1. Fundability rules

If, at the end of the June or September assessment period, you have passed all of your credits, you are automatically fundable in the same programme, regardless of how many academic enrolments you have previously had. 

After taking a break from your academic studies for five consecutive years (no enrolment at a higher education institution), your fundability is reset (to zero). You will then be able to re-enrol in the programme of your choice, provided you meet its entry requirements.

The 2019–2020 academic year, known as the "Covid year", is not taken into account when assessing fundability. However, credits earned during that year are taken into account.

For example, a student who was enrolled in 2019–2020, 2020–2021, 2022–2023 and 2023–2024 counts as having three enrolments.

Any change of programme involving a change in the type of higher education institution or the main title of the diploma is considered a change of course. Here are some examples of changes of course:

- Higher School of Law → University of Law;

- Bachelor’s in Law → Bachelor’s in History;

- Master’s 120 → Master’s 60;

- Course taken outside the French Community of Belgium → course within the French Community of Belgium.

Here are some examples that do not constitute a change of course:

- Master’s in History with Specialisation A → Master’s in History with Specialisation B;

- Transition Bachelor’s in Law at UCLouvain → Transition Bachelor’s in Law at another institution within the French Community of Belgium.

There is no predefined limit on the number of changes of course. However, the guidelines effectively prevent students from changing course an unlimited number of times. This will depend on the similarity of the courses taken and the credits potentially recognised by the programme selection panels. 

If you are enrolled in a reduced study program (as agreed with your faculty), you are entitled to an additional half-year, rounded up to the next whole number :

- One academic year in a reduced study program → +0.5, i.e. 1 year

- Two academic years in a reduced study program → +1 year

- Three academic years in a reduced study program → +1.5, i.e. 2 years

- Four academic years in a reduced study program → +2 years

- … 

If you have additional entry requirements / a complementary module (often referred to as a “passerelle”), you will be granted one or two extra years to reach the final guideline or obtaining your degree.

This depends on the number of credits in your complementary module (in French : Module Complémentaire - MC):

- MC worth 1 to 30 credits: one extra year,

- MC worth 31 to 60 credits: two extra years.

Please note: the 60-credit requirement after two enrolments is not postponed; only the final one - graduation - is postponed. 

A student who, over the course of two academic years, has failed an entrance examination or any other test giving access to these courses in France or abroad will no longer be fundable for the following programmes in Belgium:

- Medicine

- Dentistry

- Pharmacy

- Physiotherapy

- Speech and Language Therapy

- Veterinary Medicine

If you have enrolled in veterinary science, have earned at least 45 credits by the end of your first year of study, and have not obtained the certificate of progression to the next stage of the programme, you are entitled to an additional year.