The University of Liège (ULiège), in Liège, Wallonia, Belgium, is a major public university in the French Community of Belgium. Its official language is French. As of 2016, ULiège is ranked in the #251–300 category worldwide according to Times Higher Education, 265nd by QS World University Rankings,[2] and between the 205th and 300th place by the Academic Ranking of World Universities.[3] More than 2000 people, academics, scientists and technicians, are involved in research of a wide variety of subjects from basic research to applied research.