Belgium runs three parallel higher education systems, one per language community, and the degree ladder inside each of them is shorter and more front-loaded than most international applicants expect: a bachelor's is 180 ECTS across three years, a master's is 60 or 120 ECTS, and you choose your field in the first semester rather than after a broad first year. No federal ministry sets one price, one deadline or one admission rule — the Flemish, French and German-speaking communities each set their own, so the distance between Ghent and Liège is administratively wider than the distance between Ghent and a Dutch university across the border. This guide follows that ladder level by level: what separates a professional bachelor's from an academic one, how the two fee models treat non-EEA students, how your school certificate or three-year bachelor's is assessed, what the type D visa and the money proof demand, and what the twelve-month search year is worth after graduation. For the institutions themselves, see our guide to universities in Belgium.
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Belgian higher education at a glance
The summary below reflects the published 2026/27 rules — what a reader planning September 2027 entry should budget against. Universities confirm exact 2027 dates on their own pages in the preceding autumn.
Decision point
Where Belgium stands in 2026/27
Degree ladder
Professional or academic bachelor's, 180 ECTS over 3 years; master's 60-120 ECTS over 1-2 years; doctorate 4-6 years
Tuition, EEA rate
1,335 USD per year for 60 credits in Flanders[1]; 1,349 USD base minerval in the French Community[2]
Tuition, non-EEA rate in Flanders
Set by each university and uncapped: 2297.40-8,000 USD per year at Ghent University[3], 10,728 USD at KU Leuven[1]
Tuition, non-EU rate in the French Community
Base minerval plus one fixed contribution: 1,349 USD + 4,718 USD = 6,067 USD per year at UCLouvain, with several exemptions[2]
Doctoral fees
No international surcharge: KU Leuven charges 668 USD at first registration and 668 USD in the defence year, nothing in between[4]
Language of instruction
Bachelor's almost entirely in Dutch, French or German at B2; English is concentrated in master's and doctoral programmes
Living cost
904-1,130 USD per month in Flanders and Brussels, accommodation included[5]
Money you must prove
1,200 USD per month, normally 14,401 USD placed on a blocked account for the year[6]
Visa and permit fees
Long-stay type D visa, 282 USD from 1 July 2026[7], plus a 284 USD immigration administrative fee for a public institution[8]
Main deadlines
1 February at KU Leuven for Dutch-taught programmes[9]; 31 March at UCLouvain[10] and 1 April at Ghent University for applicants who need a visa[11]
Credential recognition
Compulsory equivalence in the French Community — 452 USD, 4 to 12 weeks[12]; in Flanders the university usually decides, and NARIC Vlaanderen charges 138-459 USD when formal recognition is needed[13]
How you apply
No national portal. Each university runs its own online application, document checks and calendar
Work during study
20 hours per week in term time, unrestricted during official holidays, no separate work permit[14]
After graduation
Search year: a single 12-month residence permit to find work or start a business, not renewable[15]
Pros of studying in Belgium
🎓 A research university in the world top 60, and a second in the top 150
KU Leuven placed 46th in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2026[16] and 59th in QS World University Rankings 2027, its highest position so far[17]. Ghent University follows at 115th in THE 2026[18] and 150th in QS[19]. For a country of 12 million people that is dense output, but the list is short: your Belgian shortlist will hold three or four realistic programmes, not fifteen.
💶 The French Community puts a legal ceiling on what you can be charged
In Wallonia and francophone Brussels the price of a year is a base minerval of 1,349 USD plus one additional contribution fixed by ARES circular — 4,718 USD at UCLouvain, so 6,067 USD in total[2]. Four categories of applicant are exempt from the add-on and pay the base rate only, so run that eligibility check before you budget for the full figure.
🔬 A doctorate here is a salaried position, not a bill
Doctoral candidates are normally employed by the university as academic staff, with a salary, social security and teaching duties, and the international surcharge does not reach them: KU Leuven charges 668 USD at first registration and 668 USD again in the year of the defence, with no fee in between[4]. UCLouvain exempts doctoral students from the 4,718 USD non-EU contribution altogether[2]. For a research-track applicant this reverses the usual economics of studying abroad.
🇪🇺 Brussels puts the employer in the same city as the campus
The EU institutions, NATO headquarters and several hundred international organisations and corporate offices sit inside one metropolitan area that also holds universities from two different communities. If you are heading for international relations, EU law, public policy or trade, the internship and the first employer are a tram ride from the lecture hall.
