Université Libre de Bruxelles
Encyclopedia
The Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) is a French
-speaking university
in Brussels
, Belgium
. It has 21,000 students, 29% of whom come from abroad, and an equally cosmopolitan staff.
-speaking Vrije Universiteit Brussel
(VUB), so the English name is ambiguous and not commonly used. Some facilities shared by both universities use the name "Brussels Free Universities", abbreviated BFU (e.g. the Brussels Free Universities Computing Center, BFUCC http://www.vub.ac.be/BFUCC/).
For this reason, in 1831 a group of leading Brussels Masonic figures in the fields of the arts, science and education set themselves the objective of creating a university for the city. They had the choice between a state university and, failing that, a private institution, since the Belgian Constitution, the most liberal in Europe, allowed for this possibility.
Finding the financial burden of the three existing universities too onerous, the Belgian government showed little enthusiasm for yet another state university. However, when in 1834 the episcopate decided to found the Catholic University of Mechlin
, things began to happen very quickly. The liberal professions and Freemasons, led by Pierre-Théodore Verhaegen
and Auguste Baron
, who were promoting the Brussels university project, stepped up their efforts, with the result that the Free University of Belgium, as it was originally known, inaugurated its first academic year on 20 November 1834.
From 1836 it was to be called the Université libre de Bruxelles, but although the geographical term may have changed, the adjective "free" remained. This was a key point.
The school's football (soccer)
team won the bronze medal at the 1900 Summer Olympics
.
Pierre-Théodore Verhaegen, who helped make the university, is the symbol of the creation of the university. November 20, called 'St V
', is a holiday for students of both the Université libre de Bruxelles and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel
.
Since 1935 some courses have been taught in both French and Dutch, but it was only in 1963 that all faculties held courses in both languages. Shortly after the language dispute at the Catholic University of Leuven
, in October 1969 the French and Dutch entities of the ULB separated into two distinct universities. With the act of 28 May 1970, the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and the Université libre de Bruxelles officially became two separate legal, administrative and scientific entities.
In 2010 ULB, for its excellence in co-operation projects with the corporate world in Belgium, was chosen to be a part of the BBNM
Group. Today, they are represented among the BBNM Member schools.
es: the Campus de la Plaine with faculties such as the faculty of pharmacy in Ixelles, the Campus du Solbosch,which is the main and biggest campus of the university, on the territories of Brussels and Ixelles municipalities, in the Brussels-Capital Region and the Campus Erasme (faculty of medicine) in Anderlecht
beside the Erasmus Hospital but the university also has buildings and activities in Charleroi
on the Aéropole Science Park
, Parentville, Treignes and Nivelles
.
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
-speaking university
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
in Brussels
Brussels
Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
, Belgium
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...
. It has 21,000 students, 29% of whom come from abroad, and an equally cosmopolitan staff.
Name
There are two universities called the Free University of Brussels, the French-speaking ULB, and the DutchDutch language
Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...
-speaking Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The 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), so the English name is ambiguous and not commonly used. Some facilities shared by both universities use the name "Brussels Free Universities", abbreviated BFU (e.g. the Brussels Free Universities Computing Center, BFUCC http://www.vub.ac.be/BFUCC/).
History
The history of the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) is closely linked with that of Belgium itself. When the nine provinces that broke away from the Kingdom of the Netherlands formed the Belgian State in 1830, there were three state universities in the country: Ghent, Liege and Leuven. Even though Brussels had been promoted to the rank of capital, it still had no university.For this reason, in 1831 a group of leading Brussels Masonic figures in the fields of the arts, science and education set themselves the objective of creating a university for the city. They had the choice between a state university and, failing that, a private institution, since the Belgian Constitution, the most liberal in Europe, allowed for this possibility.
