What are the procedures and conditions for studying and working in Belgium or Luxembourg?

First of all, each school has its own unique admission requirements, and the specific information in this respect should be inquired from the relevant departments of various universities. However, as long as our students in China have formal high school or university education, they basically meet the requirements.

Students who take courses in Dutch, French and English should prove their proficiency in the corresponding languages respectively. If you can't meet the requirements of the school or don't have the corresponding language background at all, the school requires the applicant to take corresponding measures. The specific content of this aspect will be discussed in detail in combination with specific universities in the future.

For foreign academic qualifications, a formal evaluation must be conducted to prove that they are equivalent to Belgian academic qualifications.

Some special or advanced courses may require IQ tests or assessments.

These are the final considerations.

University application fee

Application materials preparation fee and university application fee: 1000 yuan or less.

Students studying for a master's degree in English teaching, if they take the TOEFL: the examination fee used to be 700-800 yuan, but now it has risen a lot, exceeding 1000 yuan, which is unclear; If you take IELTS, it will be higher.

Internet access fee: this fee should not be counted now. In this era, even if you don't apply for studying abroad, you still have to surf the Internet.

Visa application fee

Preparation fee of application materials:

1 notarial certificate, 2 notarial appraisal certificates (if you studied in a university before, you usually need to apply for 3 certificates), and each certificate certifies 330 yuan in most areas, plus a notarization fee of 1 1,000-2,000 yuan;

Physical examination expenses: the expenses vary greatly from place to place, ranging from 50 to 500 yuan;

Foreign handling fee for opening an account with Fortis Bank: 300 euros, calculated at 3,000 yuan;

Procedures required to remit the deposit to Fortis Bank: 156 yuan (cash) or 806 yuan (cash). Which is more cost-effective depends on the current exchange rate. Generally speaking, it's almost the same. Whether you buy it back from the black market or exchange it from the bank, you can't escape the palm of your hand. In fact, you have to spend almost 800 yuan directly or indirectly.

Visa application fee: 525 yuan now.

Toll to Beijing: the cost of a trip varies from place to place, so you can calculate it yourself;

Accommodation expenses during my stay in Beijing: I don't want to be able to do it in one day, so I will stay for one day at most, or not at all.

In addition, the passport processing fee should be increased;

If remittance is made in cash, many other banks also require to pay the deposit charged by China Bank, ranging from 65,438+02,000-65,438+05,000 yuan, which will be refunded when the visa is obtained or refused.

The cost of obtaining a visa

The visa has come down, it won't be delivered to your door, you have to pick it up yourself.

Toll to Beijing: one person, one round trip.

Accommodation expenses during the stay in Beijing: the first time you hand in your passport, the second time you apply for a visa.

Visa fee: within 200 yuan;

The cost of preparing luggage

That's a lot of money. 2000 yuan should be the minimum standard for most people now.

The cost of air tickets

About 4000-4700 yuan, economy class.

Make a final calculation.

The sum of the above+unforeseen expenses+price increase expenses-expenses you don't have to spend (for example, you don't need to rely on entrustment to study undergraduate)

Main transportation expenses

If you don't meet the school welcome team when you get off the plane and no friends come to pick you up, don't panic, as long as you have money in your pocket. How much will it cost? Take the University of Leuven as an example. The place to get off the plane is Brussels, and the University of Leuven is in Leuven.

The easiest way is to take a taxi from the airport to the University of Leuven, about 50 euros.

The cheaper way is to take the train from the airport to Brussels, and then take the train in Leuven (French for Leuven), which takes only 20 minutes and costs about 7 euros.

After getting off the train in Leuven, you have to go to the reception desk of the university, which is very close. As I said before, Leuven is very small, and it takes about 20-30 minutes to cross the whole city. If you take a taxi, it costs about 6 euros from Leuven Railway Station to the house service.

Rental fees

Students who are unmarried or whose wives have not come to accompany them: You can rent a single room. According to the official statistics of Leuven, the monthly rent of a local single room in Leuven is currently between 188-225 euros, and Brussels will be higher.

If you take your wife or children with you, the Belgian government stipulates that you must rent a large studio, apartment or suite. These rooms have a unique feature that they have separate bathrooms and bathrooms. Public toilets and toilets are not allowed to be used by families, and ID cards are not available. The monthly rent of a one-bedroom apartment is 400-550 euros; A two-bedroom apartment costs 500-700 euros a month.

Landlords usually ask for a part of the mortgage. In Leuven, the city government stipulates that the mortgage is one month's rent. If the landlord demands too much, don't give it to him easily. You can take the rental contract to the housing service center, and they will tell you whether the landlord's request is reasonable.

Formal registration of the rental contract can avoid future disputes, more than 30 euros.

Fire insurance: about 30 euros per year.

Municipal tax: about 40 euros per year.

admission

With a place to live, the next thing to do should be to register for a university and bring a lot of materials, but here we only care about money:

Registration fee: 470 euros.

Third-party liability insurance (the insurance company is responsible for taking part of the responsibility for you): 65,438+05 euros per year. If you accidentally hurt a Belgian child by riding a bicycle, you can't afford to pay for it anyway. In this case, the insurance company will accompany you.

Register with the municipal government

The cost is very small and can be ignored.

health insurance

Buy health insurance for yourself or your family. For students, it is about 16 euros per quarter.

Take a break.

At this point, you have basically settled down.

Single monthly fee

According to the official figures provided by Belgium (excluding accommodation), it is about 250-400 euros.

In fact, this figure has no reference significance for us. Most Belgian students studying in China only spend about 100 euros a month; If you work in a restaurant on weekends, your monthly living expenses can be reduced to about 60 euros. The reason is very simple, because you have to eat and live in a restaurant for more than two days a week, so you don't have to pay for meals for one-third of the day in a month. In addition, the restaurant eats well, which solves the problem of oil and water in your stomach every weekend, and the rest of the week does not need to spend too much money to solve the problem of greed, which is very economical.

In addition, if you meet a good boss, you will bring some meat and vegetables home from work every time, which can greatly save money. The restaurant where the stationmaster works has a dish called "Beijing Roast Duck". Foreigners like it very much. However, the cooking in foreign restaurants is very fine. After a duck is chopped, there are only a few pieces of good tender meat left on the table, and the remaining duck head, wings, bones, too fat and too thin parts should be removed. Moreover, the restaurant buys a lot of fresh beef every week, but after buying it back, the beef with tendons will be removed, so about one-fifth of the beef can't be served. The owner of the restaurant thinks this is normal, but the overseas students in China think it is a waste, so the boss lets Frank take some home to eat, so every time he comes back from work, Frank's backpack is always bulging. Although it smeared the face of China people, it did solve their own practical problems.

Rental fee: single room 150 to about 225 euros.