About

From 1 until 5 April 2026 VUB, ULB and EhB collectively go off campus with over 5000 students, academics and staff. The programme includes 140 (teaching) activities. Students from all faculties get (guest)lectures about current and future challenges. More than 90 companies, cultural institutions, government institutions, hospitals, courts, sports clubs, museums, public welfare centers, non-profit organizations, media and international institutions have joined forces to make the movement possible. The weKONEKT.week is a short and powerful initiative to underline that weKONEKT.brussels is a personal and a collective journey.

The different actors, organisations and institutions in Brussels have a lot to offer each other. For a scientist or artist, the big city is a dream lab, an ideal learning place for students, and a particularly interesting test bed for companies. Institutions of higher education are a major added value for the city. They are an important source of employment, they guarantee the continuous influx of young and new talent, they have scientific expertise that is crucial for the innovation and transformation of city and society.

With the weKONEKT.week, VUB, ULB and EhB take their responsibility for the city and community, and contribute to the development of a free, connected, resilient and inclusive urban community. The three institutions offer their students opportunities to develop into independent and engaged individuals, critical global citizens and social leaders of the future, by using Brussels as a lecture hall and workplace, and connecting the students with Brussels stakeholders and the professional field. They strengthen the Brussels community by organizing education and research on, with, in and for Brussels and by putting the scientific expertise and knowledge of our students, teachers and researchers at the service of the city.

Would you like to join us? Over 40 activities are open to the public (music, cinema, debates, lectures etc.). Check out the programme for more information and registration.

Team
Lynn Tytgat – Coordinator weKONEKT.brussels
Linde Moriau – Project Coordinator UNIVER.CITY
Luc Deschouwer – Brussels City Campus manager
Hélène Fréché – Operations Officer ULB|VUB
Brecht Ranschaert – Coordinator at Erasmus University College Brussels

 

weKONEKT.brussels wordt mogelijk gemaakt dankzij de steun de Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie.