At the suppression of the old university in 1797 the college became public property.

It is now a hall of residence of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, rented from the city council (which still owns the buildings).

The college, founded for Theology students at the University of Leuven in 1523, was considerably extended as early as 1530 and rapidly became one of the richest constituent colleges of the University of Leuven.

After a building collapse in 1775, the whole complex was rebuilt to a classicist design by M. Ghenne.

In 1973 the buildings became a listed monument, now overseen by the Flemish organization for Immovable Heritage.