Enrolment as Visiting Researcher

Visiting Researcher status is reserved for internationally mobile researchers who have at least a Masters degree and who would like to carry out research at the Université libre de Bruxelles.

In order to benefit from Visiting Researcher status, you need to obtain an invitation from a Professor at ULB, who will serve as your research supervisor.

Enrolment as Visiting Researcher enables you to access ULB libraries and online databases and to be insured on campus.

Interns, Bachelors and Masters students cannot benefit from Visiting Researcher status.

Enrolment procedure

• 1. Complete the online form

• 2. Click on "submit the form"

• 3. Click on "print the form"

• 4. Get the printed form signed by your supervisor and the faculty

• 5. Send :

  • The signed form

  • A "bon vert" to the value of 32 euros (compte n°YF0801000010)

  • A photocopy of your identity card or passport

  • A passport photo

  To : International Welcome Desk

  CP. 131/2, Avenue F. D. Roosevelt, 50 1050 Bruxelles

General Information

• Your enrolment as Visiting Researcher is valid for one academic year.

• During your stay at ULB, you are covered by liability insurance and work accident insurance on the ULB campuses.

• Visiting Researcher status can only be granted up to the age of 65.

• Visiting Researcher status cannot be granted to Bachelor or Master students, or interns.

• The cost of enrolling as a Visiting Researcher is 32 euros per year.

• It is possible to register as Visiting Researcher at any point in the academic year.

• The fee of 32 euros must be paid to the International Welcome Desk via a "bon vert".

Research Supervisor

Before you can register as a Visiting Researcher, you first need to identify a research supervisor at ULB who will supervise your work.

You can (re)define your research project and discuss its feasibility and duration with your supervisor.

You can find potential supervisors :

• Via ULB’s research inventory

• By checking the website of the Faculty or research centre in which you would like to carry out your research.

• By consulting their publications via the ULB libraries, the institutional repositories or the web sites of scientific journals in the field.

Please note that ULB professors are under no obligation to agree to supervise your research.