Now that architectural education in Belgium has been fully university-based for three years, it seemed appropriate and even necessary to look back at the beginnings of this integration. In this respect, the 1980s correspond to the time when the expression 'architecture at the university' is still followed by a question mark. Based on an exploration of recent archives, this article traces the main concerns of a period of intense reflective activity for architectural education in Belgium. Between commission reports, speeches at the beginning of the academic year and communications at colloquia, many points of view were exchanged. Views on a discipline that is struggling to define and identify itself. Views of a profession 'in crisis', faced with the evolution of a construction sector in the process of specialisation. Finally, visions of a teaching system that must respond to these changes and where the university is emerging as the best remedy, the promised land to prepare the architect of the 21st century. What hopes or fears did the university embody almost thirty years ago? And what about today? What have we gained, lost, forgotten? These are the questions the authors wish to raise. For, if the expression 'architecture at the university' has lost its question mark, there is still a long way to go before the end point. ; Alors qu’en Belgique, l’enseignement de l’architecture est, depuis trois ans, pleinement universitaire, revenir sur les prémisses de cette intégration semblait opportun, voire nécessaire. À ce titre, les années 1980 correspondent à ce moment où l’expression «l’architecture à l’université» est encore suivie d’un point d’interrogation. À partir d’une exploration d’archives récentes, cet article retrace les principales préoccupations d’une période à l’activité réflexive intense pour l’enseignement de l’architecture en Belgique. Entre rapports de commission, discours de rentrée académique, communications à des colloques, de nombreux points de vue ont été échangés. Visions sur une discipline qui ...