Finding the financial burden of the three existing universities too onerous, the Belgian government showed little enthusiasm for yet another state university. However, when in 1834 the episcopate decided to found the Catholic University of Mechlin
Catholic University of Mechlin
The Catholic University of Mechlin was a university that was founded in Mechelen , Belgium, on November 8, 1834 by the bishops of Belgium.The bishops aimed to create a university "to accommodate any doctrine from the Holy Apostolic See and to repudiate anything that does not flow from this august...
, things began to happen very quickly. The liberal professions and Freemasons, led by Pierre-Théodore Verhaegen
Pierre-Théodore Verhaegen
Pierre-Théodore Verhaegen was a Belgian lawyer, founder of the Université libre de Bruxelles, and liberal politician...
and Auguste Baron
Auguste Baron
Auguste Alexis Floréal Baron was a Belgian study prefect of Royal Athenaeum of Brussels and the first secretary of the Universite Libre de Bruxelles.-Career:...
, who were promoting the Brussels university project, stepped up their efforts, with the result that the Free University of Belgium, as it was originally known, inaugurated its first academic year on 20 November 1834.
From 1836 it was to be called the Université libre de Bruxelles, but although the geographical term may have changed, the adjective "free" remained. This was a key point.
The school's football (soccer)
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
team won the bronze medal at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Football at the 1900 Summer Olympics
At the 1900 Summer Olympics, a football tournament was contested for the first time. Only two demonstration matches were held between the three club sides, and no medals were awarded...
.
Pierre-Théodore Verhaegen, who helped make the university, is the symbol of the creation of the university. November 20, called 'St V
St V
St V is the commonly used name for a holiday for university students in Brussels, Belgium, celebrating the founding of the Free University of Brussels. The day's long form differs in the two official languages, but both are a reference to Pierre-Théodore Verhaegen, the founder of the university,...
', is a holiday for students of both the Université libre de Bruxelles and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The 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"...
.
Since 1935 some courses have been taught in both French and Dutch, but it was only in 1963 that all faculties held courses in both languages. Shortly after the language dispute at the Catholic University of Leuven
Catholic University of Leuven
The Catholic University of Leuven, or of Louvain, was the largest, oldest and most prominent university in Belgium. The university was founded in 1425 as the University of Leuven by John IV, Duke of Brabant and approved by a Papal bull by Pope Martin V.During France's occupation of Belgium in the...
, in October 1969 the French and Dutch entities of the ULB separated into two distinct universities. With the act of 28 May 1970, the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and the Université libre de Bruxelles officially became two separate legal, administrative and scientific entities.
BBNM
The BBNM Group is a global student organization covering students enrolled at 174 universities worldwide. BBNM was founded in Oxford, by students at Oxford University, Parsons The New School for Design, Stockholm School of Economics and Yale University sharing the ambition to bring students closer...
Group. Today, they are represented among the BBNM Member schools.
Campuses
The ULB comprises three main campusCampus
A campus is traditionally the land on which a college or university and related institutional buildings are situated. Usually a campus includes libraries, lecture halls, residence halls and park-like settings...
es: the Campus de la Plaine with faculties such as the faculty of pharmacy in Ixelles, the Campus du Solbosch,which is the main and biggest campus of the university, on the territories of Brussels and Ixelles municipalities, in the Brussels-Capital Region and the Campus Erasme (faculty of medicine) in Anderlecht
Anderlecht
Anderlecht is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region.There are several historically and architecturally distinct districts within the Anderlecht municipality.-Pronunciation:* Dutch: * French:...
beside the Erasmus Hospital but the university also has buildings and activities in Charleroi
Charleroi
Charleroi is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. , the total population of Charleroi was 201,593. The metropolitan area, including the outer commuter zone, covers an area of and had a total population of 522,522 as of 1 January 2008, ranking it as...
on the Aéropole Science Park
Aéropole Science Park
The Aéropole Science Park is a business incubator and science park located in Charleroi, Wallonia , nearby the Brussels South Charleroi Airport.It hosts 150 companies, providing around 3600 jobs...
