Université libre de Bruxelles
Université libre de Bruxelles Free University of Brussels (francophone) |
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motto | Scientia Vincere Tenebras |
founding | 1834 |
place | Brussels , Belgium |
Rector | Yvon Englert |
Students | 24,000 (as of 2016) |
Employee | 5,000 |
Networks | IAU |
Website | www.ulb.ac.be |
The Université libre de Bruxelles ( ULB ; German Free University of Brussels ) is a French-speaking university in Brussels . Its Dutch- speaking counterpart is the Vrije Universiteit Brussel .
history
In 1830 Belgium became independent after the Belgian Revolution after a short period of belonging to the United Kingdom of the Netherlands . The newly founded state had 3 imperial universities (at that time all taught in Latin): Ghent , Liège and Leuven . On the initiative of liberal-minded citizens, namely Pierre-Théodore Verhaegen and Auguste Baron , a new university was founded in the capital of the newly founded state, which began its academic teaching on November 20, 1834. The university was named Université libre de Bruxelles ("Free University") to emphasize its religious independence. As in the other universities and secondary schools in Belgium, the language of instruction was exclusively French. The Flemish dialect of Dutch, spoken by the majority of the population in Brussels at that time, had only a low status, was considered the language of the common people and was only taught in elementary schools. Increasingly, however, a Flemish self-confidence developed, which ultimately led to Dutch becoming more and more equal to French. From 1935 onwards, events were also held in Dutch, but it was not until 1963 that all events were completely bilingual. Over time, the Dutch- speaking north ( Flanders ) overtook the French-speaking south ( Wallonia ) of Belgium in terms of both population and economic output, and the language conflict intensified. In 1968 the oldest university in Belgium, the University of Leuven , founded in 1425, was divided into a French-speaking and a Dutch- speaking university , and on October 1, 1969, the University of Brussels was also divided into the French-speaking Université Libre de Bruxelles and the Dutch- speaking Vrije Universiteit Brussel .
During the entire First World War and in the Second World War from November 1941, the university remained closed of its own accord in order not to have to cooperate with the German occupiers.
University campus
The ULB is divided into 3 campuses : the Campus de la Plaine in Ixelles , the Campus du Solbosch in Brussels and Ixelles, and the Erasme campus with the medical faculty in Anderlecht next to the Erasmus hospital ( Hôpital Erasme ). There are other university buildings and university events in Charleroi , Parentville , Treignes and Nivelles .
The buildings house 12 museums in 6 locations ranging from natural sciences to art history. They organize their own exhibitions with external exhibits and show the university's collections.
Faculties
The ULB is divided into the following faculties, institutes and administrative units:
- Architecture ( faculté d'Architecture )
- Humanities ( faculté de Philosophie et Lettres )
- Law ( faculté de Droit / Ecole des sciences criminologiques )
- Social, economic and political sciences ( faculté des Sciences sociales, politiques et économiques )
- Solvay Business School
- Psychology and Education ( faculté des Sciences psychologiques et de l'Education )
- Natural Sciences ( faculté des Sciences )
- College of Bioengineers ( école interfacultaire de bioingénieurs )
- Medicine ( faculté de Médecine )
- Hygiene and public health ("public health", école de Santé publique )
- Institute for Motor Skills and Movement Therapy ( institut des Sciences de la Motricité )
- Pharmacy ( institut de Pharmacie )
- Engineering, Polytechnic ( faculté des Sciences appliquées / école polytechnique )
- European Studies ( institut d'études européennes )
Well-known graduates or university professors
- Jules Anspach (1829–1879), lawyer, Mayor of Brussels.
