A University for Luxembourg and the world

Founded in 2003, the University of Luxembourg is a young, research-driven institution with 7,200 students and more than 1,100 PhD candidates.

We embrace interdisciplinarity in research and learning to address future societal needs.

Rooted in Luxembourg’s diverse and multicultural society, we bring together bright minds from around the world in a welcoming, multilingual, and collaborative community.

Our internationally recognised research drives innovation in digital transformation, health, and sustainable development. Ranked among the world’s top 250 universities by Times Higher Education, the University of Luxembourg proudly joined The Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities in 2025.

The University of Luxembourg was founded in 2003 in connection with Luxembourg’s overall strategy to position itself as a knowledge society. However, the history of the University’s predecessor institutions goes back more than a hundred years, in particular in engineering. Four existing institutions were integrated into the University of Luxembourg when it was founded:

• the Centre Universitaire de Luxembourg,
• the Institut Supérieur de Technologie (IST),
• the Institut Supérieur d’Études et de Recherches Pédagogiques (ISERP)
• the Institut d’Études Éducatives et Sociales (IEES)