University of Liège
- Type
- Research, Education & Health Organisation
- Location
- Liège, Belgium
- Industries
- Crop / plant science, Food reformulation, Food safety & quality, Waste efficiency
- Technologies
- Analytical measurement, Decision support software, Measurement & sensing, Smart & digital
About University of Liège
The University of Liège (ULiège) is a public university in Belgium with a strong regional anchor and an international outlook. It is positioned around three core missions: teaching, research, and service to the community. The university presents itself as an institution that contributes to scientific, cultural, and economic development while remaining open to the world.
ULiège serves students, researchers, staff, and external partners through a broad academic offer, research activity, and community-facing initiatives. Its structure spans 11 faculties and multiple campuses, reflecting a multidisciplinary university model that combines education, innovation, and societal engagement.
Core Values
- Public service and societal impact: ULiège emphasizes its role as a public university serving the community and contributing to regional development through education, research, and outreach.
- Academic excellence: The institution highlights high-level knowledge, critical thinking, and research excellence as central to its mission.
- Openness and internationalization: ULiège stresses openness to the world, international mobility, transnational cooperation, and multilingual competence.
- Responsibility and ethics: The university promotes responsible citizenship, ethical conduct, quality, and scientific integrity across its activities.
Unique Aspects
- Three-pillar mission: ULiège explicitly organizes its identity around teaching, research, and service to the community, giving it a clear public-university profile.
- Multi-campus presence: The university is implanted in three cities and four campuses, with locations in Liège city center, Liège Sart Tilman, Gembloux, and Arlon.
- International networks: ULiège participates in international and transfrontalier networks, including UNIC, an European alliance, and the University of the Greater Region (UniGR).
- Broad faculty structure: Its 11-faculty organization gives it a wide disciplinary reach, from medicine and veterinary medicine to sciences, engineering, management, and social sciences.