The land for the foundation was purchased in 1602 at the request of Ernest of Bavaria, prince-bishop of Liège. The official foundation took place on 1 July 1605, with Jan Clarius as college president and three resident students.[1] By 1671 the college consisted of a building on the Muntstraat, a chapel, a large garden and an additional house.[1]
The college was closed in 1797 and the buildings sold in 1806. The parts of the original buildings that survive have been protected since 1974 and now house a number of restaurants. What had been the college garden is now the Jozef Vounckplein.[1]
