VIB performs world-leading basic research on some of the most poignant biological questions of our time.

Scientists at VIB conduct pioneering research across a wide spectrum of disciplines ranging from cancer, inflammation and neuroscience to plant biology.

We offer scientific and technical skills courses to help VIB and non-VIB researchers to excel as a scientist in increasingly interdisciplinary and fast-evolving times. 

flanders.bio creates value in the cluster by bringing expertise and a clear strategy to enhance the growth of its members and enabling innovation via a portfolio of activities and programmes.

Science and technology are inextricably intertwined with one another. The use of new technologies often leads to breakthroughs in scientific research.

Uniting more than 60 different nationalities. English is the common working language. About 50% of the postdoc population is non-Belgian.

Research from VIB scientists regularly appears in leading scientific journals.

Over the past years, several actions have been put in place to increase the percentage of female group leaders and experts.

VIB is one of the founding fathers of two international schools providing affordable international education close to the VIB centers in Ghent and Leuven, adding to the existing schools in Brussels and Antwerp.

Flanders is located in the heart of Europe and has a lot to offer.