Science and technology in Brussels
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Science and technology in Brussels, the central region of Belgium
(Europe
), is well developed with the presence of several universities and research institutes.
Funded by the government of the French Community
, teaching in French (and for some post-graduate programs in English):
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
(Europe
Europe
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), is well developed with the presence of several universities and research institutes.
Technology institutes
The Brussels-Capital Region is home to several national science and technology institutes.- National Fund for Scientific ResearchNFWOThe National Fund for Scientific Research is a government institution in Belgium for supporting scientific research...
(NFWO/FNRS) - Institute for the Encouragement of Scientific Research and Innovation of BrusselsInstitute for the Encouragement of Scientific Research and Innovation of BrusselsThe Institute for the Encouragement of Scientific Research and Innovation of Brussels or ISRIB promotes scientific research and technological innovation in the...
- Francqui FoundationFrancqui FoundationThe Francqui Foundation was founded in 1932 by Emile Francqui and Herbert Hoover with the goal "to further the development of higher education and scientific research in Belgium". The foundation is a private foundation under the legal from of a Belgian "Institution of Public Utility"...
- Queen Elisabeth Medical FoundationQueen Elisabeth Medical FoundationThe Queen Elisabeth Medical Foundation is a Belgian non-profit organization, founded in 1926 by the former Queen Elisabeth of Belgium. She founded the organization, based on her experience with the wounded from the front-line during the First World War...
- The Royal Academies for Science and the Arts of BelgiumThe Royal Academies for Science and the Arts of BelgiumThere are two Royal Academies for Science and the Arts in Belgium, corresponding to the two main languages of the country, Dutch and French . The Academies are located in the Palace of Academies in Brussels....
- Belgian Academy Council of Applied SciencesBelgian Academy Council of Applied SciencesThe Royal Belgian Academy Council of Applied Sciences is a Belgian council, which consists of the Flemish Academy Committee for Science and Technology and Walloon Comité de l'Académie pour les Applications de la Science committees of the Flemish and French Academies of Science in Belgium. BACAS...
- Von Karman Institute for Fluid DynamicsVon Karman Institute for Fluid DynamicsThe von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics is a non-profit educational and scientific organization which specializes in three specific fields: aeronautics and aerospace, environment and applied fluid dynamics, turbomachinery and propulsion...
Universities
Funded by the Flemish government, teaching in Dutch and (for most post-graduate programs) in English:- Vrije Universiteit BrusselVrije Universiteit BrusselThe Vrije Universiteit Brussel is a Flemish university located in Brussels, Belgium. It has two campuses referred to as Etterbeek and Jette.The university's name is sometimes abbreviated by "VUB" or translated to "Free University of Brussels"...
('VUB') with its partner college Erasmushogeschool Brussel ('EhB'), - Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel ('HUB'), a recent merger between BrusselsBrusselsBrussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
-based colleges European University College Brussels, VLEKHO, HONIM and a university, the Catholic University of BrusselsCatholic University of BrusselsThe Katholieke Universiteit Brussel is a Flemish university located in Brussels, founded in 1969 as University Faculties St Aloysius , in many ways the equivalent of a liberal arts college. Teaching was primarily in Dutch. It became a university in the early 1990s...
(KUBrussel).
Funded by the government of the French Community
French Community
The French Community was an association of states known in French simply as La Communauté. In 1958 it replaced the French Union, which had itself succeeded the French colonial empire in 1946....
, teaching in French (and for some post-graduate programs in English):
- Université Libre de BruxellesUniversité Libre de BruxellesThe Université libre de Bruxelles is a French-speaking university in Brussels, Belgium. It has 21,000 students, 29% of whom come from abroad, and an equally cosmopolitan staff.-Name:...
, ('ULB'), BrusselsBrusselsBrussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union... - Université Catholique de LouvainUniversité catholique de LouvainThe Université catholique de Louvain, sometimes known, especially in Belgium, as UCL, is Belgium's largest French-speaking university. It is located in Louvain-la-Neuve and in Brussels...
's medical campus
Science parks
Several science parks associated with the universities are spread over the Brussels-Capital Region.- Da Vinci Research ParkDa Vinci Research ParkThe Da Vinci Research Park is a science park located on a former airfield in Evere nearby Brussels Airport in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium and it is being managed by the Brussels Regional Investment Company...
- Erasmus Research ParkErasmus Research ParkThe Erasmus Research Park is a science park located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium and it is being managed by the Brussels Regional Investment Company...
- Mercator Research ParkMercator Research ParkThe Mercator Research Park is a science park located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium and it is being managed by the Brussels Regional Investment Company...
- Vesalius Research ParkVesalius Research ParkThe Vesalius Research Park is a science park located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium and it is being managed by the Brussels Regional Investment Company...
See also
- Science and technology in BelgiumScience and technology in BelgiumScience and technology in Belgium is well developed with the presence of several universities and research institutes. As Belgium is a federal state, science is organized at several levels...
- Science and technology in FlandersScience and technology in FlandersScience and technology in Flanders, the northern region of Belgium , is well developed with the presence of several universities and research institutes...
- Science and technology in WalloniaScience and technology in WalloniaScience and technology in Wallonia, the southern region of Belgium , is well developed with the presence of several universities and research institutes.-Technology institutes:Wallonia is home to several science and technology organizations....
- Belgian Federal Science Policy Office (BELSPO)
- Economy of BelgiumEconomy of BelgiumThe modern, private enterprise economy of Belgium has capitalised on its central geographic location, highly developed transport network, and diversified industrial and commercial base...
- AgoriaAgoriaAgoria is Belgium's largest employers' organisation and trade association. The companies represented by Agoria are active in 13 branches of the technology industry: aerospace, automotive, construction products, contracting & maintenance, electrical engineering, industrial automation, ICT,...