Grand Ducal Institute
Grand Ducal Institute is the national academy of Luxembourg. It is based in Luxembourg City, in the south of the country.
The Institute incorporates six subsections, each dedicated to a separate field of academic research:
- History, established in 1868
- Linguistics, ethnology, and onomastics, established in 1935
- Natural sciences, physics, and mathematics, established in 1868
- Medicine, established in 1868
- The arts and literature, established in 1962
- Philosophy, law, and political science, established in 1966
History
The "Royal Grand Ducal Institute" was created on 24 October 1868 from the merger of three organisations, the Société archéologique, the Société des sciences naturelles and the Société des sciences médicales. The Royal Grand Ducal Institute was divided into three sections:- Historical section
- Natural science and mathematics section
- Medical science section
The Société luxembourgeoise d'études linguistiques et dialectologiques à Luxembourg became the fourth Institute section in 1935, the Section de linguistique, de folklore et de toponymie. In 1962, a fifth was added, the Section des arts et lettres. The sixth was added in 1966: the Section des sciences morales et politiques.