The capital of Belgium and headquarters of the European union , Brussels is known for its international character – and this is reflected in the high proportion of international students at its universities. As well as being known for its international diversity and central role in European politics, Brussels is also famed for its chocolate shops, comic strip art, pubs, cafés and attractive architecture.
In addition to a strong score in the “student mix” category of the QS Best Student Cities index, Brussels also scores very well for both “desirability” and “affordability” – largely thanks to its relatively low tuition fees.
Two Brussels-based universities feature in the QS World University Rankings® 2014/15: Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) – both ranked within the world’s top 200. The first is predominantly French-speaking and the second Dutch-speaking (these are the two official languages of the city), but both offer courses in English at graduate level.
QS ranked universities
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) ; Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
More about Brussels
| Number of universities ranked by QS | 2 |
| Top ranked institution | Université Libre de Bruxelles (173rd in the world) |
| Population | 1,830,000 |
| Students (% of total population) | 1.8% (based on ranked institutions) |
| International students | 29.0% (of students at ranked institutions) |
| Average tuition fees | US$2,000 |
| Global Liveability Ranking | 28th (out of 140) |
| Mercer Cost of Living rank | 56th (out of 214) |
| Cost of a Big Mac | US$4.98 |
| Cost of an iPad | US$665.19 |
| Numbeo safety rank | 267th (out of 372) |
| Numbeo pollution rank | 131st (out of 299) |
| Transparency International score | 15th (out of 177) |
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