On June 4, 2021, Queen Mathilde of Belgium visited the VIVES University of Applied Sciences campus in Kortrijk. The Queen met with students from the nursing course who were involved in the intensive care in various hospitals during the Covid-19 pandemic crisis. Queen Mathilde also visited two simulation rooms where students and caregivers learn to put their skills into practice. Hogeschool VIVES is a University College in West Flanders. The name refers to the Spanish-Brussian humanist Juan Luis Vives.