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Have you visited the Arenberg Campus for science,
engineering and technology yet?

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Did you know that all that science started here?

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We're in the Maria Theresia College,
founded by the Jesuits in the 16th century.

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In the 18th century,
under Maria Theresa of Austria,

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When the Order of the Jesuits was suppressed,

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the college became a seminary
for theology students.

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Shortly afterwards,

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the '<i>Collegium Veteranorum</i>' was added next door

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as a residency for alumni
of the theology faculty.

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In the 19th century, the building was used
to house the "Philosophical College",

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where future priests were trained
in philosophy.

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The '<i>aula magna</i>' and the ‘<i>aula minor</i>'
were also built in this period.

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The aula magna had a central
heating system that ran on steam

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which was the oldest such system
on the European continent.

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But let's get back to the sciences!

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During the 19th century,

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the Faculty of Science organised
its 'Special Schools' here

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and in Pope's College.

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Over the course of the 19th century,

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the programme was expanded and gradually became
the engineering programme we have today.

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The building was later unable
to accommodate the massive

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number of students who
registered for the sciences

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so the engineers moved to Arenberg Campus.

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Nowadays, however, these buildings are
still used by students at KU Leuven.