🕒 Twelve months to find work after you graduate
Non-EEA graduates of a recognised Belgian institution can apply for a search year: a residence permit valid for 12 months from the date of application, allowing you to look for a job or set up a business with full labour-market access[15]. Belgium uses the upper limit permitted by EU Directive 2016/801, which obliges member states to grant at least nine months. There is no second attempt: the permit is issued once and is not renewable.
🗣️ You leave with two working languages instead of one
Studying in Dutch or French while taking English-taught courses alongside is the normal pattern here, and universities run their own language centres for exactly that. In a labour market where most vacancies outside the international sector ask for the regional language plus English, that second language is what converts a diploma into an interview.
Fees, grading, admission tests, recognition of your diploma and the structure of institutions all change at the language border, because the communities and the universities' own academic councils decide them, not the federal state. Advice from someone admitted in Ghent does not transfer to Liège, and a checklist written for one community will quietly mislead you in the other.
💸 In Flanders the non-EEA fee is uncapped and institution-specific
Flemish universities set their own rate for students without EEA nationality or Belgian permanent residence. Ghent University charges 2,596 USD a year for arts, law, psychology and educational sciences master's programmes and 8,000 USD for science, engineering, medical, veterinary and economics ones[3], while KU Leuven charges 10,728 USD for the same 60 credits[1]. Comparing countries by an average annual fee is useless here — price the individual programme.
🗓️ The deadlines fall in winter, more than six months before term
KU Leuven closes Dutch-taught applications on 1 February[9], UCLouvain closes on 31 March for applicants who need a visa[10], and Ghent University on 1 April for the same group[11]. Since French Community equivalence alone takes 4 to 12 weeks and must be finished first, the real start of the process is the previous autumn. Missing the window moves your entry by a full year.
🇬🇧 An English-taught bachelor's barely exists
English-taught provision is concentrated at master's and doctoral level; at bachelor's level it appears only in scattered theology, philosophy and business programmes. School leavers therefore need Dutch or French at B2 before applying, not by the end of the first year, and that usually means a preparatory language year on top of the degree.
🩺 Medicine and dentistry run a hard-quota competitive exam
The French Community admits medical and dental students through one centralised entrance competition, and non-residents are capped at 15% of all admissions[20]. Roughly one candidate in three who reaches deliberation gets a place, and the exam is sat in French — the detailed figures are further down this page. Plan a backup country rather than a backup university.
💰 The money is proven before departure, and part-time work will not close the gap
The immigration office requires 1,200 USD per month, normally 14,401 USD blocked for the year, before it will consider a study application[6]. On top of that come tuition, the 282 USD visa fee, the 284 USD administrative fee and, in the French Community, the 452 USD equivalence file. Term-time work is capped at 20 hours a week and is banned during scheduled classes, so it supplements the budget rather than funding it.
Who Belgium suits — and who should look elsewhere
Belgium rarely wins a single-criterion comparison. It is not the cheapest European destination and not the most English-friendly. What it offers is a combination: a moderate official fee, a compact country where four university cities sit within an hour of each other by train, and a capital that hosts the institutions many graduates in law, policy and international affairs want to work for.
Master's applicants in policy, EU law, economics and international affairs. English-taught provision at this level is adequate, Brussels supplies the internships, and the language barrier moves from admission to employment rather than blocking both.
Research-track applicants. The third cycle costs an international candidate less than the first two, for the reasons set out above.
School leavers already at B1 in Dutch or French with a year to spare. With a year of language work the bachelor's route is realistic, and the fee stays inside the ranges above. Without any Dutch or French, look at European systems that teach the first cycle in English.
Applicants who can fund the whole first year up front. The proven living funds above plus your programme's tuition is the entry ticket, and a scholarship is not a plan you can rely on to cover it.
Two profiles should think twice: applicants aiming at medicine or dentistry without a parallel application in another country, and anyone counting on part-time work to cover a shortfall. With weak language preparation, a year spent on the language and then an English-taught master's application usually costs less than a bachelor's entered through a preparatory programme that ends at the same exam anyway.
Which fee model applies depends on the community your university belongs to, not on your nationality or your subject.
