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Get a degree in a safe and green environment

Limburg is not the usual busy high-stress big-city environment you so often find near the universities. No. Here you can find campuses which are only a bicycle ride away from green fields and inviting rural safe villages.

In the last years we have seen a growth in the number of directions we offer on bachelors and masters level. We also see the number of foreign students and professors increasing which shows once again our openness for foreign talent.

Universiteit Hasselt UCLL PXL LIMBURG STUDENT HOTSPOT

Universiteit Hasselt

Why study at Hasselt University?

  • high quality education
  • affordable education
  • study in the heart of Europe
  • stay in a multilingual, open-minded society

5 high quality English masters programmes:

  • master of Interior Architecture
  • master of Management
  • master of Biomedical Sciences
  • master of Transportation Sciences (also in distance learning)
  • master of Statistics and Data Science (also in distance learning)

We believe that we can serve our community best by being a civic university. We want to make our region strong to build a future, a career, a business, a home, a life.

More information on www.uhasselt.be/en  and via this short introductory video

UCLL

UC Leuven-Limburg (UCLL) is one of the major universities of applied sciences

9 campuses in Genk, Diepenbeek, Hasselt, Diest &Leuven

14.000 students

PXL

PXL University of Applied Sciences and Arts is a young dynamic and vibrant organisation; a centre of expertise for innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship.

 

PXL offers professional associate degrees and bachelor programmes in Business, Education, Green & Tech, Healthcare, Digital, Media&Tourism, Music, Social Work and bachelor and master programmes in Arts.

5 campuses:

And other authentic learning environments as:

  • Mediahuis Hasselt
  • Corda Campus Hasselt
  • DronePort Sint-Truiden
  • Clavis Hasselt
  • Centrum Duurzaam Groen Genk

6.645 students- of which 10% international students

LIMBURG STUDENT HOTSPOT

Information & coordination for | by | with students, student organisations, student committees

Support for International Students
For international students to become more quickly integrated into Belgium society, both during their studies and thereafter, the driving force needed to promote appropriate and flexible job search prospects is crucial. This can be achieved by creating Human Resources/Internationalization Desk/Centre specializing in job listing provision through enabling environment with the Student Council AUHL (Limburg University-Hogescholen Association). The desk of Student Hotspot will provide international students with information about current job listings in various categories, through online platforms such as UHasselt and Hogeschool PXL in collaboration with Younit, Interim agencies, and student associations.

Services:
1. Student activities in Hasselt & Diepenbeek
2. Student services
3. Space for relaxing, meeting, partying etc.
4. Student jobs

Jump in:
Kapertoren, Elfde-Liniestraat 15a, 3500 Hasselt | Open: Mo – Th 12am > 6pm

Website: www.studenthotspot.be/en

an initiative by the Associatie Universiteit-Hogescholen Limburg (AUHL), the Limburg Student Hotspot aims to connect more than 15,000 Hasselt students with each other and their surroundings.

Study in Belgium

Flanders, where great minds grow

International students

Study in Flanders represents the 18 Flemish higher education institutions of Flanders and Brussels. The main language of instruction at these institutions is Dutch, but they also have a wide range of English-taught study programmes on offer. For more information about studying and living in Flanders and Brussels, you can contact them or meet them at international recruitment fairs (virtual or face-to-face).

Study options & assistance

Study options & assistance

Belgium, uniquely phenomenal

Discover everything about Study in Flanders,
the Programmes and Scholarships

Types of higher education

Graduate training

  • Vocational training situated between secondary education and a professional bachelor’s degree
  • At a college
  • Prepare for a profession and a professional bachelor’s degree
  • Study size: 90 or 120 credits

Professional bachelor’s degree

  • Focused on professional practice: you acquire competences necessary for the self-employment of one or more professions.
  • At a college
  • Study size: at least 180 credits

Academic bachelor’s degree

Broad academic (theoretical) education or training in the arts

Prepare yourself mainly for a master’s programme

At a university, School of Arts or Higher Maritime School

Study size: at least 180 credits

Master

  • Advanced scientific or artistic knowledge and competences
  • Concludes with a master’s thesis
  • At a university, School of Arts or Higher Maritime School
  • Study size: at least 60 credits. Research master: 120 credits.

After your bachelor’s or master’s

After a bachelor’s programme you can follow a bachelor’s-after-bachelor’s programme. A master’s-after-master’s programme follows another master’s programme. These courses ensure that you can further develop your acquired knowledge and competences within a particular field of study.
Both these programmes have a study size of at least 60 credits.

easy travelling

You have a diploma from abroad

The recognition of foreign qualifications

Do you hold a foreign qualification and are you looking to come and work in Flanders? A recognised foreign qualification will give you better job opportunities on the Flemish labour market.
Naric

Help submitting your file at Naric

Leerwinkel Genk offers information on training courses but also the possibility of individual guidance or guidance in groups in determining the choice of study, and addressing possible thresholds and preconditions (financial, mobility, language, ...).
The Leerwinkel can also inform and/or supervise for diploma equalisation.
Genk leerwinkel

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