Course Load Reduction
Provision
By individual and motivated decision, the jury can allow a student to enrol in an annual programme with less than 60 credits[1]. The lightening may only be granted for professional, academic, social, or medical duly certified motives. Are considered as automatically benefiting from the right to course lightening: students who have obtained the student status of athlete, artist, disabled, or entrepreneur in accordance with university regulations.
All course lightening is subject to an annual convention between the student and the faculty. It cannot be granted after 31 October, except when the student obtains in the course of the year one of the aforementioned statuses or when having this status, the jury notes a significant modification in their situation.
The student who registers for the remaining credits of the cycle of Bachelors, Masters, or Specialised Masters is not in a lightening situation and must pay the full fees.
Cost[3]
| Full rate | €1,194 ÷ 60 = | €19.90 per credit |
| Intermediate rate | €835 ÷ 60 = | €13.92 per credit |
| Modest rate | €374 ÷ 60 = | €6.23 per credit |
| Scholarship rate | €0 | |
| Même master autre finalité / AESS (Full rate) | €380 ÷ 30 = | €12.66 per credit |
| Même master autre finalité / AESS (Intermediate rate) | €279 ÷ 30 = | €9.30 per credit |
| Même master autre finalité / AESS (Modest rate) | €237 ÷ 30 = | €7.90 per credit |
| HUE student liable for increased fees - scheme €2,505 | €2505 ÷ 60 = | €41.75 per credit |
| HUE student liable for increased fees - scheme €4,175 | €4,175 ÷ 60 = | €69.58 per credit |
| HUE student liable for the additional contribution (CS) | €1,194 ÷ 60 = | €19.90 per credit + €4,175 in CS |
Terms
- The student proceeds to their registration request
- The student visits the faculty in order to request a course lightening
- The lightening is either accepted or refused
Payment
The final tuition fee amount will be finalised sometime in November.
In the meantime, the default tuition fee is €1,194.
In accordance with the academic regulations and the “Paysage” decree, all students are required to have paid a deposit of €50 by October 31[2]. Upon enrolment or re-enrolment, all students—whether or not they are applying for a fee reduction—are therefore asked to pay €50 to ensure their administrative status is in good standing.
Once the final amount of the tuition fees is known, students will be asked to pay the balance of the tuition fees through their portal or may submit a refund request via the contact platform.
[1] Article 151 of the landscape decree and article 38 of the regulation on studies and exams.
[2] The balance of the amount of their registration must be paid no later than 4 January 2018
[3] The amounts listed are effective starting with the 2026–2027 academic year, subject to publication in the Belgian Official Gazette of the Program Decree II.
