(Get ready for) your stay

Before arrival

• Admission requirements
• Application procedure
• Study programme
• Checklist: Things to do before your arrival in Ghent
• Housing
• Transport & Travel

Upon arrival

• Checklist: Once you've arrived in Ghent

Welcome Days

Ghent University organizes welcome days for all new international students. Please attend both the UGent and the FEA welcome days to get all information and documents for a smooth start of your studies in Ghent.

• UGent Welcome day
• FEA welcome days: iWISE - Introduction Week(day) for International Students in Engineering

During your stay

Your studies in Ghent

• Faculty's calendar 2025-2026
• Faculty's calendar 2026-2027
• UGent calendar

• Academic contacts per study programme
• Course catalogue
• Time tables
• Changing your Learning Agreement
• Education and Examination Code
• Exams
• Exams outside of the official exam period

• Facilities at Ghent University
• Language courses
• Buddy programme

Master's dissertation/Research for incoming students

• How to add thesis work to your Learning Agreement
• Master's dissertation

Manual

• Oasis-web for students

Student administration

• Prolonging your stay
• Reporting absence
• Transcript of Records and grades
• Use of electronic platforms (Oasis, Plato, Minerva, ...)

Location

• Living in Ghent
• Indoor routes
• On campus workplaces for students

Life in Ghent

• Accommodation and housing
• City of Ghent webpages for students 
• Culture in the city
• Money matters
• Public Transport
• Visa for Belgium

Study support

• Living in Ghent
• Ombudspersons
• Special status for students
• Support services

Departure

• Checklist: leaving Ghent

Facebook

• Facebook page Faculty of Engineering and Architecture