Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel (HUBrussel or HUB) was a

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founded in 2007. HUBrussel was the result of a merger between

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-based colleges European University College Brussels, Vlekho, HONIM and

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(KUBrussel). HUBrussel offered degrees both at university and college level for the Flemish Community of Belgium. Degrees were offered both in Dutch and in English. From 2013 on, university level degrees were organised by

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. Professional bachelor's degrees remained at HUB till HUB itself merged with the ''Katholieke Hogeschool Sint-Lieven'' in 2014 and became Odisee.

History

''European University College Brussels'' was founded in 1925 as St. Aloysius University College of Economics (EHSAL), as a Dutch-speaking department of the Faculté universitaire Saint-Louis, nowadays Saint-Louis University, Brussels. At the merger with VLEKHO, HONIM and KUBrussel in 2008, more than 9,000 students were attending classes in undergraduate, graduate and academic advanced programmes at seven faculties. HUBrussel had five faculties in the

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and one in the nearby town of

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. There used to be one in

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, called European University College Brussels Dubai, but this has been closed. HUBrussel is associated with the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.

Programs

HUBrussel programmes are organised by two educational divisions

Academic bachelors and masters

The academic bachelors and masters were taken over by the Catholic University of Leuven and are based around three faculties that together offer 13 undergraduate and graduate programmes: * Economics and management: : Commercial sciences :

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: Environment, health and safety management * Linguistics and literature: : Literature : Applied linguistics : Interpretation, translation : Multilingual communication : Journalism * Law

Professional bachelors

The professional bachelors include four fields of study that offer 13 undergraduate programmes: * Education: : Nursery teaching : Primary education : Secondary education * Health care: : Occupational therapy : Medical imaging : Nursing : Optics and optometry * Social and community work: : Social work : Socio-educational care work : Family sciences * Commercial sciences and management : Operations management : Office management : Applied informatics

Figures

* The number of participants in postgraduate programmes and seminars amounts to 9500 * Over 500 regular non-EU students in degree programmes in Brussels * Over 100 regular (non-Belgian) EU students in degree programmes in Brussels * Appr. 170 inbound exchange students and 110 outbound exchange students * Number of staff: 1100

External links

* Website Odisee'

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References

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