University of Luxembourg

The University of Luxembourg was founded in 2003 by combining four existing education and research institutes: the Centre universitaire, Institut supérieur d'études et de recherches pédagogiques, Institut supérieur de technologie, and Institut d'études éducatives et sociales.{{Cite web|date=2016|title=OECD Reviews of Innovation Policy: Luxembourg 2016 {{!}} READ online|url=https://read.oecd-ilibrary.org/science-and-technology/oecd-reviews-of-innovation-policy-luxembourg-2016_9789264232297-en#page81|access-date=2021-04-23|website=oecd-ilibrary.org|pages=79–88}}{{cite web |title=Luxembourg - Communications |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Luxembourg/Communications#ref23441 |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=21 April 2021 |language=en}}{{Cite news|last=Lehmann|first=Maura|date=March 22, 2021|title=Higher education in Luxembourg|work=RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg|url=https://today.rtl.lu/your-luxembourg/knowledge-bites/a/1680272.html|access-date=March 25, 2021}} The university is the only public university in Luxembourg.{{Cite web|title=About the University|url=https://wwwen.uni.lu/university/about_the_university|access-date=March 25, 2021|website=University of Luxembourg}}

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The university has three campuses: the Belval Campus, the Kirchberg Campus, and the Limpertsberg Campus.

The university is governed by a board of governors, a rector, and a university council.{{Cite web|title=Governance|url=https://wwwen.uni.lu/university/about_the_university/governance|access-date=March 25, 2021|website=University of Luxembourg}} The current rector of the University of Luxembourg is Jens Kreisel.{{Cite web |title=The rector |url=https://wwwen.uni.lu/university/about_the_university/organisation_charts/organisation_chart_rectorate_central_administration/the_rector |access-date=July 13, 2023 |website=University of Luxembourg}}

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The university offers 18 bachelor's degrees, 46 master's degrees, and doctorates. Bachelor's degrees require a semester abroad. The university also offers vocational training and lifelong learning training courses.

The university is multilingual. Courses are generally taught in two languages, being French and English or French and German. Some courses are taught in three, and some courses are taught entirely in English. Some courses are also taught entirely in Luxembourgish.{{Cite web |date=2024-03-16 |title=New Bachelor in Luxembourgish Language Science and Literature |url=https://www.uni.lu/en/news/new-bachelor-in-luxembourgish-language-science-and-literature/ |access-date=2024-03-01 |website=UNI EN |language=en-GB}}

The University has three faculties, the Faculty of Science, Technology, and Medicine, the Faculty of Law, Economics, and Finance, and the Faculty of Humanities, Education, and Social Sciences, and ``four interdisciplinary centres: the Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT), the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB), the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH), and a new research centre dedicated to European law. All the faculties offer bachelor's and master's degree programs, doctoral, and vocational programs.

During the COVID-19 pandemic in Luxembourg as part of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, the university switched to remote learning and later hybrid learning.{{Cite news|date=October 26, 2020|title=University of Luxembourg switches to remote teaching for one month|work=RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg|url=https://today.rtl.lu/news/luxembourg/a/1602080.html|access-date=March 25, 2021}}{{Cite news|last=Morizet|first=Tim|date=September 7, 2020|title=University reopens with hybrid system for its students|work=RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg|url=https://today.rtl.lu/news/luxembourg/a/1576079.html|access-date=March 25, 2021}}

As of August 2023, the University of Luxembourg's enrollment was 7000 students, including 1000 doctoral candidates, 2,400 staff, and 293 professors and senior lecturers.{{Cite web |date=1 March 2024 |title=Facts |url=https://www.uni.lu/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2023/07/University_of_Luxembourg_facts_and_figures_2023.pdf |access-date= |website=University of Luxembourg}}

In 2023, the university had 5,185 full-time equivalent students and a student–teacher ratio of 19.3. In 2023, 51% of students at the university were international students.

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In 2023, U.S. News & World Report ranked the University of Luxembourg number 570 in Best Global Universities and number 227 in Best Global Universities in Europe.{{Cite web |title=Search U.S. News Best Global Universities |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/search?name=University+of+Luxembourg }}

The Times Higher Education World University Rankings ranked the University of Luxembourg 201–250 in their 2023 World University Ranking, 4th worldwide for its international outlook and 25th worldwide in their 2022 Young University Rankings. The university's scores in international outlook (92.7), included a high percentage of international students (52%), industry income (81.3), and research quality (77.1). Lower ratings included research environment (39.7) and teaching (39.2).{{Cite web |date=2024-03-16 |title=Times Higher Education |url=https://www.uni.lu/en/about/profile/rankings-accreditations/the/ |access-date=2024-03-01 |website=UNI EN |language=en-GB}}

The Academic Ranking of World Universities, also known as the Shanghai Ranking, ranked the University of Luxembourg 601-700 in their 2023 rankings.{{Cite web |title=ShanghaiRanking's Academic Ranking of World Universities |url=https://www.shanghairanking.com/rankings/arwu/2023 |access-date=2024-03-01 |website=www.shanghairanking.com}}

Research at the university focus on the areas of digital transformation, medicine and health, as well as sustainable and societal development.  A special focus is placed on interdisciplinary approaches. In 2020, the university founded the Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS), which primarily promotes interdisciplinary research projects.

Since creation in 2006, the university has been awarded 15 ERC grants and it has established 22 industrial, public and public-private chairs, with 16 endowed chairs ongoing.In March 2021, the University of Luxembourg had 1,000 ongoing research projects and 114 Horizon 2020 projects. In 2022, university researchers produced 2,438 publications. While women make up 50% of PhD students, they represent only 39% of research scientists and just 21% of full professors. https://www.uni.lu/en/about/gender-equality/statistics/ PhD students and postdoctoral researchers work on fixed-term contracts that cannot exceed five years. Of the researchers at the university, 1,199 are on fixed-term contracts, while only 416 hold permanent positions, most of whom were hired when the university was founded and continue to occupy these roles. Newly recruited research scientists and professors are generally hired from abroad,https://wdocs-pub.chd.lu/docs/exped/2024/10/QP_56073_1728287772514.pdf with no internal promotion path from postdoctoral to senior positions.https://www.uni.lu/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2023/07/Competitive-Promotion-Policy_2022.pdf

The University of Luxembourg has more than 14,000 alumni.

• Alex Biryukov (Cryptographer){{Cite web|title=Prof. Dr. Alex Biryukov|url=https://wwwen.uni.lu/snt/people/alex_biryukov|access-date=March 25, 2021|website=University of Luxembourg}}
• Robert Brisart (Philosopher){{Cite journal |last=Seron |first=Denis |date=2005 |title=Documents Annexes |url=https://philpapers.org/rec/SERDA |journal=Bulletin d'Analyse Phénoménologique |volume=1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230728073736/https://philpapers.org/rec/SERDA |archive-date= Jul 28, 2023 }}
• Emile Haag (Historian, national president of the confederation of government employees){{Cite web |title=Mémorial B n° 44 de 1997 |url=https://legilux.public.lu/eli/etat/adm/memorial/1997/44 |access-date=2022-06-02 |website=Legilux |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200121104716/https://legilux.public.lu/eli/etat/adm/memorial/1997/44 |archive-date= Jan 21, 2020 }}
• Dietmar Heidemann (Philosopher){{Cite web |title=Dietmar Heidemann |url=https://wwwen.uni.lu/research/fhse/dhum/people/dietmar_heidemann |access-date=2022-06-02 |website=University of Luxembourg}}
• Norbert von Kunitzki (Economist, businessman and university president){{Cite web |title=Presidents of National Rectors Conferences which sit on the EUA Council |url=http://eua.uni-graz.at/council_secretaries.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211201729/http://eua.uni-graz.at/council_secretaries.pdf |archive-date=Feb 11, 2012}}
• Jean-Paul Lehners (Historian){{Cite web |title=Jean-Paul Lehners |url=https://wwwen.uni.lu/research/fhse/dsoc/people/jean_paul_lehners |access-date=2022-06-02 |website=University of Luxembourg |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220603141915/https://wwwen.uni.lu/research/fhse/dsoc/people/jean_paul_lehners |archive-date= Jun 3, 2022 }}
• Jeanne Peiffer (Historian of mathematics){{Cite journal |date=1983 |title=Amy Dahan-Dalmédico, Jeanne Peiffer, Routes et dédales. Histoire des mathématiques |url=https://www.persee.fr/doc/rhs_0151-4105_1983_num_36_3_1957 |journal=Revue d'histoire des sciences |volume=36 |issue=3 |pages=355–356 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204234801/https://www.persee.fr/doc/rhs_0151-4105_1983_num_36_3_1957 |archive-date= Dec 4, 2022 }}
• Martin Schlichenmaier (Mathematician){{cite web |last=Université du Luxembourg |date= |year= |title=Martin Schlichenmaier |url=https://wwwfr.uni.lu/recherche/fstm/dmath/people/martin_schlichenmaier |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221204234513/https://wwwfr.uni.lu/recherche/fstm/dmath/people/martin_schlichenmaier |archive-date=Dec 4, 2022 }}
• Emma Schymanski (Chemist, environmental engineer){{Cite web |title=Emma Schymanski |url=https://wwwen.uni.lu/lcsb/people/emma_schymanski |access-date=2022-06-02 |website=University of Luxembourg}}
• François Tavenas (Engineer and academic){{Cite magazine |date=2004-03-01 |title=Francois Tavenas, 1942-2004 |url=https://www.newcivilengineer.com/archive/francois-tavenas-1942-2004-01-03-2004/ |access-date=2022-06-02 |magazine=New Civil Engineer |language=en}}
• Leon van der Torre (Computer scientist){{Cite web |title=Leon van der Torre |url=https://icr.uni.lu/leonvandertorre/ |access-date=2022-06-02 |website=icr.uni.lu}}
• Renée Wagener (Journalist, sociologist, historian, and former politician){{Cite web |title=Renée Wagener au conseil d'administration de 100,7 |url=https://paperjam.lu/article/renee-wagener-au-conseil-admin |access-date=2022-06-02 |website=paperjam.lu}}
• Volker Zotz (Philosopher, religious studies scholar, Buddhologist){{Cite web |title=volkerzotz.eu |url=http://www.volkerzotz.eu/ |access-date=2022-06-02 |website=www.volkerzotz.eu}}
• Michael Heneka (Neurologist and clinician-scientist){{Cite web |date=2024-03-16 |title=Three Uni.lu professors on the Highly Cited Researchers 2023 list |url=https://www.uni.lu/en/news/three-uni-lu-professors-on-the-highly-cited-researchers-2023-list/ |access-date=2024-03-01 |website=UNI EN |language=en-GB}}
• Alexandre Tkatchenko (physicist)
• Paul Wilmes (Systems ecology)
• Björn Ottersten (Electrical engineer){{Cite web |title=Björn Ottersten |url=https://erc.europa.eu/erc-member/bjorn-ottersten |access-date=2024-03-01 |website=ERC |language=en}}

