American College of the Immaculate Conception

The American College of the Immaculate Conception, or the American College of Louvain (Dutch: Amerikaans College, French: Collège américain de Louvain) is a former Roman Catholic theological seminary in Leuven, the Kingdom of Belgium (Belgium) in Europe. Founded in 1857, it was operated by United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) in the federal national capital city of Washington, D.C., to prepare European students as deacons and priests for service in the United States and to provide a residence for Americans clergy studying at the nearby Catholic University of Louvain / Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven).

The American College closed in June 2011 due to low enrollment and a faculty shortage; its building was turned over to the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven) for student housing.

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