WELCOME GUIDE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS OF THE POLE HAINUYER 1 03 WORD OF THE EDITOR
04 BELGIUM IN A NUTSHELL
05 EDUCATION 05 Higher education in the Wallonia-Brussels Federation 06 The Pôle hainuyer, a higher education centre in Hainaut 07 Studying at an institution of the Pôle hainuyer 08 International Relations departments 10 Academic calendar
French language courses
CONTENT 11 11 Libraries 12 Student life 14 Culture and Sports
16 USEFUL INFORMATION 16 Administrative procedures 18 Transport 20 Accommodation 22 Health 24 Day-to-day life
25 MAPS 25 Tournai 26 Mons 27 Charleroi 28 Hainaut 30 Details
36 CONTACTS
PUBLISHED BY CO-ORDINATION ILLUSTRATIONS Photographies Design Pôle Hainuyer asbl & EDITING Pierre Kroll UMONS, exnihilo.be Place du parc, 20 Lydie Lejuste © Tous droits réservés HEPH-Condorcet, 7000 Mons HELHa, ARTS2 Word of the editor
Dear student,
You have chosen to spend your mobility for studies or traineeship in the Pôle hainuyer, structure which gather higher education institutions of the Province of Hainaut in Belgium.
We are very happy to welcome you here and we will do our best to ensure your mobility experience is as profitable and pleasant as possible.
This guide you are holding now provides useful information and advice that will make it easier to prepare your journey and ensure your stay runs smoothly.
You are now ready to discover a new living environment. Many questions probably play on your mind: who to get in touch with upon your arrival… and before your departure? How can you travel to the host city by public transport? How should you book your accommodation? What kind of insurance do you need to subscribe? We will try to answer those questions to the best of our abilities in this document.
You will find a check list with all you need to do before, during and after your stay, an excellent way to make sure that only good surprises will await you here!
This guide also includes tips that will help you to discover a few cities of Hainaut. Read it before you leave and take it with you!
Looking forward to greeting you in person, we wish you a happy reading and welcome you already.
THE CO-CHAIRs OF THE PÔLE HAINUYER:
Calogero Conti Jean-Luc Vreux Rector of Mons university Director-Chairman of the HELHa
03 BELGIUM IN A NUTSHELL
Bordering on The Netherlands in the north, Belgians whose names are well-known Germany and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg abroad include the famous singer-songwrit- in the east, France in the south and the North ers Jacques Brel and Stromae; the actors Sea in the west, Belgium covers a surface Benoît Poelvoorde and Marie Gillain, the of 30,528 km2 with a population of some authors Amélie Nothomb, Georges Simenon 11,000,000 inhabitants. (police captain Maigret), Maurice Maeterlinck (Nobel Prize in Literature 1911); the fathers As a founding member of the European of comics: Franquin (Gaston Lagaffe), Hergé Union (EU) Belgium welcomes, in its cap- (Tintin creator), Morris (Lucky Lucke), Peyo ital Brussels, the headquarters of many (the Smurfs); the drawer and caricaturist European (including the European com- Pierre Kroll (who illustrated some pages of mission and the European parliament) and this guide); the directors Chantal Akerman, international organisations (such as the Jaco Van Dormael, Jean-Pierre and Luc headquarters of the North Atlantic Treaty Dardenne; the painters James Ensor, René Organisation NATO) . Magritte and the tennis players, Justine Henin and Kim Clijsters. Belgium is a constitutional and parliamentary monarchy that has been independant in 1830. Belgium is also the country of chocolate, beer His present King is Philip I. As a federal state, and of course mussels served with French it includes three Regions (the Walloon region, fries! It is a friendly country that offers plenty the Flemish region and the Brussels-Capital of historic, artistic, gastronomic, architectural region) and three Communities (the French and natural treasures that we invite you to community also called Wallonia-Brussels discover. Federation, the Flemish community and the German-speaking community).
Dutch is spoken in the Flemish region, the northern part of the country whereas French is spoken in the Walloon region, in the south. In eastern districts, the main language is German. In Brussels, the capital of Europe, 80% of the 1,300,000 inhabitants of the city are French-speaking. English is also used by many inhabitants of the country. Belgium is composed of ten provinces including the province of Hainaut, where you will be wel- comed. Located in the Walloon region, the capital of the province of Hainaut is Mons and the major other cities are Charleroi, La Louvière, Mouscron and Tournai.
044 Education
Higher education in the Wallonia-Brussels Federation
The European area for higher education (EEES) The European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) is that emerged from the Bologna process was in force and therefore promotes the student’s created to guarantee coherent, comparable mobility. and compatible higher education systems. An ECTS is an overall working time unit of the In the Wallonia-Brussels Federation (FWB), the student corresponding to 30 hours of learn- higher education institutions are an integral part ing activities (lectures, practice, traineeship, of the EEES. They unite Universities, “Haute personal study and research). Ecole” (HE), Colleges of Arts (ESA) and Adult education Colleges (EPS) and issue diplomas of The educational offer of the FWB is diverse Higher Education, academic-oriented Bachelor and the issued diplomas are recognised not and professional-oriented Bachelor, Master and only in the EEES but also worlwide. Doctorate corresponding to three study cycles.
1st cycle 2nd cycle 3rd cycle
Master (60) Academic-oriented Spe Doctorate (PhD) bachelor (180) Master (180) Master* (120) UNIVERSITY
Professional-oriented Spe bachelor* (180) Bachelor
Master (60) Spe
ECOLE” Academic-oriented “HAUTE bachelor (180) Master (120) Master
Professional-oriented Spe bachelor (180) Bachelor Master (60) Legend Academic-oriented Spe of ARTS COLLEGE COLLEGE bachelor (180) Master (120) Master Number in italics: number of credits.
