This academic year marks the 50th anniversary of our university. Over the course of 50 years the Vrije Universiteit Brussel has grown from a small, single-campus university to a larger, vibrant one with a thriving community. This website celebrates and reconstructs the VUB’s history by focusing on both important topics, such as Brussels, and the lesser known stories of the university’s past.
Like our university, this website will continue to grow. By means of an interactive platform we invite everyone to share their most memorable VUB experiences. Join us in recreating our past by contributing your memories and stories. Your contributions will be published on the website and added to the collections of the University Archives, so they remain available for future generations.
You can scroll through the milestones in the history of the VUB and read the contributions in 16 selected topics. Not all content on this website will be translated into English, so if you understand (a bit of) Dutch, be sure to have a look on the Dutch site.