, Parentville, Treignes and Nivelles
Nivelles
Nivelles is a Walloon city and municipality located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant. The Nivelles municipality includes the old communes of Baulers, Bornival, Thines, and Monstreux....
.
Faculties, schools and institutes
- Interfacultary School of Bio-Engineering
- School of Public Health
- High institute of Physical Education, and Kinesitherapy
- Institute of Work Sciences
- Institute of Statistics and Operational Research
- Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics
| Faculty or Institute | Bachelor degrees | Master degrees | Complementary Master degrees |
|---|---|---|---|
| Faculty of Architecture | Architecture | Architecture | |
| Faculty of Philosophy and Letters | Ancient Languages and Literature: 1. Classic orientation; 2. Oriental orientation |
Ancient Languages and Literature: 1. Classic orientation (1 or 2 years) 2. Oriental orientation (1 or 2 years) |
African Languages and Cultures |
| Pedagogy in Higher Education | |||
| Language Sciences | |||
| Art History and Archaeology | Art History and Archaeology (1 or 2 years) | ||
| Art History and Archaeology: Musicology | Art History and Archaeology: Musicology (1 or 2 years) | ||
| French and Roman Languages and Literature | Cultural Management | ||
| History | Ethics | ||
| Information and Communication | French and Roman Languages and Literature (1 or 2 years) | ||
| Modern Languages and Literature | French and Roman Languages and Literature: French Foreign Language | ||
| Modern Languages and Literature: 1. Arab orientation 2. Germanic orientation 3. Oriental orientation 4. Slavic orientation |
History (1 or 2 years) | ||
| Philosophy | Information and Communication (1 or 2 years) | ||
| Religious and Secular Studies | Information and Communication Sciences and Technologies | ||
| Linguistics | |||
| | Modern Languages and Literature (1 or 2 years) | |||
| Modern Languages and Literature: 1. Arab orientation 2. Germanic orientation (1 or 2 years) 3. Oriental orientation (1 or 2 years) 4. Slavic orientation (1 or 2 years) |
|||
| Multilingual Communication | |||
| Performing Arts | |||
| Philosophy (1 or 2 years) | |||
| Religious and Secular Studies | |||
| Faculty of Law and Criminological Science | Law | Criminology | Economic Law |
| Law | International Law | ||
| Notaries | |||
| Public and Administrative Law | |||
| Social Law | |||
| Tax Law | |||
| Faculty of Psychological Science, and of Education | Psychology and Educational Sciences | Educational Sciences | Pedagogy in Higher Education |
| Psychology and Educational Sciences: Speech Therapy | Psychology | Psychoanalytic Theories | |
| Speech Therapy | Risk Management and Well-being at Work | ||
| Faculty of Sciences (recently absorbed the Institute of Environment Gestion (IGEAT)) |
Biology | Actuarial Science | Nanotechnology |
| Chemistry | Biochemistry and Molecular and Cellular Biology | ||
| Computer Sciences | Bioengineering: Agricultural Sciences | ||
| Engineering: Bioengineering | Bioengineering: Chemistry and Bio-industries | ||
| Geography | Bioengineering: Environmental Sciences and Technologies | ||
| Geology | Bioinformatics and Modeling | ||
| Mathematics | Biology (1 year) | ||
| Physics | Chemistry (1 or 2 years) | ||
| Sciences (Polyvalent first year) | Computer Sciences (1 or 2 years) | ||
| Environmental Sciences and Management (1 or 2 years) | |||
| Geography (1 or 2 years) | |||
| Geology (1 or 2 years) | |||
| Mathematics (1 or 2 years) | |||
| Organismal Biology and Ecology | |||
| Physics (1 or 2 years) | |||
| Statistics | |||
| Tourism Sciences and Management (1 or 2 years) | |||
| Faculty of Applied Sciences/Polytechnic School | Engineering: Bioengineering | Bioengineering: Agricultural Sciences | Conservation and Restoration of Immovable Cultural Heritage |
| Engineering: Civil | Bioengineering: Chemistry and Bio-industries | Nanotechnology | |
| Engineering: Civil Architect | Bioengineering: Environmental Sciences and Technologies | Nuclear Engineering | |