Higher Education The vocational Diploma (120) bachelor in midwife contains 240 credits. Professional-oriented Spe
education bachelor (180) Bachelor The Master degree
college in medicine and
dult Academic-oriented Spe veterinary medicine
A Master (120) bachelor (180) Master contains 180 credits.
05 The Pôle hainuyer, a centre of higher education
The Pôle hainuyer is one of the five academic centres created by a decree that establishes the landscape of higher education in the Wallonia-Brussels Federation and the academic organisation of the studies. Located in the province of Hainaut, the Pôle hainuyer is composed of 37 higher education institutions, i.e.:
28 Adult education Colleges
Its mission International students enjoy the same services as regular students The Pôle hainuyer, like other academic centres, is a place of con- Information, orientation and re-orientation services ; certation and dialogue between Social support services; its member institutions. Its main Access to equipment and new technologies mission is to promote and support (auditoriums, various labs, etc.); all kinds of co-operation, and to Physical and virtual libraries; encourage teamwork to provide Remedial activities services; quality services to students. National and international mobility opportunities as well as inside the Pôle; Accommodation and catering facilities; Sports and leisure activities, cultural and student associations, etc.
The offer covers 20 fields of study
Architecture and Music Engineering and technology urban planning Philosophy Economics and management Performing arts and Sciences Law broadcasting and commu- Agriculture and Medicine nication technology bioengineering Political and social sciences Arts and art sciences Biomedicine Psychology and education Plastic, visual and spatial arts and pharmacy Theatre and drama Information and communication Motor sciences Languages, literatures Public health sciences and translation studies
06 Studying at an institution of the Pôle hainuyer
Have you decided to complete part of your Mouscron studies in Belgium, Ath at an institution of Leuze-en-Hainaut the Pôle hainuyer? Be Tournai assured that everything Braine-le-Comte will be done to ensure your stay will not only Saint-Ghislain Mons be an academic success, La Louvière but also a personal one. Morlanwelz Erquelinnes Charleroi
Each institution of the Pôle hainuyer has an Thuin International Relations Department (SRI), or similar, that will be your main contact. That department will liaise with the SRI of your home institution. It is also in charge of welcoming you, supporting you with all your Rance administrative procedures and answering all the questions you might have about trans- port, accommodation, health, etc. It will also introduce you to your Faculty Academic Co-ordinator who will be in charge of your academic supervision, the validation of your Learning Agreement and answer any question you might have.
Upon arrival, get in touch right away with both your host institution SRI (see details on the next pages) and your Academic Co-ordinator. In adult eduction there is no actual SRI. For any information please contact the institu- tion in question (see www.polehainuyer.be > Partner institutions > Adult education Colleges).
07 International Relations Departments
Université Université catholique Université libre de Mons de Louvain de Bruxelles
International Relations International Relations Student Mobility Office office office in Mons Campus du Solbosh Place du parc, 20 7000 Mons Magaly Duquesne ULB CP183 Chaussée de Binche, 151 Avenue F.D. Roosevelt, 50 Visits: (I. building) 7000 Mons 1050 Bruxelles Place Warocqué, 17 +32 (0)65 32 34 46 +32 (0)2 650 42 23 (office 034L) international@ [email protected] 7000 Mons uclouvain-mons.be www.ulb.ac.be Virginie Dufrancatel International Relations “incoming” students in Tournai +32 (0)65 37 37 43 Chaussée de Tournai, 7 [email protected] 7520 Ramegnies-Chin +32 (0)69 25 03 22 www.umons.ac.be www.uclouvain.be/hainaut
Another contact in your host institution: Regularly consult the notice board that displays lots of information (course Your host institution schedules, rooms, etc.). study secretariat acts as intermediary You will find your host institution’s secretariat details between the teachers on the Pôle hainuyer’s institutions websites (see and their students. contacts page 32).
08 Haute Ecole Haute Ecole Louvain Haute Ecole Provinciale en Hainaut en Hainaut de Hainaut – Condorcet
International Relations International Relations International Relations office department Office Rue Pierre-Joseph Duménil, 4 Chaussée de Binche, 159 Boulevard Roullier, 1 7000 Mons 7000 Mons 6000 Charleroi
Laurence Baras Guy Philippron Anne Delannay +32 (0)498 11 46 64 +32 (0)65 40 41 66 +32 (0)71 53 13 11 +32 (0)65 34 79 83 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.helha.be www.condorcet.be www.heh.be
Arts2 Académie des Beaux- ESA Saint-Luc Tournai Arts de Tournai
International Relations International Relations Rue de Nimy, 7 7000 Mons International Relations Chaussée de Tournai, 7 Rue de l’Hôpital Notre-Dame, 14 7520 Ramegnies-Chin Kurt Engelen 7500 Tournai +32 (0)65 34 73 77 Xavier Dochy [email protected] Thomas Boucart +32 (0)69 25 03 66 +32 (0)497 50 20 87 [email protected] www.artsaucarre.be +32 (0)69 84 12 63 [email protected] www.stluc-sup-tournai.be www.actournai.be
Adult education Colleges
Contact the Adult education Colleges concerned (see www.polehainuyer.be > Partner institutions > Adult education Colleges).