Flanders. The standard fee is a fixed part plus a per-credit part: 345 USD plus 16 USD per credit[3]. It covers EEA nationals and non-EEA students with Belgian permanent residence; everyone else pays an institution-set rate that no national rule limits.
French Community. The base minerval drops to 944 USD in the intermediate financial category and 423 USD for low-income students[2]. The non-EU contribution on top is fixed by ARES circular, and transitional rates protect students who began a bachelor's in 2023/24 or 2024/25 without interruption.
German-speaking Community. One institution, the Autonome Hochschule Ostbelgien in Eupen, teaches first-cycle education and healthcare programmes in German at no separate international rate. The choice is narrow and part of the training runs in French.
Doctoral study is the exception to both models: Flemish universities charge a registration fee only twice, and the French Community exempts doctoral candidates from the non-EU contribution. With most candidates on a paid university position, the third cycle costs an international student less than the first two, not more.
The language map is the map of administrative borders along which admission rules change.
Flanders, in the north, works in Dutch;
Wallonia, in the south, with its administrative centre in Namur, works in French;
The Eastern Cantons, around Eupen, work in German.
Brussels is officially bilingual, so institutions of both communities operate in one city under different rules: Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Dutch under Flemish regulations, Université libre de Bruxelles in French under the French Community's. When a programme says "in Brussels", check which community runs it before planning a deadline or a recognition file. And plan for the language of the level you are entering, not the language of the university's website.
Higher education system in Belgium
Organization
Degree
Cycle
Duration
Total credits
College
Professional Bachelor's
First
3
180
College
Academic Bachelor's
First
3
180
College
Master's
Second
1-2
60-120
University
Academic Bachelor's
First
3
180
University
Master's
Second
1-2
60-120
University
Doctoral / PhD
Third
4-6
240-360
Flemish community divides higher education institutions into universities (universiteiten) and colleges (hogescholen).
The French community also distinguishes universities (universités), while the colleges are subdivided into general (Hautes écoles) and specialized art schools, which are allowed to conduct their own entrance examinations (Écoles supérieures des Arts).
The German-speaking community owns only one educational institution (Autonome Hochschule in der Deutschsprachigen Gemeinschaft), which offers specialized first-cycle programs in the field of health and education.
The options for admission to universities in Belgium
Routes into Belgian higher education: school leavers enter a bachelor's directly or through a preparatory year, bachelor's holders continue to a master's or a bridging programme, and master's holders move on to a doctorate.
Belgium has no UCAS and no ministry-run clearing house. Every university runs its own application, document verification and calendar, and the three communities do not share a database. Three consequences follow.
Deadlines are set per university and sometimes per programme. At KU Leuven, English-taught programmes each run their own window alongside the 1 February Dutch-taught deadline[9]. Ghent University asks visa applicants for a complete file before 1 April and everyone else before 1 June[11].
Some applications cost money before they are read. Université de Liège charges non-EU applicants 226 USD per file, deducted from tuition if you enrol and lost if you are refused[21]. Applying to everything is an expensive strategy here.
The file must be complete on the deadline, not merely started. Ghent University counts an application as submitted only once its Qualification Check verification is included, which adds weeks[11].
The workable pattern is three or four programmes spanning both communities: a Flemish option, where the university usually assesses your diploma itself, and a French Community option, where equivalence is a separate procedure with its own fee and calendar. Staying inside one community concentrates all your risk on a single deadline.
Admission and requirements at universities in Belgium
Recognition of your school certificate or previous degree
Recognition is the step that most often costs an applicant a year, and it works differently on each side of the language border.
Flanders and the German-speaking Community. No separate equivalence document is usually needed for admission — the university assesses your qualification from a certified translation. Formal NARIC Vlaanderen recognition is for work, a regulated profession or a transfer, and is priced by type: 138 USD for level recognition, 275 USD for a named qualification and 459 USD for a doctorate, indexed every January[13].
French Community. Equivalence is compulsory before enrolment, issued by the Service des équivalences of the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles. The fee is 452 USD and processing takes 4 to 12 weeks, longer in peak months or with an incomplete file; the 2026/27 window ran from 15 November 2025 to 15 July 2026[12]. Since Université de Liège and UCLouvain close applications on 31 March, the equivalence file goes in during the autumn, not the spring.
