Created in 1817, the University of Liege is open to the world, a crossroads of teaching, research and innovation at the junction of international roads and European cultures. Welcoming 25.000 students (nearly a quarter are of international origin), 3.500 teachers and researchers, it offers one of the most diversified educational choices in French speaking Belgium as well as active teaching methods. ULiège has links with more than 900 institutions world-wide and is integrated in vast international academic and scientific networks, which makes it a fully engaged actor in the European higher education and research area. Attentive to the needs of society, the University of Liege plays an important role as a creator of activities with high added value and in providing dynamism to technological centres, uniting business companies and public operators (biotechnologies, space industry, environment, etc.).It is the French speaking university which creates the largest number of spin-off companies springing from its laboratories.