09 START OF 14.09 Academic 2015 THE ACADEMIC YEAR calendar WELCOME DAY OF 18.09 2015 “INCOMING” STUDENTS The academic year is organised FESTIVAL OF in 3 terms: 27.09 2015 THE FRENCH COMMUNITY The 1st term from mid September to end of January; 01.11 ALL SAINTS nd 2015 The 2 term runs from February to end of June; rd 11.11 ARMISTICE The 3 term includes the summer 2015 holidays and the second exam session.
WINTER HOLIDAYS 21.12 Exams are organised at the end of each term: 2015 (21.12.2015 > 01.01.2016) in January and late May-early June. A second EXAMS AND TESTS exam session stretches from mid August to 04.01 2016 (04.01.2016 > 22.01.2016) the start of September, which enables the students to resit exams where they did not LEISURE BREAK achieve satisfactory results. Special exam 25.01 2016 (25.01.2016 > 29.01.2016) periods and/or modalities can be granted to the international students. Find out about 01.02 RE-START OF COURSES those possibilities at the start of the term 2016 from the SRI of your host institution (see details pages 8-9). SPRING BREAK 28.03 2016 (28.03.2016 > 08.04.2016)
The threshold to pass is set to 10/20 01.05 LABOUR DAY 2016 by Education Unit.
The Transcript of Records – TOR will 05.05 ASCENSION 2016 be presented to your home institution and you will receive a copy in the weeks after the end of your stay. 16.05 PENTECOST 2016
1ST SESSION EXAMS 23.05 2016 (23.05.2016 > 30.06.2016) ACADEMIC ANNUAL date CALENDAR date HOLIDAYS 01.07 SUMMER HOLIDAYS 2016 The academic calendar does not apply to Adult education Colleges, find out more 2ND SESSION EXAMS 16.08 from the Adult education Colleges concerned 2016 (16.08.2016 > 10.09.2016) (see www.polehainuyer.be).
French is the main teaching language within Those courses are free of charge for inter- the institutions of the Pôle hainuyer. It is national students. therefore essential that students sufficiently master the French language, both orally and in If you wish to benefit from those French writing, to succeed in their learning activities. language courses, please inform the Some institutions offer intensive French as International Relations Service of your foreign language courses (FLE) at the start institution or your international co-ordinator of each academic year. (see details pages 8-9).
Libraries
All the libraries of the institutions of the Pôle hainuyer represent more than one million of resources available to borrow or to consult: novels, technical books and magazines.
Featuring new information and communi- cation technology, those libraries provide the public with digital workspaces and WIFI access for all.
They also have extremely rich and diverse heritage funds: thousands of antique prints, THE DIGITAL CAMPUSES and several hundreds of manuscripts with Don’t forget to consult the digital the oldest one dating back to the 10th cen- platform proposed by your host insti- tury. There is also a large collection of local tution. It includes all the educational newspapers with many of them dating back and administrative information easing to the 19th century. relation between teachers and stu- dents (digital announcements, online You will find all the information about those courses, Learning Agreement for libraries on the PH institutions’ websites Traineeship, etc.). (see contacts page 32).
11 Student life
Student life is not limited to lectures, practice or labs. The Pôle hainuyer provides numerous leisure and entertainment opportunities: sports or cultural activities, various associations...
SPORTS AND CULTURE ORCHESTRA AND CHOir In that field, the institutions of the Pôle Are you a keen music fan, do you play an hainuyer have a double objective: making instrument or do you like to sing a few notes sports and culture available to everyone from time to time, with or without experience? by organising sports and cultural activities Join one of the initiatives proposed by our at affordable prices, and creating bonds institutions. between all the students, irrespective of their institution, their campus or their study field.
If you wish to practice sports, music, theatre or take part in various cultural excursions in a convivial atmosphere, please refer to the website of your host institution (see contacts page 32) or look for information from the contact persons indicated on pages 14-15.
12 ASSOCIATIONS TOURISM The students of the Pôle hainuyer are grouped The Office de Promotion du Tourisme (OPT) in associations depending on the institution, of Wallonia and Brussels’ mission is to help campus or Faculty/Category they are enrolled you discover and appreciate the charms of in. They communicate via websites, forums our region. Don’t hesitate to visit their web- or social networks. Check the website of your site to find more information on the city you host institution to find out what you can do are interested in (www.opt.be). (see contacts page 32).
Among these associations, the Erasmus Student Network (ESN) is an association that focuses on helping and integrating Erasmus students, in particular through the organisation of par- ties and various extra-academic activities. If you wish to find out more, please contact the associations Erasmons (erasmus.umons@ gmail.com) and ESN Mons’ters (esn.monsters@ uclouvain-mons.be). 13 Culture and Sports units
Université Université catholique Université libre de Mons de Louvain de Bruxelles
Culture and Sport Unit Administration of ULB Culture [email protected] students affairs in Mons +32 (0)2 650 40 62 Maxime Lahou [email protected] Perrine Dagonnier +32 (0)65 32 32 87 www.ulb.ac.be/culture +32 (0)65 37 37 06 affaires.etudiantes [email protected] @uclouvain-mons.be ULB Sports Carla Nota +32 (0)2 650 21 78 +32 (0)65 37 37 20 [email protected] .be [email protected]
Haute Ecole Haute Ecole Louvain Haute Ecole Provinciale en Hainaut en Hainaut de Hainaut – Condorcet
Cultural activities Culture and Sport Unit Culture commission Céline Pourbaix Paul Lodewick Patricia Hosselet +32 (0)471 78 68 42 +32 (0)65 40 41 42 +32 (0)65 40 12 26 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
Sport activities Sport commission Krystel Bavier Yannick Miserque +32 (0)476 29 69 06 +32 (0)478 59 59 50 [email protected] [email protected]
14 Arts2 AC’T ESA Saint-Luc Tournai
Culture and Sport Unit Culture and Sport Unit Culture and Sport Unit Gwénaëlle L’hoste Thomas Boucart Xavier Dochy +32 (0)65 35 60 87 +32 (0)497 50 20 87 +32 (0)69 25 03 66 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
Adult education Colleges
Cultural and sports news is available on the websites of the Adult education Colleges (see www.polehainuyer.be > Partner institutions > Adult education Colleges).
