2007	124
2006	141

Ghent University was positioned 89th among world colleges by the Academic Ranking of World Universities in 2012. The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), usually known as the Shanghai positioning, is a distribution that was established and arranged by the Shanghai Jiaotong University.The rankings have been directed since 2003 and afterward redesigned every year. A review of the most recent years:

Year	Rank (change)
2013	85
2012	89
2011	89
2010	90

Ghent was additionally set among main 95 colleges on the planet as indicated by the Russian based Global University Ranking.

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Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven)

The Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Dutch for Catholic University of Leuven, however normally not deciphered into English) (Dutch articulation: [katoˈlikə univɛrsiˈtɛit ˈløːvə(n)], About this sound tune in (help·info)), otherwise called KU Leuven or University of Leuven, is a Dutch-talking college in Leuven, Flanders, Belgium.

The University of Leuven was established at the middle of the noteworthy town of Leuven in 1425, making it Belgium's first college. In the wake of being shut in 1797 amid the Napoleonic period, the Catholic University of Leuven was "re-established" in 1834, and is as often as possible, yet disputably, distinguished as a continuation of the more seasoned institution.A In 1968 the Catholic University of Leuven part into the Dutch-dialect Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and the French-dialect Université catholique de Louvain, which moved to Louvain-la-Neuve in Wallonia. Since the fifteenth century, Louvain, as it is still regularly called, has been a noteworthy patron to the advancement of Catholic religious philosophy. It is viewed as the most seasoned Catholic college still in presence.

With 55,484 understudies in 2014–2015, the KU Leuven is the biggest college in Belgium and the Low Countries. Notwithstanding its essential grounds in Leuven, it has satellite grounds in Kortrijk ('KULAK'), Antwerp, Ghent, Bruges, Ostend, Geel, Diepenbeek, Aalst, Sint-Katelijne-Waver and in Belgium's capital Brussels. The college now additionally offers a few projects in English.

Starting 2014, KU Leuven positions as 55th all around as per Times Higher Education, 82nd as per QS World University Rankings and 96th as indicated by the Academic Ranking of World Universities. KU Leuven is reliably thought to be inside the main 100 colleges of the world and in discord with Ghent University as the best Belgian university.

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University of Innsbruck (Universitas Leopoldino Franciscea)

The University of Innsbruck is a state funded college in the capital of the Austrian government condition of Tyrol, established in 1669.

It is presently the biggest training office in the Austrian Bundesland of Tirol, the third biggest in Austria behind Vienna University and the University of Graz and as indicated by The Times Higher Education Supplement World Ranking 2010 Austria's driving college. Noteworthy commitments have been made in numerous limbs, above all in the physical science division. Further, with respect to the quantity of Web of Science-recorded distributions, it involves the third rank worldwide in the region of mountain research.

History

In 1562, a Jesuit punctuation school was created in Innsbruck, today "Akademisches Gymnasium Innsbruck". It was financed by the salt mines in Hall in Tirol and was established as a college in 1669 by Leopold I with four personnel. In 1782 this was lessened to an insignificant lyceum (just like all different Universities in the Austrian Empire, aside from Prague, Vienna and Lviv), however it was re-created as the University of Innsbruck in 1826 by Emperor Franz I. The college is along these lines named after both of its establishing fathers with the authority title of: "Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck" (Universitas Leopoldino-Franciscea).

In 1991, Lauda Air Flight 004 smashed in Thailand, slaughtering all on board, including 21 individuals from the University of Innsbruck. The travelers included teacher and economist Clemens August Andreae, an alternate educator, six partners, and 13 understudies. Andreae had regularly driven field visits to Hong Kong.

In 2005, duplicates of letters composed by the rulers Frederick II and Conrad IV were found in the college's library. They touched base in Innsbruck in the eighteenth century, having left the charterhouse Allerengelberg in Schnals because of its abolishment

The faculties

The new arrangement of association (having gotten to be compelling on October 1, 2004) introduced the accompanying 15 staffs to supplant the already existing six workforces:

1. Employees of Architecture,
2. Employees of Biology,
3. Employees of Catholic Theology,
4. Employees of Chemistry and Pharmacology,
5. Employees of Economics and Statistics,
6. Employees of Education,
7. Employees of Technical Sciences (earlier Faculty of Engineering Science and before that Faculty of Civil Engineering),
8. Employees of Geography and Atmospheric Sciences,
9. Employees of Humanities 1 (Philosophy and History),
10. Employees of Humanities 2 (Language and Literature),
11. Employees of Law,
12. Employees of Mathematics, Computer Science and Physics,
13. Employees of Psychology and Sports science,
14. School of Political Sciences and Sociology,
15. Innsbruck University School of Management.

Starting 1 January 2004, the Faculty of Medicine was separated off from the principle college to turn into a college in its own privilege. This is currently called the Innsbruck Medical University (Medizinische Universität Innsbruck).

On 1 October 2012 a sixteenth employees, the School of Education, has been included

source: Innsbruck university wikipedia

University of Vienna (Universität Wien)

The University of Vienna is a state funded college found in Vienna, Austria. It was established by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the most seasoned college in the German-talking world. With its long and rich history, the University of Vienna has formed into one of the greatest colleges in Europe, furthermore a standout amongst the most famous, particularly in the Humanities. It is connected with 15 Nobel prize victors and has been the scholarly home of a substantial number of figures both of authentic and scholastic significance

Programmes

Understudies at the college can choose from 187 degree programs: 55 lone ranger programs, 116 expert projects, 4 confirmation projects and 12 doctoral projects. In the scholastic year 2012/13, the college honored 10,904 first degrees (Bachelors and Diplomas), 1,138 Master's degrees and 585 Doctoral degrees. The University shows various Masters programs in English, specifically:

1. Quantitative Economics, Management and Finance
2. Science-Technology-Society
3. Ecological Sciences
4. Center European interdisciplinary Master Program in Cognitive Science
5. European Master in Health and Physical Activity
6. English Language and Linguistics
7. Anglophone Literatures and Cultures
8. East Asian Economy and Society
9. Financial aspects
10. Organic science
11. Environment and Ecosystems
12. Sub-atomic Microbiology, Microbial Ecology and Immunobiology

By most accounts 6,900 researchers embrace the exploration and showing action of the college. Of these, roughly 1,000 draw in effectively in activities financed by outsiders. The fundamental fields of examination at the college cover a wide range of subjects: Catholic and Protestant Theology, Law, Economic Sciences and Computer Science, Philological-Cultural Studies and Historical-Cultural Studies, Social Sciences and Psychology, Life Sciences and Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Sports Sciences and Teacher Education.

Nobel Prize Laureates
The grand staircase (Feststiege) in the Main Building
There are total 15 Nobel Prize Laureates affiliated to the University as follows:

Name	Field In	Year
Robert Bárány	Physiology or Medicine	1914
Richard Adolf Zsigmondy	Chemistry	1925
Julius Wagner-Jauregg	Physiology or Medicine	1927
Hans Fischer	Chemistry	1930
Karl Landsteiner	Physiology or Medicine	1930
Erwin Schrödinger	Physics	1933
Otto Loewi	Physiology or Medicine	1936
Victor Francis Hess	Physics	1936
Richard Kuhn	Chemistry	1938
Max Perutz	Chemistry	1962
Karl von Frisch	Physiology or Medicine	1973
Konrad Lorenz	Physiology or Medicine	1973
Friedrich Hayek	Economics	1974
Elias Canetti	Literature	1981
Elfriede Jelinek	Literature	2004

source: Vienna university wikipedia