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WELCOME GUIDE
2019-2020
FOR EXCHANGE STUDENTS
WELCOME GUIDE 2019-2020 - FOR EXCHANGE STUDENTS - RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY School of ...
IMPORTANT DATES                                                                          Monique Marcourt
                                                                                                                                                                                                             General Director for Teaching and Training

                                                                                                                    1st TERM
                                                                                                                    • 31st May 2019: deadline for the application for 1st term and for full academic year
                                                                                                                                                                                                             International Office
                                                                                                                                                                                                             Place du 20-Août, 7
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              CONTENTS
                                                                                                                                                                                                             4000 Liège
                                                                                                                    • Welcome Days: 12th and 13th September 2019                                             Belgique                                                         WELCOME                                                  5    3 ULiège AS HOST UNIVERSITY FOR
                                                                                                                    • Teaching activities: from 16th September to 21 December 2019                               www.uliege.be                                                                                                                EXCHANGE STUDENTS                                      16
                                                                                                                    • French level tests for non-French speaking students attending French-taught courses:   www.enseignement.uliege.be/en/erasmus-in
                                                                                                                      from 23rd to au 25th September 2019                                                                                                                     1 BELGIUM IN A NUTSHELL                                  6      1   The ECTS system                                    17
                                                                                                                    • French courses S1 (evening): from 30th September 2019 to 11th January 2020             Patricia Petit                                                     1   Languages                                          6      2   Formalities                                        18
Crédits photographiques ©ULiège M. Houet, Bertrand Bouckaert , J.-L. Wertz, ©Marc Verpoorten, ©Rea Antoniu - 2019

                                                                                                                    • Holidays: from 23rd December 2019 to 4th January 2020                                  Director of the International Office
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Preparing your departure                         18
                                                                                                                    • Exam period: from 6th January to 25th January 2020                                     T +32 4 366 56 34 - patricia.petit@uliege.be                       2   Cost of living                                     6
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Upon arrival at the University of Liège         20
                                                                                                                    • Leave: from 27th January to 1st February 2020                                                                                                             3   Customs                                            7              –– Enrolment – Erasmus Office                  20
                                                                                                                                                                                                             Pauline Antoine
Ed. resp. : General Direction for Education and Training - M. Marcourt - Place du 20-Août 7 - 4000 Liège

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      –– Contacting your departmental coordinator   21
                                                                                                                                                                                                             Incoming students mobility
                                                                                                                    2nd TERM                                                                                 T +32 4 366 41 66 - pauline.antoine@uliege.be
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      –– Administrative formalities                  22
                                                                                                                    • 15th November 2019: deadline for the application for 2nd term                                                                                           2 THE UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE                                8              –– Welcome Days                                23
                                                                                                                    • Welcome Day: 31st January 2020                                                         Marta Kucharska                                                                                                                      • Before getting back home                         23
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                1   The University of Liège                            9
                                                                                                                    • Teaching activities: from 3rd February to 9th May 2020                                 Incoming students mobility
                                                                                                                    • French level tests for non-French speaking students attending French-taught courses:   T +32 4 366 55 47 - marta.kucharska@uliege.be                      2   1 University, 3 cities, 4 campuses                 11
                                                                                                                      from 3rd to 5th February 2020
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            4 LANGUAGE TRAINING                                      24
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                3   Courses programmes by faculty                      13
                                                                                                                    • French courses S2 (evening): from 10th February to 31st May 2020                       Isabelle Noirot                                                                                                                  1   French courses                                     25
                                                                                                                    • Holidays: from 6th April to 18th April 2020                                            Erasmus Mundus                                                         • Bilingual or “full English” study programmes     14
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • A balanced European university curriculum­­­­	   14     2   Other Language courses                             27
                                                                                                                    • Exam period: from 11th May to 30th June 2020                                           T +32 4 366 21 36 - isabelle.noirot@uliege.be
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Examinations                                     14
                                                                                                                                                                                                             Christine Reynders                                                 4   Academic calendar                                  15
                                                                                                                    3rd TERM                                                                                 Erasmus Mundus and International Credit Mobility                                                                               5 HEALTH INSURANCE AND HEALTH CARE                       28
                                                                                                                    • Holidays: from 1st July to 15th August                                                 T +32 4 366 46 09 - christine.reynders@uliege.be
                                                                                                                    • Exam period: from 17th August to 12th September 2020
                                                                                                                                                                                                             Anne-Laure Villeminot
                                                                                                                    www.enseignement.uliege.be/en/academic-calendar                                          Traineeships, doctoral stays and International Credit Mobility
                                                                                                                                                                                                             T +32 4 366 58 59 - anne-laure.villeminot@uliege.be

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                                                                                                     WELCOME TO THE UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE!
                                                        2   In Gembloux                         45

       1   Useful addresses                      31         •   The city of Gembloux            45
                                                            •   Access routes                   45
       2   Students' buddy program               33         •   Accommodation                   45
       3   Internet and email access             33         •   University restaurants          45
                                                            •   Health care                     45   You have chosen the University of Liège for a study             • are part of ULiège and take part in its continuing
       4   Opening a bank account                34         •   Computer rooms                  45   period or for an traineeship?                                     effort towards internationalization: we are constantly      ONE UNIVERSITY,
                                                            •   Sport and cultural activities   46                                                                     moving with society, with knowledge, with research.
       5   Transports                            34
                                                            •   Student’s associations          46
                                                                                                     Welcome!                                                          This year, you are more than 850 to contribute to the       THREE CITIES
       6   Mobile phones                         35                                                  This guide is for you: it will give you practical information     enrichment of our university through your mobility! We
                                                        3   In Arlon                            47   (administrative formalities, accommodation, transport…)           are interested in your contributions!                       The University of Liège is mainly
       7   The libraries at ULiège               35
                                                                                                     and help you carry out the necessary procedures                 • take advantage of ULiège’s networks, such as research       located in and around Liège:
                                                            •   The city of Arlon               47
       8   Students’ associations                36                                                  throughout your stay at ULiège.                                   partnerships - which contribute to the update of            in the city centre and on a
                                                            •   Access routes                   47
                                                                                                                                                                       knowledge -, innovative or distance learning methods,       wooded hill some 10 km south
       9   48 FM – the students’ radio           36         •   Accommodation                   47   To begin with, here are some information about the
                                                                                                                                                                       or co-degrees offered in cooperation with international     of the city called Sart Tilman.
                                                            •   Catering                        47   institution that will be yours during your stay.
                                                                                                                                                                       partners. The University of Liège has the ambition, with    It includes two other campuses:
                                                            •   Health care                     48
                                                                                                     You will arrive in a European university of 24 000                its local partners, to be one of the leading "European
                                                            •   Student’s associations          48                                                                                                                                 • For Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
     7 PRACTICAL TIPS                            38                                                  students, among which 24% are international students.             universities".
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     (80 km, west), see
                                                                                                     Like you, these international students:                         • are at the centre of our thoughts: scientific teams are
       1   In Liège                              39                                                                                                                    here to welcome you and guide you in your cursus              www.campus.uliege.be/
           •   The city of Liège                 39   TO SUM UP                                 49   • have chosen a university that combines history (200th           or your personal life. We wish to contribute to an            gembloux
           •   Visit the Province of Liège       39                                                    anniversary in 2017) and modernity: all subjects are            unforgettable stay from an academic and personal            • For the Arlon campus
           •   Access routes                     40                                                    taught here (there are 11 faculties on 4 campuses), which       point of view, so that you consider the ULiège as a place     (about 100 km, south)
           •   Accommodation                     40                                                    enables innovative approaches in interdisciplinary              of fulfilment that meets your expectations.                   www.campus.uliege.be/arlon
                                                      SOME USEFUL NUMBERS                       50     domains. Therefore the trainings combine skills in exact
           •   University restaurants            42
           •   Health care                       42                                                    and human sciences, to create versatile profiles useful       You have made the right choice to come to ULiège! We
           •   Computer rooms                    43                                                    in the 21st century. Moreover, the University of Liège        are looking forward to meeting you and we remain at
           •   Presses Universitaires de Liège   43                                                    places contemporary issues at the heart of its actions,       your disposal.
           •   Sport and cultural activities     44                                                    such as sustainable development ("green" campus,
                                                                                                       cutting-edge research, etc.).                                                                             Patricia Petit,
                                                                                                                                                                                            Director of the International Office

