As a new international student or researcher at Ghent University, you will be faced with a multitude of changes, decisions and adjustments; perhaps the most exciting and challenging of these will be your ongoing adjustment to life in Belgium. A pattern of cultural adjustment often occurs over a period of several weeks or months.

Paperwork and administration

• Registration at host town

• Insurance

Everyday life

• Code of conduct: know Belgian customs and fit in
  

• Utilities and housekeeping
  

• Shopping: specialised shops, markets, guarantee etc.
  

• Personal safety: keeping safe, police, emergency
  

• Bringing your children along: childcare and schools

• International life

• Keeping in touch: stay in direct line with your home country