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"This is the ideal place for collaboration and cross-pollination"

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“Acting on first impressions may seem harmless, but before you know it, you’re classifying people as safe or unsafe”

Professor Anca Parvulescu to Give a Lecture on Faces in Death in Venice – 13 March

Arts and culture

Spanish burial mound reveals the story of our ancestors

Bioarchaeologist Jacob Griffith: “I don’t study anonymous patterns, but real people”

Society and engagement

“We Need Women and Their Insights”

Climate researcher Lesley De Cruz inspires girls to pursue STEM

Infrastructure

How do you create a city where people feel at home?

Lecture series StadsSalonsUrbains from March 7 to April 4

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02/05 - 2025

Uitreiking Difference Day Honorary Title

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Difference Day 2025: celebration of press freedom and free speech

BOZAR - Centre for fine Arts

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VUB research: early prediction of wind turbine failures

Science and research

VUB study reveals increased risk of frailty in older adults due to medication use

Fellowship

Seven new MSCA Fellows strengthen research at VUB

Society and engagement

Sociologist Jessie Gevaert Wins Paul De Vroede Prize for Research on Self-Employed Workers’ Wellbeing

Lesley De Cruz becomes new Brussels WATS ambassador and an inspiration for girls in STEM

Partners & networks

AI Tool Basecamp Zero Makes Software Testing Cheaper and More Reliable

Scientists Discover Smart Way to Generate Energy with Tiny Beads

Inclusion and diversity

VUB maintains its leading position in gender balance among professors

hands typing on laptop, touching AI in circle

Arts and culture

VUB Professor and AI Pioneer Luc Steels: The Only Fleming at the 2025 Architecture Biennale

Society and engagement

Featured

Gender & Equality

Science and research

"There's still the image of an engingeer around the construction site in boots and a helmet"

Annick Hubin on female engineers and academics

Society and engagement

Gender equality improves the quality of research

Health

Liesbeth Lambeets (VUB Dilemma) debunks persistent myths about fertility and the female hormonal cycle

Inclusion and diversity

VUB maintains its leading position in gender balance among professors

Society and engagement

“We Need Women and Their Insights”

Featured

Cancer research

Science and research

World First: Testicular Tissue Transplant Aims to Restore Fertility in Man After Childhood Cancer Treatment

Immature Frozen Testicular Tissue Reimplanted After 16 Years

VUB Research Team Presents Innovative Local Treatment for Osteolytic Bone Disease in Multiple Myeloma

A team of researchers from the Translational Oncology Research Centre (TORC) of Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), in collaboration with leading German universities, has developed a new biomaterial with high potential in in the treatment of bone lesions or

Onderzoekers in labo met microscoop voor Wereld Kankerdags bij UZ (Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel)

Tailored Cancer Treatment

VUB Research Predicts Which Patients Benefit from Immunotherapy

Health

VUB researcher Damya Laoui on the future of cancer therapy

“We are going to combine therapies, completely tailored to the patient”

Press

VUB research: early prediction of wind turbine failures

VUB study reveals increased risk of frailty in older adults due to medication use

Lesley De Cruz becomes new Brussels WATS ambassador and an inspiration for girls in STEM

Scientists Discover Smart Way to Generate Energy with Tiny Beads

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"For the first time in more than 50 years, there is hope"

VUB Professor Koert Debeuf on the Power Shift in Syria

Society and engagement

"It’s fashionable to portray journalists as spreaders of fake news"

Arts and culture

"The figure of Jesus has been depicted naked for centuries"

Society and engagement

“Humo had to be cool and grab you by the throat”

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VUB exchange students sanna and emir sitting on a rock

International

A VUB Exchange Love Story

Sanna and Emir met while doing their exchange at VUB

Alumni

Alumna Eva Vandersmissen works as a mathematician at NATO

"With every application, I ask whether AI is really necessary. If it should not be, then I prefer not to use it"

Science and research

Everything you want to know about the VUB

Facts & Figures 2023-2024

Alumni

“As a teacher, you can have an enormous impact on the life path of young people”

VUB alumnus Kilian Vandenhirtz studied political science and now teaches

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Science meets Parliament

Science and research

Valentine’s Dates Between Researchers and Politicians

‘Science Meets Parliament’ Aims to Bridge the Gap Between Science and Politics

Science and research

Researcher Eva Cloet on a Date with Flemish MP Fatima Lamarti (Vooruit)

Science and research

Researcher Simon Weekx on a Date with Flemish MP Andries Gryffroy (N-VA)

Society and engagement

Researcher Franne Mullens on a Date with Flemish MP Eva Platteau (Groen)

Science and research

Researcher Robin Vandendriessche on a Date with Flemish MP Dieter Keuten (VB)