| Civil Engineering: Architectural | Transportation Management | ||
| Civil Engineering: Biomedical | Urban and Regional Planning | ||
| Civil Engineering: Chemistry and Material Science | |||
| Civil Engineering: Computer | |||
| Civil Engineering: Constructions | |||
| Civil Engineering: Electrical | |||
| Civil Engineering: Electro-mechanical | |||
| Civil Engineering: Mechanical | |||
| Civil Engineering: Physicist | |||
| Faculty of Medicine | Biomedical Sciences | Biomedical Sciences | |
| Dentistry | Dentistry | ||
| Medicine | Medicine | ||
| Veterinary Medicine | |||
| Institute of Pharmacy | Pharmaceutical Sciences | Biomedical Sciences | Clinical Biology (for pharmacists) |
| Pharmaceutical Sciences | Hospital Pharmacy | ||
| Industrial Pharmacy | |||
| Faculty of Social and Political Sciences | Human and Social Science | Anthropology | |
| Political Science | Human Resources Management | ||
| Sociology and Anthropology | Political Science (1 or 2 years) | ||
| Political Science: International Relations | |||
| Population and Development | |||
| Public Administration | |||
| Sociology | |||
| Sociology and Anthropology (1 year) | |||
| Work Science (1 or 2 years) | |||
| Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management | Business Engineering | Business Engineering | Industrial Management and Technology |
| Economics | Economics (1 or 2 years) | Microfinance | |
| Institute of European Studies | European Studies | European Law | |
| Interdisciplinary Analysis of European Construction |
Notable alumni
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, medicine, laureate of the 1999 Francqui PrizeFrancqui PrizeThe Francqui Prize is a prestigious Belgian scholarly and scientific prize, awarded each year since 1933 by the Francqui Foundation in recognition of the achievements of a young Belgian scholar or scientist... - Etienne PaysEtienne PaysEtienne Pays is a Belgian molecular biologist and professor at the Universite Libre de Bruxelles. His research interest is on trypanosomes....
(b. 1948), molecular biologist, laureate of the 1996 Francqui PrizeFrancqui PrizeThe Francqui Prize is a prestigious Belgian scholarly and scientific prize, awarded each year since 1933 by the Francqui Foundation in recognition of the achievements of a young Belgian scholar or scientist...
and Carlos J. Finlay Prize for MicrobiologyCarlos J. Finlay Prize for MicrobiologyThe Carlos J. Finlay Prize is a biennal scientific prize sponsored by the Government of Cuba and awarded since 1980 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to people or organizations for their outstanding contributions to microbiology and its applications... - Robert PestonRobert PestonRobert Peston is a British journalist. Since February 2006, he has been the Business Editor for BBC News. He became known to a wider public with his reporting of the late-2000s financial crisis, especially with his scoop on the Northern Rock crisis.-Early life and education:Peston is the son of...
, BBC Business Editor - Martine PiccartMartine PiccartProfessor Martine J. Piccart-Gebhart, MD, Ph.D is a Belgian medical doctor and President of the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer...
, medicine, President of the EORTCEORTCThe European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer or EORTC is an international non-profit organisation that develops, coordinates and stimulates cancer laboratory and clinical research in Europe...
. - Marie PopelinMarie PopelinMarie Popelin was a Belgian feminist, educator, and advocate.Born in Schaerbeek into a middle-class family—one of her brothers was a doctor, another an army officer—Marie Popelin was well educated by the standards of the time and place...
(1846–1913), law, feminist - Ilya PrigogineIlya PrigogineIlya, Viscount Prigogine was a Russian-born naturalized Belgian physical chemist and Nobel Laureate noted for his work on dissipative structures, complex systems, and irreversibility.-Biography :...
