The VKI is an international Belgian non-profit teaching and research institution in the field of aircraft aerodynamics and flow mechanics.
Some ten countries from Western Europe, Central Europe and North America take part in the Institute.
The institute offers post-university teaching and carries out high-level technological research into flow dynamics in conjunction with its teaching. Students from various NATO countries follow postgraduate teaching here.
The von Karman Institute hosts three departments: Environmental and Applied Fluid Dynamics department, Aeronautics and Aerospace department, Turbomachinery and Propulsion department.
Each year, the Belgian Science Policy gives funding representing the intervention of Belgium to various education related institutions - public or private, Belgian or foreign.
Given the nature and the national or international missions of these institutions, the subsidies or credits continue to be borne by the federal budget.
