1. What is financial viability?
2. When is a student eligible for financial aid?
3. What about prior higher education outside the French Community? (LAS, PASS, preparatory years)
4. What changes took effect on May 31, 2024, December 11, 2024, January 23, 2025, and in June 2025?
5. Are you eligible for funding if you earn 30, 45, or 55+ credits in the first block of a bachelor’s degree? 

All applications for enrollment must meet the admission requirements and also be deemed eligible for funding in accordance with the decree of April 11, 2014, which adapts the funding of higher education institutions to the new academic structure.

This means that you may begin or continue higher education studies when the enrollment you are requesting qualifies for funding from the French Community of Belgium—in other words, when you are “eligible for funding.” Conversely, if you are not eligible for funding, higher education institutions (including universities) have the right to refuse your application for enrollment or re-enrollment.

The Registration Office verifies compliance with these conditions based on a complete application package including:

• For new students: the enrollment application form accompanied by final transcripts for post-secondary academic years;
• For students previously enrolled at the University of Namur: the re-enrollment application form (via the Virtual Student Office or via the duly completed ad hoc document).

The Registration Office will notify applicants after reviewing the complete academic file.

If you have previously enrolled in higher education programs outside the French Community—such as a LAS or a PASS—UNamur will need to review your situation to determine whether these programs are similar to the program you wish to pursue at UNamur. If these programs are not considered similar, you will be considered to be changing your field of study. The rules applicable to changing majors vary by degree level and are explained in the previous section.  

If you have previously enrolled in higher education programs outside the French Community of Belgium that were followed by an entrance exam or preparatory test, more specific rules will apply.

If you have previously enrolled in higher education programs for professional advancement within the French Community of Belgium, these enrollments will not be taken into account.

As long as these students remain enrolled in the program they switched to during the 2025–2026 academic year, it is as if they have two “wild cards” instead of just one. But what does that mean? It means they must pass at least one course from the program in which they were enrolled during the 2025–2026 academic year, at least sixty credits from the first block of the bachelor’s degree by the end of the 2026–2027 academic year, at least 120 credits by the end of the 2028–2029 academic year, and their bachelor’s degree by the end of the 2029–2030 academic year. These deadlines may be extended in the event of course load reductions. A change of major or an interruption in studies means that the student can no longer benefit from this rule and reverts to the current system.

No. It is important to distinguish between financial eligibility and academic success. This means that a student may have earned 30, 45, or 55+ credits in the first block of the bachelor’s program without necessarily being financially eligible. Financial eligibility allows you to re-enroll, whereas the number of credits successfully completed in the first block of the bachelor’s program determines whether re-enrollment will take place in the first block of the bachelor’s program or in the continuation of the program, as well as the number of credits that can be included in your PAE.  If fewer than 30 credits from the first block of the bachelor’s degree are successfully completed or transferred, re-enrollment will take place in the first block of the bachelor’s degree, and it will not be possible to take courses beyond the first block of this bachelor’s degree. Students will need to retake the courses they did not pass. If 30 or more credits from the first block of the bachelor’s degree are successfully completed or transferred, it will be possible to take courses beyond the first block of the bachelor’s degree if the committee approves, provided that the total does not exceed 60 credits. As an exception, this threshold may be raised to a maximum of 65 credits if at least 55 credits from the first block of the bachelor’s program have been earned or transferred. 

Please note that the explanations provided on this website do not take into account all the specific rules for calculating your eligibility for financial aid.

Only the decision of the Registration Office is binding.