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     BELGIUM IN A NUTSHELL
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                                                                                                                          Belgium covers 30,528 km2                                Brugge                           Antwerp
                                                                                                                          and has about 11.3 million                 Oostende
                                                                                                                          inhabitants. Its capital city,                                     Ghent

BELGIUM                                                                                                                   Brussels, is also the seat of
                                                                                                                          the European Union and
                                                                                                                          an international crossroads
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Brussels
                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Leuven
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Hasselt

IN A NUTSHELL                                                                                                             for trade, culture, and
                                                                                                                          public life in general.                                 Tournai                                  Gembloux

                                                                                                                                                                                                       Mons
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Namur            LIÈGE
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Charleroi

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Dinant

                LANGUAGES                                            COST OF LIVING
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Bastogne
                French, Dutch and German are Belgium’s three         To meet everyday living expenses a single            CUSTOMS
                official languages. An invisible linguistic border   student should have between 500€ and 800€            As an exchange student you will quickly discover
                divides the country roughly into two parts:          per month at his/her disposal except for the first   some specificities of life in Belgium. In addition,
                the French-speaking South and the Dutch-             month when expenses might be higher. To this         there are regional cultural differences, which are
                speaking North. There is also a German-speaking      amount he/she should add study-related costs         already evident with the different languages. Do
                community along the German border. Brussels          (books, etc.).                                       not hesitate to ask us about the daily habits that                                                                                 Arlon
                is an important bilingual entity (French-Dutch),                                                          surprise you and ask around you the experience        To facilitate your integration in Belgium and at
                having a majority of French speakers.                The cost of some standard commodities can be         of other students.                                    the University of Liège, the International Office
                Apart from a few exceptions, the other regions are   found on the website
                                                                                                                                                                                and ESN-ULiège organise the Welcome Days as
                monolingual.                                         www.enseignement.uliege.be/en/erasmus-in-                                                                                                                          •    DUTCH-SPEAKING REGION
                                                                                                                                                                                well as a lot of socio-cultural activities. Do not
                                                                     commodities                                          We invite you to get information beforehand in
                                                                                                                                                                                hesitate to participate!                                •    FRENCH-SPEAKING REGION
                                                                                                                          order to facilitate the preparation and a smooth
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        •    GERMAN-SPEAKING REGION
                                                                                                                          running of your stay. You will already find a brief   www.enseignement.uliege.be/en/erasmus-in-
                                                                                                                          overview of the customs on focusonbelgium.be          activities                                              •    BRUSSELS-CAPITAL REGION

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                                                                                                                                                                               THE UNIVERSITY OF LIEGE
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                                      1 THE UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE
                                      Training in all areas of knowledge, unique options, pushing boundaries and a major project: training competent, responsible and well-rounded professionals
                                      who are capable of anticipating change.

THE UNIVERSITY                        A COMMUNITY                                          A STATE-OF-THE-ART                                    A FULFILLING

OF LIÈGE                              The University of Liège is a crossroads for many
                                      career paths.
                                                                                           INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE
                                                                                           BENEFIT OF STUDENTS
                                                                                                                                                 UNIVERSITY
                                                                                                                                                 Choosing to study at the University of Liège
                                      More than 24,000 students are taught there every     University clinics, world-renowned research           involves so much more than mere education
The University of Liège is the only   day: 24%, of whom are international students.        centres, (Cyclotron, Centre for Protein               It also offers you the opportunity to be curious,
complete public university in         More than 6,000 professors, lecturers, researchers   Engineering, the Liège Space Centre, GIGA,            to be open to different forms of creation, to
the French-speaking part of           and administration personnel are committed           TERRA…), one of the most beautiful libraries in       seek critical awareness of new developments
                                      to teaching, research and the service of society.    Europe and the biggest in Belgium, exceptional        in society, to be open to debate and to others
Belgium.                              Enriched by its 200-year-old history and its         overseas equipment (Telescopes in Chile and           and to focus on your own well-being. Thanks to
                                      community, the University of Liège will offer        Morocco, Oceanographic research station in            the offers and cultural activities the university
                                      you all the tools you need to shape a successful     Corsica, a research station in the Swiss Alps…)       has in store for you (museums, cinema-
                                      future.                                              The University of Liège is developing and             clubs, conferences, shows, artistic discovery
                                                                                           promoting multidisciplinary research excellence       programmes…), the 70 or so choices of sports
                                                                                           and its related teaching.                             offered by the university sports club, involvement
                                      ABOUT 40 BACHELOR’S DEGREES,                                                                               in student associations and our campus life…
                                      MORE THAN 200 MASTERS AND                                                                                  your education will also be an opportunity to use
                                                                                                                                                 your talents.
                                      MASTERS WITH SPECIALIZATION
                                      A complete university, the University of Liège
                                      offers 1st, 2nd and 3rd cycle programmes in all
                                      areas of knowledge, hundreds of options,
                                      specializations and lifelong training. You can
                                      carve out a unique career path here.

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       AN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY                          2	1 UNIVERSITY, 3 CITIES, 4 CAMPUSES
       Choosing the University of Liege means joining an
       international university that is open to the world   Established in Belgium in three Walloon towns – Liège, Gembloux and Arlon -, the 11 faculties of the University of Liège are spread over 4 welcoming and
       and located at the heart of Europe.                  cosmopolitan campuses mixing the dynamism of urban life with the charm of a pleasant green environment.
       The University of Liège offers its students more
       than 1,500 opportunities to study abroad, it
       welcomes 900 students in the context of an           LIEGE
       exchange programme. Year after year, it proposes
       some full English or bilingual programmes and        CITY CENTER                                           SART TILMAN                                             There is also an open-air museum with 80 works
       joint-degrees (52 joint-masters and 4 Erasmus                                                                                                                      of art integrated into the landscape.
       Mundus). Holder of the Erasmus+ Charter for          •   Faculty of Philosophy and Letters                 On a hillside above the town of Liege,
                                                                                                                                                                          ­­     www.museepla.uliege.be
       2014-2020, it also has a wealth of more than         •   HEC Liège - Management School                     in a vast 750-hectare forest estate:
                                                                                                                                                                                 MAP OF SART TILMAN
       60 years of expertise in matters of cooperation      •   Faculty of Architecture                           • Faculty of Medicine, Liège University
       and development.                                     •   Central Administration                              Hospital (CHU)                                               You can reach the Sart Tilman
                                                                                                                  • Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University                   by bus with lines 48 and 58 (from the city
                                                                                                                                                                                 center and the train station)
                                                                 Map of Liège city centre                          Veterinary Clinic (CVU)
                                                                                                                  • Faculty of Sciences
                                                                                                                  • Faculty of Applied Sciences
                                                                                                                  • Faculty of Law, Political Science and                      www.campus.uliege.be/acces/plans
                                                                                                                    Criminology
                                                                                                                  • Faculty of Psychology, Speech and Language
                                                                                                                    Therapy, and Education, Clinical Psychology
                                                                                                                    and University Logopaedics (CPLU)
                                                                                                                  • Faculty of Social Sciences