Neither body publishes a table mapping foreign certificates onto Belgian ones — every file is assessed individually[23]. Three practical points follow for applicants holding non-European qualifications:
A twelve-year school certificate — CBSE, ISC, WAEC, NECO, a US high school diploma — is neither automatically accepted nor refused. The assessment looks at subjects and hours, so send the full transcript, not just the final statement of results, and expect the preparatory-year question.
The IB and A-levels travel most predictably, because both services read them regularly.
A three-year bachelor's is generally accepted for master's entry, since the Belgian academic bachelor's is itself 180 ECTS. Advanced master's programmes (manama, master de spécialisation) and some professional ones ask for 240 ECTS; there the missing year is closed by a bridging programme, not waived.
Either route needs documents legalised — an apostille if your country is party to the Hague Convention — and translated by a sworn translator. Both happen at home and both take weeks, so they belong at the start of the timeline.
Documents for the equivalence service
A certificate or diploma of previous education and a transcript with grades;
Programmes taught in a community language normally ask for B2 at both bachelor's and master's level, while English-taught master's programmes set B2 or C1 depending on the university and the faculty. Universities also waive the certificate for applicants who already completed a degree taught in that language, so check the exemption list on the programme page before booking a test.
Application timeline for 2027 entry
The calendar below is built around the tightest Belgian scenario — a French Community university with a visa, where the university deadline falls on 31 March. For Flanders the middle of the schedule shifts about a month later, except for Dutch-taught programmes at KU Leuven, which close on 1 February.
When
What to do
15-18 months before
Choose the community and the language, start working towards B2, and check the non-EEA rate for every programme on your list
12 months before
Legalise the certificate or diploma and the transcript, and order the sworn translation
November-December
Submit the equivalence file to the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles and pay the 452 USD fee; in Flanders, start a NARIC file only if you actually need formal recognition
January-February
Sit the language exam; close the 1 February KU Leuven deadline if your route is Dutch-taught
March
Submit French Community applications before 31 March and pay any handling fee
April-May
Close the 1 April Ghent University deadline for visa applicants; assemble the visa file
June-August
Collect the admission letter, arrange the blocked account or sponsor commitment, book the visa appointment and pay the fees
First 8 days after arrival
Register at your commune, start the residence permit procedure and join a health fund
Foundation — Preparatory courses in Belgian universities
Belgian universities run one-year preparatory programmes (preparatory year) that carry full student status. They exist to bring applicants who fall short of the language requirement up to the level the degree demands, usually across several tracks for different starting levels.
Entry levels for the preparatory year are set by each institution and sit below the B2 or C1 the degree itself requires — check the figure on the programme page rather than assuming a national standard. Ghent University additionally requires applicants for its Preparatory Year of Dutch to apply before 1 April preceding enrolment, the same deadline as a degree application[11].
Documents for the preparatory year
Copy of the passport;
Copy of the diploma of previous education and a transcript with grades, with a certified translation into English, French, Dutch or German;
Language test results at the level the preparatory programme asks for;
Certificate of admission to a Belgian university.
Some universities interview applicants for motivation and language level, and the final exams produce a B2 or C1 certificate. Note that a type D visa is not issued for language study alone: run the full bachelor's or master's admission procedure in parallel with the preparatory application.
University College — Vocational training
Colleges (university colleges) are public institutions with an applied focus and no research mission. They award bachelor's and master's degrees, but those degrees are not equivalent to university ones. IT, business, healthcare and art dominate the offer.
Undergraduate programmes take 3 years and 180 credits; the exception is nursing, reformed in 2016/17 into a four-year 240-credit degree to meet the EU professional-qualifications directive[25]. All programs are divided into professional (professional bachelor) and academic (academic bachelor). A professional degree is issued only by colleges and leads to employment. An academic degree is issued by colleges and universities and gives access to the corresponding master's course. In addition, some Flemish universities run bridging programmes that last one year and allow college graduates to enter a university master's. Some institutions also offer specialised undergraduate programmes (advanced bachelor, banaba, bachelier de spécialisation), which last one year and raise professional qualifications.
Additional entrance tests
Universities conduct mandatory entrance tests for admission to undergraduate programs in the following areas: medicine and dentistry, art, engineering (only in French Community universities), and management.
Quotas and competition for medicine and dentistry
In the French Community, admission to medicine and dentistry runs through one centralised entrance competition (concours d'entrée et d'accès) organised annually by ARES. Candidates are ranked by score and admitted until the quota of places set by the government is exhausted, and the share of non-residents among those admitted is capped at 15%.
