Career
Career opportunities in Brussels
An established hub for international politics, Belgium offers many career opportunities in diplomacy, journalism, translations, or governance, and is the headquarters of many international businesses and organisations. Because it is such a widely visited place, the leisure, hospitality and tourism sectors are also highly developed in Brussels.
If you wish to study and work in Brussels, here is a list of large employers that offer students jobs: IBM, KU Leuven, Ernst & Young, Unilever, BNP Paribas, Primark, Brussels Airlines, Procter and Gamble, Ericsson, Sony, Kellogg’s, and more.
Life
Brussels city life
Brussels is a surprising eclectic mix that reunites 4 parliaments, the impudent Manneken Pis, comic strip museums and centres, breathtaking art nouveau architecture, over 450 different varieties of beer and some of the most luxurious chocolate shops in the world. This is a city where something always goes on and that knows how to cater for many different tastes.
Some places to include in your city tour are: the Grand Place, the Cantillon Brewery, Notre Dame du Sablon, the Royal Palace, the Royal Museum of Fine Arts, the Horta Museum, and the Saint Hubert galleries, the National Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Parlamentarium, the Magritte Museum, or the Belgian Comic Strip Centre, among many others.
The nightlife in Brussels is not as large as in other European capitals, but it is indeed diverse: RnB clubs, lounge bars, electro clubs, blues pubs, live rock shows, jazz festivals, summer musical events, etc. Keep an eye out for many student promotions and discounts.
International atmosphere in Brussels
Brussels is known for its internationality and diversity, receiving a large number of foreign visitors, expats and international students each year. Brussels has over 45 different nationalities and 46% of the Brussels population is not of Belgian origin. The largest groups of foreign residents include immigrants from France, Morocco, Italy, Romania, Poland, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Bulgaria and Turkey. Studying in Brussels will open doors to experiencing new cultures and ways of seeing the world from different points of view.
Weather Brussels
Temperatures are relatively mild during the whole year with the average low at 1°C (34°F) in winter and only 23°C (73°F) in summer. You should often be prepared for rain in Brussels (similar to London and Amsterdam), the rainiest months being July and December.
Universities in Brussels
A pioneer of the first wave of European Universities Alliances, CIVIS brings together 11 leading research higher education institutions across Europe and 6 prestigious universities in Africa embarked on an odyssey to transform higher education. CIVIS is a vibrant community of over half a million students and 70.000 staff members, including 37.400 academics.
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The Brussels School of Governance (BSoG) is the alliance between the Institute for European Studies (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) and Vesalius College. For decades, both institutions have built up strong reputations as frontrunners in education, research, and academic services on the international scene.
CIFE is a private European institute of higher education and research. It is one of the seven "designated" European institutions that receive special funding by the European Union. Founded in 1954, CIFE was among the first institutions offering interdisciplinary academic programmes on European integration. CIFE is based in Nice, Berlin, Brussels and Istanbul.