                                                                                                                      Map of Liège city centre

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       GEMBLOUX                                         ARLON                                           3	COURSES PROGRAMMES BY FACULTY
       In the Province of Namur, 80 km from Liege,      In the South of Belgium a few kilometres from   The University of Liege counts 10 faculties and 1 school.
       Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech is committed to           the border with France and Luxembourg, the      The programme of courses can be consulted on: http://programmes.uliege.be
       teaching and research in agricultural aciences   Arlon campus of the Faculty of Sciences is
       and bioengineering.                              committed to teaching and research in science
                                                        and environmental management.
       ­­   www.gembloux.uliege.be
            
                                                           www.campusarlon.uliege.be                   FACULTIES                                                          WEBSITE
                                                                                                        Philosophy and Letters                                             www.facphl.uliege.be

                                                                                                        Law, Political Science and Criminology                             www.droit.uliege.be

                                                                                                        Sciences                                                           www.facsc.uliege.be

                                                                                                        Medicine                                                           www.facmed.uliege.be

                                                                                                        Applied Sciences                                                   www.facsa.uliege.be

                                                                                                        Veterinary Medicine                                                www.fmv.uliege.be

                                                                                                        Psychology, Speech and Language Therapy, and Education             www.fapse.uliege.be

                                                                                                        HEC Liège                                                          www.hec.uliege.be

                                                                                                        Social Sciences                                                    www.fass.uliege.be

                                                                                                        Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech                                             www.gembloux.uliege.be

                                                                                                        Architecture                                                       www.archi.uliege.be

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       FOCUSING ON BILINGUAL OR "FULL                        EXAMINATIONS                                         Marks received at ULiège are transferred to your        4 ACADEMIC CALENDAR
       ENGLISH" STUDY PROGRAMMES                                                                                  home university by your ULiège departmental
                                                             Within the same academic year students can take      coordinator. The grade distribution table is sent
       Language learning, just like student mobility,        two examinations on the same educational unit.       with your transcript of records. You will find the      The university year is divided into three terms.
       is a priority at the University of Liège. While all                                                        general table for ULiège on our webpage                 Teaching and learning activities occur during the
       courses (teaching units) involve language courses     Exams are organized by the Faculties during the                                                              one of the first two terms. They are followed by
       or are given in foreign languages, some courses       three periods decided by the Board of Directors         www.enseignement.uliege.be/en/erasmus-
                                                                                                                                                                         assessment periods.
       are bilingual (French/English, French/German…)        (see the academic calendar). The 1st and 2nd            in-exams
       or are taught entirely in English.                    periods are called 1st session (January and June).                                                           The third term includes assessment periods,
                                                             The 3rd period is called the 2nd session (August-    We wish to remind you that although your results        personal research and production of essays, as      It’s very important
          www.enseignement.uliege.be/cursus-                September).                                          will be validated in your home universities             well as professional insertion activities.          to be on time at the
           internationaux                                                                                         while in Liège you are subject to the regulations                                                           beginning of each
                                                             By way of derogation, Faculties can decide on        governing study and examination at ULiège.              The academic calendar for 2019-2020                 term. In case of late
                                                             special examination modalities for exchange          Your department coordinator will answer your            is available on                                     arrival of more than
       THE TRADITIONAL UNIVERSITY                            students. In this case the exchange student must     questions in this regard. We particularly insist that                                                       15 days, the exchange
       CARREER                                               get in touch with the involved professors and the    you read the leaflet on plagiarism (“Plagiarism!           www.enseignement.uliege.be/en/
                                                                                                                                                                                                                             student can be refused
                                                             departmental coordinator at the beginning of         Not for me!”) that should be quite useful when             academic-calendar                                by the Faculty.
       In Belgium, university studies are in line with       term.                                                you write papers.
       the European model. They are organised into
       three cycles: bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate.     The result of each assessment is indicated by a         www.enseignement.uliege.be/plagiat
       The average academic studies are carried out in       figure between 0 and 20, with 10 out of 20 being
       2 cycles, generally in 5 years.                       the pass threshold for each educational unit.

          www.enseignement.uliege.be/etudes
                                                            When you take an examination, remember
                                                             to tell your teacher that you are an exchange
                                                             student.

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                                                                     ULiège AS HOST UNIVERSITY FOR EXCHANGE STUDENTS
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                 1 THE ECTS SYSTEM
                 ECTS credits (European Credit Transfer and

ULiège
                 Accumulation System) has been created to
                 facilitate the transfer of credits earned abroad.

AS HOST          ECTS credits correspond to a set amount
                 of learning based on both defined learning

UNIVERSITY FOR   outcomes and the related workload.

EXCHANGE         60 ECTS credits correspond to the learning
                 outcomes and workload of a full time academic
STUDENTS         year. One term corresponds to 30 credits.

                    www.enseignement.uliege.be/en/erasmus-
                    
                    in-ECTS

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       2 FORMALITIES
           ww.enseignement.uliege.be/en/
          w
          erasmus-in

       PREPARING YOUR DEPARTURE
       1 Discuss the courses you intend to take at       3 If you need a visa to enter in Belgium, take        6 European students: ask your health             TRAINEES OR DOCTORAL STUDENTS
         ULiège with your coordinator in your home         the necessary steps with the Belgian embassy          insurance fund for an european health
         university.                                       in your home country (with the ULiège                 insurance card.
                                                           acceptance letter) before arriving in Belgium.        Non-european students: if possible,              If you are looking for a traineeship, please send your
                                                                                                                                                                  detailed application (CV, placement period, specialist
       2 Complete the online application before                                                                  subscribe to a health insurance in your home
                                                                                                                                                                  field) to a ULiège supervisor who specialises in your area
         31 May.                                         4 If you need a room in a university residence (for     country.
                                                                                                                                                                  of study. You can find the contact details of professors and
         Students applying for the second term have        short stays, less than 6 months), send a form to
                                                                                                                                                                  researchers on our website
         to send the online application form before 15     the Accommodation Office as soon as possible.       7 Subscribe to a supplementary comprehensive
         November.                                                                                               insurance.                                       Once your application has been accepted, you can fill in
                                                                                                                                                                  the pre-registration form
                                                                www.campus.uliege.be/en/
                                                                                                                                                                      www.enseignement.uliege.be/en/erasmus-in-
                                                                                                                                                                      
          Be careful: it will not be possible to                 accommodation                                 8 The Erasmus Mundus scholarship holders,
                                                                                                                                                                      application
          complete the online Application Form                                                                   have to open a bank account (see page 34).
          after the deadlines.                           5 If you wish to meet a local student who will                                                           You, your home institution and ULiège must sign a
          At the end of the Application Form, you have     guide you along, register at                                                                           traineeship agreement. Please ensure that you begin the
          to upload the required documents.                                                                     ERASMUS MUNDUS                                    process well in advance of your stay.
                                                                www.enseignement.uliege.be/en/
                                                                                                                ▶▶ See your vade-mecum
                                                                                                                                                                NB: Students will not be allowed to register without a copy
             www.enseignement.uliege.be/en/
                                                               erasmus-in-tutoring-request
                                                                                                                                                                of the traineeship agreement signed by all parties.
             erasmus-in-application

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       UPON ARRIVAL AT
       THE UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE

