Leuven University is one of the best universities in the world today. In recent 100 years, it has been ranked in the top 20 in the world. The ranking in recent 50 years is around 17.

US News ranks 48th among universities in the world.

Times Higher Education World University ranks 42nd.

ARWU academic ranking of world universities.

QS ranks 76th among universities in the world.

Brief introduction of Leuven University:

The University of Leuven, also known as the University of Leuven in the Netherlands, is the largest and highest ranked university in Belgium and one of the oldest and most respected universities in Europe. There is no word Dutch in the official translation, which is used to distinguish it from the new University of Leuven (also known as the University of Leuven in France), which was split and established independently in 1968.

The University of Leuven was founded by Pope Pope Martin V on 1425. It is the oldest existing Catholic university and the oldest university in the "low-lying countries" in Western Europe (including the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and other countries).

As one of the founding universities, Leuven University has established the alliance of top research universities in Europe with famous European universities such as Oxford University, Cambridge University, Leiden University, Edinburgh University, Geneva University, Heidelberg University and Amsterdam University.