Are you a foreign national (from an EU or non-EU country) and would like to enrol at UCLouvain? Here's what you need to know:
- how to enrol and settle in on the university campus;
- specific requirements for non-EU students;
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- application timetable;
- tuition fee.
In cases of re-enrolment, our service may ask you to complete a Belgian student status declaration.
Do I have to pay an application fee?
If you are from outside the European Union and do not have Belgian student status, there is a 鈧�200 application fee payable when you confirm your online application. This fee will be deducted from your tuition fee if your application is accepted. The fee is non-refundable if your application is not accepted.
We do not charge an application fee for the following:
- specialised master鈥檚 courses;
- PhDs or doctoral training;
- international joint diplomas (the award of a single diploma by several partner institutions);
- Erasmus exchanges.
What are the Belgian student status requirements?
Find out if you meet the Belgian student status criteria for your situation. Based on this information, the (document available in French only) should be completed and sent to the Registration Department.
All you need to show is a valid identity document or a recent certificate of nationality.
You must submit one or more of the following, depending on your situation:
- copy of the long-term resident's EC card (D or L card);
- copy of the CIRE, unlimited stay (B card), or of the foreign national card, unlimited stay (C or K card);
- copy of the EU citizen's family member鈥檚 residence permit (F card);
- copy of the EU citizen's family member鈥檚 permanent residence permit (F+ card).
You must submit one of the following:
- copy of Annex 25 or 26 completed by the Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons, together with a recent or recently renewed "orange card" registration (for refugee and stateless students);
- a copy of both sides of the B card (for refugee students);
- copy of both sides of the A card or B card, and a decision from the Foreign Nationals Office attesting to subsidiary protection status (for students under subsidiary protection).
You must submit a copy of both sides of a residence permit valid for more than three months and one of the following, depending on your situation:
- six payslips issued in the 12 months preceding the application (if you are in employment);
- a document certifying that you have received unemployment benefits, a pension or an indemnity from the mutual insurance company (in the case of replacement income).
You must submit a recent certificate issued by the CPAS.
You must submit documents concerning yourself and a document proving your family relationship:
- birth certificate or official record of household composition (father or mother);
- recent marriage certificate legalised by the Belgian embassy or consulate in your country of origin, or a recent marriage certificate if you live in Belgium (spouse);
- recent guardianship certificate legalised by the Belgian embassy or consulate in the country of origin, or issued by the relevant Belgian authorities if applicable (legal guardian);
- recent certificate of legal cohabitation issued by the local authority (legal cohabitant).
You must submit a copy of your scholarship award certificate.
You must submit:
- copy of both sides of the identity document proving long-term residence in a European Union member state; and
- a copy of both sides of the Belgian residence permit.