Karel de Grote Hogeschool
To enrol in an English-taught programme at KdG, you pay:
- a tuition fee
- additional course and programme-related costs (such as course materials or study trips)
Tuition fees for academic year 2026-2027
If you enrol for a full-time programme (60 credits) with a diploma contract:
- EEA nationals and Belgian students
- Non-study grant student: €1.181,40
- Study grant student: €139,40
- Non-EEA nationals
- Basic fee: €1.181,40 (based on your residency status)
- Higher fee: €9.020,00
What determines your tuition fee?
- Your tuition fee depends on:
- Your nationality or residency status.
- The type of degree programme (bachelor's, master's, etc.).
- The number of credits you enrol for. A full-time year equals 60 credits.
- The type of contract (diploma, credit or exam contract).
- Your scholarship status.
- Your tuition fee consists of a fixed amount and an amount per study credit.
Basic fee
- You pay the basic fee if you are Belgian, have an EEA nationality or if you meet the the nationality conditions.
- You may also be eligible for a study grant from the Flemish Government.
- Tuition fees for a graduate, bachelor's, master's, bridging or preparatory programme:
- Diploma and credit contract
- Scholarship student:
- Fixed fee: €139.40
- Per-credit fee: €0
- → Full-time programme: €139.40
- Part-scholarship student:
- Fixed fee: €305.40
- Per-credit fee: €5.30
- → Full-time programme: €623.40
- Non-scholarship student:
- Fixed fee: €305.40
- Per-credit fee: €14.60
- → Full-time programme: €1,181.40
- Scholarship student:
- Exam contract
- Fixed fee: €139,40
- Per-credit fee: €5,30
- Diploma and credit contract
Higher fee
- You pay the higher fee if you are a non-EEA student and do not meet the nationality conditions.
- Tuition fees for a graduate, bachelor's, master's, bridging or preparatory programme:
- Diploma and credit contract
- New KdG student from 2026–27
- Fixed fee: €2.600
- Per-credit fee: €107
- → Full-time programme: €9.020
- KdG student before 2026–27:
- Fixed fee: €2.600
- Per-credit fee: €84,90
- → Full-time programme: €7.694
- New KdG student from 2026–27
- Exam contract
- Fixed fee: €1.078,10
- Per-credit fee: €8
- Diploma and credit contract
Other fees
Some degree types and situations have specific tuition fees.
- Advanced bachelor
- Fixed fee: €305,40
- Per-credit fee: €14,60
- → Full-time programme: €1.181,40
- Advanced master
- Fixed fee: €1.014,10
- Per-credit fee: €34,70
- → Full-time programme: €3.096,10
- Final-year secondary school student
credit contract, max. 12 credits- Fixed fee: €69,70
- Insufficient learning credit (bachelor's and master's)
- Extra per credit for which no learning credit is available: €14,60
- More info in the Education and Examination Regulations
Invoice and payment
When is your tuition fee confirmed?
- Your tuition fee is confirmed once we have received your complete application and reviewed the required documents.
- Your fee is calculated based on the information and supporting documents available at the time of enrolment, including those relating to nationality, residency status, and study grant eligibility, taking into account their respective validity terms.
- If certain documents are missing, the higher fee may be applied temporarily. Your fee will be adjusted once the correct documents have been submitted and approved.
How do you receive your invoice?
- You will receive all invoices at your KdG email address and your personal email address.
- Invoices are sent from facturatie.noreply@kdg.be.
- Students paying the higher fee for their first academic year will receive their payment request via Flywire, KdG's official platform for international tuition fee payments.
More info about application and tuition fee payment deadlines
Paying in instalments
- You can spread your payment if you pay the basic fee or the higher fee from your second academic year onwards, for any programme excluding postgraduate programmes, post-training courses, and study days.
- Higher fee students in their first academic year are not eligible for instalments.
- When spreading your payment, you pay in 5 instalments. If you enrol in January or February, you pay in 3 instalments.
- You can request a payment plan during (re-)enrolment or via the instalment request form.
Financial support
KdG does not offer scholarships or grants.
- As a public institution, we spread our funding across the entire student body, helping us keep tuition fees fair and education accessible to as many students as possible.
- If you meet the nationality conditions, you may be eligible for financial support from the Flemish Government. This support takes two forms:
- A study grant (studietoelage): a direct financial contribution towards your study costs.
- Reduced tuition fees (verminderd studiegeld): a lower tuition fee based on your financial situation.
- Master's and advanced master's students may also be eligible for a Mastermind scholarship from Study in Flanders. Note that application deadlines fall early in the year. Check the Study in Flanders website for eligibility criteria and current deadlines.
Flemish study grant
The Flemish study grant is financial support provided by the Flemish government to help cover study-related costs.
If you are living in Belgium under a student or work visa, you will not be eligible.
- To be eligible, you must meet three types of conditions: nationality or residency conditions, academic conditions and financial conditions.
- You can apply via the official digital platform of the Flemish government. You create your student profile and will be able to track your application from start to finish.
- Application deadline: 1 June of the running academic year.
- Check your eligibility with our simulation tool. Based on this assessment, we may also provide an advance payment of your study grant. This can help you bridge the period before you receive the official grant.
- If you have any questions about the Flemish "studietoelage", please e-mail us at financieelwelzijn@kdg.be.
Other practicalities
Tuition fee exceptions based on rights of residency
You can also pay the basic tuition fee in these cases:
- Permanent Belgian residence permit
Supporting documents: electronic B, C, D, F, F+, K or L card - Right of residence in Belgium: refugee status, subsidiary protection, humanitarian or medical regularisation, victim of human trafficking or family reunification
Proof:- Attestation Payoke/Pag-asa/Sürya for victims of human trafficking
- Decision CGVS or Council refugee/subsidiary protection disputes (n.b. Annex 26 is not sufficient)
- Proof of application for humanitarian visa/procedure humanitarian regularisation/medical regularisation for legal stay of 12 months from 31/12
- Annex 41b for family reunification
- Annex 19/19 for family reunification
- Certificate of family member EEA citizen for non-Belgians
- Certificate of temporary protection for Ukrainian nationals (pdf). Note that an ‘A card’ is not in itself a sufficient proof of temporary residence. Be sure to refer to the sample document.
- Please note: holding an ‘A card’ or an ‘orange card’ does not exempt you from paying the higher tuition fee. Only the exceptions listed above apply.