Academic Opening Ceremony: Open mind. Open science. Open campus.

The Vrije Universiteit Brussel warmly invites you to the festive opening of the 2025–2026 academic year, taking place on 23 September – for the first time in years – on our campus in Etterbeek.

To mark the occasion, we’re throwing our campus wide open and showing it as it truly is: a living laboratory where research, education and infrastructure come together to tell a compelling story – and to make a difference in the world around us.

Openness is in the VUB’s DNA. We keep an open mind, open up our research to society, and open our campuses to everyone. How and why we do that? Rector Jan Danckaert will share that story during the official opening ceremony in auditorium Q.

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