Established 1858 Location Brussels, Belgium Phone +32 2 211 78 11 Founded 1858 | Rector Pierre Jadoul Affiliations Académie Louvain Number of students 3,500 Parent organization Académie Louvain | |
Type Catholic (partly state funded) Address Boulevard du Jardin Botanique 43, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium Similar Catholic University of Brussels, Hogeschool‑Universiteit Brussel, Université catholique de Louvain, Université libre de Bruxelles, Université de Namur Profiles | ||
Saint-Louis University, Brussels, (French Université Saint-Louis - Bruxelles, abbreviated USLB) is a public university in Brussels, belonging to the French Community of Belgium. Prior to 2012 it was known as the Facultés Universitaires Saint-Louis (abbreviated FUSL).
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History
The school was founded in 1858 as the Philosophy Department of the Institut Saint-Louis (a diocesan secondary school), to prepare candidates for the higher liberal arts certification that would qualify them to enroll for a university law degree. In 1929 it became a distinct university-level institution.
Saint-Louis University and two other Belgian French-speaking historically Catholic universities make up the Académie universitaire Louvain network.
Its main campus is located on the northern edge of the historic inner city, opposite the Botanical Garden of Brussels across the small ring road. In 2015 the Bachelor of Translation programme of the Institut libre Marie Haps was transferred to the newly established Marie Haps Faculty of Translation and Interpreting at Saint-Louis University, Brussels. This programme is taught in buildings on the Rue d'Arlon, near the European Parliament.