Being An Immigrant In Belgium
I will say much more positive things about Belgium than UK or other countries. Belgian society, I should admit I mean French-speaking part in most of the cases, is so lively and does not have visible prejudice towards immigrants. It is easy to make friends, and you almost feel as one of them! I always enjoyed my time there and had made dozens of friends during 5 months in Brussels. You will feel accepted there, wherever you are from, of course if you don’t behave like an alien. And you will even have a Belgian girl friend, if you are not an ugly guy like me (!). Some instances from my life there :
With my very poor French, I remember having no problem of communication with most of Belgians. I had never had any problem to buy so delicious waffle there which is one of the many delicious things there!
Every time I went to the Irish pub near Schuman, at Maalbek station in Brussels, I had so lovely time with meeting many people!
I can never forget the nice smell of Brussels! Yes, strange but true, Brussels has its nice fresh smell. You will realize it in Spring nights!
Brussels is a multicultural city; you can find everything there… You must try delicious Turkish kebaps in St. Johns.
You have nothing to do that weekend? Just go outside, keep walking, and you will see some activities that you can watch or participate!
Traineeships in Belgium
And the work permit formalities for non-EU trainees are easier, such as they require your monthly allowance to be around 900 euro, but they also require you to leave Belgium after your traineeship finishes.
Study In Belgium
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Antwerp - University of Antwerp
Ghent - University of Ghent
University of Liege
University of Louvain-la-Neuve
Katholieke Universiteit Brussel
Scholarships by universities are almost not existing, if you don’t find something in your country. But, if you have 10.000 euro in your pocket, go for it. Life is not so expensive there. I had stayed in the middle of Brussels (Schuman, EU area) by paying 300 euro a month including everything in a tiny small studio.
But, I can give one link for students from developing countries. Flemish Interuniversity Council (VLIR) gives really lots of scholarships to the developing countries for MA/MS degrees (one year for English and other year for French-taught programs).