Université libre de Bruxelles
The Université libre de Bruxelles is a research university in Brussels, Belgium, that is French-speaking. The Free University of Brussels, founded in 1834 by Belgian jurist Pierre-Théodore Verhaegen, is one of two institutions that stem from it. The two universities divided along linguistic lines in 1969, with the French-speaking ULB founding in 1969 and the Dutch-speaking Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) forming in 1970.
It is a significant research center open to Europe and the rest of the world, with about 24,200 students (33 percent of whom are international) and a similarly international workforce. In English, the terms Université libre de Bruxelles and Vrije Universiteit Brussel refer to two universities in Brussels: the French-speaking Université libre de Bruxelles and the Dutch-speaking Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). Because the English translation is uncertain, neither uses it.
At the Free University of Brussels, there are at least 2000 PhD students and over 3600 researchers and lecturers working on cutting-edge research in a variety of scientific subjects.
These scientists' initiatives cover a wide range of topics in the precise, applied, and human sciences, and ULB researchers have received numerous international honors and recognitions.
The European Research Council, the Walloon Region, the Brussels Capital Region, the National Fund for Scientific Research, or one of the ULB's dedicated research foundations, the ULB Foundation or the Erasme Funds, all fund research at the ULB.
- QS Ranking 2022: 207
- THE Ranking 2022: 201
- ARWU Ranking 2021: 101
Established: 1834
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Website:www.ulb.be
