University · Liège, Belgium

University of Liège, ELIXIR Belgium

Belgian public university founded in 1817

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About

instance of	public university open-access publisher organization
inception	1817
founder	William I of the Netherlands
official name	Université de l’État à Liège (fr) · until 1989 Université de Liège (fr) · since 1 January 1989
native label	Université de Liège (fr)
short name	ULiège (fr) · since 2017 ULg (fr) · until 2017 ULiège (fr)
motto text	Scientia optimum (la)
legal form	public institution · since 5 July 1920

Location and contact

country	Belgium
located in the administrative territorial entity	Liège
coordinate location	50.6408, 5.5747 · headquarters
official website	https://www.uliege.be/ · language of work or name: French · language of work or name: English

People and numbers

count of students	27,678 · 2022 Earlier figures (2) 25,421 · 2018 17,000 · 2010
rector	Anne-Sophie Nyssen · since 2022 Pierre Wolper · 2017–2022

Rankings and recognition

ranking	379 · QS World University Rankings · 2026 Earlier figures (12) 396 · QS World University Rankings · 2025 421 · QS World University Rankings · 2024 480 · QS World University Rankings · 2022 451 · QS World University Rankings · 2021 429 · QS World University Rankings · 2020 391 · QS World University Rankings · 2019 319 · QS World University Rankings · 2018 315 · QS World University Rankings · 2017 265 · QS World University Rankings · 2016 272 · QS World University Rankings · 2015 240 · QS World University Rankings · 2014 239 · QS World University Rankings · 2012

ranking

379 · QS World University Rankings · 2026

Earlier figures (12)

396 · QS World University Rankings · 2025
421 · QS World University Rankings · 2024
480 · QS World University Rankings · 2022
451 · QS World University Rankings · 2021
429 · QS World University Rankings · 2020
391 · QS World University Rankings · 2019
319 · QS World University Rankings · 2018
315 · QS World University Rankings · 2017
265 · QS World University Rankings · 2016
272 · QS World University Rankings · 2015
240 · QS World University Rankings · 2014
239 · QS World University Rankings · 2012

Structure and memberships

part of	ELIXIR Belgium
child organization or unit	Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
has part(s)	University Library Liège Prehistomuseum HEC Management School – University of Liège · since 2005 Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech · since 2009 Liège Space Center 28 more centre d’études et fonds Georges-Simenon Liege Competition and Innovation Institute centre d'études québécoises Liège Science Park Station scientifique des Hautes-Fagnes STARESO Search for habitable Planets EClipsing ULtra-cOOl Stars University of Liège Institute of Astrophysics and Geophysics Botanique spaces of the university of Liège Cointe Observatory Institut d'anatomie Institut de physiologie Institut de zoologie (Liège) Montefiore Institute Jardin botanique de Liège Aquarium-Muséum House of Science Open air museum of Sart-Tilman university hospital center of Liège Colonster Castle Bâtiment central de l'Université de Liège théâtre universitaire royal de Liège BioLiège Ciné-club Nickelodéon de l'université de Liège Société libre d'émulation de Liège Fondation Léon Fredericq Association générale des étudiants liégeois Faculty of Veterinary Medecine of the University of Liège · since 1969
affiliation	Agence universitaire de la Francophonie
member of	Top International Managers in Engineering European University Association Université de la Grande Région ORCID, Inc. · October 2023 Agence universitaire de la Francophonie 2 more International Association of Universities UNIC
replaces	Imperial University of Brussels

Other facts

main Wikidata property	ORBi author ID

Images and media on Wikimedia Commons (2)

image	Université de Liège - Bâtiment central A1 - Place du XX Août 7 - 4000 Liège.jpg · media legend: Entrée du bâtiment central place du Vingt-Août (fr) · October 2020
logo image	University of Liège logo.svg

Wikimedia and technical details (8)

Commons category	University of Liège
topic's main category	Category:University of Liège
category for alumni of educational institution	Category:University of Liège alumni
category for employees of the organization	Category:Academic staff of the University of Liège
on focus list of Wikimedia project	Wikidata:WikiProject Academic Publisher
IPv6 routing prefix	2001:6a8:2d80::/48
Commons Institution page	University of Liège
social media followers	16,589 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 137635095 · 4 February 2023 61,700 · YouTube channel ID: UCtdFRqz22r1cSORccAhe8-Q · 23 March 2025 134 · Mastodon address: UniversitedeLiege@mastodon.online · 17 June 2024 Earlier figures (10) 117 · Mastodon address: UniversitedeLiege@mastodon.online · 11 April 2024 115 · Mastodon address: UniversitedeLiege@mastodon.online · 16 March 2024 112 · Mastodon address: UniversitedeLiege@mastodon.online · 12 February 2024 15,674 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 137635095 · 28 February 2022 14,222 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 137635095 · 10 January 2021 13,173 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 137635095 · 27 April 2020 59,000 · YouTube channel ID: UCtdFRqz22r1cSORccAhe8-Q · 24 February 2024 55,400 · YouTube channel ID: UCtdFRqz22r1cSORccAhe8-Q · 17 February 2023 48,600 · YouTube channel ID: UCtdFRqz22r1cSORccAhe8-Q · 17 March 2022 38,000 · YouTube channel ID: UCtdFRqz22r1cSORccAhe8-Q · 3 July 2021

Identifiers in other databases (88)

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