Free University of Brussels (1834–1969)

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This article is about the Université libre de Bruxelles before its split in 1969. For the current Dutch-speaking university, see Vrije Universiteit Brussel. For the French-speaking university, see Université Libre de Bruxelles.
The clock tower of the Free University of Brussels', now the Université Libre de Bruxelles', campus in Solbosch, built in the 1920s

Free University of Brussels refers to the unofficial English translation of Université Libre de Bruxelles. The term Free University of Brussels does not have a legal value and is not used by the Université Libre de Bruxelles or the Vrije Universiteit Brusselin any of their official documents or communications.

The Université Libre de Bruxelles (French: Université Libre de Bruxelles) is a university in Brussels, Belgium established in 1834. The university, founded on the principle of secularism by Pierre-Théodore Verhaegen and Auguste Baron in 1834, formed part of a reaction to Catholic dominance in Belgian education. In 1969, during the Linguistic Wars, it split into two separate universities: the French-speaking Université Libre de Bruxelles (known as ULB) and the Dutch-speaking Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB).

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