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Ranked as one of the world’s top comprehensive universities with a history spanning 180 years, the VUB combines award-winning research and accredited English and Dutch-taught study programs (Bachelors, Masters, and PhDs) with a high impact on social, economic, and cultural innovation. At the VUB, students and professors work closely together. We coach our students to become open-minded world citizens with a strong commitment to sustainable humanistic societal values. Our graduates are well prepared for professional careers in an increasingly multilingual and international environment. They are trained to keep high employability throughout their whole career. An independ…
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Vlerick Business School is the oldest business and management school in Europe. Founded in 1953 by the renowned academic, entrepreneur, and politician, Professor André Vlerick. Vlerick Business School has been leading innovation in business for well over half a century. As the management school of Belgium's two largest universities – Ghent University and KU Leuven – the School has built a solid, worldwide reputation as a leading, independent institution with a strong international focus and close ties to academic and corporate worlds. Vlerick Business School is a triple-accredited, international business school at the heart of Europe – ranked number one in the Benelux f…
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VIB is a life sciences research institute in Flanders, Belgium. With more than 1470 scientists from over 60 countries, we perform basic research into life's molecular foundations. VIB is an excellence-based entrepreneurial institute that translates necessary scientific results into pharmaceutical, agricultural and industrial applications. VIB works in close partnership with five universities − UGent, KU Leuven, University of Antwerp, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, and Hasselt University and is funded by the Flemish government. VIB develops and disseminates a wide range of science-based information about all aspects of biotechnology. Created in Belgium in 1995 at the Flemis…
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Welcome to VIVES University College. This new college results from the cooperation between KATHO, with campuses in Kortrijk, Roeselare, Tielt, Torhout, and KHBO, with campuses in Brugge and Oostende. At this moment, mergers in the field of higher education are a common trend in Flanders. With approximately 13,000 students, VIVES is the most prominent university college in Flanders. With its modern and competency-based higher education, VIVES University College, its innovative, practical research, and its services provided to society offer an adequate response to today's and tomorrow's social challenges. VIVES is an appreciative, friendly, and people-oriented university …
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In 1987, Vesalius College (Veco) opened its doors as an exciting new English-speaking undergraduate institution, run by a Dutch-speaking university – the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) – with Boston University (BU) as a founding partner. Veco's academic and cultural DNA was firmly established with its key dominant traits: Belgian, American, cosmopolitan, liberal arts, free-thinking. These roots have continued to form the foundation of the College's mission, academic and institutional culture, and student life. In order to do justice to this happy anniversary, the College planned an array of events and activities during the 2012-2013 academic year for the College commu…
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The University campus is situated in the center of Namur, the capital of Wallonia (the French-speaking region in Belgium), close to other major centers like Brussels. Students have direct access to the railway station, housing, shops, cinemas, theatres, sports facilities … The UNamur campus has a lot to offer: a sports hall, a radio station, a choir, community housing for students sharing the same cultural or social project (« knots à projets »)… Various activities are organized on the campus, such as sports competitions, tournaments, challenges, introduction to music or plastic arts, language courses, theatre shows, or concerts. Life is lived to the full in Namur. Wi…
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UMONS welcomes students and researchers of more than 40 nationalities. UMONS also plays a central role in many academic and scientific collaborations worldwide, with over 300 international partnerships in more than 50 countries spanning five continents. Mobility grants awarded to UMONS come from both the European Commission and the Wallonia-Brussels Federation (FWB). The grant amounts vary from year to year, depending on the subsidies received by UMONS and depending on the evolution of the allocation rules required by the fund providers (AEF-Europe / European Commission / FWB). All students registered at UMONS on either the 1st cycle (courses in the 2nd year of a Bach…
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The slogan of the University of Liège (ULiège) reflects its role and ambition over the past 200 years. That is to continually create new knowledge, share it broadly, incorporate in student's training, and contribute positively to the prosperity, democratic vitality, and harmonious evolution of our societies. Rather than follow and adapt to changes globally, ULiège seeks to anticipate and prepare for change. The objective is embedded in its entire community of professors and researchers, administrative staff, students, alumni, and immense academic and scientific, socio-economic and cultural, public, and governmental networks, not only in Liège and its region but also in Be…
