Free University Of Brussels (1834

	Free University Of Brussels (1834–1969) Alumni University of Brussels may refer to several institutions in Brussels, Belgium: Current institutions Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), a French-speaking university established as a separate entity in 1970 Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), a Dutch-speaking university established as a separate entity in 1970 Saint-Louis University, Brussels (UCLouvain), a public university founded in 1858 Former institutions Free University of Brussels (1834–1969), a which split along linguistic lines in 1970 Catholic University of Brussels, a Dutch-medium university founded in 1969 New University of Brussels The New University of Brussels () was a private university active in Brussels, Belgium, between 1894 and 1919. Its origins were in the Free University of Brussels (1834–1969), Free University of Brussels, a Liberalism in Belgium, liberal instit ... , a university in operation from 1894 to 1919 {{School disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Brussels Brussels, officially the Brussels-Capital Region, (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) is a Communities, regions and language areas of Belgium#Regions, region of Belgium comprising #Municipalities, 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the capital of Belgium. The Brussels-Capital Region is located in the central portion of the country. It is a part of both the French Community of Belgium and the Flemish Community, and is separate from the Flemish Region (Flanders), within which it forms an enclave, and the Walloon Region (Wallonia), located less than to the south. Brussels grew from a small rural settlement on the river Senne (river), Senne to become an important city-region in Europe. Since the end of the Second World War, it has been a major centre for international politics and home to numerous international organisations, politicians, Diplomacy, diplomats and civil servants. Brussels is the ''de facto' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Université Libre De Bruxelles The (French language, French, ; lit. Free University of Brussels; abbreviated ULB) is a French-speaking research university in Brussels, Belgium. It has three campuses: the ''Solbosch'' campus (in the City of Brussels and Ixelles), the ''Plaine'' campus (in Ixelles) and the ''Erasmus'' campus (in Anderlecht). The Université libre de Bruxelles was formed in 1969 by the splitting of the Free University of Brussels (1834–1969), Free University of Brussels, which was founded in 1834 by the lawyer and Liberalism, liberal politician Pierre-Théodore Verhaegen. The founder aimed to establish a university independent from state and church, where academic freedom would prevail. This is still reflected in the university's motto , or "Conquering darkness through science". One of the leading Belgian universities open to Europe and the world, the ULB now has about 24,200 students, 33% of whom come from abroad, and an equally cosmopolitan staff. Name Brussels has two universities whose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Vrije Universiteit Brussel The Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Dutch language, Dutch, ; lit. Free University of Brussels; abbreviated VUB) is a Dutch- and English-speaking research university in Brussels, Belgium. It has four campuses: Brussels Humanities, Science and Engineering Campus (in Elsene), Brussels Health Campus (in Jette), Brussels Technology Campus (in Anderlecht) and Brussels Photonics Campus (in Gooik). The Vrije Universiteit Brussel was formed in 1970 by the splitting of the Free University of Brussels (1834–1969), Free University of Brussels, which was founded in 1834 by the lawyer and Liberalism, liberal politician Pierre-Théodore Verhaegen. The founder aimed to establish a university independent from state and church, where academic freedom would prevail. This is still reflected in the university's motto , or "Conquering darkness through science", and in its more recent slogan , or "Reasonably self-willed". Accordingly, the university is Pluralism (political philosophy), pluralistic – i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Saint-Louis University, Brussels UCLouvain Saint-Louis Brussels is an autonomous university campus specialized in social and human sciences part of UCLouvain and based in Brussels, Belgium. Established in 1857, Saint-Louis University, Brussels (officially, in French Université Saint-Louis – Bruxelles) used to be a public university belonging to the French Community of Belgium before a merger with the University of Louvain decided in 2017. Both universities have been using the new designation 'UCLouvain' since 2018 and legally merged in 2023. History When the Catholic University of Belgium moved from Mechelen to Leuven in 1835, the unused buildings were used to host the newly founded ''École de Commerce et d'Industrie'' (School of Trade and Industry), which was inaugurated in 1838. The school moved to Brussels in 1858 and became the ''Institut Saint-Louis'' (a diocesan secondary school), where the Philosophy Department was founded, which eventually grew to become a university. This was the result of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Free University Of Brussels (1834–1969) The Free University of Brussels ( or ULB; , later ''Vrije Universiteit Brussel'') was a private university in Brussels, Belgium. It existed between 1834 and 1969 when it split along linguistic lines. Founded in 1834 on the principle of "free inquiry" (), its founders envisaged the institution as a freethought, freethinker reaction to the traditional dominance of Catholicism in the country's education system. It was avowedly secularism, secular and particularly associated with Liberalism in Belgium, political liberalism during the era of pillarisation. The Free University was one of Belgium's major universities, together with the Catholic University of Leuven (1835–1968), Catholic University of Leuven and the University of Liège, state universities of Liège and University of Ghent, Ghent. The "Linguistic Wars" affected the Free University, which split along language lines in 1969 in the aftermath of Split of the Catholic University of Leuven, student unrest at Leuven the prev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Catholic University Of Brussels The ''Katholieke Universiteit Brussel'' (, ''Catholic University of Brussels'') was a Flemish university located in Brussels, founded in 1969 as ''University Faculties St Aloysius'' (UFSAL), in many ways the equivalent of a liberal arts college. It split up from the primarily French-speaking Saint-Louis University, Brussels to become an independent Dutch-speaking institution. It became recognised as a university by the Flemish Community of Belgium in the early 1990s. It only ever awarded basic undergraduate degrees, which in the older Belgian system of a four-year licenciate meant students had to go on to other universities to complete their courses of study. In the late 1990s, as a result of politically fuelled doubts about the university's survival, student levels fell drastically, with a knock-on effect on government funding. In 2007 the university merged with a number of other tertiary institutions in Brussels (see Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel (HUB, European University Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]