Your academic constitution
The university's central Teaching and Examination Regulations (OER) form a mainframe upon which all education and evaluation is organised. It is the central academic book of rules.
What is there to know
Faculties can make additions to the central OER, usually adding details on practical matters such as deadlines, filling forms etc. Faculty-specific rules can be found in the supplementary faculty regulations.
The teaching and examination regulations apply to the following programmes organised by the Vrije Universiteit Brussel:
- bachelor programmes
- master programmes (including advanced masters)
- preparatory and bridging programmes
- postgraduate programmes and the teacher education programme
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Disclaimer
The information presented in this section holds no legal validity. The Teaching and Examination Regulations of the current academic year are the only legal source of information on the university's rules.
The Vrije Universiteit Brussel can not be held responsible for incorrect or outdated information on the website.
FACULTY REGULATIONS
The faculties can make additions to the central Teaching and Examination Regulations. In concrete terms, this often involves practical matters such as deadlines, submission of forms, organisation of internships, etc.
The faculty regulations can be found in the faculty webpages.
PhD regulations and forms
Useful documents, central regulations and faculty-specific additions for PhD students.
Important notice
The Central PhD regulations and the supplementary faculty regulations are subject to change. Since the regulations are first written in Dutch, it may take some time for them to be translated into English.
Therefore, only the Dutch versions of the regulations are considered legally binding. To be safe, it is best to check the dates in which the English and Dutch versions were last modified.
Central PhD regulations
- Central PhD regulations (English) (version: 5/10/2015; the new Central PhD Regulations -01/01/2018- are not yet available in English).
- Central PhD regulations (Dutch) (version: 01/01/2018)
Supplementary faculty regulations
- Faculty of Arts and Philosophy - English/Dutch
- Faculty of Engineering - English/Dutch
- Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences - English/Dutch
- Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy - English/Dutch
- Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences and Solvay Business School - English/Dutch
- Law and Criminology (only in) Dutch (also read these 'Faculty notes to the doctoral programs' (also only in Dutch))
Other regulations
- Decision regarding the organisation of the Doctoral Training Programme at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Doctoral Schools & Central PhD Office No-show Policy
- Doctoral Schools credit table
- Procedures after obtaining a Doctoral School grant
Campus life and disciplinary regulations
The disciplinary regulations deal with possible sanctions and punishments in case of misbehaviour or incidents on campus.
STUDENT COUNCIL
The Student Council is the central body for student representation at the VUB. It defends your interests and represents your voice in several university councils. At our university, the same representatives also form the Council for (non-academic) Student Services, whose policy is entirely run by students. A unique situation.
General regulations of the Student Council and the Council for Student Services
Student Council Regulations
STUDENT LIFE
The VUB is more than just studying, as you well know by now. Below you find different rules regarding student life at the VUB.
FORMS
You can click and reach all the forms related to administrative issues at the VUB.
Administration: enrolment and deregistration
Administration: working students
Social Services
Forms for PhD
Registration and participation:
- Application for registration PhD - For candidates who studied at a non-Flemish university.
- Application registration PhD - Only for doctoral candidates who studied at a Flemish university.
- Registration form regular courses
Joint PhD model agreements:
- Agreement between Flemish partners: Dutch / English
- Agreement between non-Flemish partners: Dutch / English
- Agreement with ULB
PhD progress reports:
- Arts and Philosophy
- Law and Criminology
- Economic and Social Sciences & Solvay Business School
- Psychology and Educational Sciences: online questionnaire via Qualtrics
- Science and Bio-engineering Sciences
- Medicine and Pharmacy
- Engineering
- Physical Education and Physiotherapy
- Doctorate in the Arts progress report (exceeding the competence of a single faculty)
- Doctorate in interdisciplinary studies progress report (exceeding the competence of a single faculty)