Admission and enrolment

The admission requirements depend on the chosen academic level and field of study.

To be admitted to an undergraduate degree program (a Bachelor’s degree), you must hold a secondary school leaving certificate that is recognised as equivalent to the certificate of higher secondary education issued in Wallonia-Brussels. Students who hold a foreign certificate of secondary education must therefore submit an application to obtain a recognition of the equivalence of their secondary school leaving certificate to the Equivalences Department of the Ministry of Federation Wallonia-Brussels in order to be able to gain access to the Bachelor’s degree study programs.

Please note: In certain fields of study, as is the case for Belgian students, the foreign student must also pass an entrance examination (art school, engineering) or a competitive examination at the end of a first year of studies (medicine or dentistry).

If you wish to undertake an undergraduate degree (Bachelor’s degree), you must choose a specific course of training and get in touch with the university, institute or art school of your choice to find out all the terms and conditions of admission.

To be admitted to a graduate degree program (Master’s degree), the foreign student must generally hold an undergraduate degree (Bachelor’s degree, obtained generally after 3 years of study) in the same field. A personal or professional experience validated by the Admissions Panel of the institution according to a specific evaluation procedure can also be accepted to gain access to a graduate degree.

Holders of a certificate of higher education obtained abroad who wish to undertake a graduate degree in Wallonia-Brussels generally do not need to obtain a recognition of equivalence of their diploma from the Ministry of Federation Wallonia-Brussels. We advise you to get in touch with the higher education institution of your choice to check the terms and conditions of admission.

To be admitted to the Complementary Master’s degree (CM), the student must hold a graduate degree delivered by a higher education institution (Master’s degree) corresponding to 300 ECTS credits (generally acquired in 5 years of study).

Admission to postgraduate studies (doctorate) is reserved to students who hold a graduate degree corresponding to 300 ECTS credits (generally acquired in 5 years of study) or a graduate degree comparable and estimated at 300 ECTS credits by the Admissions Panel of the institution.

It is important to keep in mind that a doctoral thesis is written under the guidance of a supervisor (tutor). To apply for a doctorate, the student must submit a draft thesis that is sufficiently defined and obtain the written agreement of a supervisor.

If you wish to study for a doctorate, the first step is therefore to identify a professor working in your field of study and to contact him in order to present your research project for approval. To do so, we advise you to consult the universities websites. To find out more about postgraduate studies, consult the Doctoral Studies section.

If your admission application is accepted, a last step remains to be completed before gaining student status: enrolment with the institution of your choice.

To be properly enrolled, the student must:

* fulfil the admission requirements

* pay the tuition fees.

Each higher education institution has its own admissions and enrolments department. We advise you to get in touch with this department in order to obtain precise information on the admission and enrolment procedures you have to follow.

Students from the People’s Republic of China must obtain an academic evaluation certificate issued by the Academic Assessment Centre (APS) before being authorised to enrol in a higher education institution, a language course or other preparatory course in Belgium.

This APS certificate is also required to obtain the study visa for Belgium. The examination consists of a technical assessment of your diploma and of an interview. In certain cases, you can be exempted from this interview. To find out more, we recommend that you get in touch with the institution of your choice in Wallonia-Brussels and with the APS Centre based in Beijing:

Akademische Prufstelle Kulturreferat

Deutschen Botschaft Buro 0311 Landmark Tower 2 8, Dongsanhuan Beilu, Chaoyang Bezirk Beijing 100 004

Tel: 010/ 6590 0624 Fax: 010/6590 7140 Email: info@aps.org.cn

Website: www.aps.org.cn

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