Welcome day Exchange students campus Brussels

Who are you?

Who are we? KU Leuven, campus Brussels KU Leuven ≠ Odisee KU Leuven 1425

Who are we? 1. Centralised International Office – in Leuven 2. Mobility Office Campus Brussels 3. Key persons internationalisation and academic responsibles 4. Stuvo Plus 5. ESN KULBrussels

Who are we? 1. Institutional Coordinator KU Leuven: o Mrs. Elke Timmermans 2. Mobility Office KU Leuven, campus Brussels Head of International Office Faculty of Economics and Business = o Ingeborg Vandenbulcke Mobility coordinator KU Leuven, campus Brussels = o Dirk G. Van Waelderen Staff incoming students Faculties of Arts & Economics and Business= o Rebecca Rampelberg

Who are we? 3. Key persons internationalisation Faculty of Arts Netherlands/Hungaria/Wroclaw: Elke Brems United Kingdom: Walter Verschueren Belgium and France: Luc Loonbeek Germany/Finland: Joël Rooms Italy: Giovanni Bevilacqua Russia/Poland except Wroclaw: Liutauras Kazakevicius Spain: Danny Masschelein (International coordinator – Arts faculty) Faculty of Economics and Business Occupational Environmental Management: Talia Stough Commercial Sciences + Business Administration: Ann Pauwels, Alea Fairchild, Rosanne Vanpee Commercial Engineering: Jef Hendrickx MIBEM/MIBEB: Katrien Wauters Teacher Training: Oliver Holz

Who are we? 4. Integration student counseling: Accommodation, insurance, community registration, banking etc (= not study related): Mrs. Marieke Steurs – 1st floor 5. ESN KULBrussels and buddies

Where are we?

What do we offer… o Very motivated staff, skilled in problem solving o Wide choice of courses offered in English o Study in centre of Brussels o Positive student environment o Academic and cultural experience

Erasmus/Exchange practicalities & deadlines Further registration: if applicable in Mobility Office KU Leuven campus Brussels Password and log-in: Mobility office KU Leuven campus Brussels – in your welcome package Finalising the Learning Agreement: DEADLINE 05/10 Submit Emergency Data sheet (received by ): DEADLINE 22/09 Student card (for student restaurant & other): will be distributed the following weeks by the Mobility Office – Belgian address ASAP

Erasmus/Exchange practicalities & deadlines Information session (mandatory!) on-line platform for students: 23 & 25/ , Hermes building, room 5215 and 4201 Information and sign-up session on insurance (strongly recommended!): Hermes building, 01/ , room 4215 Library information Hermes building (strongly recommended!): 30/09, room 4215

Erasmus/Exchange practicalities & deadlines Education and Exam Regulation: Course schedule available on (only courses from our brochure Exchange studies in Brussels):

Courses Available courses from the brochure Exchange studies in Brussels: ussels/exchangeprogrammes /Exchange_studies_in_Bruss els1516

Password and log-in 1. an ODISEE account, in the form of that can be used to Login to the PC’s in the classrooms and library and access your personal network drive + print of exam 2. a KU Leuven account/student number, in the form of a letter followed by 7 digits (e.g. r ) and that provides: o Access to all IT applications provided by KU Leuven, in particular KU Loket and the electronic learning environment o Access to your KU Leuven mailbox You first need to activate both accounts. As long as you have not done so, you will not be able to access the offered IT facilities. Use the activation code of your scratch card.

Erasmus/Exchange practicalities & deadlines Student T’Serclaes: o bookshop(ground floor - C) o student counselling + ombudsperson (1st floor – A/ Stuvo Plus), o student administration(1st floor - B) o library (1 st – 8 th floor - C) o ICT (3 rd floor - A) o DeMineen (student card necessary) Student Hermes: o Computer rooms o Pub & Sandwich bar o Study breaks

Fall semester Only 13 weeks of classes before Christmas Papers, group works, intermediate evaluations! Study hard => good chance in nice results If not => retries in August/September 

Fall semester Agenda: Last day of classes fall semester - December 18 th First day of exams – January 11 th Last day of exams: 30/01 Exam results: by 05/02 Retakes – enrol the first week of July

Spring semester Only 13 weeks of classes before exams Papers, group works, intermediate evaluations! Study hard => good chance in nice results If not => retries in August/September 

Spring semester Welcome day: 04/02 First day of classes: 08/02 Last day of classes: 20/05 Easter holiday: 28/03 -08/04 International week: 09/05 – 13/05 Global village XL & goodbye: Preparation 11/05 Event May 12/05 First day of exams: 30/05 Last day of exams: 25/06 Exam results – 01/07

More information? Mobility Office KULeuven campus Brussels T’Serclaes 5th floor – B05-23 Warmoesberg Brussel Tel: +32(0) Closed every Monday morning till and Friday afternoon from Facebook group: Websites: ange or obility_office/exchange_students_and_programmes ange obility_office/exchange_students_and_programmes

Today and following days Lunch in room 1119 Information courtyard T’Serclaes Tour in campus + Brussels, if registered! (main entrance Hermes) Questions and Mobility Office: Monday from 13.00