The Université Libre de Bruxelles, abbreviated ULB, is a French-speaking private research university in Brussels, Belgium.
The Free University of Brussels was originally established in 1834 by Belgian lawyer Pierre-Théodore Verhaegen and split into the French-speaking ULB and Dutch-speaking Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) in 1970. it is one of the most important Belgian universities.
A major research center open to Europe and the world, it has about 24,200 students, 33% of whom come from abroad, and an equally cosmopolitan staff.
In 2018, ULB was globally ranked 175th by The Times Higher Education, 151th by Shanghai Ranking (AWRU).
