News about Our university International A stronger, multilingual Europe through university alliances State mission highlights added value of internationalisation and multilingualism for students and staff International "Cultural heritage is under threat from natural disasters, conflicts, and smuggling" Eric Piaget, EUTOPIA science diplomacy coordinator University Vrije Universiteit Brussel Climbs in THE Ranking and Ranks Among the World's Best Call for an alternative ranking that gives smaller universities fairer recognition, to better inform students. University Wout Vanhelden, new president of the student council “For us, it’s crucial to listen to all voices with an open mind” Society and engagement VUB unleashes the Open Mind at the Royal Circus "Our university must be an incubator for open minds" Society and engagement VUB Rector Jan Danckaert opens academic year at the Celebration of the Open Mind “We must actively ensure that students truly connect with one another” Partners & networks Collaboration Between VUB and French Sorbonne Université Off to a Flying Start "The VUB and Sorbonne University aim to build bridges between languages, cultures, and educational systems." Staff Hugo Thienpont bids farewell as vice-rector for Innovation and Valorisation “You can’t get a degree in being an inventor. The closest is engineering” Infrastructure Construction of Martial Arts Expertise Centre on VUB campus begins Supporting martial arts as a social lever for young people Fellowship 28 inspiring figures appointed VUB Fellows Rector Jan Danckaert: “We can only succeed if we remain deeply connected to society” Brussels “The 720 windows of the Braem building allude to the transparency of the university” “Van Der Meeren was one of the first architects to use prefabricated materials for his student quarters” Brussels VUB and EHB sign charter for multilingualism VUB Prof. Wim Vandenbussche: “Higher education in Brussels will be multilingual in the future, or it will not be at all. There is no middle ground." University VUB in top 20 in securing Horizon Europe funding “The success in this European funding puts the VUB on the international map” Staff Peter Schelkens succeeds Hugo Thienpont as Vice-Rector from 2024-2025 'Farewell Hugo Thienpont, welcome Peter Schelkens' University Rector Jan Danckaert’s new year message “The VUB is a healthy university” Sustainability VUB invests €2 million in combined heat and power on campus Etterbeek Reduction of 1,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions per year University VUB and UZ Brussel Alzheimer’s specialist joins Royal Academy of Medicine Sebastiaan Engelborghs pleased with recognition University Belgian researchers find a crack in the wall of WHO’s top priority pathogens Han Remaut, VIB-VUB Centre for Structural Biology, led the research Health Flemish minister Ben Weyts visits VUB University Dental Centre VUB: training capacity up to 36 dental students and 50 extra medical students a year University VUB launches new alcohol and drugs policy University commits to preventing and addressing dangerous substance use among its students Discover all university news
