KU Leuven Admission Requirements 2027 for International Students

KU Leuven, founded in 1425 and the oldest university in the Low Countries, has 64,476 students, 16,791 of them international, on its main campus in Leuven and in nine other Flemish cities. Non-EEA students pay EUR 3,093.12 to EUR 9,493.92 a year in 2026-27 against EUR 1,181.40 for EEA students, the application fee is EUR 90, and the usual non-EEA deadline is 1 March.

Requirements

The university's own pages we could read do not state these requirements yet. Check the official admission page.

English test waiver

KU Leuven accepts only four kinds of proof: TOEFL iBT at 79 overall, including the Home Edition and Paper Edition but not MyBest scores; IELTS Academic at 6.5 overall, including the online test but not One Skill Retake; Cambridge C1 Advanced or C2 Proficiency; and ITACE at C1 or C2, which can only be taken in Belgium. It does not accept Duolingo. These are minimums, and a programme may require a higher score or subscores. The test is waived only for applicants whose previous degree was taught in English on a campus in Australia, English-speaking Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom or the United States; an English-taught degree from anywhere else does not qualify.