       ENROLMENT - ERASMUS OFFICE                          Check your email inbox regularly since it will be                                                 In Gembloux                               In Arlon                                      CONTACTING YOUR DEPARTMENTAL
                                                           used for all kind of useful or important information.   TRAINEES OR DOCTORAL STUDENTS                                                                                                     COORDINATOR
       The Erasmus Office helps you with the                                                                                                                 Relations Internationales                 Register at the Erasmus Office in Liège       The academic coordinator will validate your
       preparation of your stay among us and your          Never hesitate to contact us whenever you have          Make an appointment with Anne-Laure       Cour de la Ferme Abbatiale (Bât. 120)     (see above).                                  Learning Agreement and explain how the courses
       social integration.                                 any doubts or problems.                                 Villeminot to be registered and to get    Passage des Déportés, 2                                                                 are organised and what methods of evaluation
       The Erasmus Office is the link between you and                                                              your student card, certificates for the   5030 Gembloux                             Contact on the Arlon campus                   are used. You will be informed about how to
       your departmental coordinator at ULiège, who        In Liège                                                health insurance company, and general                                               Philippe ANDRE                                contact her or him in a letter sent along with the
       is responsible for the academic counselling and                                                             information.                              Contact                                   (departmental coordinator)                    official letter of acceptance.
       supervision of your studies.                        Place du 20-Août, 7 (A1 building)                                                                 Laurent DE POTTER                         T +32 63 23 08 58
                                                           4000 Liège                                              Place du 20-Août, 7                       T +32 81 62 21 20                         p.andre@uliege.be                             No change in the Learning Agreement will
       Come to our Office to be officially enrolled;       mobil.in@uliege.be                                      4000 Liège                                erasmus.gembloux@uliege.be                Françoise DASNOY                              be accepted unless it is signed by your
       you will then receive your student card, your          Map of Liège city centre ➊                                                                        www.gembloux.uliege.be/international
                                                                                                                                                                                                      (information about mobility)                  departmenal coordinator.
       password to access the internet and all necessary                                                           contact                                                                             T +32 63 23 08 80
       certificates.                                       Contacts                                                Anne-Laure Villeminot                                                               f.dasnoy@uliege.be
                                                           Pauline ANTOINE                                         T +32 4 366 58 59                                                                       www.campusarlon.uliege.be
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     ERASMUS MUNDUS
       The day of your registration, please bring your     T +32 4 366 41 66                                       anne-laure.villeminot@uliege.be                                                                                                     ▶▶ See your vade-mecum
       Acceptance Letter and your valid ID document        pauline.antoine@uliege.be                                                                                                                   Contact at the Faculty of Sciences in Liège
       (ID card or passport).                              Marta KUCHARSKA                                                                                                                             Thierry BILLEN­­­
                                                           T +32 4 366 55 47                                                                                                                           T +32 4 366 36 53
                                                                                                                   ERASMUS MUNDUS
       Any change that may occur during your stay in       marta.kucharska@uliege.be                                                                                                                   th.billen@uliege.be
                                                                                                                    ▶▶ See your vade-mecum
       Liège (change of address, telephone number, etc.)
       must be entered via the myULiège portal (Gestion    During registration periods the office is open from
       > Mes inscriptions > Mon dossier > Moyens de        Monday to Friday, from 9am to 12.30pm and from
       contact > modifier).                                2pm to 4pm.

                                                              www.enseignement.uliege.be/en/erasmus-in
                                                              

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       ADMINISTRATIVE FORMALITIES                       2 EU STUDENTS                                           3 STUDENTS FROM A COUNTRY                               WELCOME DAYS                                          BEFORE GETTING BACK HOME                               Students on the Gembloux or Arlon campuses
                                                                                                                  OUTSIDE THE EU                                                                                                                                                     must report to the respective local administration
       1 ALL STUDENTS                                   To register at the administration of the city,                                                                  In order to provide you with complete                 Before getting back home, you should inform            of their host town.
                                                        the following documents will be required, for           Non-EU students must report their arrival in            information the International Office, Service of      your departmental coordinator about your
       Any foreigner staying in Belgium for more than   students from EEE countries (EU + Iceland,              Liège at the city hall within 8 days of arriving in     Information on the Studies with the participation     departure. In addition, you have to come to the           www.enseignement.uliege.be/en/erasmus-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
       three months must notify the administration of   Liechtenstein and Norway)                               Belgium so as to get a residence permit.                of ESN-ULiège (Erasmus Student Network)               Erasmus Office to get your Attendance Certificate         in-departure
       the city in which she/he stays.                  • Health insurance European card or some other                                                                 organise welcome days for exchange students.          (Departure Form).
                                                           evidence that you have subscribed a health           At the administration of the city the following         We recommand you to participate.
       In Liège                                            insurance                                            documents will be required for foreign students                                                               At the end of your stay, you also must notify the
       Espace Guillemins                                • a valid passport or identity card                     from a country outside the EU:                          These days will occur:                                local administration.
       Ville de Liège - Service des étrangers           • the certificate of registration from the Erasmus      • your passport with a D visa                           • for stays during the 1st term and the whole year,
       Rue des Guillemins, 26                              Office at the University of Liège                    • the certificate of registration from the Erasmus        Thursday 12th and Friday 13th September             For students on the Liège campus:
       4000 Liège                                       • 2 recent photographs (passport format)                  O­ffice at the University of Liège                      2019                                                • either go to the appropriate desk with your
       T +32 4 221 82 45                                • 8€ (check the fee on the day you register)            • 2 recent photographs (passport format)                • for stays during the 2nd term, Friday 31st            national ID, the «annexe 8» or your « E card » (EU
       service.etrangers@liege.be                       • an address in Liège (if in a students’ residence, a   • 8€ (see rates applicable on registration date)          January 2020                                          students) or « A card » (if you are from a country
           Map of Liège city centre ➊                      residence statement)                                 • an address in Liège (if in a students’ residence, a                                                           outside the EU) your address at your home
                                                                                                                  residence statement)                                  A detailed programme will be sent individually          country and 8€
       In Gembloux                                      EU students can move from one EU country                                                                        by email.                                             • or connect on the e-platform of the City Hall of
       Parc d’Epinal 2                                  to another with a national ID or passport;              Students from outside the EU who stay in                                                                        Liège https://connexion-e-guichet.liege.be
       5030 Gembloux                                    no visa is required.                                    Belgium and wish to travel around should                                                                        in order to notify your departure (called
       T +32 81 62 63 31                                                                                        have a passport and an A card (residence permit)                                                                « radiation »)
       population@gembloux.be                                                                                   supplied at the town hall.

       In Arlon                                                                                                 To travel outside the Schengen area, ask the
       Hôtel de ville (étage B1)                                                                                diplomatic mission of the country you wish
       Service des étrangers                                                                                    to go whether a visa is required.
       Rue Paul Reuter, 8
       6700 Arlon                                                                                               Non-european students holding the Erasmus+
       T +32 63 245 673                                                                                         International Credit Mobility Scholarship and
       administration@arlon.be                                                                                  Erasmus Mundus students have to open a bank
                                                                                                                account (see p.34).

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                                                                                                       LANGUAGE TRAINING
                                                                                                                           4
           1 FRENCH COURSES
           LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS                                   For courses taught in English a B1 certificate is

LANGUAGE
                                                                   required (B2 for HEC Liège).
           At the University of Liège courses are in most          Erasmus Mundus Masters courses (EMMC) and
           cases taught in French. Exchange students               Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorates (EMJD) are

TRAINING   therefore need to have sufficient proficiency of the
           language, both written and oral, to understand
           courses and to take part effectively in seminars
                                                                   taught in English.

