KU Leuven is a university in Leuven, Belgium, founded in 1425, which describes itself as a comprehensive research university. It has 15 faculties and campuses in Leuven and nine other Flemish cities, and reports 66,306 students and 199 spin-offs in its September 2026 facts and figures.
Agriculture is taught and researched in the Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, whose programme starts with basic sciences and addresses topics such as sustainable agriculture, climate, healthy food and renewable energy. The faculty lists its areas of expertise as nutrition and food, biotechnology, human health, nature and the environment, North and South, green chemistry and agriculture. Its research is organised in the Departments of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Biosystems, and Microbial and Molecular Systems, with units including the Division of Soil and Water Management, the Division of Crop Biotechnics, the Division of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics and the Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics. The faculty says it offers partnerships with private, public and not-for-profit organisations.