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The University climbed 27 places in this year’s QS World University Rankings 2025, a major jump from the 2024 ranking. Uni.lu now occupies the 355th position, out of more than 1,500 universities included in the ranking, and is among the top 24% worldwide.

Decisive scores that weighed in this significant progression include the University’s faculty-student ratio, employment outcomes and international research network. Indeed, the University occupies 1,500 academic staff for 7,500 students, which allows for personalised teaching and small-numbered classes. A recent graduate survey showed that nearly 60% of master students were employed or self-employed, while more than 50% of alumni decide to stay in Luxembourg after their studies.

This spring brought good news, as the University’s efforts in education and research quality were rewarded. Notably, Uni.lu jumped up four positions in the Times Higher Education Young University Rankings 2024, from 24th to 20th position.

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The Luxembourg Minister for Higher Education and Research, Marc Hansen, today presented the new rector of the University of Luxembourg, Stéphane Pallage, who took office on 1 January 2018 and for a five-year term.

Stéphane Pallage (49), Professor of Economics, grew up in Malmédy, Belgium, and has Belgian and Canadian nationalities. As a professor at the Université du Québec à Montréal, he worked mainly on applied macroeconomics, economic development, dynamic models of general equilibrium, international aid and the fight against child labor. From 2013 to 2017, he was Dean of the School of Management Sciences at the Université du Québec. In addition to his academic and leadership experience, Professor Pallage speaks fluent French, English and understands German.

Following the presentation of the rector, Marc Hansen on the one hand and the chairman of the governance council, Yves Elsen and the rector Stéphane Pallage on the other hand signed the new establishment contract between the State and the University of Luxembourg. For the period 2018-2021, an allocation of €766.84 million will be attributed to the University. The State allocation thus grew by €178.24 million, or 30% over the 2014-2017 period. An additional €26.4 million will be provided for the development of medical studies at the university.

In total, the state will invest €1.44 billion in research and higher education for the period from 2018 to 2021. 

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Das Institut für Zeitgeschichte an der Universität Luxemburg heißt nun offiziell Luxembourg Center for Contemporary and Digital History und stellte sich am Montag vor. Viersprachig, und mit neuen, in der Geschichtsforschung nicht unbedingt üblichen Blickwinkeln.

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The University of Luxembourg will establish a new interdisciplinary centre (IC) for researching complex environmental systems. In an ideas competition or “Concours d'idées”, the University is inviting outstanding researchers from around the world to submit by 8 January 2023 concepts for the development of the centre. The scientists with the most innovative and most convincing ideas will be invited to apply as the founding director of the centre. This new major project is the centrepiece of the focus area “Sustainable and Social Development” – one of the three core research areas of the University, along with “Digital Transformation” and “Medicine & Health”.

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We’re positively beaming. By becoming associate members of Hyperledger, an open-source collaborative consortium dedicated to enhancing Blockchain technology, we’ve effectively laid a milestone. Indeed, the University of Luxembourg is the first (and only university, yet!) to join this international community of innovators.

“Blockchain continues to gain traction with its potential to impact global businesses by increasing efficiency and solving problems associated with transparency and information sharing,” says Brian Behlendorf, Executive Director, Hyperledger. “At Hyperledger, we're seeing this firsthand as more and more diverse organisations across industry sectors like the University of Luxembourg invest their energy and resources in understanding how blockchain technology can strengthen their own business processes."

Hosted at the Linux Foundation, Hyperledger is an open-source, not-for-profit community accelerating the development and adoption of business blockchain technologies. The Hyperledger consortium already includes leading companies such as IBM, Airbus, SAP, Fujitsu, Deutsche Börse, and over 80 additional members.

SnT researchers are a driving force of the FinTech revolution in Luxembourg. And our partnership with Hyperledger hints that we’re onto something. SnT director Björn Ottersten confirms:

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Une équipe de robots pourrait-elle battre l'équipe humaine championne du monde de football en 2050?

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Le projet ‪#‎RoboCup‬ �� a remporté le 1er prix du jury, offert par le sponsornyuko, au forum d'innovation Mind & Market. ‪#‎uni_lu‬
Découvrez l'interview du Dr Patrice Caire qui nous parle de Luxembourg United, une équipe nationale de football composée entièrement de robots.

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