Additional contribution
In accordance with ARES Circular No. 2025-001 of 18 February 2025, all students who are not citizens of the European Union, with the exception for those who meet one of the criteria listed below, are required to pay annual registration fees (€835) and an additional contribution (€4,175), for a total of €5,010
The following students are exempt from paying the additional contribution:
- Assimilated to a Belgian student (to be proven by the candidate);
- Citizens of a country mentioned in Annexes 1 to 3 of Circular No. 2025-001;
- Holders of a higher secondary education certificate issued by a fully-fledged secondary education institution or a social promotion institution organised or subsidised by the French Community after two years of schooling within the education system organised or subsidised by the French Community;
- Those enrolled in a postgraduate programme (PhD);
- Those enrolled in an AESS programme, or any master's programme in education that would replace it;
- Recipients of a scholarship issued by Wallonia-Brussels International.
Transitional regime
If you began your current degree programme during the 2023–2024 academic year or the 2024–2025 academic year:
- If you are of a nationality listed in Appendix 1 of ARES Circular No. 2024-001, you are subject to a transitional regime. Your registration fees amount to €2,505 (until 2026-2027 at the latest) provided that you continue in the same program without interruption.
- If you interrupt or change your program or cycle, your enrolment fees will be €5,010.
If you started your current degree programme between the 2014–2015 academic year and the 2022–2023 academic year inclusive:
- If you have the nationality of one of the countries listed in Appendix 1 of ARES Circular No. 2021-001 of 14 December 2021, you are subject to a transitional regime. Your registration fees amount to €4,175 (until 2026-2027 at the latest) provided that you continue in the same program without interruption.
- If you interrupt or change your program or cycle, your enrolment fees will be €5,010.
Possible administration fees
Students who have a non-EU nationality and are not assimilated to Belgian students (except for specialised master's degrees, doctorates, international joint degrees, or Erasmus Mundus exchanges) will be asked to pay a €200 application fee after confirming their application online. If their application for enrolment is accepted, this fee will be deducted from the enrolment fees for the programme in which they are enrolled. In all other cases, this fee will not be refunded.
Annexes
ARES Circular No. 2024-001
ARES Circular No. 2021-001 of 14 December 2021
ARES Circular No. 2025-001 of 18 February 2025
