VUB Today

Rector Jan Danckaert announces renewed candidacy

University

“We must ensure that we remain agile”

Rector Jan Danckaert looks back on (almost) four years as VUB rector

Science and research

‘The cuts pose a huge threat to our meritocratic principles’

Professor Eva Ulrike Pirker's MERLIT research examines how ideas about merit and success have evolved over the centuries in literature

University

VUB launches Facts & Figures 2024-2025

University invests in growth, research and digitalisation

Scientists

Four VUB researchers in list of top 1% most cited scientists

“This recognition goes to our researchers with a global impact”

Most recent

Science and research

5th annual meeting of the Belgian Society for Extracellular Vesicles January 30th, 2026

International

EUTOPIA Summit on Responsible Internationalisation in Brussels

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Warming winters and storm-driven dispersal facilitate northward mangrove expansion along the U.S. Atlantic coast

Infrastructure

WVDM Living Lab wins Henry van de Velde Award 2026

Brussels

Brussels honours Ingrid Daubechies with a new street name

Brussels

“The political deadlock in Brussels is costing you money, not Brussels politicians”

Society and engagement

Research Laureates of 2025

Record-breaking wildfires in summer 2025 in Spain and Portugal caused by extreme weather and highly flammable vegetation

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Featured

4 years of Danckaert: a retrospective

Staff

“Some of the contacts I make may only prove useful in a few years’ time.”

4 years with Danckaert: a retrospective

University

“Funding through the Foundation gives researchers greater freedom”

University

“We must ensure that we remain agile”

University

Organising growth in times of austerity

University

“At VUB, we are increasingly punching above our weight”

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Featured

Honorary doctorates VUB-ULB 2025

Ever Meulen, Amélie Nothomb, Stromae, Lize Spit en François Schuiten

Brussels

VUB and ULB award joint honorary doctorates to Stromae, Amélie Nothomb, Lize Spit, Ever Meulen and François Schuiten

Artists who embody our capital in an exceptional way

Brussels

“Brussels is the matrix of my imagination”

Honorary Doctor François Schuiten on his love for Brussels

Brussels

“Brussels in the late sixties was a gentle city, easy to get your head around”

Honorary Doctor Ever Meulen on his love for Brussels

Brussels

“In Kuregem, everything seems to come together”

Honorary Doctor Lize Spit on her love for Brussels

Featured

Budget cuts

Trade unions and students will demonstrate on 11 December against budget cuts

“Flanders, invest in higher education. Including in Brussels.”

KVAB loses structural government funding

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University

Flemish universities warn of severe budget cuts

De Vlaamse Vereniging van Studenten (VVS) plaatste 1.000 lege stoelen aan het Martelaarsplein als protest tegen de geplande besparingen in het hoger onderwijs

Students

"Don’t cut corners on students’ futures"

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Invisible diseases

Supercomputer

Honorary doctorates VUB-ULB 2025

New science awards

Climate

Fertility

Press

Warming winters and storm-driven dispersal facilitate northward mangrove expansion along the U.S. Atlantic coast

An Integrated Approach Makes Long COVID More Visible and More Treatable

Record-breaking wildfires in summer 2025 in Spain and Portugal caused by extreme weather and highly flammable vegetation

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5th annual meeting of the Belgian Society for Extracellular Vesicles January 30th, 2026

“Knowledge Nests: VUB Brings Science into Brussels Neighbourhoods”

“VUB marks 25 Years of journalism with marathon event”

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