University of Luxembourg
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| Established | 2003 |
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| Rector | Prof. Dr. Rainer Klump (president) |
| Students | 6287 (12. 2014) |
| Location | Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg |
| Colors | Red, white and light blue |
| Website | http://www.uni.lu/ |
The University of Luxembourg is the only public university in Luxembourg, founded on 13 August 2003. Prior to that, there were several higher educational institutions such as the cour universitaire or the IST that offered one or two years of academic studies. Luxembourgish students had to go abroad in order to complete their studies at a university (usually to Belgium, France, Germany, Austria, and the United Kingdom). The new university makes it possible for these students to complete their studies in their own country, as well as attract foreign academic interest to Luxembourg.
The university has three campuses:
By the finalisation of the restructured campus in Esch-Belval, south of the capital, two of the three faculties will relocate there: The Faculty of Arts, Humanities, Arts and Education Sciences will first do so in summer 2014, followed by the Faculty of Sciences, Technology and Communication in 2015 and 2016. The Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance will remain on Campus Limpertsberg.
Like Luxembourg itself, the studies at the university are characterised by their multilingualism. Courses are usually held in two languages: French/English, French/German, or English/German. The Times Higher Education World University Rankings in 2016 ranked the university 178rd worldwide and 14th in a separate "under 50 [years of age]" ranking.
The study programme is set up in the Bologna System and oriented towards the interest of young people and the needs of the employment market. Students may choose between eleven bachelor's and 27 master's degrees.
Many study programmes require an obligatory semester abroad. So the University of Luxembourg collaborates with universities from all over the world, including:
Asia
Europe
Americas
The University of Luxembourg is a research-oriented university, focusing on the creation of new knowledge. The university has framed in its current four-year plan (2010-2013) five high-priority focus areas of which the two most prominent are:
In this context, the university has established two research centres, the Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT), targeting research and doctoral education in the field of ICT, and the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB), which is partly funded by the Government within the country’s “Health Science Plan”.
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