The Brussels Institute for Advanced Studies provides university-style residence for visiting senior researchers (min. PhD level) collaborating with academic staff at the ULB or VUB. We provide a total of 18 fully furnished and equipped autonomous apartments. Apartments are normally reserved for fellows invited by the programme directors, to spend between 3 and 5 months in Brussels, living and working together on specific subjects.
When there are apartments free during or outside of the programmes, these become available for short-term stays ranging from one week to one month (longer stays subject to availability). For Post-docs on MSCA/ARES (or similar) grants coming from outside of the EEA, please contact us for more information.
Stays at BrIAS are exclusively reserved for visiting researchers/affiliated staff engaged in academic collaboration with the ULB or VUB. Touristic stays are not permitted.
Please download our brochure for more information about the facilities and spaces.
Booking procedure
To request accommodation, visiting researchers must send a letter of invitation signed by a ULB or VUB academic staff member after they make a booking on the institutional booking engine. A template for this letter can be downloaded by clicking on the button below. Once completed, Please send the filled-out template to valeria.cristancho.caycedo@vub.be.
The minimum stay is of one week (7 nights). When booking, please select the appropriate button depending on the duration of your stay or payment method:
- “Accommodation for internal transfers” for Internal transfers (e.g., VUB PKCs, ULB equivalents) or stays with a duration equal or longer than three months.
- “General accommodation” for all other cases.
Cancellation and Modification Policy
- More than 14 days before the start of the stay: administrative fee up to €25.
- Between 14 and 5 days before the start of the stay: 50% of the total cost of the stay.
- Less than 5 days before the start of the stay: 100% of the total cost of the stay.
- Changes to the duration of stay are possible depending on availability and may result in adjustments to the total cost.
Additional Information
For detailed information on pricing, apartment descriptions, and available facilities, please refer to the table and brochure in the section above. For further inquiries or to proceed with a booking, please contact us directly.
For stays shorter than a week, alternative accommodation is possible via LivingLab (VUB). For more information, please contact fleur.de.keersmaeker@vub.be
We look forward to welcoming esteemed researchers and fostering scientific collaboration in Brussels!