Université libre de Bruxelles

The organisation

The Universite libre de Bruxelles (ULB) consists of 13 faculties, schools and specialized institutes covering all the disciplines. Founded in 1834, the ULB has a long tradition of excellence in research with four scientific Nobel Prizes, one Fields Medal, three Wolf Prizes and two Marie Curie Excellence Awards. It is one of the largest and best Research Universities in Belgium. The university also played a pioneering role in the presence of women in Belgian universities, welcoming the first three women university students, the first woman assistant, the first woman professor and the first – and only until now – woman rector in French speaking Belgium.

Scope: At ULB we have established two very motivated Working Groups (WG):
– The operational WG is made up of professors and researchers from the two STEM ULB faculties targeted in CALIPER. It meets twice a month and is in charge of performing, together with the organisation team, the actions directly related to the Gender Equality Plan: the assessment, design, implementation and evaluation of the GEP.
– The consultative WG is made up of members from the high and middle management of the University as well as students. It has a consultative and strategic role for the implementation of the project and the improvement of gender equality at our University. It also acts as an interface between the CALIPER project and the faculties/University, assuming a communication and dissemination role.