NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Grand Ducal Institute

Grand Ducal Institute (French: Institut Grand-Ducal) is the national academy of Luxembourg, and is based in Luxembourg City in the south of the country. A national academy is a body, usually operating with state financial support and approval, that co-ordinates the activities of research in (nearly always) the sciences and (sometimes) other disciplines. ... The Old town, seen from the ground Luxembourg City, population 82,268 (2002), is the capital of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. ...

The Institute incorporates six subsections, each dedicated to a separate field of academic research:

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