In the 2025 session, 6674 registrations produced 5294 candidates at deliberation, of whom 1648 were admitted: 1462 in medical sciences, including 219 non-residents, and 186 in dental sciences, including 27 non-residents[20]. That is an admission rate of about 31% among those who reached deliberation, before the language barrier is counted — the exam is sat in French.
Registration for the competition closes months before the exam date, and a missed registration window moves the attempt by a full year. Treat a Belgian medical application as one branch of a plan that includes another country, not as a standalone route.
The academic bachelor's runs on lectures and theory; the professional one adds workplace internships. The academic year is split into two or three semesters, each closing with an examination period.
Master's in Belgium — Graduate / Postgraduate
Master's programmes take 1-2 years (60-120 credits) and open the way to doctoral study. Some universities add specialised one-year programmes for master's holders (advanced master, manama, master de spécialisation), aimed at working professionals raising a qualification.
Dutch and French still dominate, but this is the level where English-taught provision is real. The thesis carries a large share of the credits, and the academic year runs September to July.
Only universities offer doctoral programmes and award the PhD degree. The duration varies by region and university — about 4 years (240 credits) in Flanders and 4 to 6 years (240-360 credits) in Wallonia. The main focus of doctoral studies is the thesis, which can also be written at a college or art school on condition that the institution is partnered with a university.
You enrol by approaching a supervisor directly with a research plan; the study committee then approves the project and its funding. A CV and a letter of recommendation are usually required, and an interview may follow. The candidate is normally employed as the supervisor's assistant, with teaching duties alongside the research, and finishes by defending the thesis publicly.
Academic career in Belgium
Flemish universities split staff into permanent professors (ZAP), assistants (AAP) and special staff (BAP). A permanent ZAP post officially requires three years of research experience after the degree, but in practice goes to candidates with more than six[26].
French Community universities run a five-stage ladder from PhD candidate through chargé de recherches to Directeur de recherches, with promotion judged on research record and publications[27].
Doctoral output grows every year while permanent posts do not, so most graduates move into industry or the public sector.
Scholarships and grants in Belgium
Belgian funding is concentrated at master's and doctoral level. A fully funded bachelor's for an international student is effectively not available, so the realistic strategy at first-cycle level is to choose a programme whose published fee you can already pay, and to treat any reduction as a bonus.
Master Mind Scholarships (Flanders). 11,554 USD per academic year plus a tuition waiver — the host institution may charge no more than the lowest local rate, 154 USD for 2026/27[28]. Funding runs one year for a 60-credit master's and two for a 120-credit one, with a few places reserved for specific countries. The call opens once a year, so plan it one cycle ahead, alongside the university application.
Exemption from the non-EU contribution (French Community). Nationals of countries listed in the annual ARES circular, holders of a French Community secondary certificate, doctoral candidates and holders of Wallonia-Brussels International scholarships pay only the base minerval rather than the 6,067 USD total[2]. This is not a competitive award — it is an eligibility check you should run before you assume the higher figure.
Erasmus Mundus joint master's and Erasmus+ exchange. Joint master's degrees are funded at consortium level and selected internationally, so competition is far heavier than for a university's own award; exchange grants cover a mobility period rather than a full degree.
Doctoral positions. The most reliable third-cycle funding is not a scholarship at all but a paid position, applied for as a vacancy rather than through an admissions round.
The order of operations matters more than the search: institutions shortlist candidates they have already admitted, so the university application comes first and the funding question second. Several Flemish universities also lower their institutional rate for applicants from development-assistance countries, a reduction you claim inside the application rather than afterwards. Broader guidance is in our overview of scholarships for international students.
EU, EEA and Swiss citizens need no student visa. Everyone else studying longer than three months needs a long-stay type D visa, and two separate payments are routinely confused.
The visa handling fee is 282 USD from 1 July 2026, up from 203 USD, and the higher amount applies to anyone whose appointment falls after 30 June 2026 even if the appointment was booked earlier. Holders of Belgian government, university or international-organisation scholarships may be exempt[7].
The immigration administrative fee is 284 USD for a student at a public higher education institution and 273 USD at a private one, in force since 1 January 2026. Applicants under 18 are exempt, as are holders of a government scholarship certified by the Directorate-General for Development Cooperation[8]. Without proof that this fee is paid, the visa application is not examined.
