Any Belgian or assimilated student enrolled in a higher education institution in the Wallonia-Brussels Federation is entitled to apply for study allowances from the Service d'allocations d'études (SAE) or to make use of the financial aid offered by the Cellule sociale des étudiants du VéCU.

Bursary in the Wallonia-Brussels Federation

How to proceed

1. Apply for a study grant before October 31

You can apply for a study grant without having received your final registration certificate from UNamur. The SAE will ask for it later to finalize your application. This attestation will be sent to your student mailbox after your administrative registration file has been put in order and the online "Declaration of honor" form has been validated (see below).

2. Complete and validate the 'declaration on honor'

For the 2026–2027 academic year, regardless of your circumstances, we recommend that you pay at least the €50 deposit by October 31 at the latest to facilitate the full processing of your registration. In fact, due to the revision of tuition fees, the methods and procedures used by the Wallonia-Brussels Federation’s Student Financial Aid Office are currently undergoing a thorough review. In this context, we cannot guarantee that the information regarding your application for a student grant will be forwarded to us within the usual timeframes. However, this deposit will be refunded to you as soon as a decision has been made, provided that you are recognized as a grant-receiving student by the Wallonia-Brussels Federation.

 

3. Send the copy of the SAE decision (PDF) to Enrolment Services

  • If you receive a positive decision, you will be awarded the scholarship. You do not have to pay the tuition fees.
  • If you have already paid them, we invite you to fill in and send us the refund form.
  • If you receive a negative decision, the scholarship will not be awarded.
  • If the rejection notification reaches you before January 1, you have until February 1 to pay the full tuition fee.
  • If the notification of refusal reaches you after January 1, you have 30 calendar days, from the date of the EAS notification, to pay the full tuition fee.

To do so, you will receive a new invitation to pay your registration fee on your student mailbox. If you have already paid your tuition fees in full, your administrative file is in order.

Financial and social assistance

The Student Social Services Unit at the University of Namur may, based on specific criteria, provide various forms of financial aid (assistance with tuition payments, loans to spread out tuition payments, UNamur scholarships, etc.) and is here to help you.