State University of Leuven

Attempting to prevent university education from being fragmented, the new government closed Leuven's faculties of law and natural science but backed down due to protests.

[citation needed] A proposal to concentrate university education at Leuven was rejected by parliament on 4 August 1835.

This provoked serious riots in the cities of Ghent, Leuven and Liège by liberals, who feared the Church encroaching on state education.

The State University of Leuven counted upon the creation the Faculties of Law, Medicine, Science and Mathematics and of the Natural Philosophy and Letters.

A professor was named to be the rector magnificus every year.

Jean-Baptiste Van Mons , professor at the State University of Leuven.
Baron Frédéric de Reiffenberg , member of the Academic Senate and professor at the State University of Leuven.
Karl Bernhardi (1799-1874), librarian of the State University of Leuven.
Joseph Jacotot , professor at the State University of Leuven.
A famous old student of the State University of Leuven: Sylvain Van de Weyer .