University of Antwerp
 University of Antwerp  (University)    | |
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| Formation | 2003 |
| Headquarters | Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium |
| Major Belgian university located in the city of Antwerp | |
The University of Antwerp is a major Belgian university located in the city of Antwerp. The University of Antwerp has about 20,000 students, which makes it the third largest university in Flanders.
History
The university's roots go back to Sint-Ignatius Handelshogeschool (Saint-Ignatius School for Higher Education in Commerce) founded by the Jesuit (Society of Jesus) in Antwerp in 1852. This was one of the first European business schools to offer formal university degrees. It later opened a Faculty of Literature and Philosophy (including Law) and a Faculty of Political and Social Sciences. It was renamed Universitaire Faculteiten Sint-Ignatius Antwerpen (UFSIA)
in the 1960s when the Belgian government granted it university status. In the early 1970s UFSIA joined into a confederation with "Rijksuniversitair Centrum Antwerpen" (RUCA) and "Universitaire Instelling Antwerpen" (UIA), public institutions.In 2003 UFSIA, RUCA, and UIA merged into the University of Antwerp.[1]
Alumni on Wikispooks
| Person | Born | Died | Nationality | Summary | Description |
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| Cathy Berx | 8 January 1969 | Belgium | Politician | Belgian politician who attended Bilderberg/2018. As governor, locked down the city of Antwerp during Covid | |
| Jan Huyghebaert | 1945 | Belgium | Financier Businessperson Belgian nobility | Belgian businessman, 11 Bilderbergs | |
| Renée Jones-Bos | 20 December 1952 | Netherlands | Diplomat Spook | Former Dutch top-level ambassador to Russia and the US, later liaison for the AIVD and Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. | |
| Leo Tindemans | 16 April 1922 | 26 December 2014 | Belgium | Politician | Belgian politician |
