Programme
The Study Abroad programme offers students a unique academic and cultural experience through the opportunity to earn credits towards their degree at partner universities around the world. Why is studying abroad important?
- To improve your knowledge of a foreign language: In a global marketplace, foreign language and intercultural communication skills are indispensable for professional success. Studying abroad provides you with the opportunity to fully immerse yourself in a new language and culture, and there is no better way to learn!
- To develop new skills and interests: Through your study abroad experience, you will encounter unfamiliar situations and will learn how to adapt and react in effective ways. You will also find many new activities and interests which you might never have discovered otherwise.
- To network on a global level: Expand your circle of friends and potential future professional contacts by interacting with local students and professors, as well as with other international students.
- To learn about yourself: Being in a new country by yourself helps you to discover who you really are whilst gaining an understanding of different cultures and beliefs. After your study abroad experience, you will be able to see your own culture and beliefs from different perspectives.
- To bring fresh air into your academic routine: Studying in a different university in a different country gives you access to different teaching and learning styles and the chance to take courses not offered at your home campus.
The Brussels School of Governance is an alliance between the Institute for European Studies (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) and Vesalius College. The Study Abroad programme is organised by Vesalius College.
