Universities in Belgium for international students

EURECA-PRO is a European Universities alliance uniting nine universities from Austria, Germany, Greece, Poland, Belgium, France, Spain, and Romania, including technical and comprehensive, research-led universities and universities of applied sciences.

A pioneer of the first wave of European Universities Alliances, CIVIS brings together 11 member universities in Europe and 6 associate members in Africa embarked on an odyssey to transform higher education. CIVIS is an Alliance where we join forces to do together what we could not do apart.

Ghent University is a top 100 university and one of the major universities in Belgium. Our 11 faculties offer more than 200 courses and conduct in-depth research within a wide range of scientific domains. Ghent University Global Campus is also the first European university in Songdo, South Korea.

The Faculty of Engineering and Architecture is one of the largest faculties of Ghent University. It combines state-of-the-art research with a top-notch education in all significant engineering and architecture fields. The faculty strongly focuses on international relations. It offers a wide array of master's programmes taught in English and is active in all major exchange programmes. Through research collaboration and educational links with top European institutions, the faculty strives to further enhance its international perspective.

The Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp, Belgium, promotes the advancement of science and health for all, through innovative research, advanced education, professional services and capacity building of partner institutions in the South. For us, scientific excellence and societal impact are two sides of the same coin.

The Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (SBS-EM) was created in 1903 by Ernest Solvay, a well-known humanist, and captain of industry. Today, the School is proud to be part of the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), which now has among its faculties a high-quality faculty dedicated to Economics and Management. As always, SBS-EM honors the main goals set by its founders, namely: training leaders who aspire to the ‘Homo Universalis’ ideal, highlighting through its programs the necessity of having a multi-disciplinary perspective, and focusing on quantitative and scientific approaches.

Our double degree programmes combine excellent technical education with training in innovation and entrepreneurship as well as internships at companies, industry partners and cities across Europe.

UCLL University of Applied Sciences is a public university in Belgium. It offers 3-year professional bachelor degrees in the fields of International Business Management – Marketing (track in Belgium and track across Europe) and Applied Computer Sciences (track in Belgium). All courses are taught in English. The campus is located in the student city of Leuven, ranked top 40 best student cities in the world (QS Ranking). It’s a small, clean, and safe city with a lot of cultural diversity and third part of the population being students, just 25km from the European capital of Brussels.

The Economics School of Louvain (ESL) is based at UCLouvain Belgium in Louvain-la-Neuve. It offers top-quality Master's programs in Economics taught by leading academic professors, offering a wide range of advanced and interdisciplinary courses in Macroeconomics / Public Economics / Labour Economics / Industrial Organisation / International Economics / Family Economics / Development Economics/ Econometrics / Game Theory/ Social Choice Theory / Economics of Poverty / The Economics of the Third Sector/ Behavioural Economics. ESL provides among the best preparations for Ph.D. programs and high-level professional careers. 

Why come to Belgium and to VIVES?

The Faculty of Bioscience Engineering within Ghent University is a European research leader in the field of applied biological and life sciences or bioengineering. We educate generations of scientists in leading-edge research and high-impact work with governments and communities, industry, and NGOs, to support innovation and sustainability in life sciences while managing and protecting natural and man-made ecosystems.

Ranked #21 worldwide for its joint-EMBA programme by QS, UBI Business School is a leading English-language business school offering high-quality international Undergraduate and Postgraduate business curricula with a strong international dimension and focus on digital economy/technology, and good citizenship. Along with being awarded an additional 5-Star Overall by QS and pairing us with an elite group of higher education institutions, UBI Business School is also a member of the Business Graduates Association (BGA). With three campuses situated in the heart of vibrant financial centres (Brussels, Luxembourg and Shanghai), UBI strives to develop a global environment to help prepare our students for tomorrow’s business world, creating international opportunities for your career and professional development. Since 2012, UBI has been developing its programmes in partnership with Middlesex University London (UK), which ranks as one of the top 500 universities (Higher Education Statistics Agency) and top 10 transnational universities (Times Higher Education) in the world. In 2023, UBI Business School has achieved a prestigious 5-star overall rating (Excellent) in the academically renowned QS rating system, with additional 5 Stars earned in three important categories: Employability, Teaching and Online Learning.

The European University of Post-Industrial Cities (UNIC) was established in 2020 with the aim of offering an inclusive education for a new generation of students. An alliance of 10 European universities based in post-industrial cities and funded by the European Commission, work hand-in-hand with city institutions to ensure that urban issues feed into teaching and research in a manner that is accessible and inclusive for all learners. The alliance is launching its first joint master degree in 2023 and is looking for students who will advance the post-industrial transformations of their cities and become highly-skilled graduates in new scientific disciplines that respond to the needs of the changing economy in Europe and around the world.

Join a world-class Business School recognized by double accreditation. HEC Liège is internationally accredited, reflecting our commitment to educate our students to the highest international standards of excellence. Alongside our awards (members of the Conférences des Grandes Ecoles, BSIS awards, etc.), we are proud of being part of the top 1% of business schools worldwide being double accredited by both EQUIS and AACSB for all our activities (from bachelor to doctorate and all executive education). This benefits the value of the HEC Liège degree on the national and international job market.

University of Kent is a globally recognized university. We inspire our graduates to do outstanding things in the world.