15 Useful information
Administrative procedures
Before departing to your host institution, Before your departure you will need to comply with various for- malities. We recommend you to consult Draw up a first Learning Agreement with the website of your host institution (see the academic co-ordinator of your home contacts page 32) to know them thoroughly. institution. These are some of the essential tasks to Send a first e-mail contact with the Inter- carry out for your mobility. national Relations Department (SRI) of your host institution (see details pages 8-9).
Download the application form from your host institution’s website (see contacts page 32).
Fill in your application form, sign it, have it signed by the Academic co-ordinator of your home institution and send it to your host institution.
Make sure to find accommodation. Do not hesitate to ask for advice from your host institution that can help you.
Make sure your identity card and/or pass- port is valid. Check whether you dispose of an inter- nationally valid healthcare insurance. Be aware that a valid healthcare insurance is mandatory in Belgium!
Check whether your credit/debit card is accepted in Belgium.
Check whether the debit limit of your bank account is sufficient.
16 Upon your arrival Before your departure Go to the SRI of your host institution to Ask the SRI to sign the second part of complete your enrolment file. your “Departure form“. Register with the ‘foreigners’ department Ask the SRI of your host institution and of the municipality where you stay. You home institution to find out whether will have to fill in a document entitled other administrative return documents “Annex 33” in 4 copies. You will have to must be filled in. provide 4 ID photos, a school certificate, Inform the municipal administration of an Erasmus certificate, a valid identifi- the city your reside in and your health cation (identity card or passport) and, insurance of your departure. depending on the municipality, you might have to pay a small administrative fee amounting to a few euros. You will be given a copy of that Annex 33, which you will need to keek with your ID documents for the duration of your stay! Ask the SRI to sign the first part of the “Arrival form”.
GOOD TO KNOW
The report of your marks obtained for the exams organised by your host institution (Transcript of Records) guarantees the recognition of ECTS credits and ensures the transparency of the marking system. This document will be sent automatically to the SRI of your home institution as soon as your exams are evalu- ated (end January, end June or end September). You will receive the summary of your marks within five weeks after your departure.
17 Transport
AIRPORTS Railways The 2 major airports in Belgium are: Besides a single or return ticket, the Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer belges (Belgian Brussels Airport National Railway Company-SNCB/MIVB) also offers other travel tickets: The railway station is located at level -1 of the airport. The Brussels Airport Express Go Pass train runs four times per hour to the sta- tions of Bruxelles Nord, Bruxelles Central Go Pass offers young people, up to 26 years and Bruxelles Midi. From there you can take old, 10 single journeys to any belgian rail- another train to Mons, Charleroi, Tournai, etc. way station for a little more than 50€. It is valid for one year and can be used by www.brusselsairport.be several people.
The airport of Charleroi-Brussels Sud Rail Pass is located in Gosselies (Charleroi). Rail Pass offers the same service as the Go At Charleroi airport, you can buy a single Pass but without any age restrictions and ticket ‘to any Belgian station’ from the at a price of approximately 75€. available ticket machines. That ticket combines the TEC bus journey (from Interrail Card the airport to the railway station of It is also possible to travel without restric- Charleroi-Sud) and the train journey (to tion throughout Europe during one month any Belgian railway station). Two ticket with the Interrail card. vending machines are located outside the airport at gate 2. You don’t need to validate the ticket on the www.charleroi-airport.com platform, the ticket inspector will do it on board. Please note that all belgian trains are no-smoking.
To discover all the SNCB offers, to check the train schedules and to buy tickets online, visit www.belgianrail.be or find out directly at the station.
18 Bus The TEC public transport company (Transport en Commun) offers a large bus network throughout Wallonia. You can choose your ticket depending on your travel frequency (single ticket, card or season ticket).
Please visit www.infotec.be for more information.
GOOD TO KNOW
In Mons, you can travel for free within the city limits from Monday to Saturday, from 7 am to 9 pm, with the Intramuros buses that circulate in the city centre.
In Charleroi, you can also take the underground. Consult www.infotec.be for underground zones, fares and conditions.
19 Accommodation
There are two types of student accommodation: accommo- dation offered by institutions and private lodgings.
Warning: we advise you that you start looking for accom- modation as soon as possible! If you wish to benefit from accommodation at one of the institutions of the Pôle hainuyer, consult its website to find out about the procedures and above all, the deadlines for your application (see contacts page 32). If you wish to find private accommodation, you can ask for advice from the SRI of your host institution (see details pages 8-9).
In both cases, you should ideally begin to look for accom- modation around March for the following academic year.
