Opening hours
Front desk opening hours:
Monday, Wednesday and Thursday: 9.00 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and 1.30 p.m. to 4.00 p.m.
Availability by phone:
Monday to Friday between 9.00 a.m. and 11.00 a.m.
+32 2 614 83 83
Address:
Pleinlaan 5, 3rd floor (PL5.3.07a)
1050 Brussels
Closing days in 2026
The faculty will be closed and unavailable by phone on the following days:
- Friday 1 May 2026 – Public holiday (Labour Day)
- Thursday 14 May 2026 – Public holiday (Ascension Day)
- Friday 15 May 2026 – Bridge day
- Friday 22 May 2026 – Internal activity
- Monday 25 May 2026 – Public holiday (Whit Monday)
- Thursday 25 June 2026 – Internal activity
- Monday 20 July to Friday 7 August 2026 – Summer closure
- Tuesday 21 July 2026 – Public holiday
- Monday 2 November 2026 – VUB closure
- Wednesday 11 November 2026 – Public holiday
- Friday 20 November 2026 – VUB closure (St Vé)
- Friday 18 December 2026 – Internal activity
- Friday 25 December to Friday 1 January – Winter closure
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
Ike Picone
Additional member Faculty Office Faculty of Social Sciences & Solvay Business School
Marc Janssen
Faculty Secretary - Administration & Compliance
Saskia Van Hoyweghen
Faculty Secretary - HR & Finance
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…