Tuition fees and Master mind scholarship

The study costs can be subdivided into the tuition fee (registration and examination fee) and the additional (material) costs.

Tuition Fees

Additional costs

Payment in installments

All LUCA students can submit a motivated request to pay their tuition fee and additional costs in installments using the ProForm tool.

ACADEMIC YEAR 2025-2026

The ultimate deadline to submit a motivated request is 31 October 2025!

Students without scholarship of the Flemish government can pay their tuition fee and additional costs in four installments:

1. At registration: the additional costs (€300) and possible extra's such as a bus card (only for Leuven), insurance, culture or sport pass (only for Leuven)
2. Before 1 november: the administrative cost (€299)
3. Before 15 January: first half of the module fee (non-scholarship students: amount of registered credits x €7,15)
4. Before 1 March: second half of the module fee (non-scholarship students: amount of registered credits x €7,15)

Students with a scholarship of the Flemisch government can pay their tuition fee and additional costs in two installments:

1. At registration: the additional costs (€300)
2. Before 15 january: the administrative cost (€136,50)

Selffunded Students Response_Able Futures can pay their tuition fee in two or three installments (depending on their scholarship):

1. At registration: €2500 (€1500 with partial scholarship)
2. Before 1 november: €1500 (0€ with partial scholarship)
3. Before 15 January: €1000

Selffunded Students FilmMemory can pay their tuition fee in three installments:

1. At registration: €2500 
2. Before 1 november: €1500 
3. Before 15 January: €1000

The possibility to pay in installments is allowed for all students of LUCA.

Note: wait for the approval sent to your LUCA e-mail address to pay the first installment.

Master Mind Scholarship Call 2025-2026

The Government of Flanders awards Master Mind Scholarships to outstanding students taking a Master's degree programme in Flanders.

Per call LUCA will nominate up to 8 outstanding students who will start a Master’s programme in the following academic year. In order to be eligible for the scholarship programme, a student just has to apply for an eligible Master’s programme at LUCA and participate in the first Master Assessment (exact date varies per campus/programme). If you pass the master assessment, LUCA.International will send you more information to finalize the Master Mind application.

Note: Everyone who meets the eligibility requirements and is accepted as a student at LUCA after the first Master Assessment will automatically be considered.

Eligibility requirements

• The student has applied for the first available Master Assessment date to gain admission to an eligible master’s programme at LUCA School of Arts in academic year 2025-2026. The application requirements for our Master’s programmes can be found here. Please consult the list of master's programmes that qualify for a Master Mind Scholarship.
• Students who are already enrolled in a Flemish higher education institution are not eligible. The only exception is made for international students who are enrolled in a LUCA preparatory programme in ay. 2024-2025 and who will complete this programme during the 2024-2025 academic year with the purpose of entering the master's programme in September 2025.
• The student has a high standard of academic performance and potential.
• The student has a Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.5 out of 4.0. Please consult the GPA calculator.
• Quality of the artistic portfolio: an assessment will determine whether one possesses the required basic (artistic) competencies for the master’s course of his/her choice. There is no direct admission to our master's degree programmes without portfolio review.
• The student has a good knowledge and command of the language of instruction of the master’s programme, regardless of the minimum scores required by the master's programme. At the School of Arts, students who apply for a master programme have at least:
  • a minimum overall score of 6.5 on the IELTS test
  • a minimum total score of 90 on the TOEFL test
  • a B2 level of the Common European Framework of Reference
  • a similar result in another official language test recognized by LUCA School of Arts
• All nationalities, except for Russian, are eligible. The previous degree obtained should be from a higher education institution located outside Flanders.
• Students who are enrolled for one of the following programmes during the 2025-2026 academic year itself are not eligible for the Master Mind Scholarships: preparatory programmes and distance learning.
• Master Mind scholarship modalities allow student mobility during a master's programme if mobility as such is being supported by the course leader. However, at least half of the credits of the master's programme must be obtained at the Flemish higher education institution.

 Scholarship Modalities

• The duration of the mobility is 1 academic year and maximum the full duration of the Master’s programme.
• The student receives a maximum scholarship of €10.000 per academic year.
• Master Mind Scholarship holders pay a reduced tuition fee. The rate for the 2025-2026 academic year is €136,50.
• Students should not combine this scholarship with another scholarship from the Flemish Government or an Erasmus Mundus scholarship.

Procedure and Timing

The selection flow consist of an internal scholarship's selection process which takes place at LUCA School of Arts' central level and an external selection process by the VLUHR agency that manages the scholarship programme.  

The procedures and timing of the selection flow can be found in the attached document ‘Internal Regulations’.
 

Contact Information

• international@luca-arts.be