The ULB covers all the disciplines, closely combining academic input and research. With more than 26,000 students, it offers almost 40 undergraduate programmes and 250 graduate programmes. It also partners 20 Doctoral schools, with almost 1,800 PhD in progress.
Across the whole ULB, over 4000 professors, scientists, PhD students, and lab technicians are at work in every field from science and technology to life sciences and healthcare, and humanities and social sciences.
The University distinguishes itself in a humanist approach to knowledge, through free, impartial research, and, in the words of Marie Curie, through its participation in fundamental research programmes. The university is proud to have won an array of awards that stand testament to its excellence, especially the four Nobel Prizes for science, 24 Francqui Prizes (out of 82), the highest honour in the sciences in Belgium, and 26 European Research Council (ERC) grants.
The ULB also plays a major role in economic, social, and cultural development: at ULB, research forms a continuum from fundamental research to applied research and research directed by industrial and social necessity.
The university participates in cooperative European programmes and is a key player in the regional development of Brussels and Wallonia. ULB is incredibly active in finding business applications for the results of its research, with a specialist Technology Transfer Office (TTO) forming part of its Research Department. The TTO manages a portfolio of 75 patent families, 37 active spin-offs, three incubators, and investment fund, and a biotechnology business park: Biopark Charleroi Brussels South.
Joint venture established in 1987 by the European Commission (DG GROW) and the Japanese Government (METI) for promoting all forms of industrial, trade and investment cooperation between the EU and Japan.
The EU-Japan Centre’s activities are subject to the allocation of a Grant Agreement by the European Commission for 2024-2026
