In 1954, the Catholic university ‘Lovanium’ was founded in the former Belgian Congo – a mixed campus with Leuven professors and both Congolese and European students. Over the years, Lovanium grew to include two Congolese universities, UNIKIN and UCC, and to this day there is close collaboration with the Belgian partners, KU Leuven and UCLouvain. In honour of Lovanium’s 70th anniversary, KU Leuven and UCLouvain are jointly issuing 70 scholarships for research and teaching collaborations.