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UC Leuven-Limburg selected five strategic priorities for its future, among which internationalization. The future of our region and our alumni is closely linked to their international capabilities. UC Leuven-Limburg and particularly our International Office are ready to support that process. The largest campus of UC Leuven-Limburg is home to management, technology, welfare, and secondary school teacher education programs. Students of industrial engineering at KU Leuven – UHasselt are also frequent visitors to our campus. Together, they account for a total of 4,000 students. Facilities on-site include a centrally located restaurant offering a wide variety of meals and a cafeteria, two multimedia centers, and the Stuvoor house (Student Services). This campus also houses the UCLL-QUADRI expert services and accommodates in-service training sessions. In the vicinity of the campus, you can also find the Research and Technology center of UC Leuven-Limburg and KU Leuven. This green campus also houses some faculties of Hasselt University and PXL university college. This is why the campus, in its entirety, is called the university campus. Our Diepenbeek Campus can be easily reached by bus, approximately 5 minutes from Hasselt. There are free parking facilities for your bicycle or car. Moving Minds is our philosophy, our way of being. Moving Minds: motivating people and turning ideas into action. Our scope reaches beyond borders; our mind is open toward what lies ahead, we encourage innovation and the challenging of fossilized systems/systems reluctant to change. Our university college is a quality-minded institution that offers higher education, research, and community service. UC Leuven-Limburg has been inspired by the valuable and diverse Christian school of thought in dialogue with and at the service of an open, pluralistic and intercultural society. Our study programs applied research, and community service is the concerted action of our students, employees, the work field, and society. Together they form a powerful and creative ensemble with an international outlook and a strong commitment to (EU) regional development. Our university college trains inspiring professionals, broadminded world citizens, and strong personalities who contribute to a sustainable and just society and consider it a lifelong project. At the foundation of our university college lies the appreciation for each employee, student, and partner. What makes UC Leuven-Limburg strong is them forming unique links, making one formidable chain. As an organization, we contribute to an enjoyable and inspiring work- and study environment, ruled by cordiality and respect. By giving one another trust, we enhance everyone's involvement, and we strengthen the UCLL-community. Research at UC Leuven-Limburg is unquestionably practice-oriented. Our research provides answers to present or foreseen problems in the professional field. Therefore, a close link with the professional field is essential. The link is established through education and research: e.g., professionals involved in teaching assignments, student assignments in the work field (including internships), professionals involved in research activities,… The institution's regional interconnectivity within the region of the Provinces of Flemish-Brabant and Limburg is established via close contacts with local governments and representative bodies. Our relevance for the region is a strong starting point to put our research from an international perspective. Framing contextual professional needs in a more global framework, where acceptable practices can be shared, and learning from each other's experiences, leads to more sustainable solutions. Therefore, we consider a robust international network as crucial as our regional one. The research activities are closely related to our study programs. The thematic focus of our research priorities contributes to the content of our programs. UC Leuven Limburg's policy aims to maximize the interaction between research and education. This means that both students and teaching staff are involved in research practice. We also introduce research output in any study program wherever possible. A quarter of our staff is involved in research projects, and 80% of the researchers have teaching assignments. Information and research competencies are gradually developed in every study program. At UC Leuven-Limburg, we attach a great deal of importance to quality and quality assurance. With this in mind, we have devised an integrated system for quality improvement and control. The following principles are fundamental: Pursuing appreciative quality assurance, We start from the confidence that everyone seeks quality and basic quality standards. The PDCA cycle is the foundation for systematic quality assurance. The mission, vision, and strategic priorities guide the continuous improvement of quality. Prior successes and strengths inspire quality improvement. Quality assurance is everyone's interest: students, personnel, management, alumni, and professionals. Everyone is vigilant where quality improvement is concerned and should ask critical questions with an appreciative spirit and mutual trust. Quality assurance is aimed at all fields (education, research, and services (R&S), student policy, HR, ICT, etc.) and target groups from the organization (students and personnel, training, expertise units, groups, and services, UC Leuven-Limburg). Collaboration between the various fields and levels of strengthens quality. We are expanding a system whereby work is being frequently carried out in improvement and quality control. Additionally, we are systematically focusing on specific themes because this keeps the organization on its toes and stimulates taking action. Just like all fields and groups, all programs have drawn up a policy plan that provides the most important policy priorities for the programs. This policy plan is drafted following in-depth internal and external analyses. For the external analysis, dialogue committees are formed with external members who give input on the program. Also, we frequently monitor the quality of the theme (thematic quality control). The programs also carry out an analysis on which external experts give feedback. This input is also included in the policy plan. Once a year, the program drafts a state of affairs, and a biennial management meeting is held during which the program demonstrates what it has already achieved and what it has still to achieve. All of this results in possible adjustments to the policy plan. In the 2015-2017 period, the Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders (De Nederlands-Vlaamse Accreditatieorganisatie (NVAO)) visited all Flemish higher educational institutions in the framework of a comprehensive review of the institutions. It presented its findings on 11 September 2017. UC Leuven-Limburg was already delighted with what the NVAO had to say about the university college. According to Marc Vandewalle, Vice-Chancellor UC Leuven-Limburg: "We are especially pleased that the quality of our university college and the enthusiasm of the employees have made such an impression. We are also delighted with the appreciation for our new system of quality assurance." We engage in a wide range of activities with our partners. In our new partnerships, the institution will cooperate in more research and educational projects with fewer partners. Our vision on international partners is shaped like a pyramid. In the lowest tier, we find over 100 partner institutions with whom we work on general student and staff mobility. Higher up, one will find partners with whom we are benchmarking our degree programs, work on joint research projects, or even organizing multiple degree programs. View full university