1. Fundability rules

If, at the end of the June or September assessment period, you have passed all of your credits, you are automatically fundable in the same programme, regardless of how many academic enrolments you have previously had. 

After taking a break from your academic studies for five consecutive years (no enrolment at a higher education institution), your fundability is reset (to zero). You will then be able to re-enrol in the programme of your choice, provided you meet its entry requirements.

The 2019–2020 academic year, known as the "Covid year", is not taken into account when assessing fundability. However, credits earned during that year are taken into account.

For example, a student who was enrolled in 2019–2020, 2020–2021, 2022–2023 and 2023–2024 counts as having three enrolments.

Changing courses after one enrollment

If you change courses after one enrollment, you are granted an additional year to meet the eligibility requirements.

Changing courses after two enrollments

If you change courses after two enrollments in a bachelor’s program, you are also granted an additional enrollment.

However, by the end of your first enrollment in the new program, you must have earned at least 50 Block 1 credits by the end of this third enrollment, rather than 60 Block 1 credits.

Changing course after three or more enrollment

There is no predefined limit on the number of times you can change your course of study. However, the guidelines effectively prevent you from changing your course an unlimited number of times. This will depend on the similarity of the programs you have pursued and the courses that may be recognized by the program committees.

To change course after three enrollment, 50 Block 1 credits from the previous program must be transferred to the new one; otherwise, the student will be deemed ineligible for funding.

For example, considering the path below, there are three semesters of enrollment, with a course change “after two years.”

- 2023–2024: Bachelor’s in Law,

- 2024–2025: Bachelor’s in Law,

- 2025–2026: Bachelor’s in Law,

- application for 2026–2027: Bachelor’s in Translation and Interpretation.

The requirement to be met is therefore the 50 credits for Block 1 in the intended program.

The same logic applies to changes in course of study after more than three enrollments.

What constitutes a change in course of study—and what does not?

Any change in program that involves a change in the type of higher education institution or the main title of the degree is a change of major. Here are some examples of changes of courses:

- Higher School of Law → University of Law;

- Bachelor’s in Law → Bachelor’s in History;

- 120-credit Master’s → 60-credit Master’s;

- Program completed outside the French Community of Belgium → program completed within the French Community of Belgium.

Here are some examples that do not constitute a change of program:

- Master’s in History with Specialization A → Master’s in History with Specialization B;

- Transitional Bachelor’s in Law at UCLouvain → Transitional Bachelor’s in Law at another institution in the French Community of Belgium.

If you are enrolled in a reduced study program (as agreed with your faculty), you are entitled to an additional half-year, rounded up to the next whole number :

- One academic year in a reduced study program → +0.5, i.e. 1 year

- Two academic years in a reduced study program → +1 year

- Three academic years in a reduced study program → +1.5, i.e. 2 years

- Four academic years in a reduced study program → +2 years

- … 

If you have additional entry requirements / a complementary module (often referred to as a “passerelle”), you will be granted one or two extra years to reach the final guideline or obtaining your degree.

This depends on the number of credits in your complementary module (in French : Module Complémentaire - MC):

- MC worth 1 to 30 credits: one extra year,

- MC worth 31 to 60 credits: two extra years.

Please note: the 60-credit requirement after two enrolments is not postponed; only the final one - graduation - is postponed. 

The PASS and LAS are part of the ‘health course’ programmes. These are preparatory courses for studying in the health sector in France. Upon completion of these courses, students sit, or may sit, an entrance examination. If they pass this examination, they may proceed to one of the health-related degree programmes. If not, they must switch to a standard bachelor’s degree programme. Belgian universities do not offer this type of programme.

A student who, over the course of two academic years, has failed an entrance examination or any other assessment granting access to these courses in France or abroad will no longer be eligible for funding for the following programmes in Belgium:

- Medicine

- Dentistry

- Pharmacy

- Physiotherapy

- Speech and language therapy

- Veterinary medicine

Specific eligibility rules apply depending on your academic year of admission.

For students enrolling for the first time during the 2026–2027 academic year:

These programmes are aligned with foreign degree programmes. Transferring from PASS to LAS (or from another ‘health course’) to an undergraduate programme at UCLouvain therefore constitutes a change of course.

For students enrolling for the first time before the 2026–2027 academic year:

For enrolments in:

- medicine,

- dentistry,

- pharmacy,

- physiotherapy,

the transition from PASS / LAS (or another ‘health-related’ programme) to one of these programmes did not constitute a change of course.  The financial viability analysis will continue to be based on the rules applicable to so-called ‘similar’ degree programmes.

If you have enrolled in veterinary science, have earned at least 45 credits by the end of your first year of study, and have not obtained the certificate of progression to the next stage of the programme, you are entitled to an additional year.