യഥാർത്ഥ university library, established in 1636, was housed in the present day University Hall in the Naamse Straat in Leuven. During the first world war in 1914, ജർമ്മൻ സൈന്യം set fire to the original ലൈബ്രറി കെട്ടിടം. The University Library was rebuilt ന് Ladeuzeplein between 1921 and 1928. It was designed in നിയോ-നവോത്ഥാന ശൈലി കൊണ്ട് അമേരിക്കൻ വാസ്തുശില്പി Whitney വാറൻ. പുതിയ പുസ്തകങ്ങൾ were collected and donated and the library was duely resplenished. In 1940 during the second world war, the library വീണ്ടും ചുട്ടു, and much of its content was destroyed. വീണ്ടും, it was പുനഃസ്ഥാപിച്ചു and restocked with valuable books after the war. The Ladeuzeplein, where the University Library is located, is the largest square in Leuven
