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Study in Belgium: universities, tuition fees and admission

Our catalogue has 131 universities and colleges in Belgium offering 1,429 undergraduate programmes in 47 cities. 1,426 of the programmes are at public institutions and 3 at private ones.

Universities

131

Programmes

1,429

Cities

47

EU fee / year, public

€1,194

Non-EU fee / year, public

€5,369

Always check current information on the official website of the university before you apply.

How admission works

Belgium has two separate systems. In the Flemish Community you apply directly to the institution, which sets its own Dutch-language requirement (KU Leuven asks for B2) and deadlines (for the 2027/28 intake, non-EEA applicants to KU Leuven's Dutch-taught programmes must apply by 1 February 2027); medicine, dentistry and veterinary medicine require a competitive entrance exam with fixed quotas, held on 2–4 July 2027 (registration 1 March–17 May 2027 on vlaanderen.be). In the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles you need the CESS or a foreign diploma recognised as equivalent (equivalence requests for 2027/28 until 15 July 2027), enrolment closes on 30 September, non-EU applicants usually apply by spring (31 March at ULB and ULiège in 2026), and medicine and dentistry are open only through a competitive entrance exam held once a year in late August (27 August in 2026), with at most 15% of places for students not resident in Belgium. Non-residents also face quotas and an electronic draw (tirage au sort) in veterinary medicine (20%) and in physiotherapy, speech therapy and audiology (30%), with a single online application during three days at the end of August (25–27 August in 2026); arts schools and conservatoires admit students through an entrance test.

• Selection: minimum requirements set by each university

Tuition fees in Belgium

At public universities an EU student typically pays €1,194 a year, and a student from outside the EU €5,369 a year. All amounts are per year in euros; fees charged per credit or per semester are converted to a full year (60 ECTS credits or two semesters).

Where the fee depends on family income, the typical figure is the full fee and the range starts at the lowest one.

Good to know about fees

• Vlaamse Gemeenschap: In 2026/27 students from the EEA (and non-EEA students with certain residence statuses) pay the tuition fee set by the Flemish Community: €305.40 plus €14.60 per credit, i.e. €1,181.40 for a full-time year of 60 credits (€623.40 for near-grant students and €139.40 for grant holders). Other non-EEA students pay a fee set by each institution, shown per programme where it is published: some charge the same as EEA students, many charge about €4,300–9,500 a year, and some arts programmes much more (up to €25,000 at AP in Antwerp). Private or registered institutions such as the Brussels School of Governance set their own fees for everyone.
• Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles: From 2026/27 the minerval (enrolment fee) in the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles is €1,194 a year at universities, hautes écoles and arts schools alike (€835 for students of intermediate means, €374 for modest means and €0 for grant holders, depending on household income). Non-EU students who are not assimilated to EU students also pay a fixed additional contribution of €4,175, i.e. €5,369 a year; nationals of least-developed countries (and, at universities, of countries on an ARES list) and holders of a secondary diploma from the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles are exempt. The amounts shown are the full rates.

Language of instruction

French: 865 programmes; Dutch: 520 programmes; English: 88 programmes; German: 1 programme. See all English-taught programmes in Belgium.

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Where to study: cities

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What you can study

• Music and Musicology 147
• Business Administration 92
• Primary Education Teaching 64
• Fine Arts 61
• Nursing 59
• Computer Science 56
• Early Childhood Education 55
• Design 47
• Industrial Engineering 35
• Languages and Literature 34
• Advertising and Public Relations 30
• Social Work 27
• Audiovisual Communication 27
• Physiotherapy 25
• Law 23
• Chemistry 22
• Architecture 20
• Social Education 19
• Industrial Electronics and Automation 19
• Economics 18
• Biomedical Laboratory Science 18
• Occupational Therapy 18
• Finance and Accounting 18
• Agronomy 17
• Speech Therapy 17
• Journalism 17
• Performing Arts 16
• Multimedia and Video Games 15
• Psychology 15
• Biotechnology 15
• Biology 14
• Tourism 14
• Labour Relations and Human Resources 14
• Sociology 14
• Mechanical Engineering 13
• Electrical Engineering 13
• Marketing 13
• Biomedical Sciences 11
• Mathematics 11
• Political Science 11
• Hospitality and Gastronomy 11
• Physics 11
• Philosophy 11
• Sport Sciences 11
• Environmental Sciences 11
• Medicine 11
• Human Nutrition and Dietetics 11
• International Business 10
• History 10
• Building Engineering 10
• Fashion Design 10
• Dentistry 9
• Pharmacy 9
• Translation and Languages 9
• Public Administration 8
• Biomedical Engineering 8
• Art History 7
• Geography 7
• Geology 6
• Energy Engineering 6
• Veterinary Medicine 6
• Medical Imaging and Radiotherapy 5
• Biochemistry 5
• Landscape Architecture 5
• International Relations 4
• Pedagogy 4
• Aerospace Engineering 4
• Naval and Maritime Engineering 4
• Logistics 4
• Podiatry 4
• Telecommunications Engineering 4
• Criminology 3
• Environmental Engineering 3
• Optics and Optometry 3
• Conservation and Restoration 3
• Archaeology 2
• Forestry 2
• Food Science and Technology 1
• Materials Engineering 1
• Anthropology 1
• Animal Science 1