                                                                    ERASMUS MUNDUS
           and practicals.                                           ▶▶ See your vade-mecum
           Therefore we ask students who follow courses
           given in French to join to their application form       IN LIÈGE
           a document testifying their level of French. The
           minimal required level is B1 (B2 for HEC Liège)         In Liège, French preparatory courses (before the
           according to the Common European Framework              beginning of the 1st term) and French courses
           of Reference.                                           (during the academic year) are organised by the
                                                                   “Département de français de l’Institut supérieur
           Next to this proof of language, at their arrival, non   des Langues Vivantes (ISLV)”.
           French-speaking students who take courses
           in French have to take a compulsory test in
                                                                   PREPARATORY COURSE
           French to attest their proficiency. The results are
           sent to departmental coordinators.
                                                                   1st term preparatory course: from 2nd to 11th
                                                                   September 2019 (no ECTS)
           Dates for the French tests:
                                                                   100€ charge for exchange students
           • for the 1st term: from 23rd to 25th September
             2019
           • for the 2nd term: from 3rd to 5th February 2020

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       EVENING CLASSES                                         For further information about courses and
                                                               registration, contact
                                                                                                                   Two weeks of French classes and introduction to
                                                                                                                   the culture and belgian heritage are organized by
                                                                                                                                                                       2 OTHER LANGUAGE COURSES
       For students who would like to follow a                 ISLV                                                the Namur Academic Centre (Pôle Académique)
       French course during the evening in Liège, the          Rue de Pitteurs 18-20, building L3                  at the begining of the academic year.               IN LIÈGE
       compulsory test will be used to evaluate their          4020 Liège                                          The registration fee is 150€ and must be paid
       level in order to create the groups for the courses.    T +32 4 366 57 59 (secretary)                       before 30th June.                                   In addition to language courses organized by          SUPERVISED ONLINE TRAINING                        For English, multimedia stations allow you to
       • S1 = 1st term evening classes: from 30th              islvfr@uliege.be                                                                                        some faculties, the ISLV offers foreign language                                                        work in self-learning with the “Reflex English
         September 2019 to 11th January 2020                       www.islv.uliege.be                                www.poledenamur.be/etudiant/mobilite-           courses.                                              • @LTER                                           method” (possibility to listen the dialogues,
       • S2 = 2nd term evening classes: from                       Map of Liège city centre                            internationale/iw                                                                                       German, English, Spanish, Italian, Dutch        to register, to rectify your own exercises, etc.).
         10th February to 31st May 2020                                                                                                                                EVENING COURSES                                         (beginner, intermediate and advanced levels,    Bachelor students can complete their English
                                                                                                                   Recently, integration days are also proposed                                                                according to the number of registrations        course by listening comprehension exercises on
       Two hours of class, two evenings a week                 ­­­­IN GEMBLOUX                                     before the beginning of the 2nd term February       • Evening course once a week (6 to 8 p.m.)                                                              general and agronomic topics.
       + online training.                                                                                                                                                during one academic year, in the city centre        • CONVERS@TIONS
       • S1 or S2 = 5 ECTS                                     A French course for non-native speakers is             www.poledenamur.be/etudiant/mobilite-             German, English, Arabic, Spanish, Italian, Dutch,     German, English, Spanish, Italian, Dutch        For other languages (Dutch, French, German,
       • S1 + S2 = 10 ECTS if satisfactory result for the      organized during the year in Namur (15 kms from         internationale/integration-days                   Portuguese, Russian (beginner, intermediate           (from B1 intermediate level)                    Spanish, Russian and Portuguese) the audio
         final evaluation of S1.                               Gembloux) and credited with 3 ECTS.                                                                       and advanced levels, according to the number                                                          methods are available on loan at the library.
                                                               At the first meeting the respective level of each                                                         of registrations)
       NB: The C2 level is not on offer, and the C1 level is   student is assessed so that groups can be           IN ARLON                                                                                                                                                    Sophie Depoterre
       only organized in the second term.                      organized.                                                                                              • Evening course twice a week (6 to 8 p.m.)                                                             sdepoterre@uliege.be
                                                                                                                   French foreign language evening classes are           during one semester, in the city centre German,     IN GEMBLOUX                                          www.gembloux.uliege.be/labo-langues
       Fees                                                    More information:                                   organised at:                                         English, Spanish, Italian, Dutch (beginner and
       • Free for ULiège exchange students who have            erasmus.gembloux@uliege.be                          “École Industrielle et Commerciale”                   intermediate levels, according to the number of     The Language Laboratory is at your disposal
         the French language course on their Learning                                                              Rue Godefroid Kurth, 2 - 6700 Arlon                   registrations)                                      during teaching weeks from Monday to Friday
         Agreement.                                                                                                T +32 63 23 33 90                                                                                         from 8 a.m. to 22 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m.
       • 100€/term for exchange students who do                                                                    eica@skynet.be                                      For more information and registration:                to 12 a.m.. You have the opportunity to learn
         not have the French language course on their                                                                  www.eicarlon.be                                T +32 4 366 55 17                                     there some languages.
         Learning Agreement, regular students, doctoral                                                                                                                islvle@uliege.be
         and postdoctoral students, and trainees.                                                                                                                          www.islv.ulg.ac.be

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                                                                                            HEALTH INSURANCE AND HEALTH CARE
                                                                                                                                5
                    Individual health insurance is compulsory in          Moreover, in order not to be confronted with
                    Belgium. Therefore, if they are not registered with   difficult situations, we highly recommend that
                    a health care insurance in their home countries       you take out a comprehensive mobility insurance
                    and valid in Belgium, students have to subscribe      policy such as “Tous risques”.

       HEALTH
                    to the health insurance fund of their choice.
                       Map of Liège city centre ➋➌➍➎➏➐➑➒                  • If you are from a non-EEA country, you must
                                                                            have social coverage to stay in Belgium, either

       INSURANCE    • If you are from an EEA country (EU + Iceland,
                      Liechtenstein and Norway) and if you are
                      insured through your own national health
                                                                            through comprehensive insurance policy (such
                                                                            as “Tous risques”) taken out in your country of
                                                                            origin, or in Belgium.

       AND HEALTH     service, before leaving your home country, you
                      should ask for the European health insurance
                      card. This form covers you in case of illness
                                                                          In addition, through their registration at ULiège,
                                                                          all university students get civil liability

       CARE           abroad. The period of validity may differ from
                      one country to another and is maximum two
                      years.
                                                                          and physical insurance coverage for any accident
                                                                          related to their university activities, at home and
                                                                          abroad.

                    However, if you need to see a doctor in Belgium,
                    it will be more convenient to subscribe to a
                    Belgian health insurance fund so as to get about
                    75% of the medical costs paid back to you. The
                    balance could be paid by your health insurance          SEE ALSO
                    fund in your home country.                              “HEALTH CARE”
                                                                            • IN LIÈGE P.42
                                                                            • IN GEMBLOUX P.45
                                                                            • IN ARLON P. 48

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                                                                                                                                                     FACILITIES AND INTEGRATION
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                        1 USEFUL ADDRESSES

       FACILITIES AND
                        INFORMATION ON THE STUDIES                      UNIVERSITY COURSE ADVICE (SOU)                     STUDY GUIDANCE (SGE)

                        T +32 4 366 56 74                               T +32 4 366 23 31                                  T +32 4 366 47 55

       INTEGRATION      info.etudes@uliege.be
                            www.enseignement.uliege.be/futur-
                             etudiant/contacts
                                                                        sou@uliege.be
                                                                           www.uliege.be/sou
                                                                                                                           guidance.etude@uliege.be
                                                                                                                              www.uliege.be/guidance

                           Map of Liège city centre ➋                   The staff in this unit is committed to             In order to help students adapt to university
                                                                        listening to students’ qualms and questions,       demands, the staff in this unit analyses the way
                        This Office provides all information on         whether they are about the choice of a study       they are used to working, and indeed also their
                        curricula and services set up to help           course or the choice of a career.                  living habits. The goal is to maximise efficiency
                        students. It also offers a range of documents   All through their training they help them to set   through sensible working methods to deal with
                        on training and study courses at ULiège and     up an individual projects and consider various     the amount of material and expectations (this
                        what everyday life is like for students.        possible ways of achieving it. They can also       includes note taking, summarizing, preparation
                                                                        offer psychological help on a temporary basis      to the examinations), management of time and
                                                                        to students who face personal or motivational      planning of work periods, both during term time
                                                                        difficulties.                                      and during examinations bounce back after
                                                                                                                           disappointing results.

