UPC KU Leuven

What UPC KU Leuven does

UPC KU Leuven (Universitair Psychiatrisch Centrum KU Leuven) is a non-profit university psychiatric hospital headquartered in Leuven, Belgium, operating three campuses — Campus Gasthuisberg (Leuven), Campus Kortenberg, and Campus Zorggroep Annendael (Diest) — and serving patients across the full age spectrum through dedicated child and adolescent, adult (18-65), and elderly (65+) psychiatry departments. It is a division of Z.org KU Leuven vzw and is structurally affiliated with KU Leuven and UZ Leuven, combining clinical care with academic research, medical residency training, and continuing professional education. Specialized treatment offerings include electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), deep brain stimulation (DBS), crisis intervention (CIC and Mobiel Crisis Team), a 25-year-old gender clinic, day hospital programs for eating disorders and addiction, and transcultural care for young refugees (Paso program).

The center's technology backbone is the Nexuzhealth electronic patient dossier (Centraal Elektronisch Patiëntenendossier), a shared electronic health record system that enables interoperability with other Nexuzhealth-partner hospitals and the Belgian eHealth Platform; patients access records via the Mynexuzhealth web and mobile applications. The organization runs a Congrescentrum at Campus Kortenberg delivering permanent education, Wednesday seminars across all three age-group departments, workshops, and the public Opengeestdagen awareness events.

Revenue is generated through the Belgian public healthcare insurance system under RIZIV tariff structures, with patients paying statutory co-payments (remgeld) and, where eligible, reduced rates under verhoogde tegemoetkoming. Standard pricing applies to psychiatric consultations and psychologist-led sessions (e.g., €60.75/€42.53 for 30-minute individual therapy; €121.50/€85.05 for 60-minute sessions), while hospital admissions carry daily personal contributions (€20.61/€7.32), supervision fees (€4.96/day), and supplements for single rooms (€17.98/day general; €90/day plus 150% honorarium supplement at the Epsi/CIC unit on Campus Gasthuisberg). Distribution is direct-to-consumer across the campuses, with a telephone intervisie line supporting general practitioner referrals across all three age groups, advice consultations within one week for adults, mobile crisis teams, and crisis youth referral via CAW (CMP Min18).

Name

UPC KU Leuven

Legal name

Universitair Psychiatrisch Centrum KU Leuven

Website

https://upckuleuven.be

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

UPC KU Leuven is a non-profit university psychiatric hospital in Flemish Brabant, Belgium, operating three campuses and providing comprehensive psychiatric care, ECT, DBS, crisis intervention, and academic training for children, adults, and elderly patients under the Belgian RIZIV public insurance system.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Psychiatric Hospital Services

NAICS

Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals (6222), Offices of Physicians, Mental Health Specialists (621112), Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (621420)

SIC

Services-Hospitals (8060), Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011)

akta.pro primary industry

Outpatient Mental Health Clinics & Counseling Centers (HLAFACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Crisis Stabilization Units & Psychiatric Emergency Services (HLAFACAH), Serious Mental Illness (SMI) Telepsychiatry & Care Coordination Platforms (HLALAEAH)

Keywords

• Psychiatric hospital services
• Mental health treatment
• Psychotherapy consultations
• Crisis intervention services
• Psychiatric day treatment

Headquarters

HQ city

Kortenberg

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Healthcare Services - Belgian Public Insurance System: UPC KU Leuven generates revenue through the Belgian public healthcare insurance system (ziekenfonds/mutualiteit). Patients pay a personal co-payment (remgeld) while the health insurance covers the majority of costs. For psychiatrist consultations, RIZIV tariff rates apply with no supplements charged. For hospital admissions, daily rates apply with supplements for single rooms.
2. Day Treatment and Consultations: Revenue from day hospitalisation (dagbehandeling), outpatient consultations (raadplegingen) with psychiatrists and psychologists, and diagnostic sessions billed at standard RIZIV or institutional tariff rates.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

UPC KU Leuven (Universitair Psychiatrisch Centrum KU Leuven) is a university psychiatric hospital that delivers inpatient, outpatient, day-treatment, and crisis-intervention psychiatric care for children, adolescents, adults, and elderly patients across three Belgian campuses (Gasthuisberg, Kortenberg, Zorggroep Annendael Diest). It offers specialised procedures such as ECT and DBS, liaison psychiatry, mobile crisis response, and post-graduate training for healthcare professionals, operating within the Belgian RIZIV public insurance framework.

Product overview

UPC KU Leuven (Universitair Psychiatrisch Centrum KU Leuven) is a university psychiatric hospital providing comprehensive mental healthcare across three campuses (Gasthuisberg, Kortenberg, and Diest). The center offers integrated psychiatric services organized by age group: child and youth psychiatry (under 18), adult psychiatry (18-65), and old age psychiatry (65+). Treatment modalities include specialized procedures such as ECT (electroconvulsive therapy) and DBS (deep brain stimulation), crisis intervention services, outpatient consultations, and day treatment programs. The center operates an electronic patient record system through the Nexuzhealth platform, enabling secure data sharing with other healthcare providers. As part of KU Leuven's academic mission, the center also provides professional education and training programs including seminars, workshops, and congresses for healthcare professionals in psychiatry and related fields.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Minimum patient data retention period of 30 years after last patient contact

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• NexuzhealthcoreTechnology or IntegrationUPC KU Leuven uses Nexuzhealth as its electronic patient dossier (EPD) system. Patient records are shared electronically with other Nexuzhealth-partner hospitals, enabling seamless data exchange between care providers. Patients can access their records via the Mynexuzhealth web application and mobile app.
• Z.org KU Leuven vzwcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUPC KU Leuven is a division of Z.org KU Leuven vzw, a non-profit organization that operates the university's psychiatric center. Z.org KU Leuven vzw is headquartered at Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, with BTW number BE 0558.906.971.
• UZ Leuven (Universitair Ziekenhuis Leuven)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUPC KU Leuven is affiliated with UZ Leuven, sharing the Gasthuisberg campus. The two institutions coordinate patient care and share the Nexuzhealth patient dossier system. Cross-referrals between the general hospital and psychiatric center occur regularly, including via liaison psychiatry services.
• KU Leuven (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUPC KU Leuven is the university psychiatric center of KU Leuven. It serves as the clinical training site for medical residents (stagiairs) in psychiatry, coordinates postgraduate education, and conducts scientific research in partnership with various KU Leuven faculties and institutes.
• Yuneco (Youth Networking and Cooperation)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUPC KU Leuven collaborates with Yuneco on training programs for professionals working with youth, including the KOPP-KOAP basic training program for family support workers, in partnership with Familieplatform.
• Familieplatform (Family Platform)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Familieplatform, the Flemish family association for mental health, for organizing information sessions for families of patients (KOPP - Children of Parents with Mental Problems), family support training, and awareness activities.
• PraxisP KU Leuven (Faculty Practical Centre)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUPC KU Leuven's transcultural mental health team (Paso - zorgaanbod voor jonge vluchtelingen) works in collaboration with PraxisP KU Leuven (Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences) to provide psychiatric care for young refugees.
• L-C&Y (Leuven Child & Youth Institute)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUPC KU Leuven partners with the KU Leuven Institute for Child & Youth for the L-C&Y Winter School, an annual event for researchers and professionals interested in child and youth research topics.
• Similes vzwminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSimiles is the family association for mental health with which UPC KU Leuven cooperates for family support activities, including training programs for relatives of people with mental health issues.
• EUNETHYDIS (European Network for ADHD)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUPC KU Leuven's child and adolescent psychiatry department collaborates with EUNETHYDIS, the European Network for ADHD, to organise educational events on ADHD.
• CAW (Centrum voor Algemeen Welzijn) - CrisisjeugdhulpminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorUPC KU Leuven refers children and adolescents in crisis to CAW's crisis youth services (CMP Min18) in Flemish Brabant, demonstrating a referral partnership for youth crisis care.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• OPZ Geel: Openbaar Psychiatrisch Ziekenhuis Geel is one of the largest dedicated psychiatric hospitals in Belgium, providing inpatient, outpatient and community mental health services — directly comparable to UPC's multi-campus, full age-range psychiatric model.
• PC Sint-Norbertus (Duffel): Part of the Emmaüs group, PC Sint-Norbertus is a large Belgian psychiatric center offering inpatient and ambulatory mental health care for all age groups, mirroring UPC's university-affiliated, multi-service psychiatric center profile.
• CHU Brugmann: Brussels public university hospital with a prominent psychiatric department offering inpatient, outpatient and crisis services; comparable as a Belgian academic-linked psychiatric care provider with multidisciplinary offerings.
• Clinique Sans-Souci / Sint-Alexius (Brussels): Brussels-based psychiatric clinic providing inpatient and outpatient mental health care; comparable to UPC as a Belgian psychiatric specialist provider serving a similar adult/older-adult population.
• GGZ inGeest (Amsterdam UMC): Dutch academic psychiatric center integrated with Amsterdam UMC, providing specialized mental health care, research and training across inpatient and outpatient settings — closely comparable to UPC's university psychiatric center model.

Broad incumbents

• UZ Gent (University Hospital Ghent): Belgian university hospital with a significant psychiatric department linked to Ghent University; comparable to UPC as a Flemish university-affiliated academic hospital providing psychiatric specialty services alongside broader medical care.
• UMC Utrecht (Psychiatry Department): Dutch university medical center with a well-known psychiatric department offering both general and specialized mental health services; comparable to UPC as an academic psychiatric provider with research and clinical care integration.
• Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin (Psychiatry): Germany's largest university hospital, with internationally prominent departments of psychiatry and neuroscience; comparable to UPC as a large European university-affiliated provider combining research, training and clinical psychiatric care.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/UPCKULeuven
• Facebookfacebook.com/UPCKULeuven
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/upc-kuleuven
• Instagraminstagram.com/upckuleuven

Compliance2 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles18 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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