University reference
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, established in 1834, is an active ROR organization in Brussels, BE. ROR classifies the organization under education, funder. This profile preserves public aliases, acronyms, external identifiers, location details and organization relationships supplied by the Research Organization Registry, then links the record to other organizations in the same city and country and to recorded airports in the same city. It is a directory profile, not a university ranking, quality assessment, admissions guide or statement of endorsement by ROR or DataOfWorld.
Key facts
- ROR identifier
- https://ror.org/006e5kg04
- Country
- BE
- City
- Brussels
- Administrative area
- Brussels Capital
- Website
- http://www.vub.ac.be/en/
- Established
- 1834
- Organization types
- education, funder
- Acronyms
- VUB
- External identifiers
fundref 501100004418 grid grid.8767.e isni 0000 0001 2290 8069 wikidata Q612665 - Organization relationships
child 040w2dm02, 03e84cm85, 05y4fay10 related 002kn6n54, 05cmp5q80, 01t5yh786, 038f7y939, 016782g02 - Latitude
- 50.85045
- Longitude
- 4.34878
- ROR last modified
- 2024-12-11
ROR identity context
Names, identifiers and relationships
These identifiers describe the organization record and do not imply ranking or endorsement.
| Acronyms | VUB |
|---|---|
| FUNDREF identifiers | 501100004418 |
| GRID identifiers | grid.8767.e |
| ISNI identifiers | 0000 0001 2290 8069 |
| WIKIDATA identifiers | Q612665 |
| ROR child relationships | 040w2dm02, 03e84cm85, 05y4fay10 |
| ROR related relationships | 002kn6n54, 05cmp5q80, 01t5yh786, 038f7y939, 016782g02 |
Wikidata structured context
Published identifiers and revision
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| QID | Q612665 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revision | 2510773064 | ||||||||||||
| Modified | 2026-06-26T16:53:31Z | ||||||||||||
| Structured label | Vrije Universiteit Brussel | ||||||||||||
| Website | https://www.vub.be/ | ||||||||||||
| Country QID | Q31 | ||||||||||||
| Inception |
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OpenAlex institution metadata
Works and research-topic context
Institution-level directory statistics only; they are not rankings, quality judgments or endorsements.
Published topics: Dutch Social and Cultural Studies, Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies, High-Energy Particle Collisions Research, Photonic and Optical Devices, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues, Comparative and International Law Studies, Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices, Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography, Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena, Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions
Annual indicator
Institution works indexed by OpenAlex
5,099.00 works2024
Institution-level yearly works counts in OpenAlex; not a ranking or quality measure. Values retain the source period and unit.
View source data
| Period | works | Source flag | Confidentiality |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5,099.00 works | — | — |
| 2023 | 6,079.00 works | — | — |
| 2022 | 4,391.00 works | — | — |
| 2021 | 4,308.00 works | — | — |
| 2020 | 3,621.00 works | — | — |
| 2019 | 3,236.00 works | — | — |
| 2018 | 3,189.00 works | — | — |
| 2017 | 2,930.00 works | — | — |
| 2016 | 2,952.00 works | — | — |
| 2015 | 2,661.00 works | — | — |
| 2014 | 2,591.00 works | — | — |
| 2013 | 2,387.00 works | — | — |
| 2012 | 2,242.00 works | — | — |
| 2011 | 1,982.00 works | — | — |
| 2010 | 1,819.00 works | — | — |
Field-level provenance
Sources for this profile
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Research Organization Registry
- Applicable date
- 2026-07-20
- Dataset version
- dbdfb9b8dad3
- License
- Creative Commons CC0 1.0
- Attribution
- Research Organization Registry (ROR)
DataOfWorld deterministic university profile template
- Applicable date
- 2026-07-20
- Dataset version
- university-profile-v1
- License
- Original DataOfWorld text
- Attribution
- DataOfWorld
Wikidata structured data
- Applicable date
- 2026-07-31
- Dataset version
- 99a8dd8134b0
- License
- Creative Commons CC0 1.0
- Attribution
- Wikidata structured data; DataOfWorld preserves QID and revision metadata.
OpenAlex metadata
- Applicable date
- 2026-07-31
- Dataset version
- 618ed41ed7f2
- License
- Creative Commons CC0 1.0
- Attribution
- OpenAlex; metadata only, no full text or abstracts are published.
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