October Events and Visiting Groups

Fever Events is putting on a series of string-quartet Candlelight Concerts in Irish College Leuven's historic auditorium during the months of September and October 2025. Concerts include tributes to legendary musical acts and composers of the past and present, such as ABBA, Queen, Coldplay, and Hans Zimmer. Click this button for more information on concert dates and times or to purchase a ticket.

Irish College Leuven will host Dúiche 2025, titled Capitalising on PLace, Competing on Difference: Why and How Place Matters, from the13th to the 15th of October. Elected representatives, community leaders, business executives and others gather together to discuss how to attain a competitive edge in a globalised economy by 'scaling-deeper' in local resources and assets. Interested in knowing more? Click on this button to visit the event's Facebook page or reach out to reception@irishcollegeleuven.eu

Irish College Leuven welcomes long-time friend Ian McMaw and his students from Northern Ireland's College of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) for an intensive 4-day programme to better understand how Belgium farms. https://www.cafre.ac.uk/

Munster Technological University is sending a cohort of MBA students to participate in a week-long programme in conjunction with Irish College Leuven. MTU's programme consists of a combination of trips to the European Quarter in Brussels and company visits that include international businesses like DHL and Janssen's Pharmaceuticals. https://www.mtu.ie/

Irish College Leuven and Trinity College Dublin are teaming up to create an itinerary that will take its MPHIL students into the very heart of Brussels to see how both Belgium and the European Union work to bring together a variety of cultures and identities into functional and successful government bodies. https://www.tcd.ie/courses/postgraduate/courses/identities-and-cultures-of-europe-mphil/