<i>"The following year, the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded jointly to François Englert and Peter Higgs.<p>François Englert, who completed a PhD in physics at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) in 1959[..]"</i><p>Yes, even if most people have only ever heard of Higgs the 2013 Nobel Prize was shared between Englert and Higgs.<p>Yes, even if most people have only ever heard of ULB as the place where FOSDEM happens it is also Englert's alma mater.