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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 3<
6 FACILITIES AND INTEGRATION 30 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 >4 5<
1 BELGIUM IN A NUTSHELL 1 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 7<
2 THE UNIVERSITY OF LIEGE 2 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. 9<
2 THE UNIVERSITY OF LIEGE 2 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 > 10 11 <
2 THE UNIVERSITY OF LIEGE 2 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 > 12 13 <
2 THE UNIVERSITY OF LIEGE 2 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. > 14 15 <
3 ULiège AS HOST UNIVERSITY FOR EXCHANGE STUDENTS 3 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 17 <
3 ULiège AS HOST UNIVERSITY FOR EXCHANGE STUDENTS 3 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 > 18 19 <
3 ULiège AS HOST UNIVERSITY FOR EXCHANGE STUDENTS 3 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 > 20 21 <
3 ULiège AS HOST UNIVERSITY FOR EXCHANGE STUDENTS 3 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). > 22 23 <
4 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 25 <
4 LANGUAGE TRAINING 4 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 > 26 27 <
5 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 > 28 29 <
6 FACILITIES AND INTEGRATION 6 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. > 30 31 <
6 FACILITIES AND INTEGRATION 6 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 > 32 33 <
6 FACILITIES AND INTEGRATION 6 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 > 34 35 <
6 6 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 > 36 37 <
7 PRACTICAL TIPS 7 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 > 38 39 <
7 PRACTICAL TIPS 7 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). > 40 41 <
7 PRACTICAL TIPS 7 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 > 42 43 <
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