LUCA School of Arts kindly welcomes all international students. In preparing your travel to Belgium, people with a foreign nationality may need the following documents: a visa/entry document and a residence permit. Students don’t need a work permit for student jobs. Also, students who wish to bring along family members during their stay in Belgium are subjected to procedures which depends on your nationality, the intended time of stay and your status.
Which specific documents you need, and how to apply for them, depends thus on your situation.
As member of the KU Leuven association LUCA School of Arts can rely on the expertise of KU Leuven University, so for more information on visa, residence documents , family reunion and work permits we kindly refer to the very detailed Immigration and Residence webpages of KU Leuven:
https://www.kuleuven.be/english/life-at-ku-leuven/immigration-residence
Important note: if you have specific questions or inquiries, please contact first and foremost admissions@luca-arts.be and not KU Leuven Admission Office!!
EU Directive 2016/801: Mobility within the EU for non-EEA students / Registration as a ‘mobility student’
According to the EU Directive 2016/801, third country (non-EEA) students (including exchange and double degree PhD students) can use a simple procedure to arrange their stay in different European Member States for the duration of their studies. Certain conditions are attached to this.
For more information, visit this page.