Financial means for 2026/27 are calculated at 1,200 USD net per month, provable in four ways: a blocked account opened through the institution holding twelve months' worth, that is 14,401 USD; a blocked account with one of the financial services companies the Immigration Office accepts; a scholarship or study-loan certificate; or a sponsor's formal commitment on the prescribed annex[6]. If transfers from your country are slow or restricted, ask the university's finance office which route it supports before booking a visa appointment.
Within 8 days of arrival, every student — EU nationals included — must report to the local commune to start the residence permit procedure. The residence card issued at the end of it carries the annotation that governs your right to work.
Required documents
Original passport;
Original visa application ;
Proof of payment of the visa and administrative fees ;
Two colour photographs, 35x45 mm;
Original proof of university admission ;
Proof of means of subsistence at 1,200 USD per month ;
Original and certified translation of the certificate or diploma of previous education;
A medical examination certificate from a consulate-approved medical centre ;
Extract from the court register ;
Copy of the passport;
Consent to the processing of personal information;
Preferred language statement.
Health insurance and your first weeks in Belgium
Health cover is compulsory from the first day and is the student's own responsibility. For the visa you either show existing cover — a scholarship policy or private travel medical insurance valid until the academic year begins — or you are issued a type D visa with code B-43, which is conditional on joining a Belgian health fund after arrival[22].
With a conditional visa you receive a temporary four-month residence certificate and register with one of the Belgian mutualities as soon as possible after arrival. While the residence permit is pending, the legal contribution is 84 USD per quarter, and the optional membership contribution for supplementary services runs about 24-28 USD per quarter[22]. An unregistered student pays the full price of a hospital admission, so this is not a step to postpone.
The health fund is one of three arrival tasks, alongside the commune registration and a residence check by the neighbourhood police officer at your declared address. Each has its own queue, so set aside specific days in the first semester.
EU, EEA and Swiss nationals can work in Belgium during their studies without restriction.
Non-EEA students holding a student residence permit may work up to 20 hours per week during the academic year and without an hour limit during official holiday periods. A separate work permit C is no longer part of this: the residence permit itself authorises you to work for any employer, subject to the hour cap[14]. Two restrictions are easy to miss — you may not work during hours when you are timetabled for classes or other programme activities, and you may not work in the summer before your first academic year in Belgium begins.
Twenty hours a week at student rates covers part of your living costs, not the degree — which is why the Immigration Office demands the proof of means in advance. A job of at least 80 hours a month earns working-student status at most universities, which brings a more flexible study and examination schedule; institutional job services help find positions that fit the rules.
Staying in Belgium after graduation
The search year (zoekjaar, année de recherche) is a 12-month residence permit open to non-EEA graduates of recognised institutions only — graduates of private ones are excluded, and the permit cannot be renewed or extended[15].
The timing rule is where applications fail. You apply at the commune where you live at the latest 15 days before your student residence permit expires — not after it lapses. A complete, timely application obliges the Immigration Office to decide within 90 days, and if your student card expires before the decision arrives, the commune issues an annex 15 certificate that covers your stay for 45 days and can be renewed twice[15].
The file asks for your Belgian degree certificate, a valid passport and residence card, proof of health insurance with a Belgian fund, a compliant photograph and proof of sufficient means — a blocked account, a sponsor's commitment or an employment contract[15]. The funds requirement does not disappear when the studies end.
Within those twelve months you convert the status or leave. An employment contract moves you onto a work-based permit; self-employment requires a professional card before you may trade. Salary thresholds are set regionally by Flanders, Brussels and Wallonia and revised annually, so check the figure with the region where your employer sits, not a national number.
The binding constraint on a graduate job here is language, not the diploma. Outside the international sector, employers expect the regional language at working level as well as English, so a graduate of an English-taught master's who never took Dutch or French competes for a narrow slice of the market. Build that second language during the degree, not during the search year. Inside the international sector, recruitment in law, policy, economics, translation and communications is continuous, and an internship during the degree is the normal entry point.
Because Belgium is part of the Bologna framework, the degree reads correctly across Europe without further steps. When a formal statement is needed — for a regulated profession or a public-sector post — Flanders issues it through NARIC Vlaanderen and the French Community through its own equivalence service, at the fees listed earlier.
Professional assistance in applying to a foreign university