Institution accommodation Private accommodation The catalogue with all the information about Private student accommodation in the city accommodation offered by institutions and are usually rooms (kots) that can be either lists with private accommodation are usually located in the landlord’s house (kots in private available at your host institution’s SRI. homes) or “studios”. Private kots are similar to those provided by the institutions. You can The rooms (also called “kots”), located in also rent a “studio”, furnished or not, where student residences can be single or double. you will have a private shower and kitchen. They are furnished and often have a shower. Rent is usually more expensive for studios. Kitchens usually are shared. Usually, rental periods are either 10 or The monthly rent for an accommodation 12 months. However, it is sometimes possible in an institution is approximately 270€, to reach an agreement with the landlord for including provision for heating and water. a shorter rental period. The average monthly A one month deposit is required. rent for a furnished kot is approximately 300€ without charges (renting costs for electricity, water and heating).
20 Youth hostels Useful links Youth hostels are an ideal solution Here are a few websites where you for a few nights. can find ads, some information and useful tips:
www.inforjeunes.be www.student.be “Un toit, deux âges” www.kitkot.be An alternative to accommodation offered by www.kotplanet.be institutions or individuals: inter-generational accommodation. If you wish to combine eco- www.1toit2ages.be nomic concerns and conviviality, contact the www.aubergesdejeunesse.com association “Un toit, deux âges” (One roof, two ages”).
21 Health
Contact the SRI of your home or host institution. by the school Insurance Insurance subscribed subscribed
Let your contracted insurance intervene an activity linked not not to the Study sector in your home country or in Belgium. by the school Insurance Insurance subscribed subscribed
By presenting your CEAM and your identity card (or passport) to the health professional consulted or in a public hospital, you will receive identification labels to benefit from the necessary medical care CEAM whilst remaining under the insurance system of your home country. You can also involve your possible complementary insurance. Accidents and illnesses in the context of: a private activity private a Let your contracted insurance intervene No
CEAM in your home country or in Belgium.
Insurance In Belgium, individual healthcare insurance bilateral agreement with Belgium on health- is mandatory. You must be insured in all care insurance. Find out from your healthcare cases. insurance company in your home country or a ‘mutuelle’ in Belgium. An ‘all inclusive’ If you come from a country of the European mobility insurance can also be subscribed Economic Space, EEE (EU + Iceland, Norway, with a private insurance company to obtain Lichtenstein and Switzerland), you are a refund of all incurred expenses. insured by your national insurance system. Upon your request your healthcare insurance If you come from a country outside the EEE, company in your home country will provide you must have a healthcare insurance policy you with a European Health Insurance Card to reside in Belgium. Some insurance com- (CEAM). This is valid for one year maximum panies offer additional policies that cover and will enable you to become member of a hospitalisation and other medical expenses, so-called ‘mutuelle’ in Belgium, in order to repatriation, illness or accidents that occur benefit from the reimbursement of medical during your stay abroad. expenses under the same conditions that apply to Belgian residents. Furthermore, international students can sometimes benefit from a collective insur- Note that the same principles apply to stu- ance policy underwriten by their home or dents from countries which have signed a host institution to cover accident occurring
22 EMERGENCY NUMBERS
112 Emergency number This number can be called even without card or credit
101 Police www.police.be 100 Emergency services Ambulance and fire brigade 105 Red Cross Help and intervention in case of accident during student activities. Find out from the SRI of your home or host institution (see details pages 8-9) whether it is possible 1733 (paid for service) and don’t forget to check what you are Doctors on call covered for (accidents, repatriation, civil To know the doctor on call liability, etc.) as well as the intervention in your region conditions (on the way to the institution, during excursions it organises and in case of participation in educational activities 070 245 245 organised on its premises). Anti poison centre Poisoning and burns www.poisoncentre.be
Pharmacies on call To know the pharmacy on call of your region, enter your postcode on www.pharmacie.be
23 Day-to-day life
Money Telephone The Euro (€) is the currency used in Belgium. The major mobile telephone companies in Numerous ATMs are at your disposal Belgium are Proximus, Mobistar and Base. (Bancontact/Mister Cash, Visa, Mastercard, Maestro, etc.). They generally work with most credit and debit cards.
You can easily buy a SIM card with a local call number and small communication credit in a mobile phone shop. The cards to reload If you open a bank account in Belgium upon your communication credit can be bought in your arrival, you will need to submit follow- the same shops, but also in supermarkets, ing documents: newsagents, etc. Identity card or passport, Your kot/studio’s address, A Social Security certificate or a host institution’s enrolment certificate. Shops and services There are many shops and services (shops, banks, post offices, cybercafés, launder- Waste management ettes etc.) in your host city. Usual opening times are from 9 am to 6 pm, from Monday In Belgium household waste and other waste till Friday or Saturday. Shops and services is subject to selective sorting and collected are closed on Sundays but night shops can regularly. In order to know about the collection help you 24/7. schedule (dates and times to put your bins outside) in your region, download the mobile application “Recycle!” or consult the websites of the organisations below : Catering Braine-le-Comte : www.ibw.be The institutions of the Pôle hainuyer provide Charleroi, Gosselies, Fleurus, Marcinelle, numerous catering facilities. Depending on Loverval : www.icdi.be the campus, sandwiches and/or hot meals are available at democratic prices. To know La Louvière, Mons, Morlanwelz, the available restaurants and cafeterias in Saint-Ghislain : www.hygea.be your host institution, visit its website (see Ath, Leuze-en-Hainaut, Mouscron contacts page 32). Please note that numerous et Tournai ; ainsi que Thuin, Sivry-Rance : snacks-bars and restaurants are also available www.ipalle.be in the cities around the campuses.