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The University of Antwerp is a young, dynamic, and forward-thinking university. It integrates the assets of its historical roots with its ambition to contribute positively to society. The University of Antwerp develops, provides access to, and disseminates scientific knowledge through research, teaching, and academic service to the community and accomplishes these tasks in a spirit of academic freedom and responsibility. The University of Antwerp espouses active pluralism. In that spirit, it stimulates critical research and teaching, reflection, and debate on scientific, social, philosophical, and ethical questions. The University of Antwerp is a young, dynamic, and…
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Students living in a residence of the University College Ghent can always call the reception desk for medical assistance: addresses of doctors, dentists, etc. are available. In case you have health problems, you can always call the Students' Advisory Centre of Ghent University, where doctors run a practice for students. As experienced doctors, they are ideal for dealing with any medical or psychological problem you might have. As health care is not free, each visit to the doctor must be paid for. If you have proper insurance, you can recover the costs, though some medical costs may be charged to the patient personally. University College Ghent has eight libraries, one…
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Our university boasts 4 Faculties spanning the human and social sciences spectrum and an Institute for European Studies. Together, they offer a broad range of Bachelor's, Master's and Specialised Master's, Doctoral degree programs, and numerous lifelong and executive courses that currently attract nearly 3,600 students from some 60 nations. Over the years, our growth and diversification have firmly established our reputation as one of Belgium's principal centers of excellence in the human and social sciences. This renown is not limited to our teaching. Our academic staff is active in numerous national and international research networks. The expertise of our fifteen Res…
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In Europe's heart, just 1h20 by train from Paris, 1h30 from Amsterdam, and 1h50 from London and Cologne, Brussels offers all the advantages of a capital city and the quality of life of a large and lively town. Brussels is home to all the major European institutions. It is the EU's official seat and many other political and economic decision-making entities and boasts a growing number of businesses, organizations, and international experts. The long tradition of hospitality and exchange in Europe's greenest capital means visitors and residents alike can enjoy a broad mix of world food and music. At the same time, culture vultures can choose from a host of museums and s…
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On Tuesday 13 March, as part of the state visit to Canada, UCL and the University of Ottawa signed a dual degree agreement in multilingual communication. On the same day, the two universities organized a research seminar on language learning. On 13 March, King Philippe opened a research seminar on multilingualism at the University of Ottawa. The seminar, which UCL coordinated in collaboration with UOttawa, was an opportunity for various university teams from Belgium and Canada – two countries with a long tradition of multilingualism – to present recent research results on immersion education. On behalf of UCL, Professors Arnaud Szmalec and Philippe Hiligsmann presented …
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Since 1992 the mission of United Business Institutes is to be a leading provider of the highest quality professional undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate business education and training with a focus on international business and management that is interculturally informed and career-oriented as well as a solid understanding of general education. Serving students from Belgium, Luxembourg, and other countries worldwide, United Business Institutes will teach its students the 21st-century skills needed to contribute to economic and social development locally, regionally, and internationally. In United Business Institute - Brussels, In The 3-year BA (Hons.) The Business…
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UC Leuven-Limburg selected five strategic priorities for its future, among which internationalization. The future of our region and our alumni is closely linked to their international capabilities. UC Leuven-Limburg and particularly our International Office are ready to support that process. The largest campus of UC Leuven-Limburg is home to management, technology, welfare, and secondary school teacher education programs. Students of industrial engineering at KU Leuven – UHasselt are also frequent visitors to our campus. Together, they account for a total of 4,000 students. Facilities on-site include a centrally located restaurant offering a wide variety of meals and a …
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UC Leuven-Limburg selected five strategic priorities for its future, among which internationalization. The future of our region and our alumni is closely linked to their international capabilities. UC Leuven-Limburg and particularly our International Office are ready to support that process. Building a new university college offers a unique opportunity to question the status quo and make room for innovation. Moving Minds is our philosophy, our way of being. Moving Minds: motivating people and turning ideas into action. Our scope reaches beyond borders; our mind is open toward what lies ahead, we encourage innovation and the challenging of fossilized systems/systems relu…
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Welcome to the international website of Thomas More! Thomas More is the largest university of applied sciences in Flanders, offering over 30 Dutch-taught and 4 English-taught bachelor degree programs in Antwerp. Next to that, Thomas More offers exchange programs in English for students from partner universities. As of September 2016, we offer a precious selection of English-taught bachelor degree programs, making our high-quality education accessible for international students with high ambitions. The English programs are all taught at our campuses in Mechelen – a city north of Brussels, with an international appeal. Increasing numbers of international students choose t…
