By choosing to follow one of the education programmes offered by the Institute for European Studies, students enter a university situated in the heart of Europe, close to where most of the European institutions are and where related governmental actors and civil society representatives revolve. They thus benefit from the participation of EU officials, policy makers and practitioners in the Institute’s teaching, research and academic activities, including the numerous conferences it organizes. In addition to its teaching and research activities, the IEE has indeed constantly promoted the dialogue with EU institutions, and provided a forum for critical debate on the future of European integration. See iee-ulb.eu