24 MAPS
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Université catholique de Louvain Haute Ecole en Hainaut
1 Chaussée de Tournai, 7 7520 Tournai 8 Rue du Chambge, 23 7500 Tournai RECEPTION, INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION ECONOMIC CAMPUS LOCI - FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE, ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING AND URBAN PLANNING 9 Rue des Carmes, 19b 7500 Tournai EDUCATION CAMPUS social CAMPUS Haute Ecole Provinciale de Hainaut-Condorcet Académie des Beaux-Arts de Tournai
2 Rue Paul Pastur, 73 7500 Tournai 10 Rue de l’Hôpital Notre-Dame, 14 7500 Tournai PARAMEDICAL CATEGORY RECEPTION, INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION PLASTIC AND VISUAL ARTS 3 Rue Paul Pastur, 2 7500 Tournai TECHNICAL CATEGORY ESA Saint-Luc Tournai
4 Rue du Progrès, 13 7503 Froyennes (Negundo) 11 Chaussée de Tournai, 7 ECONOMIC CATEGORY 7520 Ramegnies-Chin PLASTIC AND VISUAL ARTS Haute Ecole Louvain en Hainaut Enseignement de Promotion sociale 5 Rue de l’Ecorcherie, 16-20 7500 Tournai (Adult education) SOCIAL CATEGORY IEPSCF de Tournai-Antoing-Templeuve 6 Quai des Salines, 28 7500 Tournai 12 PARAMEDICAL CATEGORY Rue Saint-Brice, 53 7500 Tournai 7 Rue Frinoise, 12 7500 Tournai TECHNICAL CATEGORY 25 Mons
7 10 3 11 15 9 1 5 14 16 2 6 4 8 17 13 12
Université de Mons Haute Ecole Louvain en Hainaut
1 Place Warocqué, 17 7000 Mons 8 Chaussée de Binche, 159 7000 Mons RECEPTION, INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION APPLIED ARTS ECONOMIC CATEGORY EDUCATION SCHOOL OF HUMAN AND SOCIAL SCIENCES LAW CATEGORY SOCIAL CATEGORY TECHNICAL CATEGORY SCHOOL FACULTY OF PSYCHOLOGY AND EDUCATION WAROCQUE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS Haute Ecole en Hainaut
Rue d’Havré, 88 7000 Mons 2 9 Rue Pierre-Joseph Duménil, 4 7000 Mons FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN PLANNING RECEPTION, INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION Avenue du Champs de Mars (Plaine de Nimy) 3 10 Avenue Victor Maistriau, 13 7000 Mons 7000 Mons SOCIAL CAMPUS FACULTY OF MEDECINE AND PHARMACY FACULTY OF SCIENCE FACULTY OF TRANSLATION 11 Avenue Victor Maistriau, 8a 7000 Mons AND INTERPRETATION - EII TECHNICAL CAMPUS 4 Rue de Houdain, 9 7000 Mons 12 Boulevard Albert-Elisabeth, 2 7000 Mons FACULTY OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION CAMPUS 5 Place du Parc 7000 Mons Arts² RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR LANGUAGE SCIENCE aND TECHNOLOGY 13 Rue des Soeurs Noires, 4a 7000 Mons PLASTIC and VISUAL ARTS (academy of arts) Université catholique de Louvain Theatre (royal conservatoire)
6 Chaussée de Binche, 151 7000 Mons 14 Rue de Nimy, 7 7000 Mons FACULTY OF ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, POLITICAL SCIENCES SECRETARIAT Music (royal conservatoire) AND COMMUNICATION LOUVAIN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT (LSM) Enseignement de Promotion sociale (Adult education) Haute Ecole Provinciale de Hainaut-Condorcet 15 PROMSOC Mons-Borinage Avenue du Tir, 10 7000 Mons 7 Chemin du Champ de Mars, 15 7000 Mons ECONOMIC CATEGORY PARAMEDICAL CATEGORY 16 Institut Reine Astrid de Mons (IRAM) EDUCATION CATEGORY Rue de Saint-Luc, 3 7000 Mons Chaussée de Binche, 158 7000 Mons 17 IEPSCF de jemappes – quiévrain Avenue Roi Albert, 643 7012 Jemappes 26 Charleroi 17
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Université de Mons Haute Ecole Louvain en Hainaut
1 Boulevard Joseph II, 38-42 6000 Charleroi 8 Grand’Rue, 185 6000 Charleroi RECEPTION, INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION TECHNICAL CATEGORY FACULTY OF PSYCHOLOGY AND EDUCATION FACULTY OF SCIENCE FACULTY OF ENGINEERING Rue de l’Hôpital, 27 6060 Gilly WAROCQUE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS 9 PARAMEDICAL CATEGORY Université catholique de Louvain 10 Rue Trieu Kaisin, 134 6061 Montignies-sur-Sambre Boulevard Devreux, 6 6000 Charleroi 2 ECONOMIC CATEGORY SOCIAL CATEGORY RECEPTION, INFORMATION PARAMEDICAL CATEGORY 3 Rue Trieu Kaisin, 134 Enseignement de Promotion sociale 6061 Montignies-sur-Sambre (Adult education) FACULTY OF ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, POLITICAL SCIENCES AND COMMUNICATION Louvain School 11 Institut provincial supérieur of Management (LSM) des sciences sociales