Higher Education
The largest universities are the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, which is also the oldest one in the Low Countries, and Ghent University. Others are the University of Antwerp, Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Hasselt University. Each has a fairly similar reputation in terms of quality but they differ in the number of courses and the options which a student has within their course.
Certain universities have agreements which give students the option of following certain courses in the French-speaking counterpart:
- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - Université catholique de Louvain
- Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel - Facultés universitaires Saint-Louis
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel - Université libre de Bruxelles
As part of the Bologna Process, the Flemish government set up in cooperation with the Dutch government an Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO).
Read more about this topic: Gemeenschapsonderwijs, Levels
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