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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 college which concentrates on professionally-oriented Bachelor Degrees and Associate Degrees. The university college ensures that its students contribute to the globalized world both as human beings and as professionals. VIVES is fully and actively committed to the development of competencies. Students are given every opportunity to work on their future. Design Your Future as the university college's baseline underlines this. VIVES believes it is essential for its staff members to do their jobs with enthusiasm. That is why the university college offers them extensive opportunities to develop and spread their expertise. VIVES opts to give center stage to responsibility and ownership, and appreciation and respect for each individual. Sustainability is another significant commitment to VIVES. VIVES aims to be a trendsetter in higher professional education through innovation. Students and lecturers continue to develop their strengths and deepen their personal and professional identities with enthusiasm. They make choices that are in keeping with their talents and goals. Students and lecturers manage their learning process. As professionals, they are committed to lifelong learning and to broadening and deepening their understanding and expertise. Students and lecturers learn together as a team. They build their professional network with opportunities for informal and interdisciplinary learning. To accomplish that, they make full use of the facilities of the digital world. To help students make the right choices and help them climb the learning ladder, VIVES works together with its educational partners. VIVES also fully recognizes previously acquired competencies. Students and lecturers learn from and with external parties. They take a critical view of society and make their expertise readily available outside the university college's environment. Students and lecturers work in a challenging learning environment, which may or may not be independent of time and place. Innovations capitalize on research results and the expectations of current and future generations of students, the working environment, and society. Students and lecturers strive to acquire the competencies needed for today's and tomorrow's professions. The interaction between theory and practice challenges them to push their boundaries. Education, practical experience, and practice-based research are interwoven to that end. You are very welcome to join us and study with us, here in West-Flanders, at VIVES University College. Our lively and student-friendly University College offers a wide range of bachelor programs, leading to a Bachelor's Degree. As the courses prepare students for specific professions, they are practice-oriented and include practical training periods. In 2002 we joined the KULeuven Association. The departments are located in six historical sites: Brugge, Kortrijk, Oostende, Roeselare, Tielt, and Torhout. In September 2014, VIVES University College opened a brand new student residence in Kortrijk. This building offers housing to as many as 80 Erasmus students. In addition to the rooms for Erasmus students, there is also accommodation reserved for 25 Belgian students. It will be a vibrant student community of mixed nationalities, right in the center of town. The price for a single room is €1550/semester, the price for a double room is €2220/semester (€1110 per student). The mentioned prices are for the full term, even if you arrive after the rental period or if you leave before the end of the rental period. All students who make a reservation for a room have to pay a deposit of €250 and an administration fee of €50. View full university