Public programme

Events with impact

21/12 up to and including 20/04 - 2025

Exhibition

Testerep and the sunken Ostend

06/03 up to and including 03/04 - 2025

Performance

PILAR ASAP Festival The Liminal Edition

VUB Main Campus Etterbeek

27/03 - 2025

Film

Première: De dag dat het zonlicht niet meer scheen @ ScienceVille

Kinepolis Leuven / Zaal 1

31/03 - 2025

Performance

Science Pitch 2025 with VUB researchers

Cinema ZED Leuven

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VUB Today

"This is the ideal place for collaboration and cross-pollination"

“Acting on first impressions may seem harmless, but before you know it, you’re classifying people as safe or unsafe”

Professor Anca Parvulescu to Give a Lecture on Faces in Death in Venice – 13 March

Spanish burial mound reveals the story of our ancestors

Bioarchaeologist Jacob Griffith: “I don’t study anonymous patterns, but real people”

“We Need Women and Their Insights”

Climate researcher Lesley De Cruz inspires girls to pursue STEM

How do you create a city where people feel at home?

Lecture series StadsSalonsUrbains from March 7 to April 4

Not to be missed

Difference Day 2025: celebration of press freedom and free speech

Most recent

VUB research: early prediction of wind turbine failures

VUB study reveals increased risk of frailty in older adults due to medication use

Seven new MSCA Fellows strengthen research at VUB

Sociologist Jessie Gevaert Wins Paul De Vroede Prize for Research on Self-Employed Workers’ Wellbeing

Lesley De Cruz becomes new Brussels WATS ambassador and an inspiration for girls in STEM

AI Tool Basecamp Zero Makes Software Testing Cheaper and More Reliable

Scientists Discover Smart Way to Generate Energy with Tiny Beads

VUB maintains its leading position in gender balance among professors

VUB Professor and AI Pioneer Luc Steels: The Only Fleming at the 2025 Architecture Biennale

"I wouldn’t advise citizens to play police and record footage of criminals"

VUB linguist Beatrijs Wille joins the Young Academy

"Armament Is a Shield to Protect Our Values and Freedoms"

Gender & Equality

"There's still the image of an engingeer around the construction site in boots and a helmet"

Annick Hubin on female engineers and academics

Gender equality improves the quality of research

Liesbeth Lambeets (VUB Dilemma) debunks persistent myths about fertility and the female hormonal cycle

VUB maintains its leading position in gender balance among professors

“We Need Women and Their Insights”

Cancer research

World First: Testicular Tissue Transplant Aims to Restore Fertility in Man After Childhood Cancer Treatment

Immature Frozen Testicular Tissue Reimplanted After 16 Years

VUB Research Team Presents Innovative Local Treatment for Osteolytic Bone Disease in Multiple Myeloma

A team of researchers from the Translational Oncology Research Centre (TORC) of Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), in collaboration with leading German universities, has developed a new biomaterial with high potential in in the treatment of bone lesions or

Tailored Cancer Treatment

VUB Research Predicts Which Patients Benefit from Immunotherapy

VUB researcher Damya Laoui on the future of cancer therapy

“We are going to combine therapies, completely tailored to the patient”

Press

VUB research: early prediction of wind turbine failures

VUB study reveals increased risk of frailty in older adults due to medication use

Lesley De Cruz becomes new Brussels WATS ambassador and an inspiration for girls in STEM

Scientists Discover Smart Way to Generate Energy with Tiny Beads

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Climate

Mental health

Fertility

Public programme

"For the first time in more than 50 years, there is hope"

VUB Professor Koert Debeuf on the Power Shift in Syria

"It’s fashionable to portray journalists as spreaders of fake news"

"The figure of Jesus has been depicted naked for centuries"

“Humo had to be cool and grab you by the throat”

Alumni

A VUB Exchange Love Story

Sanna and Emir met while doing their exchange at VUB

Alumna Eva Vandersmissen works as a mathematician at NATO

"With every application, I ask whether AI is really necessary. If it should not be, then I prefer not to use it"

Everything you want to know about the VUB

Facts & Figures 2023-2024

“As a teacher, you can have an enormous impact on the life path of young people”

VUB alumnus Kilian Vandenhirtz studied political science and now teaches

Science meets Parliament

Valentine’s Dates Between Researchers and Politicians

‘Science Meets Parliament’ Aims to Bridge the Gap Between Science and Politics

Researcher Eva Cloet on a Date with Flemish MP Fatima Lamarti (Vooruit)

Researcher Simon Weekx on a Date with Flemish MP Andries Gryffroy (N-VA)

Researcher Franne Mullens on a Date with Flemish MP Eva Platteau (Groen)

Researcher Robin Vandendriessche on a Date with Flemish MP Dieter Keuten (VB)

Events with impact

Testerep and the sunken Ostend

PILAR ASAP Festival The Liminal Edition

Première: De dag dat het zonlicht niet meer scheen @ ScienceVille

Science Pitch 2025 with VUB researchers

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