Université libre de Bruxelles

French-speaking university in Brussels, Belgium (since 1970)
Organization university Q574606
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Université libre de Bruxelles

Summary

Université libre de Bruxelles is a university[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of university entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (527 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Université libre de Bruxelles was a member of Innovative Multicultural Curricula for the Young European and US Engineers and Scientists[3].
  • Université libre de Bruxelles was a member of Top International Managers in Engineering[4].
  • Université libre de Bruxelles was a member of European University Association[5].
  • Université libre de Bruxelles was a member of Q97293369[6].
  • Université libre de Bruxelles was a member of Q110231074[7].
  • Université libre de Bruxelles was a member of Brussels Studies Institute[8].
  • Université libre de Bruxelles is in the country of Belgium[9].
  • Université libre de Bruxelles's instance of is recorded as university[10].
  • Université libre de Bruxelles's instance of is recorded as educational institution[11].
  • Université libre de Bruxelles's headquarters location is recorded as Ixelles[12].
  • Université libre de Bruxelles's headquarters location is recorded as Brussels[13].
  • Université libre de Bruxelles's headquarters location is recorded as Anderlecht[14].
  • Université libre de Bruxelles's child organization or unit is recorded as Interuniversity Institute for High Energies[15].
  • Université libre de Bruxelles's child organization or unit is recorded as Fondation Philippe Wiener - Maurice Anspach[16].
  • Université libre de Bruxelles's child organization or unit is recorded as Centre Interdisciplinaire d'Étude des Religions et de la Laïcité[17].
  • Université libre de Bruxelles's child organization or unit is recorded as Faculté d'Architecture La Cambre Horta[18].
  • Université libre de Bruxelles's child organization or unit is recorded as Free University of Brussels Faculty of Sciences[19].
  • Université libre de Bruxelles's child organization or unit is recorded as Q3064247[20].
  • Université libre de Bruxelles's child organization or unit is recorded as Q19544571[21].
  • Université libre de Bruxelles's child organization or unit is recorded as École polytechnique de Bruxelles[22].
  • Université libre de Bruxelles's child organization or unit is recorded as École de Santé Publique[23].
  • Université libre de Bruxelles's child organization or unit is recorded as Q16635581[24].
  • Université libre de Bruxelles's child organization or unit is recorded as Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management[25].
  • Université libre de Bruxelles's child organization or unit is recorded as Institute for European Studies Brussels (ULB)[26].
  • Université libre de Bruxelles's child organization or unit is recorded as ISTI-Cooremans[27].

Body

Founding

October 1, 1969 marks the founding of Université libre de Bruxelles[28].

Identity

Université libre de Bruxelles is part of ELIXIR Belgium[29].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Ixelles[12], a municipality of Belgium[30], in Belgium[31]; Brussels[13], a big city[32], in Belgium[33], founded in 1795[34]; and Anderlecht[14], a municipality of Belgium[35], in Belgium[36]. Subsidiaries include Interuniversity Institute for High Energies[15], a research institute[37], in Belgium[38], founded in 1972[39]; Fondation Philippe Wiener - Maurice Anspach[16], an organization[40], in Belgium[41], founded in 1965[42], headquartered in Brussels[43]; Centre Interdisciplinaire d'Étude des Religions et de la Laïcité[17], a research center[44], in Belgium[45], founded in 1965[46]; Faculté d'Architecture La Cambre Horta[18], an architecture school[47], in Belgium[48], founded in 2009[49]; Free University of Brussels Faculty of Sciences[19], a faculty[50], in Belgium[51]; and Q3064247[20], an academic institution[52], in Belgium[53], founded in 1834[54].

Why It Matters

Université libre de Bruxelles ranks in the top 3% of university entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (527 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [55] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [56] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Member of → Innovative Multicultural Curricula for the Young European and US Engineers and Scientists, Top International Managers in Engineering, European University Association +9
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