Students blockade Brussels university campus over tuition hikes and funding cuts

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - OCT. 22, 2026: Students blocked the entrance to the Solbosch campus of the Universite libre de Bruxelles (ULB) on Thursday, Oct. 22, staging a demonstration against planned tuition fee increases and proposed reductions in public higher education funding.

Demonstrators erected barricades and held banners at the entrance to the university's campus, preventing staff and students from entering academic buildings.