UZ Leuven

UZ Leuven is Belgium's most prestigious university hospital, affiliated with KU Leuven (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) — ranked as Europe's most innovative university for 11 consecutive years by Reuters/Clarivate. The 100-hectare Gasthuisberg campus houses over 2,000 beds across 40 departments. UZ Leuven is Belgium's national centre for Bone Marrow Transplantation, Liver Transplantation, Lung Transplantation, Heart Transplantation, and complex Cardiac Surgery. Its Leuven Cancer Institute is one of Europe's largest oncology programmes, hosting Belgium's only proton therapy centre and comprehensive clinical trial networks. The hospital hosts 11 European Reference Network hubs — the most of any Belgian hospital. Leuven is 25 minutes by train from Brussels (Brussels Airport 15 minutes), 90 minutes from Amsterdam, and 2 hours from Paris — making UZ Leuven one of Europe's most accessible university hospitals.