Passport to excellence
Broaden your horizons, expand your perspectives, develop your potential... Pursuing higher education in the Wallonia-Brussels Federation means choosing high-quality, recognised, democratic and civic-minded education. It means opting for training at the highest level and a programme tailored to your needs. It means developing your skills and opening doors to professional life.
What are the missions of higher education?
To offer initial and continuing education programmes; to certify knowledge and skills at the end of study programmes or through the recognition of prior learning; to ensure the preservation and transmission of knowledge and cultural, artistic and scientific heritage. To promote research, educational innovation and creativity. To provide services to the community, remain attentive to the needs of all and collaborate with socio-cultural and socio-economic circles.
What are the objectives and values of higher education?
To support students in their role as citizens in a democratic, pluralistic and inclusive society; to promote autonomy and personal fulfilment; to develop curiosity, critical thinking, a sense of responsibility and humanist values, as well as creativity and innovation. Finally, to guarantee high-quality education and develop skills with a view to openness and mobility.
What is the pedagogy of higher education?
It is aimed at an adult and responsible audience, implementing innovative teaching methods and combining group and individual activities, personal work and projects, with a view to excellence.
Financing your studies or projects
You can obtain a study grant for studies at a higher education institution in the Wallonia-Brussels Federation.
For other types of financing, visit the study in Belgium website.
ARES also awards South-North or North-South grants linked to international cooperation.
Would you like to start a bachelor's degree at an institution in the Wallonia-Brussels Federation?
Have you completed all or part of your studies abroad and would like to obtain equivalence for your diploma?
For answers to these questions, visit the website of the Equivalence Service of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation.