The University of Leuven was founded by Duke John IV of Brabant and proclaimed in a Papal Bull by Martin V on 12/9/1425. Like all medieval universities of its time, it had any number of constituent colleges. These colleges were places of residence for particular nations, language groups, religious houses, for those who could not afford an education, the poor, etc.. Instruction was in medicine, law and theology. There was no centralized place of instruction (as today’s colleges and universities), so scholars would travel to these various colleges to instruct. As in Oxford, Cambridge, Paris, Cologne, etc., colleges were attached to and recognized by a university, but they remained separate. With the passing of time and changes in the way of instruction, the colleges of the Old University of Leuven (1425-1797) evolved into being places of residence only, with instruction becoming centralized. The 2 most famous universities who continued the medieval tradition of colleges associated with a university, but separate are the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge (with all their constituent colleges). The University of Leuven was closed on October 25, 1797 at the end of the French Revolutionary Wars. The university was reopened in 1835 and named the Catholic University of Louvain (KU Leuven) and claimed its history (controversially many say) as from 1425.
The original university consisted of 4 institutes of pedagogy: The Falcon (Tiensestraat, 1430); The Pig (Muntstraat, 1430); The Lily (Diestsestraat, 1431) and The Castle (Mechelsestraat, 1431). Listed below are the colleges of the University and their dates of foundation and benefactor(s) :
NAME OTHER NAME FOUNDATION BENEFACTOR(S)
Pope’s College - Pauscollege - 1523 - Pope Adrian VI
St Anne’s College - Sint-Annacollege - 1553 - Nicolas Goblet
Holy Ghost College - Heilige-Geestcollege - 1442 - Louis de Rycke
College of St Ives - Sint-Ivocollege - 1483 - Robertus de Lacu
St Donatus College - Sint-Donatuscollege - 1484 - Antoine Hanneron and Jean Carondelet
Standonck College - Standonckcollege - 1490 - Jean Standonck
Houterlee College - Houterleecollege - 1499 - Henricus de Houterlé
Arras College - Atrechtcollege - 1509 - Nicolaus Ruterius
Collegium Trilingue - Collegium Trilingue - 1517 - Hieronymus van Busleyden
Savoy College - Savoiecollege - 1551 - Eustace Chapuys
King’s College - Koningscollege - 1579 - Philip II of Spain
Winckel College - Collège Winckelius - 1505 - Joannes de Winckel
Driutius College - Collegium Driutianum - 1559 - Michel Driutius
Viglius College - Vigliuscollege - 1569 - Viglius Zwichemius
Van Dale College - Van Dalecollege - 1569 - Petrus Van Dale
Craendonck College - Craandonckcollege / Kempischcollege - 157 - Marcel Craendonck
Premonstratensian College - College van Premonstreit - 1571 - Park Abbey
Irish College - Iers college - 1623 - Eugene Matthews
Irish Franciscan College - Klooster der Ierse - 1617
American College - Amerikaans College - 1857 - Martin John Spalding and Peter Paul Lefevere
Divaeus College - Collegium Divaei - 1575 - Gregorius Divaeus
Breugel College - Breugelcollege - 1577 - Petrus Breugel
Pels College - Pelscollege - 1584 - Joannes Pelts
Mons College - Collegium Montense - 1596 - Joannes Beviene
Liège College - College van Luik / Séminaire de Liège - 1605 - Ernest of Bavaria
Bay College - Baiuscollege - 1614 - Jacobus Baius
Holland College - College van Haarlem - 1617 - Philippus Rovenius
College of the Canons Regular - Klooster van de Reguliere kanunniken van Sint-Augustinus van Windesheim
1618 - priors of Groenendael and Bethlehem
Luxembourg College - Luxemburgcollege - 1619 - Joannes Mylius
Teutonic College - Duits-Ordecollege - 1621 - Edmund Huyn, commander of Alden Biesen
