Welcome dayExchange studentscampus Brussels 2015-2016

Who are you?

Who are we?

• KU Leuven, campus Brussels

• KU Leuven ≠ Odisee

• KU Leuven 1425

Who are we?

1. Centralised International

Office – in Leuven

2. Mobility Office Campus Brussels

3. Key persons internationalisation

and academic responsibles

4. Stuvo Plus5. ESN

KULBrussels

Who are we?1. Institutional Coordinator KU Leuven:

o Mrs. Elke Timmermans

2. Mobility Office KU Leuven, campus BrusselsHead of International Office Faculty of Economics and Business =

o Ingeborg Vandenbulcke

Mobility coordinator KU Leuven, campus Brussels =o Dirk G. Van Waelderen

Staff incoming students Faculties of Arts & Economics and Business=o Rebecca Rampelberg

Who are we? 3. Key persons internationalisation

Faculty of Arts

• Netherlands/Hungaria/Wroclaw: Elke Brems

• United Kingdom: Walter Verschueren

• Belgium and France: Luc Loonbeek

• Germany/Finland: Joël Rooms• Italy: Giovanni Bevilacqua• Russia/Poland except Wroclaw:

Liutauras Kazakevicius• Spain: Danny Masschelein

(International coordinator – Arts faculty)

Faculty of Economics and Business• Occupational Environmental

Management:

Talia Stough

• Commercial Sciences + Business Administration:

Ann Pauwels, Alea Fairchild, Rosanne Vanpee

• Commercial Engineering:

Jef Hendrickx

• MIBEM/MIBEB: Katrien Wauters

• Teacher Training: Oliver Holz

Who are we?

4. Integration officer @ student counseling: Accommodation, insurance, community registration, banking etc (= not study related): Mrs. Marieke Steurs – 1st floor

5. ESN KULBrussels and buddies

Where are we?

Where are we?

Where are we?

Where are we?

What do we offer…

o Very motivated staff, skilled in problem solvingo Wide choice of courses offered in English o Study in centre of Brusselso Positive student environmento Academic and cultural experience

Erasmus/Exchange practicalities & deadlines

• Further registration: if applicable in Mobility Office KU Leuven campus Brussels

• Password and log-in: Mobility office KU Leuven campus Brussels – in your welcome package

• Finalising the Learning Agreement: DEADLINE 05/10• Submit Emergency Data sheet (received by e-mail):

DEADLINE 22/09• Student card (for student restaurant & other): will be

distributed the following weeks by the Mobility Office – Belgian address ASAP

Erasmus/Exchange practicalities & deadlines

• Information session (mandatory!) on-line platform for students: 23 & 25/09 12.30-13.30, Hermes building, room 5215 and 4201

• Information and sign-up session on insurance (strongly recommended!): Hermes building, 01/10 12.30-13.30, room 4215

• Library information Hermes building (strongly recommended!): 30/09, 12.30-13.30 room 4215

Erasmus/Exchange practicalities & deadlines

• Education and Exam Regulation: http://www.kuleuven.be/education/regulations/

• Course schedule available on (only courses from our brochure Exchange studies in Brussels): http://onderwijsaanbod.kuleuven.be/opleidingen/v/e/

Courses

• Available courses from the brochure Exchange studies in Brussels:

https://feb.kuleuven.be/eng/brussels/exchangeprogrammes/Exchange_studies_in_Brussels1516

Password and log-in1. an ODISEE account, in the form of 

firstname.lastname@student.odisee.be, that can be used to Login to the PC’s in the classrooms and library and access your personal network drive + print of exam card

2. a KU Leuven account/student number, in the form of a letter followed by 7 digits (e.g. r0123456) and that provides:o Access to all IT applications provided by KU Leuven, in particular

KU Loket and the electronic learning environmento Access to your KU Leuven mailbox

You first need to activate both accounts. As long as you have not done so, you will not be able to access the offered IT facilities. Use the activation code of your scratch card.

Erasmus/Exchange practicalities & deadlines

• Student services @ T’Serclaes:o bookshop(ground floor - C)o student counselling + ombudsperson (1st floor – A/

Stuvo Plus), o student administration(1st floor - B) o library (1st – 8th floor - C)o ICT (3rd floor - A)o DeMineen (student card necessary)

• Student services @ Hermes:o Computer roomso Pub & Sandwich baro Study breaks

Fall semester• Only 13 weeks of classes

before Christmas• Papers, group works,

intermediate evaluations!• Study hard => good

chance in nice results • If not => retries in

August/September

Fall semesterAgenda:• Last day of classes fall

semester - December 18th

• First day of exams – January 11th

• Last day of exams: 30/01• Exam results: by 05/02• Retakes – enrol the first week

of July

Spring semester• Only 13 weeks of classes

before exams• Papers, group works,

intermediate evaluations!• Study hard => good

chance in nice results • If not => retries in

August/September

Spring semester• Welcome day: 04/02

• First day of classes: 08/02

• Last day of classes: 20/05

• Easter holiday:

28/03 -08/04

• International week:

09/05 – 13/05

• Global village XL & goodbye:

Preparation 11/05

Event May 12/05

• First day of exams: 30/05

• Last day of exams: 25/06

• Exam results – 01/07

More information?Mobility Office KULeuven campus Brussels

T’Serclaes 5th floor – B05-23

Warmoesberg 26 1000 BrusselTel: +32(0)2 210 13 37

E-mail: mobility.brussel@kuleuven.be

Closed every Monday morning till 13.00 and Friday afternoon from 13.00

Facebook group: Incomingmobility@KULeuvenCampusBrussels https://www.facebook.com/groups/765627490149831/

Websites: https://www.econ.kuleuven.be/eng/brussels/exchangeprogrammes/Exchange or http://www.arts.kuleuven.be/home/english/internationalisation/brussels/mobility_office/exchange_students_and_programmes

Today and following days

• Lunch in room 1119

• Information market @ courtyard T’Serclaes

• Tour in campus + Brussels, if registered!(main entrance Hermes)

• Questions and answer @ Mobility Office:

Monday from 13.00