This is a list of the constituent colleges of the
Old University of Leuven
The Old University of Leuven (or of Louvain) is the name historians give to the university, or ''studium generale'', founded in Leuven, Brabant (then part of the Burgundian Netherlands, now part of Belgium), in 1425. The university was closed in ...
(founded 1425; suppressed 1797). Many of them are listed heritage sites and some are in use by the current
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
KU Leuven (or Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) is a Catholic research university in the city of Leuven, Belgium. It conducts teaching, research, and services in computer science, engineering, natural sciences, theology, humanities, medicine, l ...
.
Pedagogies
Four of the colleges were specifically teaching colleges for undergraduates in the Liberal Arts, and these were called Pedagogies.
[Supplement aux trophees tant sacres que profanes du Duche de Brabant (etc.): 3-4]
Colleges
The others provided residential facilities for students studying at the advanced faculties (law, medicine, theology).
References
Historische universiteitscolleges in Leuven definitief beschermd Archeonet.be, 13 Nov 2009. Accessed 15 Feb. 2015.
* Cornelius Van Gestel, ''Historia sacra et profana Archiepiscopatus Mechliniensis'' (The Hague, 1725), 182-186.
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Valerius Andreas
Wouter Dries or Walter Driessens (1588–1655), Latinized Valerius Andreas, was an academic jurist, Hebraist, and historian from the Duchy of Brabant in the Habsburg Netherlands.
Life
Valerius was born in Dessel on 27 November 1588, the eldest so ...
, ''Fasti academici studii generalis Lovaniensis'' (Leuven, 1650), 252-330.
Inventaris Onroerend Erfgoed(Flemish heritage inventory). Accessed 15 Feb. 2015.
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