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"The Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel, School of Arts in Music, achieves artistic excellence which it is permanently extending and expressing – internally as well as externally, nationally as well as internationally – out of the three pillars art of Music, education, and research. Its programs in Music (composition, conducting, music writing, voice and instrument classical, jazz and historically informed), Musical, and the Specific Teacher's Programme are embedded in the Erasmushoge school Brussel, in the cultural landscape of the multicultural capital Brussels, of Flanders, of Belgium and Europe. KCB provides an artistic breeding ground for current and future generati…
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The Institute for Tropical Medicine (ITM) was established over a century ago. We began by training doctors and nurses to work in the Congo and are now internationally recognized in education, medicine, science, and world health. In 1906, in an old villa in Brussels, King Leopold II established a school devoted to studying tropical diseases (the School voor Tropenziekten). He wanted to train doctors and nurses to allow them to work in the Congo Free State. There were similar tropical institutions in England, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Portugal. Each year about 700 health professionals and researchers from all over the world study at ITM. Many students come f…
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Let us start with one of the School's most important assets: its entrepreneurial and motivated student body such as the Solvay Business Game, the most massive European on-site business game. It gathered 400 students from around the globe and is entirely organized by the students. This event is only one example, amongst many others, that illustrates the importance of having creative and entrepreneurial students in our institution. But the secret formula of the School is more complicated than that: it involves a strong focus on quantitative skills, a large number of practitioners sharing their expertise with the students, the will to exploit synergies between economics an…
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PXL University College is a young, dynamic, and vibrant organization, a center of innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurship. PXL offers professional bachelor programs in Business, Education, Healthcare, IT, Media&Tourism, Music, Social Work and Technology, and bachelor and master programs in Arts. Hogeschool PXL, you have to feel it. This can only happen by chatting with students who already attend the university college, by chattering with PXL-teachers/lectors, by visiting a PXL-graduate who is employed in our dreams' job, by taking classes during our open class days, or by paying a visit during our information days. PXL offers professional bachelor programs i…
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Welcome to the Higher Education Institution of the Province of Liège. The Higher Education Institution of the Province of Liège awards a wide range of Master and Bachelor Degrees in many subjects. Whatever the field of study, our Institution offers training combining theoretical and practical aspects as it allows students to carry out field placements and meet the professionals. From their first year of studies, students are confronted with the real and professional world and are provided with efficient tools. Though it remains a «school within the city,» our Institution is fully involved in the Bologna Process and aims to open up to the whole of Europe. It has been…
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Founded in 1927 by the architect and designer Henry van de Velde, the École Nationale supérieure des arts visuels of La Cambre (ENSAV) has nearly 700 students in 18 different departments: ceramics, animation, drawing, urban design, engraving, and the printed image, painting, photography, sculpture, and an art restoration department. Its design departments include industrial and textile design, book design and bookbinding, interior design, set design, fashion, accessories design, and graphic and visual communication and typography. Since the fall of 2016, the school also offers a new creative writing workshop (a continuous two-cycle program, taught in the evenings and on S…
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LUCA School of Arts is the only university college in Flanders exclusively dedicated to art and design, making it unique. The art school combines the strengths and expertise of five renowned Flemish higher education institutions for art and design, spread across Brussels, Genk, Ghent, and Leuven. LUCA is a member of the KU Leuven Association. More than 4,000 students can choose from more than thirty programs in Audiovisual Arts & Techniques, Interior & Product Design, Construction Technology, Music & Drama, and Visual Arts & Design. LUCA School of Arts offers both professional and academic bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and advanced bachelor's and…
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Located in Louvain-la-Neuve and Mons, the Louvain School of Management offers two bi-lingual (French – English) Master Programmes (Master in Management and Master in Business Engineering), - 3 international Premium Programmes: CEMS Master in International Management, Double Degree, International Business - a Ph.D. Program in Economics and Management Sciences - Executive Education Programs, including an Executive Master Program in Business Administration. Located close to Europe's capital, The Louvain School of Management (LSM) offers world-class courses and highly specialized options based on advanced research. It is the Faculty of Management of the Université Cathol…
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