How do I enrol at IAPS?
01.
Come to the secretariat
on the dates and times scheduled for registration. Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. No appointments are required No registration by phone or email.
02.
Tell us which course or suite of courses
that interests you.
Ask any questions you may have to the reception team at the secretary’s office and/or to the director. Check that the desired course is not fully booked (display or Institute website).
03.
Take an
entrance exam (placement test)
with a teacher, to determine the level best suited to your knowledge. This exam is compulsory * unless you have a certificate of successful completion of the previous level (from IAPS or another official adult education school).
For beginners, this exam is not compulsory.
* Until this test has been passed, registration is not complete and is considered as pre-registration. In the event of absence on the scheduled test dates, pre-registration will be cancelled. Upon written request from the student within one week of the last test date, it will be reimbursed.
04.
Present your identity card
or passport and we’ll make your registration form. Sign your registration documents and
pay your fees.
05.
Congratulations! You are a student at the Institute. You will receive your student card, on which you will find the days and times of your classes, as well as your academic vacations.
At what price?
For EU nationals:
Language courses
120-period modules- Discounted price: €50
- Enrolment in two continuous evening classes during the same academic year: 150€ (or 75€ if reduced price)
IT
40- or 60-period modulesReduced price : 30€ - Enrolment for a second course: €40
For foreign students outside the European Union :
Identical price to Europeans (EU) in one of the following cases:
- If you are authorized to stay in Belgium for more than three months: present your residence permit for more than three months* in Belgium.
- You have a diplomatic identity card
issued by the Belgian authorities
- You are married or legally cohabiting with a Belgian resident who has income in Belgium. Submit a household composition and proof of the spouse’s income.
- If you are a student in Belgium, staying for study purposes only (10/31): present your residence permit AND proof of enrolment in a university/higher education institution for the same academic year.
- You are under 18 and attend a Belgian school (present a Belgian school attestation).
- You are working (including “au pair”) in Belgium and have an employment certificate and a temporary residence permit.
- You are a recognized refugee or refugee applicant in Belgium and can prove it (annexes)
- You have submitted an application for regularization: submit an article 9bis or 9ter certificate and a letter from your lawyer.
* If your stay is limited to 10/31, you must also present proof of enrolment in higher education (stay limited to studies) or, failing that, proof of employment in Belgium.
Additional rights
If you do not qualify for one of the exemptions from the specific registration fees for foreign nationals, you will have to pay :
€90 extra for a course of 120 periods
€180 extra for two 120-period courses
… (with a maximum of €238 per academic year)
However, to register you must :
- have a residence permit for another EU country; or
- or have a valid national passport with, if necessary, a visa in Belgium (the list of countries whose nationals are exempt from the visa requirement is available via this link)
…
reduced prices, for whom?
- Unemployed people receiving full benefit
- Jobseekers on training courses (registered with their union or CAPAC)
- Jobseekers receiving no income but whose spouse (or partner) is receiving unemployment at the cohabiting rate with family responsibilities
- CPAS living wage recipients
- Minors (aged between 16 and 18)
- Disabled people recognized by the CAAMI or their mutual insurance company (recent certificate stipulating that the condition of recognition of disability based on art. 3/1,|2 of the ordinance of 21/12/2018 has been met and covers the date of 1/10th of the training unit – certificate dated less than 5 months before the start of the training).
- Civil servants or contract civil servants (if the training is taken as part of their employment)
- Recognised refugees (Fedasil or Red Cross or SolSoc certificate, etc.)
It should be noted that the person’s situation, with a view to exemption from the registration fee, is assessed on the date of the 1/10th of the training unit.
- Next courses: February 2026
- Registrations from January 19, 2026
- Secretariat open Monday to Thursday, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
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