Student support

Support by the IMFSE secretariat

Do not hesitate to contact us (imfse@ugent.be) in case you’re facing a problem and you need someone to talk to. We will help you by guiding you to the support you need.

IMFSE buddy

Starting your master studies (in a new country) can be quite challenging. Therefore we try to assign every new student an IMFSE buddy (this can be an IMFSE student or alumnus). We try to look for a good match if several buddies are available (for example same home country, same 1st semester location, same gender,…) .

New students will receive more information on the buddy system once they get accepted.

Special status

Students with a special status may be granted - depending on the grounds on which the special status was given - one or more facilities. One of the grounds is the “Special status for exceptional social or personal circumstances”, which may apply to students facing exceptional social or individual circumstances.

Note that this is the procedure at Ghent University, which is the coordinating university. When spending a semester at one of the other university, the necessary local procedures need to be followed as well in order to apply for the special status there. More information will be provided to the students once they get accepted.