The university had to shut its doors on 13 March and conduct almost all classes online.
When the lockdown was first initiated five months ago, university staff reacted quickly to adapt to the new situation. Remote work, online courses, as well as online exams were organised for the remainder of the academic year, except for medical students.
As a number of students were also forced to prematurely abandon their semester abroad due to the pandemic, the university has offered to extend the Erasmus programme for all those concerned.
Although it remains unclear at this stage under what exact conditions the university will be able to reopen its doors come autumn, vice principle Catherine Léglu emphasised that the institution had already taken precautions by announcing the introduction of a "hybrid semester", with all larger events being held online. She moreover emphasised that the university would comply with all governmental regulations. The virus has already impacted the number of applications received for the upcoming semester, most notably the ones coming from outside the European Union. The number of Luxembourgish applicants has remained stable however.