et pédagogiques Boulevard Gustave Rouiller, 1 6000 Charleroi Université libre de Bruxelles 12 Université du Travail – Institut d’enseignement technique commercial Avenue Général Michel, 1B 6000 Charleroi 4 Square Hiernaux, 2 6000 Charleroi DEP. OF labour and SOCIAL SCIENCES MASTER IN labour SCIENCES MASTER IN PUBLIC HEALTH 13 Institut provincial supérieur industriel du Hainaut Haute Ecole Provinciale Boulevard Solvay, 31 6000 Charleroi de Hainaut-Condorcet 14 Collège technique “Aumôniers du travail” Grand Rue, 185 6000 Charleroi 5 Boulevard Solvay, 31 6000 Charleroi TECHNICAL CATEGORY 15 école des Femmes prévoyantes socialistes (FPS) Avenue des Alliés, 2 6000 Charleroi 6 Rue de l’Espérance, 95 6061 Montignies-sur-Sambre 16 Cours industriels et commerciaux de Couillet PARAMEDICAL CATEGORY Rue des Lilas, 3 6010 Couillet
Centre d’enseignement supérieur pour adultes (CESA) 7 Square Hiernaux, 2 6000 Charleroi 17 Rue de Courcelles, 10 6044 Roux ECONOMIC CATEGORY 27 Mouscron
Tournai Leuze-en- hainaut
Péruwelz
Université de Mons Haute Ecole en Hainaut
Université catholique de Louvain Académie des Beaux-Arts de Tournai
Université libre de Bruxelles Arts2
Haute Ecole Louvain ESA Saint-Luc Tournai en Hainaut
Haute Ecole Provinciale Enseignement de Promotion de Hainaut-Condorcet sociale (Adult education)
28 Enghien
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Braine-le-comte
Soignies
Ecaussinnes
La Louvière Gosselies Saint-Ghislain Mons Fleurus
Morlanwelz Charleroi Colfontaine Frameries Binche Dour
Thuin Loverval
erquelinnes
Sivry-rance
29 Université catholique de Louvain
Boulevard Devreux, 6 6000 Charleroi
RECEPTION, INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION
Rue Trieu Kaisin, 134 6061 Montignies-sur-Sambre
FACULTY OF ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, POLITICAL SCIENCES Université de Mons AND COMMUNICATION LOUVAIN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT (LSM)
Chaussée de Binche, 151 7000 Mons
FACULTY OF ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, POLITICAL SCIENCES Boulevard Joseph II, 38-42 6000 Charleroi AND COMMUNICATION LOUVAIN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT (LSM) RECEPTION, INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION FACULTY OF PSYCHOLOGY AND EDUCATION Chaussée de Tournai, 7 7520 Tournai FACULTY OF SCIENCE FACULTY OF ENGINEERING RECEPTION, INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION WAROCQUE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS LOCI – FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE, ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING AND URBAN PLANNING Place Warocqué, 17 7000 Mons
RECEPTION, INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION SCHOOL OF HUMAN AND SOCIAL SCIENCES LAW SCHOOL Université libre de Bruxelles FACULTY OF PSYCHOLOGY AND EDUCATION WAROCQUE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS
Rue d’Havré, 88 7000 Mons
FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN PLANNING Avenue Général Michel, 1B 6000 Charleroi Avenue du Champs de Mars (Plaine de Nimy) 7000 Mons DEPARTMENT OF labour and SOCIAL SCIENCES MASTER IN labour SCIENCES FACULTY OF MEDECINE AND PHARMACY MASTER IN public heath FACULTY OF SCIENCE FACULTY OF TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION – EII Rue Adrienne Bolland, 8 6041 Gosselies Rue de Houdain, 9 7000 Mons INSTITUTE for MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE INSTITUTE for MEDICAL IMMUNOLOGY FACULTY OF ENGINEERING CENTRE for MICROSCOPY AND MOLECULAR IMAGING Place du Parc 7000 Mons
RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR LANGUAGE SCIENCE aND TECHNOLOGY
30 Haute Ecole en Hainaut Avenue Victor Maistriau, 8a 7000 Mons TECHNICAL CAMPUS
Boulevard Albert-Elisabeth, 2 7000 Mons
EDUCATION CAMPUS
Rue du Chambge, 23 7500 Tournai
Rue Pierre-Joseph Duménil, 4 7000 Mons ECONOMIC CAMPUS RECEPTION, INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION Rue des Carmes, 19b 7500 Tournai
Avenue Victor Maistriau, 13 7000 Mons EDUCATION CAMPUS SOCIAL CAMPUS SOCIAL CAMPUS
Haute Ecole Louvain en Hainaut
Rue de Belle-Vue, 32 7100 La Louvière
ECONOMIC CATEGORY Rue des Postes, 101 7090 Braine-le-Comte
EDUCATION CATEGORY Rue Ferrer, 159 7100 La Louvière PARAMEDICAL CATEGORY Grand’Rue, 185 6000 Charleroi