- Amir Abbas Hoveyda (1919–1979), former Prime Minister of Iran
- Richard Goblet d'Alviella , Belgian businessman
- Zénon-M. Bacq , radiobiologist
- Radu Bălescu , Romanian-Belgian physicist
- Didier Bellens , businessman, CEO of Proximus
- Jules Bordet (1870–1961), physician, 1919 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- Jean Brachet (1909–1988), biochemist and physician
- Robert Brout (1928–2011), Belgian physicist (2004 Wolf Prize )
- Jean Bourgain (1954-2018), Belgian mathematician (1994 Fields Medal )
- Miriam Cnop (* 1970), diabetologist
- Benoît Crutzen , Belgian economist and professor at the Erasmus University Rotterdam
- Herman De Croo (* 1937), lawyer, politician
- Véronique De Keyser (* 1945), Belgian psychologist and university professor, MEP
- Pierre Deligne (* 1944), Belgian mathematician (1978 Fields Medal )
- Antoine Depage , Belgian surgeon
- Lodewijk De Raet , Belgian economist and politician
- Mathias Dewatripont , Belgian economist (1998 Francqui Prize )
- François Englert (* 1932), Belgian physicist (2004 Wolf Prize , Nobel Prize in Physics 2013)
- Jacques Errera , Belgian physical chemist (1938 Francqui Prize )
- Louis Franck, Belgian lawyer and liberal politician
- Matyla Ghyka , Romanian poet, writer, mathematician, and diplomat
- Nico Gunzburg (1882–1984), lawyer and criminologist
- Marc Henneaux , Belgian physicist (2000 Francqui Prize )
- Enver Hoxha (1908–1985), Albanian politician, head of state and leader of the Communist Party of Albania
- Julius Hoste , Belgian businessman and Flemish liberal politician
- Paul Janson (1840–1913), liberal politician
- Daniel Janssen , engineer and businessman
- Henri La Fontaine (1854–1943), Belgian lawyer (1913 Nobel Peace Prize )
- Jacques-François Lai , Belgian nuclear physicist
- Maurice Lippens , Belgian entrepreneur
- Lucien Lison , Belgian-Brazilian physician and biochemist, one of the founders of histochemistry
- Paul Magnette (* 1971), Belgian political scientist (2000 Francqui Prize )
- Adolphe Max (1869–1939), lawyer, politician, Mayor of Brussels 1909–1939
- Françoise Meunier , medical doctor, director of the EORTC
- Constantin Mille , Romanian socialist and journalist
- Axel Miller , Belgian businessman, CEO of Dexia
- Roland Mortier , Belgian philologist, (1965 Francqui Prize )
- François Narmon , economist, businessman
- Amélie Nothomb (* 1967), Belgian writer (1999 Grand Prix du Roman de l'Académie française)
- Paul Otlet (1868–1944), lawyer
- Marc Parmentier , physician (1999 Francqui Prize )
- Chaim Perelman (1912–1984), Polish-Belgian philosopher
- Auguste Piccard , Swiss physicist and stratospheric researcher, role model for Professor Bienlein in Tintin , taught in Brussels from 1922 to 1954
- Martine Piccart , Medical Doctor, President of EORTC .
- Marie Popelin (1846–1913), lawyer, feminist
- Claire Préaux (1904–1979), classical scholar
- Ilya Prigogine (1917–2003), Russian-Belgian physical chemist (1955 Francqui Prize , Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1977)
- Eric Remacle , Belgian economist (2000 Francqui Prize )
- David Ruelle (* 1935), Belgian-French mathematical physicist
- Jean Auguste Ulric Scheler , Belgian philologist
- Paul-Henri Spaak (1899–1972), Belgian politician and one of the founding fathers of the European Union
- Isabelle Stengers (* 1949), chemist, philosopher
- Jean Stengers (1922–2002), historian
- Aristide Théodoridès (1911–1994), Egyptologist
- Jacques Tits (* 1930), Belgian mathematician (1993 Wolf Prize , 2008 Abel Prize )
- Michel Vanden Abeele , economist, diplomat
- Raoul Vaneigem (* 1934), situationist theorist
- Léon Van Hove (1924–1990), physicist (1958 Francqui Prize )
- Jan Van Rijswijck (1853–1906), lawyer, mayor of Antwerp
- August Vermeylen (1872–1945), Belgian writer and literary critic
- Raoul Warocqué , Belgian industrialist
- Charles Woeste (1837–1922), lawyer and politician
See also
Web links
- University homepage (French / English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Latin : Conquering the darkness through science
- ↑ chiffres provisoires 2012-2013 , website ulb.ac.be (last accessed: 11.06.2016)
- ↑ Law of May 28, 1970 on the division of the universities in Brussels and Leuven
- ↑ Réseau des musées de l'ULB. In: les musées de l'ULB. Université libre de Bruxelles, accessed on March 30, 2020 (French).