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       STUDENT QUALITY OF LIFE UNIT                         SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS                                  legal or personal problems. Note that there are
                                                                                                                  no psychologists, lawyers or doctors working
                                                                                                                                                                     2 STUDENTS’                                          3 INTRANET, INTERNET AND
                                                            WITH DISABILITIES
       T +32 4 366 58 43 or 53 61
       qualitedevie@uliege.be                               T +32 4 366 58 65 or 52 54 or 50 71
                                                                                                                  at the Centre. This service is free and strictly
                                                                                                                  confidential.
                                                                                                                                                                       BUDDY PROGRAM                                        EMAIL ACCESS
          www.uliege.be/qualitedevie                       ash@uliege.be
         Map of Liège city centre ➊                            www.enseignement.uliege.be/etudiants/
                                                                handicap                                          SIPS                                               The first days in a new environment are              INTRANET ACCESS (myULiège)                             HOW?
       The point of this unit is to sensitize students on     Map of Liège city centre ➊                                                                             always difficult. You have to find your                                                                     Once you have registered at the Eramus Office,
       issues relating to their health (both physical and                                                         T +32 4 223 62 82                                  bearings, meet new fellow students, locate           WHAT?                                                  you receive a student card with an user name and
       psychological) and to their daily lives.             The function of this support unit is to help any        www.sips.be                                     rooms and all sorts of necessary                     The ‘myULiège’ portal is a must-have tool for          a password.
       You will also find advice and information on the     students who may have to face some permanent           Map of Liège city centre ➐                        information... This necessary adaptation process     ULiège students as it is their main access to
       way memory works, on mental strain, hazards of       or temporary handicap (disease, accident,                                                                takes time and energy.                               online resources. A lot of information is available:   CONNECTION
       tobacco, etc. on www.tastout.ulg.ac.be               impaired mobility or sensory disability).             The Psycho Sexual Information Service is a                                                              some news (information course material, some           Once they are activated you can use them
                                                                                                                  family planning centre concerned primarily with    ULiège has set up a tutoring system in which local   news about the courses but also about leisure,         to browse on the Internet and check your
       Finally, a dedicated person is there to listen to                                                          counselling young people. Students can find        students offer their help and support to             sports, cultural activities…) and some forums          email from your own computer or one at the
       students who feel bad (personal difficulties,        CENTRE J                                              competent doctors, lawyers, psychologists and      newcomers – show them the city, the                  for exchange among and between students and            university.
       strained relations with other students on with                                                             social workers. A team of counsellors answer all   university, and contribute to their smooth           teaching staff. The classified ads are quite open
       professors…) and refer them to specialized units.    T +32 4 223 00 00                                     your questions concerning sexuality in general,    integration into the local life.                     (from party announcements to call for help).
                                                            centrej@liege.be                                      including contraception, pregnancy, emotional                                                                                                                  INITIATING AN EMAIL ADDRESS
                                                               www.liege.be                                      problems with a partner, sexual identity, etc.     The Erasmus Office can provide the names and         Once the exchange student has registered, you
                                                              Map of Liège city centre ➑                                                                             addresses of local students involved in this         can:                                                   The University offers email address
                                                                                                                  Permanence of the CHEL (Circle for                 scheme, but will not interfere in your meetings.     • change your datas (address, phone number)            for free on the pattern
                                                            This communal information centre has made             Homosexual Liège Students) on Thursdays                                                                 • register to online language courses                  fistname.name@student.uliege.be
                                                            versatility and accessibility its main                from 5.30 to 7.30 p.m.                             If you are interested please complete the online                                                            It is automatically created with the activation of
                                                            concerns and is dedicated to welcoming,                                                                  tutoring form:                                       Once your courses programme has been                   myULiège.
                                                            informing, counselling and guiding young                                                                                                                      validated by your departmental coordinator, you
                                                            people with their questions or problems. It assists                                                          ww.enseignement.uliege.be/en/
                                                                                                                                                                        w                                                 can:
                                                            young people with questions on leisure activities,                                                          erasmus-in-tutoring-request                       • access to yout timetable and classrooms
                                                            educational and job opportunities, travel, and                                                                                                                • check you examination results
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • select what examinations to resit

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       4	OPENING A BANK                                     5 TRANSPORTS                                          RAILWAY                                              6 MOBILE PHONES                                  7 THE LIBRARIES AT ULiège
          ACCOUNT                                            BUS
                                                                                                                   The Belgian Railway Company (SNCB, Société
                                                                                                                   Nationale des Chemins de fers Belges) offers         There are three main competing networks for      Internationally recognized for its commitment         Libraries also provide you with:
                                                                                                                   various cut-price formulas to travel in Belgium      mobile phone in Belgium:                         and pioneering initiatives for Open Access, the       • Infrastructures: over 2,200 seats, late opening
       If you choose to open a bank account in               The name of the local bus company is TEC              and Europe. You can find more information on            Proximus: www.proximus.be                    University of Liège provide to its researchers and      hours until 9 p.m. and on Saturdays for the
       Belgium you had better do so at once. Banks           (Transports En Commun). It offers an                  their website (www.belgiantrain.be) or at the                                                         students, throught its five large libraries, a very     three bigger sites, rooms dedicated to collective
                                                                                                                                                                           Orange: www.orange.be
       will require the following documents:                 extended and modern network.                          railway station.                                                                                      rich documentation easily accessible.                   work (lib.uliege.be) to book online
       • a passport or identity card                                                                                                                                       Base: www.base.be                                                                                   • Software solutions to optimize your access to
       • an address in Liège                                 Bus lines 48 and 58 take you from downtown to         GO PASS                                                                                               Besides nowadays’ publications, the paper               information, such as DONum or MatheO (portal for
       • an address in your home country (official           Sart Tilman and around the various buildings on       If you are under 26, your Go Pass entitles you to    You can buy a local number and calling credits   collections also include rich heritage documents:       the online master theses, see matheo.uliege.be)
          document)                                          the campus. The journey to the campus takes           ten 2nd class single journeys for only 53€. It has   in many shops. The logo of the network(s) are    6,500 manuscripts, 500 incunabula (among which        • Customized expertise on copyrights,
       • a certificate from the Erasmus Office of            about 35 minutes with a 48 bus and 20 minutes         a validity of 1 year and can be used by several      usually displayed outside.                       236 are unique items in Belgium and some even           bibliometric indicators, etc.,
          the University of Liège (to testify that you       with the 58 line.                                     persons.                                                                                              in the world), several dozens of thousands of 16th,   • Projects to anticipate on future needs
          are indeed a student with us)                                                                                                                                                                                  17th and 18th century books.
       • residence certificate for students from countries   Bus line 28 takes you from Fléron, and                RAIL PASS                                                                                                                                                      lib.uliege.be
          outside the EU                                     passes by Bouny, Chaudfontaine, Romsée,               Similar to GO PASS, but without age limit and for                                                     Some of those remarkable pieces have been
                                                             Ninane, Beaufays, and Tilff to Sart Timan             83€.                                                                                                  digitalized and are now freely accessible on line
         Map of Liège city centre ➌➍➎➏➓                      (various buldings and University hospital).                                                                                                                 at donum.uliege.be
         Map of Sart Tilman                                      Timetables at www.infotec.be                     SNCB (Belgian Railway Company)
                                                                    Map of Liège city centre ➊➋                    T +32 4 241 26 10                                                                                     Every item from the ULiège library collections,
                                                                                                                      www.belgiantrain.be                                                                               paper or electronical, can be found through the
        ERASMUS MUNDUS                                       A the TEC offices, you can buy:                         Map of Liège city centre                                                                            unique research interface: lib.uliege.be
         ▶▶ See your vade-mecum                              • ticket: 2,50€ (on the bus) 2€ (via MOBIB card)                                                                                                            Need scientific documentation everywhere,
                                                             • MOBIB card: 5€                                                                                                                                            at any hour of the day? With the Pulse Secure
                                                             • 8 journeys card: 8,80€ (via MOBIB card or not)                                                                                                            software, you can identify yourself and access
                                                             • seasons tickets (via MOBIBcard ): 37€/month                                                                                                               most of the digital collections (65,000 journals,
                                                               and 320€/year. For students under 25, the rate is                                                                                                         900,000 ebooks, 140 databases, etc.).
                                                               16€/month, 65,50€/6 months and 131€/year
                                                             T Info-travellers +32 4 361 94 44
                                                             T Season’s tickets +32 4 361 91 49
                                                                 www.infotec.be
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       8 STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATIONS                                                                                      9 48 FM -
       FÉDÉ                                                 ESN-ULiège
                                                                                                                       THE STUDENTS’
       The objectives of the “Fédération des étudiants”     Erasmus Student Network (ESN) is an
                                                                                                                       RADIO
       (Fédé) are to represent and inform students, and     international network of students’ associations in
       to defend their interests, to offer services (such   over 39 countries in Europe. The ESN-ULiège is a         “48 FM” (a name inspired by the bus line to Sart
       as students’ jobs), and to provide support in the    dynamic team consisting of some fifteen students         Tilman) has promoted a student radio in the
       students’ academic life.                             from the various faculties of the University of Liège.   heart of the city.