TECHNICAL CATEGORY Tour Saint-Pierre, 9 7900 Leuze-en-Hainaut EDUCATION CATEGORY Rue de Bruxelles, 99-101 6220 Fleurus
AGRONOMICS CATEGORY Chaussée de Binche, 159 7000 Mons ECONOMIC CATEGORY APPLIED ARTS CATEGORY PARAMEDICAL CATEGORY ECONOMIC SCATEGORY EDUCATION CATEGORY Rue de l’hôpital, 27 6060 Gilly SOCIAL CATEGORY PARAMEDICAL CATEGORY TECHNICAL CATEGORY
Rue Circulaire, 4 6041 Gosselies Rue du Couvent 82 bis 7700 Mouscron
EDUCATION CATEGORY PARAMEDICAL CATEGORY
Place Brasseur, 6 6280 Loverval Rue de l’Ecorcherie, 16-20 7500 Tournai
EDUCATION CATEGORY SOCIAL CATEGORY
Rue Trieu Kaisin, 134 Quai des Salines, 28 7500 Tournai 6061 Montignies-sur-Sambre PARAMEDICAL CATEGORY ECONOMIC CATEGORY SOCIAL CATEGORY Rue Frinoise, 12 7500 Tournai PARAMEDICAL CATEGORY TECHNICAL CATEGORY
31 Haute Ecole Provinciale de Hainaut-Condorcet
Rue Paul Pastur, 11 7800 Ath Place de la Justice, 23 7700 Mouscron
AGRONOMICS CATEGORY ECONOMIC CATEGORY TECHNICAL CATEGORY Avenue de l’Enseignement, 45 Boulevard Solvay, 31 6000 Charleroi 7330 Saint-Ghislain
TECHNICAL CATEGORY APPLIED ARTS CATEGORY ECONOMIC CATEGORY Rue de l’Espérance, 95 PARAMEDICAL CATEGORY 6061 Montignies-sur-Sambre
PARAMEDICAL CATEGORY Rue Paul Pastur, 73 7500 Tournai PARAMEDICAL CATEGORY Square Hiernaux, 2 6000 Charleroi
ECONOMIC CATEGORY Rue Paul Pastur, 2 7500 Tournai TECHNICAL CATEGORY Rue de la Bruyère, 151 6001 Marcinelle
EDUCATIONAL CATEGORY Rue du Progrès, 13 7503 Froyennes SOCIAL CATEGORY (Negundo) ECONOMIC CATEGORY Rue de l’Enseignement, 14 7140 Morlanwelz
EDUCATIONAL CATEGORY
Chemin du Champ de Mars, 15 7000 Mons
ECONOMIC CATEGORY PARAMEDICAL CATEGORY EDUCATIONAL CATEGORY
32 Arts2 Académie des Beaux-Arts de Tournai
Rue de Nimy, 7 7000 Mons
Reception, information and registration Music (Royal Conservatoire) Rue de l’Hôpital Notre-Dame, 14 7500 Tournai
Reception, information and registration Rue des Soeurs Noires, 4a 7000 Mons PLASTIC AND VISUAL ARTS PLASTIC and VISUAL ARTS (academy of arts) THEATRE (Royal Conservatoire)
ESA Saint-Luc Tournai
Chaussée de Tournai, 7 7520 Ramegnies-Chin
Reception, information and registration PLASTIC AND VISUAL ARTS
33 Enseignement de Promotion sociale (Adult education)
IEPSCF d’Ath-Flobecq IEPSCF de Colfontaine Rue Carton, 5 7800 Ath Rue Clémenceau, 60-62 7340 Wasmes
Institut Supérieur Plus Oultre IEPSCF de Dour Rue de Savoie, 6 7130 Binche Rue de Boussu, 84 7370 Dour
Institut Provincial Supérieur Les Cours Industriels et Commerciaux des Sciences Sociales et Pédagogiques d’Ecaussinnes Atelier Ferrer Boulevard Gustave Rouiller, 1 Rue Ernest Martel, 6 7190 Ecaussines-D’Enghien 6000 Charleroi Enseignement de Promotion Sociale Université du Travail –Institut d’Enseignement d’Enghien (EPSE) Technique Commercial Rue du village, 50 7850 Marcq Square Hiernaux, 2 6000 Charleroi Arts et Métiers Enseignement Institut Supérieur Industriel Promotion Sociale (AMEPS) Boulevard Solvay, 31 6000 Charleroi Rue Sainte Thérèse, 47 6560 Erquelinnes
Collège Technique “Aumôniers du travail” IEPSCF de Frameries Grand Rue, 185 6000 Charleroi Rue du Onze Novembre, 2 7080 Frameries
Ecole des Femmes Prévoyantes Socialistes (FPS) Institut Provincial des Arts et Métiers du Centre Avenue des Alliés, 2 6000 Charleroi Rue Paul Pastur, 1 7100 La Louvière
Cours Industriels et Commerciaux de Couillet Institut Provincial d’Enseignement Rue des Lilas, 3 6010 Couillet de Promotion Sociale du Hainaut Occidental Rue Paul Pastur, 49 - 7900 Leuze-en-Hainaut Centre d’Enseignement Supérieur pour Adultes (CESA) PROMSOC Mons-Borinage Rue de Courcelles, 10 6044 Roux Avenue du Tir, 10 7000 Mons
34 Institut Reine Astrid de Mons (IRAM) Rue de Saint-Luc, 3 7000 Mons Chaussée de Binche, 159 7000 Mons
IEPSCF de Jemappes-Quiévrain Avenue Roi Albert, 643 7012 Jemappes
IEPSCF de Morlanwelz-Mariemont Rue Raoul Warocqué, 46 7140 Morlanwelz-Mariemont
IEPSCF de Mouscron-Comines Place de la Justice, 1 Bte 155 7700 Mouscron
Collège Technique Saint-Henri Avenue Royale, 50/B 7700 Mouscron
IEPSCF de Peruwelz Boulevard Léopold III, 40 7600 Péruwelz
IEPSCF de Sivry-Rance Rue Pauline Hubert 40 Bte 2 6470 Rance
Institut Technique et agricole de la Province de Hainaut Rue de la Station, 57 7060 Soignies
IEPSCF de Thuin Grand’Rue 52 6530 Thuin
IEPSCF de Tournai-Antoing-Templeuve Rue Saint-Brice, 53 7500 Tournai
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