St Willebrord's College - Sint-Willibrordscollege / Bossche college - 1625 - Nicolaus Zoesius
Aulne College - Aulncollege - 1629 - Edmond de Jouvent, abbot of Aulne
Malderus College - Collegium Malderi - 1633 - Johannes Malderus, bishop of Antwerp
Hovius College - Collegium Hovii - 1633 - Franciscus Hovius
Trinity College - Heilige Drievuldigheidscollege - 1657
Villers College - Villerscollege - 1660 - Bernardus vander Heck
St Michael's College - Sint-Michielscollege - 1670 - Paulus Hubens and Laurentius Zoenius
Mechlin College - Mechels college - 1675 - Mechelen city council
College van de Hoge Heuvel - Collège Alticollense - 1686 - Johannes van Neercassel
The original university consisted of 4 institutes of pedagogy: The Falcon (Tiensestraat, 1430); The Pig (Muntstraat, 1430); The Lily (Diestsestraat, 1431) and The Castle (Mechelsestraat, 1431). Listed below are the colleges of the University and their dates of foundation and benefactor(s) :
NAME OTHER NAME FOUNDATION BENEFACTOR(S)
Pope’s College - Pauscollege - 1523 - Pope Adrian VI
St Anne’s College - Sint-Annacollege - 1553 - Nicolas Goblet
Holy Ghost College - Heilige-Geestcollege - 1442 - Louis de Rycke
College of St Ives - Sint-Ivocollege - 1483 - Robertus de Lacu
St Donatus College - Sint-Donatuscollege - 1484 - Antoine Hanneron and Jean Carondelet
Standonck College - Standonckcollege - 1490 - Jean Standonck
Houterlee College - Houterleecollege - 1499 - Henricus de Houterlé
Arras College - Atrechtcollege - 1509 - Nicolaus Ruterius
Collegium Trilingue - Collegium Trilingue - 1517 - Hieronymus van Busleyden
Savoy College - Savoiecollege - 1551 - Eustace Chapuys
King’s College - Koningscollege - 1579 - Philip II of Spain
Winckel College - Collège Winckelius - 1505 - Joannes de Winckel
Driutius College - Collegium Driutianum - 1559 - Michel Driutius
Viglius College - Vigliuscollege - 1569 - Viglius Zwichemius
Van Dale College - Van Dalecollege - 1569 - Petrus Van Dale
Craendonck College - Craandonckcollege / Kempischcollege - 157 - Marcel Craendonck
Premonstratensian College - College van Premonstreit - 1571 - Park Abbey
Irish College - Iers college - 1623 - Eugene Matthews
Irish Franciscan College - Klooster der Ierse - 1617
American College - Amerikaans College - 1857 - Martin John Spalding and Peter Paul Lefevere
Divaeus College - Collegium Divaei - 1575 - Gregorius Divaeus
Breugel College - Breugelcollege - 1577 - Petrus Breugel
Pels College - Pelscollege - 1584 - Joannes Pelts
Mons College - Collegium Montense - 1596 - Joannes Beviene
Liège College - College van Luik / Séminaire de Liège - 1605 - Ernest of Bavaria
Bay College - Baiuscollege - 1614 - Jacobus Baius
Holland College - College van Haarlem - 1617 - Philippus Rovenius
College of the Canons Regular - Klooster van de Reguliere kanunniken van Sint-Augustinus van Windesheim
1618 - priors of Groenendael and Bethlehem
Luxembourg College - Luxemburgcollege - 1619 - Joannes Mylius
Teutonic College - Duits-Ordecollege - 1621 - Edmund Huyn, commander of Alden Biesen
St Willebrord's College - Sint-Willibrordscollege / Bossche college - 1625 - Nicolaus Zoesius
Aulne College - Aulncollege - 1629 - Edmond de Jouvent, abbot of Aulne
Malderus College - Collegium Malderi - 1633 - Johannes Malderus, bishop of Antwerp
Hovius College - Collegium Hovii - 1633 - Franciscus Hovius
Trinity College - Heilige Drievuldigheidscollege - 1657
Villers College - Villerscollege - 1660 - Bernardus vander Heck
St Michael's College - Sint-Michielscollege - 1670 - Paulus Hubens and Laurentius Zoenius
Mechlin College - Mechels college - 1675 - Mechelen city council
College van de Hoge Heuvel - Collège Alticollense - 1686 - Johannes van Neercassel