       It supports various cultural initiatives, socially   This association makes it possible for Erasmus           This radio station is broadcasted on 105.0
       involved projects and entertainment activities.      students to fit into local life through cultural and     wavelength and on the web. It involves a team of
       Along the same lines the Fédé also supports          festive events organized all through the city. It        over 80 announcers, journalists, technicians and
       students’ associations that apply about              also offers Erasmus students the possibility to go       administrative staff and produces over 40 weekly
       interesting initiatives they have developed.         and visit several cities in Belgium and Europe and       programmes around the clock.
                                                            for very special rates.
       Each faculty also has several students’                                                                       48 FM offers a lot of music with some
       associations. Ask fellow students or the Fédé:       CONTACT                                                  cultural or didactic features, but without any
       Maison de la Fédé                                    esn@uliege.be                                            advertisements.
       T +32 4 366 31 99                                        www.esn-u-liege2.webnode.be
       info@fede-uliege.be                                  or on Facebook                                           Do not hesitate and join the 48 FM team!
          www.fede-uliege.be                               ESN ULiège-Erasmus Student Network                       T +32 4 366 36 66
          Map of Liège city centre                                                                                   info@48fm.com
                                                                                                                         www.48fm.com
                                                                                                                        Map of Liège city centre

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                   1 IN LIÈGE

       PRACTICAL
                   THE CITY OF LIÈGE                                        VISIT THE PROVINCE OF LIÈGE
                                                                            With the great asset of a central position, the         300 associations in all fields from sports

       TIPS        Liège is located in the French-speaking part of
                   the country, of which it is the most significant city.
                                                                            Province of Liège is close to lots of great places
                                                                            and can rely on easy access thanks to several
                                                                            means of transport: a fast-train station, an airport,
                                                                                                                                    to politics and from drama to healthcare
                                                                                                                                    presenting their activities), the celebrated “Fêtes
                                                                                                                                    de Wallonie”, the funfair in October (“Foire
                   Liège is a child of the river Meuse. Take your           and a motorway network.                                 d’octobre”).
                   time to discover this multi-faced city and its
                   many neighbourhoods, which are like so many              All over the year, but particularly when the sun        Night life is in itself an attraction, with dozens
                   small villages. On Sunday mornings go and stroll         is shining, you can enjoy a variety of walks and        and dozens of cafés and restaurants, cinemas,
                   through the “Batte”, the longest                         hikes. Next to the extended network of ways             concerts and performances that make Liège such
                   market in Europe, along the river.                       that are exclusively dedicated to walkers and           a lively city.
                                                                            cyclists (RAVeL), you can explore over 5,000 km of          Map of Liège city centre
                                                                            signposted walks (see www.liegetourisme.be)!
                                                                                                                                    Together with the Liège-Luxembourg Academic
                    LIÈGE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO
                                                                            Major events are regularly organized in                 Sector, ULiège offers a seminar and integration
                    WELCOMING YOU!
                                                                            the Province of Liège. In the field of sports           activities to help you find your marks in a new
                    Some interesting website:                               competition we can pinpoint several cycling             cultural and political landscape.
                    www.liege.be                                            races such as the start of the Tour de France;
                    www.escapades.be                                        motorraces at Spa-Francorchamps, such as the               www.poleliegelux.be
                    www.liegetourisme.be                                    Grand Prix... Many cultural events are also staged,
                    www.visitezliege.be                                     such as the International Festival of Crime Movie
                                                                            (Film Policier), and a number of music festivals.
                                                                            Popular gatherings all punctuate the year, for
                                                                            instance Retrouvailles (with over

