Liège university

Key Figures –
research & innovation


252 M€ annual budget allocated to research
3 066 members of staff carry out research activities
110 M€ budget allocated to collaborative research
103 H2020 projects, 17 ERC projects funded

2 281 research agreements
2260 PhD students
545 active licences and technology transfers
73 M€ budget for research and services contracts
105 active spin-off companies

Research at ULiège

3

SECTORS

 

Health sciences
Sciences et technology
Human sciences

43

RESEARCH UNITS

2917

RESEARCHERS

 

1286 women
1631 men

2281

RESEARCH AGREEMENTS IN PROGRESS (2021)

1341

CUMULATIVE CERTIFICATIONS (2021)

105

ACTIVE SPIN-OFFS (2021)

10 research units, each with more than 100 researchers in 2022.

Giga

417

HEC research

138

Terra

255

Montefiore institute of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

119

Cité

204

Complex and Entangled systems from Atoms to Materials (CESAM)

105

Farah

201

Aerospace & mechanical engineering

103

Urban & Environnemental Engineering

167

STAR

102


Our university

Liège is home to a complete university with an academic hospital and a university veterinary clinic.

Overview of the tools at your disposal to help your project/business grow:

– GIGA (Europe’s best life sciences faculty)
– LabHotel
– Technology platforms and research centres of interest, such as MRC and SIRRIS
– CER-Group (preclinical centre for animal experimentation)
– ATC-Pharma (clinical validation)
– BHUL (Biothèque)
– 11 university faculties, including 6 linked to the Life Sciences sector (Medicine, Veterinary, Applied Sciences, Sciences, Agrobiotech, HEC)
– LTCG
– CIRM (Center of Interdisciplinary Research on Medicines)
– FARAH (Veterinary clinic)