Opening hours
Visiting hours faculty secretariat:
Monday, Wednesday & Thursday: 9 AM - 1 PM and 2 PM - 4 PM.
Outside these office hours only by appointment (mail to faces@vub.be).
Available by phone on Monday until Friday from 9 AM to 11 AM.
+32 2 614 83 83
Pleinlaan 5, 3rd floor (PL5.3.07a)
1050 Brussels
Closing Days & Availability
The faculty will be closed on the following days. On the Fridays listed below, the faculty will also be unreachable by phone.
- Monday 21/04/2025 - Easter Monday
- Thursday 01/05/2025 - Labour Day
- Friday 02/05/2025 - Bridge Day
- Friday 16/05/2025 - Internal Activity
- Thursday 29/05/2025 - Ascension Day
- Friday 30/05/2025 - Bridge Day
- Monday 09/06/2025 - Whit Monday
- Friday 11/07/2025 - Flemish Community Holiday
- Monday 21/07/2025 - Belgian National Day
Summer Closure: From Monday 21/07/2025 to Monday 17/08/2025, the faculty is closed and unavailable by telephone.
Faculty Office
Joël Branson
Dean, faculty of Social Sciences & Solvay Business School
Caroline Buts
Vice-dean, faculty of Social Sciences & Solvay Business School
Diane Breesch
Academic Director, faculty of Social Sciences & Solvay Business School
Kim Willems
Academic Secretary, Faculty of Social Sciences & Solvay Business School
Didier Caluwaerts
Additional member Faculty Office Faculty of Social Sciences & Solvay Business School
Pieter-Paul Verhaeghe
Additional member Faculty Office Faculty of Social Sciences & Solvay Business School
Marc Janssen
Faculty Secretary, faculty of Social Sciences & Solvay Business School
Saskia Van Hoyweghen
Faculty Secretary, faculty of Social Sciences & Solvay Business School
Ombudsperson
Joke Bauwens
Ombudsperson faculty of Social Sciences & Solvay Business School (all social sciences programmes)
Stefanie Ceustermans
Ombudsperson faculty of Social Sciences & Solvay Business School (all economic programmes)
Marc Jegers
Ombudsperson Faculty Social Sciences & Solvay Business School for PhD students
VUB Main Campus
Our campus can be found in Etterbeek, on the border with Ixelles, Auderghem and next to our sister university ULB. This is the home base of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Solvay Business School and the other faculties that organise non-medical training. The campus contains numerous facilities to combine living and studying in a pleasant way: student rooms, sports infrastructure, a restaurant, library, tutoring…