, Belgian physicist and chemist, laureate of the 1955 Francqui PrizeFrancqui PrizeThe Francqui Prize is a prestigious Belgian scholarly and scientific prize, awarded each year since 1933 by the Francqui Foundation in recognition of the achievements of a young Belgian scholar or scientist...
, and laureate of the 1977 Nobel PrizeNobel PrizeThe Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
in Chemistry - Eric RemacleEric RemacleEric Remacle is a Belgian scientist and professor at the Department of Political Sciences of the Universite Libre de Bruxelles . In 2000, together with Paul Magnette, he was awarded the Exceptional Francqui Prize for European Research-External links:...
, Belgian economist, laureate of the 2000 Exceptional Francqui Prize for European ResearchFrancqui PrizeThe Francqui Prize is a prestigious Belgian scholarly and scientific prize, awarded each year since 1933 by the Francqui Foundation in recognition of the achievements of a young Belgian scholar or scientist... - David RuelleDavid RuelleDavid Pierre Ruelle is a Belgian-French mathematical physicist. He has worked on statistical physics and dynamical systems. With Floris Takens he coined the term strange attractor, and founded a new theory of turbulence...
, Belgian and French mathematical physicist - Jean Auguste Ulric SchelerJean Auguste Ulric Scheler-Biography:He was born at Ebnat, Switzerland. His father, a German, was chaplain to King Leopold I of Belgium, and Jean Scheler, after studying at Bonn and Munich, became King's librarian, and professor at the Universite Libre de Bruxelles . His investigations in Romance philology earned him a wide...
, Belgian philologist - Paul-Henri SpaakPaul-Henri SpaakPaul Henri Charles Spaak was a Belgian Socialist politician and statesman.-Early life:Paul-Henri Spaak was born on 25 January 1899 in Schaerbeek, Belgium, to a distinguished Belgian family. His grandfather, Paul Janson was an important member of the Liberal Party...
, Belgian politician and one of the Founding fathers of the European UnionFounding fathers of the European UnionThe Founding Fathers of the European Union are a number of men who have been recognised as making a major contribution to the development of European unity and what is now the European Union. There is no official list of founding fathers or a single event defining them so some ideas vary.-Europe's... - Isabelle StengersIsabelle StengersProfessor Isabelle Stengers , is a Belgian philosopher and is the daughter of the historian Jean Stengers. She graduated in chemistry at the Université Libre de Bruxelles.-Biography:Professor Stengers writes about the philosophy of science...
, chemistry, philosophy - Jean StengersJean StengersJean Stengers was a Belgian historian.A precocious and brilliant student, Stengers entered the Free University of Brussels in 1939, at the age of 17. He published his first scholarly article two years later in the Belgian Review of Philology and History...
(1922–2002), historian - Jacques TitsJacques TitsJacques Tits is a Belgian and French mathematician who works on group theory and geometry and who introduced Tits buildings, the Tits alternative, and the Tits group.- Career :Tits received his doctorate in mathematics at the age of 20...
, Belgian mathematician, laureate of the 1993 Wolf Prize and of the 2008 Abel PrizeAbel PrizeThe Abel Prize is an international prize presented annually by the King of Norway to one or more outstanding mathematicians. The prize is named after Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel . It has often been described as the "mathematician's Nobel prize" and is among the most prestigious... - Michel Vanden AbeeleMichel Vanden AbeeleMichel van den Abeele [Baron] is a former Director-General of the European Commission, is actually chairman of the board of the belgian public owned company APETRA and active in several Belgian charities.-Education:...
, economics, diplomat - Raoul VaneigemRaoul VaneigemRaoul Vaneigem is a Belgian writer and philosopher. He was born in Lessines . After studying romance philology at the Free University of Brussels from 1952 to 1956, he participated in the Situationist International from 1961 to 1970...
, Situationist theorist - Léon Van HoveLéon Van HoveLéon Van Hove was a Belgian physicist and a former Director General of CERN. He developed a scientific career spanning mathematics, solid state physics, elementary particle and nuclear physics to cosmology.-Biography:...