• Djuna Bernard (Luxembourgish politician){{cite web |title=Djuna Bernard |url=https://www.chd.lu/wps/portal/public/Accueil/OrganisationEtFonctionnement/Organisation/Deputes/FicheDepute?ref=b3059f80-4736-441b-a02b-68359532ef81 |website=Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg |language=fr |accessdate=11 October 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201008212916/https://www.chd.lu/wps/portal/public/Accueil/OrganisationEtFonctionnement/Organisation/Deputes/FicheDepute?ref=b3059f80-4736-441b-a02b-68359532ef81 |archivedate=8 October 2020}}
• Max Hahn (Luxembourgish politician){{Cite web |date=2017-12-29 |title=HAHN Max |url=http://gouvernement.lu/fr/gouvernement/max-hahn.html |access-date=2024-03-01 |website=gouvernement.lu |language=fr}}
• Philip Hoffmann (Member of the German Bundestag){{Cite web |title=Philip Hoffmann |url=https://www.bundestag.de/abgeordnete/biografien/H/hoffmann_philip-1045026 |access-date=2025-03-10 |website=bundestag.de |language=german}}
• Amin Mekki Medani (Sudanese lawyer, diplomat, human rights and political activist){{Cite news |title=Amin Mekki Medani - Bio, News, Photos |language=en-US |website=Washington Times |url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/amin-mekki-medani/ |url-status=dead |access-date=2018-10-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202212327/https://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/amin-mekki-medani/ |archive-date=2019-02-02}}
• Jean-Paul Pier (Mathematician){{Cite web |date=June 2, 2022 |title=Pier, Jean-Paul (1933-2016) |url=https://www.idref.fr/027072525 |access-date=June 2, 2022 |website=IdRef}}
• Jean-François Rischard{{Cite web|title=Individual Staff Members - Rischard, Jean-Francois|url=https://archivesholdings.worldbank.org/individual-staff-members-rischard-jean-francois;isaar?sf_culture=en|access-date=March 25, 2021|website=World Bank}} (Economist, World Bank vice president){{Cite web |title=Jean Francois Rischard |url=https://www.theglobalist.com/contributors/jean-francois-rischard/ |access-date=2022-06-02 |website=The Globalist |language=en-US}}

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