Clemson’s connection with Brussels and Belgium began with its founder, Thomas Green Clemson who was a senior U.S. diplomat in Brussels from 1844 to 1850. Those connections were revived with the founding of the Thomas Green Clemson University Brussels Center (CUBC) in 2005. CUBC is a partnership between Clemson University, ICHEC (Institut catholique des Hautes Études Commerciales) Brussels Management School, and UCL (Université catholique de Louvain). Clemson University is proud to renew and extend the historic connections between South Carolina, Thomas Green Clemson, and Belgium, and to be affiliated with these two fine institutions which provide Clemson students and the greater Clemson community with many exceptional opportunities for study and research.
ICHEC is in Brussels, at the very heart of Europe and next door to dozens of international and European Union organizations and international companies. ICHEC was founded in 1954 and is a preeminent business school offering university-level courses and bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business and management and business engineering. UCL was founded in 1425 and is one of the oldest universities in Europe, alongside Bologna, Oxford, and Paris. UCL is situated 25 kilometers from Brussels in Louvain-la-Neuve, a modern city with a pedestrian town center and many cultural and leisure activities. UCL has ten faculties offering bachelor’s and master’s programs in virtually any discipline. International students at UCL represent more than 120 nationalities.
Study abroad programs are coordinated at CUBC for both summer, semester and full-year experiences.
CUBC is part of Clemson's International Portals Initiative to expand opportunities for education, research, economic development, and public service to locations around the world.