(1924–1990), physics, laureate of the 1958 Francqui PrizeFrancqui PrizeThe Francqui Prize is a prestigious Belgian scholarly and scientific prize, awarded each year since 1933 by the Francqui Foundation in recognition of the achievements of a young Belgian scholar or scientist...
, Director General of the CERNCERNThe European Organization for Nuclear Research , known as CERN , is an international organization whose purpose is to operate the world's largest particle physics laboratory, which is situated in the northwest suburbs of Geneva on the Franco–Swiss border...
(1976–1980) - Jan Van RijswijckJan Van RijswijckJan Van Rijswijck , was a Belgian lawyer, liberal politician and journalist.-Education:...
(1853–1906), law, mayor of Antwerp - Emile VanderveldeEmile Vanderveldethumb|upright|Emile VanderveldeEmile Vandervelde was a Belgian statesman, born at Ixelles. He studied law at the Free University of Brussels and became doctor of laws in 1885 and doctor of social science in 1888.-Activities:Vandervelde became a member of the Parti Ouvrier...
(1866–1938) Belgian statesman and socialist leader,lawyer and sociologist - August VermeylenAugust VermeylenAugust Vermeylen was a Belgian writer and literature critic. In 1893 he founded the journal Van Nu en Straks . He studied history at the Université Libre de Bruxelles , and became a professor of literature and of art history at the ULB...
, Belgian writer and literature critic - Raoul WarocquéRaoul WarocquéRaoul Warocqué , was a Belgian industrialist of Wallonia. Raoul was the great-grandson of Nicolas Warocqué, the founder of the Warocqué-dynasty...
, Belgian industrialist - Charles WoesteCharles WoesteCharles, Count Woeste was a Belgian Roman Catholic politician of German descent.He was born in Brussels, the son of Edouard Woeste, who was of Prussian descent and who became a naturalized Belgian on 15 January 1841. Edouard Woeste was consul for Prussia from 1843 to 1853, and married Constance...
(1837–1922), lawyer and politician - Adamantios VassilakisAdamantios VassilakisAdamantios Vassilakis , is a distinguished Greek diplomat and negotiator.Adamantios Vassilakis is a graduate of the Commercial High School of Chios, Greece, and holds a Licence in Political and Diplomatic Sciences from the Free University of Brussels....
(b.1942), former Greek ambassador to the United Nations - Fradique de MenezesFradique de MenezesFradique Bandeira Melo de Menezes was the President of São Tomé and Príncipe from 2003 to 2011.-Early life:Menezes was born on the then Portuguese colony of São Tomé in 1942, the son of a Portuguese man and a local woman. He attended high school in Portugal...
(b.1942), President of São Tomé and Príncipe since 2001 - Roberto LavagnaRoberto LavagnaRoberto Lavagna is an Argentine economist and politician, and was the former Minister of Economy and Production of Argentina from April 27, 2002, to November 28, 2005.-Career:...
(b.1942), former Argentine minister of economy ( 2002–2005)
Notable faculty
- Eugene Goblet d'AlviellaEugene Goblet d'AlviellaEugène Félicien Albert, Count Goblet d'Alviella was a lawyer, liberal senator of Belgium and a Professor of the history of religions and rector of the Universite Libre de Bruxelles...
(1846–1925), historian and politician - Jules BordetJules BordetJules Jean Baptiste Vincent Bordet was a Belgian immunologist and microbiologist. The bacterial genus Bordetella is named after him.-Biography:Bordet was born at Soignies, Belgium...
(1870–1961), physician, laureate of the 1919 Nobel PrizeNobel PrizeThe Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
in Physiology or Medicine - Albert ClaudeAlbert ClaudeAlbert Claude was a Belgian biologist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1974 with Christian de Duve and George Emil Palade. He studied engineering, and then medicine...
