What the whole degree costs
Not just tuition. Everything, for the full 1 year. Living in Ghent
- Student room, 12 monthsrooms from €400/mo · typically €518/mo, Ghent€6,216
- Living, 12 months€1200/mo: food, transport, phone, books€14,400
Rent source: ugent.be
Scholarships you can apply for: ARES (Wallonia) · VLIR-UOS (Flanders development scholarships) · Erasmus Mundus · institutional master's bursaries
Can I get in?
The published requirements, checked against the official programme page. Open the section that applies to you.
Academic requirements2 on record
EnglishIELTS 6 minverified
Your degreemaster's degree (following a bachelor's, e.g. Master in Law or Business Economics). In specific cases, after examination of the curriculum, candidates with an equivalent foreign degree of 240 credits (e.g. a 4-year BSc) may be admittedverified
Local variants + foreign-degree pathway1 on record
Bachelor from outside the Netherlands?
You'll need a diploma equivalence check — case-by-case review against the Dutch bachelor's standard, typically via Nuffic. Grades convert with the equivalence table above; the university makes the final call.
Where you'd live
Median room rents by student area in Ghent. Sources: CBS / local city statistics.
rooms from €400/mo · typically €518/mo · Ghent
Everyday living around €1200/mo (food, transport, phone, books).
Housing is scarce; start looking the day you're admitted, not the day you land.
The university
Ghent University at a glance · Ghent, BE
TypeResearch-first university