Financial, Social and Inclusive Aid

ULB social support for students helps throughout the year, offering various types of aid, such as financial interventions, information on your rights and more.

As part of its commitment to combating student hardship, ULB offers balanced Smart meals and vegetarian dishes at a social rate of €2 to support students in need.

Who can benefit from €2 meals and how?

 

For 2026-2027, you can submit your file from Monday, 24th August 2026 to Friday 16th April 2027.

Here are the hours of the social service for students: 

Here are the opening hours of the Student social services:

Monday to Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and from 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. without an appointment, EXCEPT TUESDAY MORNING.

SOLBOSCH CAMPUS - BUILDING M - TOP FLOOR

We can also be reached by email at sse@ulb.be.

By phone at +32 2 650 20 14 during the following office hours:

Monday: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Tuesday: 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Wednesday: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Thursday: 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Registration Fee Reduction (The information displayed relates to the 2025-2026 academic year. It will be updated as soon as it becomes available).

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Financial Aid (The information displayed relates to the 2025-2026 academic year. It will be updated as soon as it becomes available).

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Scholarships

Various scholarships, granted by entities outside ULB, are available to help students pay for their studies.

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Funds

The ULB Student Social Service also manages various endowed funds. Each fund is dedicated to a purpose set out by the donors who have bequeathed their money to the ULB. The amount of aid will be determined according to the needs of the student and the funds available.

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Transgender Students

The Student Welfare Office gives transgender students the possibility to have their preferred names officially recognised at ULB.

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ULB Desk for Refugees

ULB Desk for Refugees welcomes and supports refugee students (or those awaiting this status) in their procedures, before, during, and after enrolling at ULB.

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ULB Sports Card Discount and ULB Culture

The ULB Sports Card grants access, for the entire year, to all activities listed in the sports programme, whether on the Solbosch, Erasme, or Charleroi campuses or at the Forêt de Soignes Sports centre (each location has its specific calendar). For the 2025-2026 academic year, students receiving financial aid from the Student Welfare Office may purchase the ULB Sports Card at a discount. 
If you have not yet been in contact with the Student Welfare Office, follow the application procedure for financial aid; if you have, please contact your case worker.


ULB Culture Card is an annual pass which allows you to obtain reductions as well as win prizes with ULB partners. It also gives access to ULB cultural workshops at reduced rates during cultural activities at ULB.

For these two cards, if you do not yet have a file with Student Social Services, follow the financial aid application procedure.
If you already have a file, please contact your social worker.

Priority Access to ULB Housing

ULB provides accommodation for a limited number of students, with priority given to those registered with the Student Social Service.

The priority access request procedure for the 2025-2026 academic year was closed on 31st March 2025.

Other Services

Other ULB financial aid services are offered to students, such as social grocery services, medical services, psychological support, family planning, Repair Café, and external partners.

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The Student Welfare Office (SWO) is there for you during the entire academic year. It will lend you an ear and provide information about ULB financial aid and your rights, pointing you to the appropriate contacts and supporting you through your interactions with entities outside ULB.

It is open to all students and can provide support:

• Throughout their studies, to help them organise their student life
• For one-time requests (at any point in the student’s university career), if they encounter temporary difficulties or an unplanned situation.

The Student Welfare Office has a wide variety of specific information that students may leverage to best organise their lives during their studies. The SWO has several missions:

• Give access to information
• Promote social rights
• Increase access to higher education
• Social prevention and policy development
• Support for students facing difficulties
• Refugee student enrolment support
• High-level artist student support

Solbosch Campus

Building M, level 4
Avenue Paul Héger, 28 – 1050 Brussels
Mailing address: ULB, CP 185, avenue F. D. Roosevelt 50, B-1050 Brussels
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Erasme Campus

Building GE – Room E2.2.110 (door E2 – 1^st floor – room 110)

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