The working language of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel is Dutch, and that is also the language in which most of the courses are taught. Students mastering Dutch can thus choose from the wide variety of courses offered at the VUB, as long as both their home institution and the VUB agree on their choice. For more information on the courses offered, click here . For students not mastering Dutch the choice is slightly more restricted. They should select their study programme from the three types of courses listed below.
Students are free to choose, always depending on the agreement of the two institutions.
In general it is advisable to communicate a first choice to the Socrates coordinator of the Department of Political Science a few weeks before arriving in Brussels. This will facilitate and accelerate the final decision on the study programme. These are courses that are offered in Dutch, but for which incoming foreign students can replace the normal exam by the writing of a paper. The students need to contact the professors to receive the required reading list and to discuss the possible paper topics. The average length of the final paper is approximately 4,000 words.