18 Best universities for Liberal Arts & Social Sciences in Belgium

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Below is a list of best universities in Belgium ranked based on their research performance in Liberal Arts & Social Sciences. A graph of 10.7M citations received by 422K academic papers made by 18 universities in Belgium was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. Catholic University of Leuven

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#6 in Europe
#34 in the World
Enrollment
62,693
Founded
1425

2. University of Liege

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#12 in Europe
#60 in the World
Enrollment
27,678
Founded
1817

3. Ghent University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#55 in Europe
#151 in the World
Enrollment
50,000
Founded
1817

4. Catholic University of Louvain

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#89 in Europe
#229 in the World
Enrollment
40,000
Founded
1425

5. Free University of Brussels - VUB

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#122 in Europe
#302 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Enrollment
11,101
Founded
1970

6. Free University of Brussels

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#124 in Europe
#306 in the World
Enrollment
31,606
Founded
1834

7. University of Antwerp

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#151 in Europe
#366 in the World
Founded
2003

8. University of Namur

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#462 in Europe
#1247 in the World
Acceptance Rate
80%
Founded
1849

9. University of Mons

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#470 in Europe
#1263 in the World
Enrollment
10,000
Founded
2009

10. Hasselt University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#488 in Europe
#1335 in the World
Enrollment
3,310
Founded
1973

11. Institute of Tropical Medicine

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#609 in Europe
#1787 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Enrollment
1,000
Founded
1906

12. University College Ghent

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#794 in Europe
#2733 in the World
Founded
1995

13. Transnational University of Limburg

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#902 in Europe
#3307 in the World
Founded
2001

14. Erasmus University College, Brussels

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#988 in Europe
#3797 in the World
Enrollment
5,000
Founded
1995

15. Evangelical Theological Faculty, Leuven

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1259 in Europe
#5252 in the World
Enrollment
300
Founded
1919

16. La Cambre National School of Visual Arts

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1352 in Europe
#5816 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Founded
1926

17. Howest University of Applied Sciences

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1358 in Europe
#5860 in the World
Founded
1995

18. Antwerp Maritime Academy

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1378 in Europe
#5968 in the World
Founded
1834

The best cities to study Liberal Arts & Social Sciences in Belgium based on the number of universities and their ranks are Leuven, Liege, Ghent, and Louvain-la-Neuve.