Hey new international students!
You received your letter of admission or your letter of invitation (Exchange students) and now you’re wondering what to do next, right?!
Let’s help you.
🛂 Check if you need a **visa**
💻 Join Team International Support’s online pre-arrival webinars, Q&A sessions, walk-ins.
📖 Browse through this International Student Guide: it will answer a lot of your questions. The International Student Guide is published in Notion: always available online and up-to-date. As a student you can get a free Notion account. A Notion account is not necessary to read our Welcome Guide but it gives you useful features like downloading this guide locally on your mobile phone.
❤️ Why Ghent? Find out why we call it “de max” — read here.
🩺 Check your health & travel insurance.
🛏 Find your room in Ghent - Not an easy task… Need help? Housing Office is here to help
💌 Read the e-mails Team International Support sends you. They will invite you to join Goin’, the Welcome days and other events. Not receiving them? Contact Team International Support and they’ll include you in the mailing list.
💻 Bring your laptop - You’ll need one. Which? Check here.
📅 Save the date: Welcome Day — meet friends & staff - (you’ll be invited by e-mail)
🎁 Register for your Welcome Bag — goodies, vouchers for fries, coffee! (you’ll be invited by e-mail)
❓ Questions on your curriculum, time schedule,… ? Your faculty IRO answers your academic questions
👋 Come to our Welcome Day - you will receive (for free) an eSIM from Lyca Mobile - so you won’t need to buy one at the airport or somewhere else
👜 Pick up your Welcome tote bag
💳 Get your student card