Editing Brussels (section)

===Tertiary education===
[[File:ULB 20050712.jpg|thumb|upright|Main building on the ''Solbosch'' campus of the [[Université libre de Bruxelles]] (ULB)]]

There are several [[universities]] in Brussels. Except for the [[Royal Military Academy (Belgium)|Royal Military Academy]], a federal military college established in 1834,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rma.ac.be/RMAdotNet/scsc/infos/default.aspx?Page=1&SubPage=3|title=What makes the RMA so special?|publisher=[[Royal Military Academy (Belgium)|Belgian Royal Military Academy]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071228233044/http://www.rma.ac.be/RMAdotNet/scsc/infos/default.aspx?Page=1&SubPage=3|archive-date=28 December 2007|url-status=dead|access-date=9 December 2007}}</ref> all universities in Brussels are private and autonomous. The Royal Military Academy also the only Belgian university organised on the [[boarding school]] model.<ref>{{cite web|title=Logement {{!}} RMA|url=https://www.rma.ac.be/fr/logement|access-date=2021-10-23|website=rma.ac.be|language=fr|archive-date=15 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220615032402/https://www.rma.ac.be/fr/logement|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[Université libre de Bruxelles]] (ULB), a French-speaking university, with about 20,000 students, has three campuses in the city,<ref>{{cite web|title=Presentation of the Université libre de Bruxelles|publisher=[[Université Libre de Bruxelles]]|url=http://www.ulb.ac.be/docs/ulb-prestige/indexuk.html|access-date=9 December 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071203153418/http://www.ulb.ac.be/docs/ulb-prestige/indexuk.html|archive-date=3 December 2007}}</ref> and the [[Vrije Universiteit Brussel]] (VUB), its [[Dutch-speaking]] sister university, has about 10,000 students.<ref>{{cite web|title=About the University: Culture and History|publisher=[[Vrije Universiteit Brussel]]|url=http://www.vub.ac.be/english/home/about.html|access-date=9 December 2007|archive-date=16 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150616050829/http://www.vub.ac.be/english/home/about.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Both universities originate from a single ancestor university, founded in 1834, namely the [[Free University of Brussels (1834–1969)|Free University of Brussels]], which was split in 1970, at about the same time the Flemish and French Communities gained legislative power over the organisation of higher education.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vub.ac.be/en/about|title=About the University: Culture and History|website=vub.ac.be|access-date=18 October 2017|archive-date=22 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022204210/http://www.vub.ac.be/en/about|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Saint-Louis University, Brussels]] (also known as UCLouvain Saint-Louis – Bruxelles) was founded in 1858 and is specialised in social and [[human science]]s, with 4,000 students, and located on two campuses in the [[City of Brussels]] and [[Ixelles]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Institution: Historique|publisher=Facultés Universitaires Saint Louis|url=http://www.fusl.ac.be/fr/27.html|access-date=9 December 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071223141339/http://www.fusl.ac.be/fr/27.html|archive-date=23 December 2007}}</ref> From September 2018 on, the university uses the name ''UCLouvain'', together with the [[Université catholique de Louvain|Catholic University of Louvain]], in the context of a merger between both universities.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fusion UCL – Saint-Louis : un nouveau logo pour des collaborations renforcées|url=https://uclouvain.be/fr/decouvrir/actualites/fusion-ucl-saint-louis-un-nouveau-logo-pour-des-collaborations-renforcees.html|access-date=2021-10-23|website=UCLouvain|language=fr|archive-date=23 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023161606/https://uclouvain.be/fr/decouvrir/actualites/fusion-ucl-saint-louis-un-nouveau-logo-pour-des-collaborations-renforcees.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Still other universities have campuses in Brussels, such as the French-speaking Catholic University of Louvain (UCLouvain), which has 10,000 students in the city with its medical faculties at [[UCLouvain Bruxelles Woluwe]] since 1973,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uclouvain.be/47547.html|title=L'histoire de l'UCLouvain à Bruxelles|publisher=[[Université catholique de Louvain]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071114142407/http://www.uclouvain.be/47547.html|archive-date=14 November 2007|url-status=dead|access-date=9 December 2007}}</ref> in addition to its [[Faculty of Architecture, Architectural Engineering and Urban Planning]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://uclouvain.be/en/sites/st-gilles|title=UCLouvain Bruxelles Saint-Gilles|website=UCLouvain|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107224911/https://uclouvain.be/en/sites/st-gilles|archive-date=7 November 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> and UCLouvain's Dutch-speaking sister [[Katholieke Universiteit Leuven]] (KU Leuven)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kuleuven.be/wieiswie/en/unit/52230448/@@org|title=KU Leuven organisational chart: KU Leuven, Campus Brussels|publisher=[[Katholieke Universiteit Leuven]]|access-date=11 January 2015|archive-date=11 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111194558/http://www.kuleuven.be/wieiswie/en/unit/52230448/@@org|url-status=live}}</ref> (offering bachelor's and master's degrees in economics & business, law, arts, and architecture; 4,400 students). In addition, the University of Kent's [[Brussels School of International Studies]] is a specialised postgraduate school offering advanced international studies.

Also a dozen of university colleges are located in Brussels, including two drama schools, founded in 1832: the French-speaking [[Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles|Conservatoire Royal]] and its [[Dutch-speaking]] equivalent, the [[Koninklijk Conservatorium (Brussel)|Koninklijk Conservatorium]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Petite histoire du Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles|publisher=Conservatoire Royal|url=http://www.conservatoire.be/historique.html|access-date=9 December 2007|archive-date=23 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170923002243/http://www.conservatoire.be/historique.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel|publisher=[[Koninklijk Conservatorium (Brussel)|Koninklijk Conservatorium]]|url=http://www.kcb.be/eng/indexin.asp?pag=bib&nr=1|access-date=9 December 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061013223138/http://www.kcb.be/eng/indexin.asp?pag=bib&nr=1|archive-date=13 October 2006}}</ref>