Hasselt University is a university with campuses in Hasselt and Diepenbeek, Belgium. It was founded in 1971, as the Limburgs Universitair Centrum (LUC). On June 15, 2005 the university changed its name to Hasselt University.
The university consists of 4 faculties :
- The faculty of Law
- The faculty of Sciences (mathematics, physics, computer science, biology and chemistry);
- The faculty of Applied Economics (applied economics and commercial engineering)
- The faculty of Medicine (medicine and biomedical sciences).
The rector of the university currently is prof. dr. Luc de Schepper, the vice rectors are prof. dr. Paul Janssen and prof. dr. Erna Nauwelaerts.
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