Belgium
Belgian student support follows its communities: Flanders pays a studietoelage and an automatic schooltoeslag and cuts tuition for grant students, while the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles awards allocations d'études with a full minerval waiver. On top sit federal layers — child benefit to 25, the 650-hour student-job quota, tax rules — plus €12 transport passes and Erasmus+. Amounts: 2025/26.
Every amount carries a last-verified date and official sources.
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Study allowance for higher education (Flanders)· Studietoelage hoger onderwijs (Vlaamse Gemeenschap)
€332.24 – €5,141.52 per year
Flanders' income-tested study allowance: €332.24 up to €5,141.52 a year for students in a kot (2025/26), paid in one go and automatically unlocking the €136.50 grant tuition rate.
Study allowance — bourse d'études (French Community / FWB)· Allocation d'études (Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles)
€90 – €6,000 per year
The French Community's means-tested study grant: officially €90 to €6,000 a year paid in one go, with full minerval exemption on top for higher-education boursiers — apply by 31 October.
Student jobs: 650 hours at reduced contributions (Student@work)· Studentenarbeid met solidariteitsbijdrage — 650 uur (Student@work)
Work up to 650 hours a year on a student contract and pay only a 2.71% solidarity contribution instead of 13.07% social security — track your remaining hours with the Student@work counter.