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World University Rankings 2026: Belgium

10 universities ranked in Belgium, out of 2,287 worldwide. No official admissions or graduate-earnings data is used for Belgium yet, so the within-country part (35%) is estimated from each university’s standing among Belgium’s universities on the global measures.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven: Unknown author · Public domain; Ghent University: FrDr · CC BY-SA 4.0; Université Libre de Bruxelles: Edison McCullen · CC BY-SA 4.0; Université Catholique de Louvain: EmDee · CC BY 4.0; University of Antwerp: Jroovers · CC0.

National rankRank	University	World rank	Overall score	Research	Alumni outcomes	Admissions & earnings (in country)	World rank range
1	Katholieke Universiteit Leuven	=150	55.4	96	77	est.	88–439
2	Ghent University	=179	53.8	93	81	est.	104–484
3	Université Libre de Bruxelles	=201	52.6	79	93	est.	99–552
4	Université Catholique de Louvain	=366	47.2	81	82	est.	170–808
=5	University of Antwerp	=442	45.0	86	63	est.	217–940
=5	University of Liège	=442	45.0	74	88	est.	168–955
7	Vrije Universiteit Brussel	=468	44.6	80	78	est.	229–883
8	Hasselt University	=1337	28.7	57	59	est.	811–2060
9	University of Namur	=1393	28.2	40	80	est.	773–2100
10	University of Mons	=1486	27.5	52	67	est.	875–2105

10 universities

Research Index for Belgium · All of Europe · All countries

National rank follows the world ranking: universities are listed in world-rank order and keep a shared rank where their world rank is shared. Research and Alumni outcomes are percentiles among all 2,287 ranked universities; Admissions & earnings is the position within the university’s own country (est. where no official data exists). How the ranking works.