News about and for Students Alumni Luigi’s: Thanks for everything The café where generations of VUBers felt at home closes its doors Arts and culture Yves Gallard brings VUB’s new martial arts centre CEMAS to life A work of art that breathes with the building and the people who train there Students StartLab.Brussels opens applications for the 2025-2026 academic year Looking for the next generation of entrepreneurs Students Free as a VUB'er Dean and Professor Dominique Maes and marine biologist Joëlle De Weerdt on the V in VUB Sustainability RETHINK. REUSE. REJOICE. VUB gives discarded campus materials a second life Critical thinking Free as a VUB’er Groundwater expert Marijke Huysmans and paediatrician Willem Staels on the V in VUB University Port of Ostend, City of Ostend, and Vrije Universiteit Brussel Establish New Academic Campus in Ostend Alumni “I find it both challenging and motivating to work in a male-dominated world” VUB alumna Sara Blondeel forges commercial partnerships in professional football Students “Now there’s a place we can always go to study, even in the evenings and outside the busy exam period" The ABC of the LIC: L is for Learning Alumni “The media industry can be tough – stay true to your own values and intuition” VUB alumna Eline Van Lancker moved from journalism into publishing at Lannoo Students “The LIC is a place where VUB and ULB students meet and where Brussels energy comes alive” The ABC of the LIC: C is for Center Students "Research is interdisciplinary teamwork in an international context – it calls for an environment that supports and reflects that" The ABC of the LIC: I is for Innovation Society and engagement “Pride still matters, because equal rights aren’t fully achieved yet” VUB professor Mychal Langenus on the road to fatherhood as a male couple Alumni VUB Graduation Ceremonies 2025 – Save the Date From 6 to 8 October, VUB students will be celebrated on the Grand Place Society and engagement Students Take the Mic at Students’ Speakers Corner 2025 Powerful Speeches on Today’s Social Challenges Society and engagement VUB breaks world record largest alcohol-free cantus 327 students make alcohol-free fun together: "There is much more atmosphere and enthusiasm" Arts and culture "Mum taught us that wonder can be found in anything" “Ode aan de verwondering” / “Ode to Wonder” becomes a theatre production Society and engagement Students on their alcohol-free student life VUB organises a cantus without alcohol Sustainability VUB Students at the Future Proef Awards for Sustainable Theses: 3 Nominations, 1 Finalist How VUB students are shaping the future with their thesis work Inclusion and diversity Free to be equal "The notion that equality comes at the expense of our freedom is deeply ingrained" Discover more student news