, biologist, laureate of the 1974 Nobel PrizeNobel PrizeThe Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
in Physiology or Medicine - Paul HymansPaul HymansPaul Louis Adrien Henri Hymans , was a Belgian politician associated with the Liberal Party. He was the first President of the League of Nations, and served again as its president in 1932-33....
(1865–1941), law, first President of the League of NationsLeague of NationsThe League of Nations was an intergovernmental organization founded as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War. It was the first permanent international organization whose principal mission was to maintain world peace... - Ilya PrigogineIlya PrigogineIlya, Viscount Prigogine was a Russian-born naturalized Belgian physical chemist and Nobel Laureate noted for his work on dissipative structures, complex systems, and irreversibility.-Biography :...
, (1917–2003), physicist and chemist, laureate of the 1955 Francqui PrizeFrancqui PrizeThe Francqui Prize is a prestigious Belgian scholarly and scientific prize, awarded each year since 1933 by the Francqui Foundation in recognition of the achievements of a young Belgian scholar or scientist...
, and laureate of the 1977 Nobel PrizeNobel PrizeThe Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
in Chemistry - Théophile de DonderThéophile de DonderThéophile Ernest de Donder was a Belgian mathematician and physicist famous for his 1923 work in developing correlations between the Newtonian concept of chemical affinity and the Gibbsian concept of free energy.-Education:...
, (1872–1957), physicist and mathematician, and father of irreversible thermodynamicsThermodynamicsThermodynamics is a physical science that studies the effects on material bodies, and on radiation in regions of space, of transfer of heat and of work done on or by the bodies or radiation... - Jacques TitsJacques TitsJacques Tits is a Belgian and French mathematician who works on group theory and geometry and who introduced Tits buildings, the Tits alternative, and the Tits group.- Career :Tits received his doctorate in mathematics at the age of 20...
, Belgian mathematician, laureate of the 1993 Wolf Prize and of the 2008 Abel PrizeAbel PrizeThe Abel Prize is an international prize presented annually by the King of Norway to one or more outstanding mathematicians. The prize is named after Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel . It has often been described as the "mathematician's Nobel prize" and is among the most prestigious... - Emile VanderveldeEmile Vanderveldethumb|upright|Emile VanderveldeEmile Vandervelde was a Belgian statesman, born at Ixelles. He studied law at the Free University of Brussels and became doctor of laws in 1885 and doctor of social science in 1888.-Activities:Vandervelde became a member of the Parti Ouvrier...
(1866–1938),statesman, professor of law and sociology
See also
- Brussels Faculty of Engineering (Bruface)
- Science and technology in BrusselsScience and technology in BrusselsScience and technology in Brussels, the central region of Belgium , is well developed with the presence of several universities and research institutes.- Technology institutes :...
- 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"...
- Solvay Business School
- University FoundationUniversity FoundationThe Belgian University Foundation was founded in 1920. The goal of the Foundation, as was put forward by Emile Francqui, is to promote scientific activity at Belgian universities....
- BioValléeBioValléeBioVallée is a Belgian association of research groups of the Université Libre de Bruxelles and the Université de Mons-Hainaut together with several biotech companies comprising a biotechnopole. It was founded in 2001 by the Walloon Region as an interface between academic research and industrial...
- Aéropole Science ParkAéropole Science ParkThe Aéropole Science Park is a business incubator and science park located in Charleroi, Wallonia , nearby the Brussels South Charleroi Airport.It hosts 150 companies, providing around 3600 jobs...
- Institut Jules BordetInstitut Jules BordetInstitut Jules Bordet is a general hospital and research institute of the Université Libre de Bruxelles which specializes in oncology. It is located in Brussels, Belgium...
- Top Industrial Managers for EuropeTop Industrial Managers for EuropeTop Industrial Managers for Europe is a network of more than fifty engineering schools and faculties and technical universities....
- Atomium CultureAtomium CultureAtomium Culture AISBL is an International Non-Profit Organisation thatbrings together major European universities, newspapers and businesses in ashared platform for the selection, exchange, and dissemination ofparticularly significant European research,...