The Institut libre Marie Haps (ILMH) was a former French-speaking institution of higher education in

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

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, founded by

Marie Haps Marie Haps (1879–1939) was a Luxembourg-born Belgian educationalist, the founder of what subsequently became the Institut Libre Marie Haps (now part of the Haute École Léonard de Vinci) and the Marie Haps Faculty of Translation and Interpr ...

in 1919. Since 1995 it has become a constituent part of Haute École Léonard de Vinci except for its translation and interpreting department which, still on campus, is a faculty of

Saint-Louis University, Brussels Saint-Louis University, Brussels or UCLouvain Saint-Louis Brussels (officially, in French Université Saint-Louis – Bruxelles) is a public university in Brussels, belonging to the French Community of Belgium and specialized in social and huma ...

(UCLouvain) since 2015. Since 2019, the Haute École Léonard de Vinci is no longer divided in institutions but in sectors. The name ''Institut libre Marie Haps'' still remains as a quality label for some of the trainings given in the Haute École Léonard de Vinci. Courses were provided in

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audiology Audiology (from Latin , "to hear"; and from Greek , ''-logia'') is a branch of science that studies hearing, balance, and related disorders. Audiologists treat those with hearing loss and proactively prevent related damage. By employing various ...

and speech therapy. A department for translation and interpreting was established in 1955, but in 2015 the

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programme was transferred to the newly established

Marie Haps Faculty of Translation and Interpreting The Marie Haps Faculty of Translation and Interpreting (TIMH, in French: ''Faculté de traduction et interprétation Marie Haps'') is a Faculty (division), faculty of Saint-Louis University, Brussels (UCLouvain) located on its own campus in Brus ...

, while staying on the same campus in the Rue d'Arlon. The

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s of translation and of interpreting were moved to

Louvain-la-Neuve Louvain-la-Neuve (, French for ''New Leuven''; wa, Li Noû Lovén) is a planned town in the municipality of Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Wallonia, Belgium, situated 30 km southeast of Brussels, in the province of Walloon Brabant. The town ...

, in the newly founded Louvain School of Translation and Interpreting at the University of Louvain (UCLouvain).Isabelle Lemaire
L’UCL et Saint-Louis cooptent Marie Haps
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'' 22 February 2015; updated 23 February 2015. Accessed 20 February 2016. The college's buildings were shared with Saint-Louis University and are located on both sides of the Rue d'Arlon, in front of the

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, in the municipality of

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and the

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Notable alumni

Queen Mathilde of Belgium Mathilde (born ''Jonkvrouw'' Mathilde Marie Christine Ghislaine d'Udekem d'Acoz ; 20 January 1973) is Queen of the Belgians as the wife of King Philippe. She is the first native-born Belgian queen. She has founded and assisted charities to ...

(1994) *

Tom Vandenkendelaere Tom Vandenkendelaere (born 2 September 1984 in Roeselare) is a Belgian politician who has served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2014 until 2019 and again since 2021. He is a member of the Christian Democratic and Flemish party ( ...

, MEP *

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* {{Authority control Colleges in Belgium 1919 establishments in Belgium