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       ACCESS ROUTES                                        Liège Airport, also called Liège-Bierset, is located     PRIVATE ACCOMMODATION:                                   Be very cautious and read carefully the renting      UNIVERSITY ACCOMMODATION                               YOUTH HOSTEL
       (REACHING LIÈGE)                                     in the North-West of the city of Liège. It is used       STUDENT BEDSITS                                          contract your prospective landlord will have you     (SART TILMAN)
                                                            for freight operation but it also serves touristic                                                                sign, particularly regarding duration. In case you                                                          If you should arrive in Liège without
                                                            destinations. From the airport, you can take a shuttle   In Liège a student’s bedsit is called a “kot”. It’s an   wish to sublet your accomodation, make sure this     The Accomodation Office of the university              lodgings, We advise you to spend the
       BY CAR                                               or a bus (53, 57) to reach the city centre of Liège.     individual room, generally furnished and rented          is possible in your renting agreement. A lawyer      can help you. The university has some rooms            first few nights at the Youth Hostel of Liège.
       An intricate network of roads makes travelling to                                                             by the landlord. Usually there are several kots          from “Centre J” can provide free help and advice.    available in its residence for students staying
       Liège and to Sart Tilman very easy.                     www.liegeairport.com                                 in the same building. Students share facilities              Map of Liège city centre ➑                       in Liège for shorter periods (maximum one              Early booking is appreciated.
                                                                                                                     such as toilets, bathroom and kitchen. A room                                                                 semester).                                                 www.lesaubergesdejeunesse.be/liege
       BY TRAIN                                                                                                      can also belong to the landlord’s house, and the
       Liège is accessible by train mainly from the         ACCOMMODATION                                            student will then share some facilities. They can          FOR PRIVATE ACCOMMODATION,                         Résidence du Sart Tilman                               All students registering at ULiège are full right
       Guillemins Railway Station, from where a regular                                                              also choose fully independent lodgings (studios,           SOME USEFUL ADDRESSES                              Building B13, Quartier Village 1                       members (reduced rates -10%).
       bus service takes you to the town centre             ACCOMMODATION OFFICE                                     flats, or even houses). The price for a furnished          Private residences                                 Chemin de Trèfle, 4
       (lines 1, 4, 30, 27, 48) and to the Sart Tilman                                                               kot is around 330€/month, additional costs not                                                                4000 Liège - Sart Tilman                               Every year the Youth Hostel offers some free
       campus (lines 48 and 58).                            The Direction of the Accommodation Office and            included.                                                  www.avroystudenthouse.be                             Map of Sart Tilman                                   nights to a few exchange students for a couple
                                                                                                                                                                                www.generation-campus.be
       t +32 2 528 28 28                                    the Office for Private Accommodation are situated                                                                                                                                                                             of hours work (minimum 2 months). If you are
                                                                                                                                                                                www.studentstation.be
           Map of Liège city centre                         on Sart Tilman Campus (B13)                              If you stay the whole year in Liège, you must look                                                            The price depends on how long you stay. The            interested, please mention this when you write
                                                                                                                                                                                www.chickandkot.be
                                                            Frédéric CIABATTA                                        for a “kot”. A private accommodation database is                                                              price is inclusive of all costs, even sheets for the   to them.
       BY PLANE                                             residencest@uliege.be                                    available on www.campus.uliege.be/kot                      Private accomodation                               bed and internet access. For all the details about
       The national airport Brussels Airport (Zaventem)     Building B13, Quartier Village 1                                                                                                                                       university accommodation and prices:                   Youth Hostel
                                                                                                                                                                                www.kotaliege.be
       is located near Brussels. It is possible to travel   Sart Tilman                                              There are two types of prices: those that include          www.student.be                                                                                            T +32 4 344 56 89
       (with a change in Leuven) by rail from Brussels      T +32 4 366 53 16                                        only the rent and those that include all or a part         www.skot.be/kot-liege                                 www.campus.uliege.be/en/                           liege@lesaubergesdejeunesse.be
       to Liège.                                                                                                     of the additional costs.                                   www.appartager.be                                      accommodation                                          www.lesaubergesdejeunesse.be
                                                            Sofia LOTHE (private accommodation)                                                                                 www.kot-liege.eu                                                                                          or via Facebook aubergedeliege
          www.brusselsairport.be                           T +32 4 366 57 26                                        To have more choice and take time to compare               www.immovmi.be/fr                                  Be careful: the number of rooms being                     Map of Liège city centre ➋
                                                            logement.ville@uliege.be                                 lodgings, we advise you to arrive in Liège at              www.kothouse.be                                    limited, if you wish to book a room in the
       Brussels South Charleroi Airport is another             www.campus.uliege.be/en/accommodation                least one or two weeks before the beginning                www.kot-liege.be                                   university residence, we ask you to complete
       international airport, with busses, coaches and         Map of Sart Tilman                                    of classes. It is better to wait until you are here        www.immoweb.be                                     the form for Erasmus students on the website
                                                                                                                                                                                www.vivastreet.be
       trains leaving from Charleroi (the station is 7 km                                                            to make a choice and to pay nothing before you                                                                of the Accomodation Office.
                                                                                                                                                                                www.immo-vlan.be
       away from the airport and there is a shuttle).       A temporary Accomodation Office will be                  have seen the place.                                       www.logic-immo.be
                                                            available for students during the registration                                                                      www.greatkot.be
          www.charleroi-airport.com                        period only in the main building of the university                                                                  www.airbnb.be
                                                            (Place du 20-Août 7, 4000 Liège).
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       UNIVERSITY RESTAURANTS                             HEALTH CARE                                           ULiège ID (“matricule ULiège”) when you make       COMPUTER ROOMS                                       Various services are offered:
                                                                                                                the appointment.                                                                                        • purchase of syllabus and books
       On the Sart Tilman campus two university           If you wish to see a doctor check                                                                        The University of Liège provides students            • access to copiers (black/white and
       restaurants provide a self service system (Agora   www.ordomedic.be or call T1307 and ask for a             www.enseignement.uliege.be/en/                 with computers equipped with Internet                   colours (1,90€ for 50 copies with card)
       restaurant and Veterinary Medicine restaurant)     General Practitioner (“médecin généraliste”).             erasmus-in-health                              software in more than 50 computer rooms              • a bookbinder and three computers
       with hot meals, cold dishes, salads and desserts   After 7 p.m. and over the weekends or holidays                                                           offering all together more than 650 computers.          (with the possibility to print documents)
       from 11.30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Prices range from        a doctor on duty can be called at any time and        Family planning services (gynaecological                                                                • school supplies department
       4 to 7€, including a drink.                        without prior appointment (call 100).                 consultation, emotionnal and sexual life...) are   The list of these rooms can be found at              T +32 4 366 33 69
                                                          Students who live in Liège can go to the medical      also accessible for moderate fees; SIPS (Service      www.campus.uliege.be/salles-inform                   Map of Sart Tilman
       T +32 4 366 32 95                                  house (Maison de Garde Médicale).                     d’Information Psycho Sexuelle), for instance,
          www.campus.uliege.be/restaurants               From Friday 7 p.m. to Monday 8 a.m. (from 9 p.m.,     works in partnership with ULiège.                  In order to have access to these computers you       L’Espace ULiège Opéra, located in the city centre
                                                          make a phone call to make an appointment).            www.sips.be                                        will need a password which you will receive on       (building O3).
       Cafeterias have hot and cold drinks, snacks,       Quai Van Beneden, 25                                     Map of Liège city centre ➐                      the day of your registration. Moreover, the whole    In addition to the services offered in the
       sandwiches, soups, and some simple dishes.         4020 Liège                                                                                               campus has WIFI access!                               Sart Tilman, it is also possible:
       The cafetarias have limited opening times during   T +32 4 341 33 33                                     In case of emergency (accidents, disturbing                                                              • to taste different sorts of (delicious) coffees and
       examination periods and breaks.                        Map of Liège city centre ➋                        pain...), go immediately to an emergency unit in                                                            snacks (cookies, brownies, and so on)
          Map of Liège city centre                                                                              a hospital.                                        PRESSES                                               • to read the international press (Le Monde, The
          Map of Sart Tilman                              Any student registered at the ULiège and with a           www.hospitals.be                              UNIVERSITAIRES                                           Times, La Repubblica, Frankfurter Allegemeine
                                                          Belgian Health Mutual Insurance (“mutualité”) is                                                                                                                  Zeitung, El País, The International New York
                                                                                                                                                                   DE LIÈGE (LIÈGE UNIVERSITY PRESS)
                                                          entitled to a ULiège rate with specialists (except    Useful numbers                                                                                              Times) as well as the Belgian one (La Libre
                                                          dentists and plastic surgery) and emergency at        Ambulance                                          In close collaboration with the academic staff,          Belgique and De Standaard)
                                                          ‘‘Centre Hospitalier Universitaire’’ of Sart Tilman   T 100 from a fixed-line telephone                  the Presses Universitaires de Liège reproduce,        • to participate to various kind of events:
                                                          T + 32 4 242 52 52                                      112 from a mobile.                               distribute and spread textbooks (syllabus) as well       exhibitions, conferences, concerts, debates…
                                                             Map of Sart Tilman                                 Poison control Centre T +32 70 245 245             as provide the required readings to the students      T 32 4 366 32 93
                                                                                                                Pharmacy on duty T 0903 99 000                     at prices that defy any competition.                      Map of Liège city centre
                                                          If you can show your ULiège student card, when        Emergencies at ULiège T +32 4 366 44 44
                                                          you register at the main desk of the hospital,                                                           In order to do so, two stores are available:            www.presses.uliege.be
                                                          the fee you will have paid will be repaid by your                                                        Le Magasin des Presses, located in the Sart              facebook.com/presses.universitaires
                                                          insurance (mutuelle) in Belgium. This does not                                                           Tilman Campus (building B8).
                                                          apply to such medical acts as blood samples,
                                                          scan tests, etc. Make sure you mention your

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