Social sustainability classes typically study the use of concepts from various disciplines to make evaluations about the sustainability of several different trends that are salient to humans. Classes often look at issues such as ethics, social movements, the environment, politics and land development.

With university education being upper most level in the education system of the Belgium, the government has put more emphasis to make sure that the students’ lives is made as simple as possible through the loan and grants programs. They offer sponsors for international students with poor and vulnerable backgrounds who would like to study in this country.