16 Sep 2015 On 16th September, the highest ranking female politician in China, Vice Premier Madam LIU Yandong, visited the VUB and gave a keynote speech to hundreds of students, scholars, professors and external guests. This distinguished visit took place in the context of the 40th birthday of diplomatic relations between the European Union and [...]

The Vrije Universiteit Brussel launches the ‘Brussels Academy of China and European Studies’ – BACES – in Beijing. BACES is a new academic platform in Brussels.This is a collaboration between Renmin University of China, Fudan University Sichuan University, and Vrije Universiteit Brussel. The Vice-Premier of China (since 2013), LIU Yandong (responsible for education, sports [...]

On Monday 31 March, VUB signed several collaboration agreements with prestigious Chinese universities and organisations during an official ceremony on the Etterbeek campus.  The agreements will lead to jointly organised study programmes and the creation of a mutual laboratory in ‘audio visual signal processing’. The event was also the starting point for BACES: [...]