Brussels College is the founding institution behind Northwood University - Brussels and BCBT - Brussels College of Business and Technology. It operates Northwood University - Brussels, holds the centre approvals through which BCBT’s qualifications are provided, and holds the partnerships and Flemish quality registrations behind this work. All three share the campus at Excelsiorlaan 5, 1930 Zaventem.
No. Brussels College does not offer programmes or take applications itself. Programmes, admissions, fees and intakes are with the two institutions it founded: Northwood University - Brussels admissions and BCBT admissions. See where to apply.
With Northwood University - Brussels, an authorized International Program Center of Northwood University (Midland, Michigan, USA), operated by Brussels College. It offers U.S. bachelor’s degrees in Business Management and Computer Science and an MBA, on campus or hybrid, with degrees awarded by Northwood University.
With BCBT - Brussels College of Business and Technology, founded by Brussels College. BCBT offers the Level 3 Diploma in Higher Education Studies, UK diplomas at Levels 4, 5 and 7 (on campus or fully online) and English preparation; Belgian VKS Level 6 programmes are planned. Fully online study is offered by BCBT, not by Northwood University - Brussels.
Northwood University awards the degrees of Northwood University - Brussels. At BCBT, Ofqual-regulated qualifications are awarded by their Ofqual-regulated awarding body and provided by Brussels College as an approved NCC Education centre (SCH005). Each institution sets this out on its own site.
Yes. After a Level 3, 4 or 5 qualification, BCBT graduates can progress to Year 1, 2 or 3 of a bachelor’s degree, and after Level 7 to Year 1 of a master’s, at Northwood University - Brussels or at the University of Greater Manchester through Brussels College’s partnership with WINC. Entry is to a related programme and subject to each university’s admission requirements. See progression at BCBT.
Brussels College is an approved NCC Education centre (SCH005), through which BCBT’s Ofqual-regulated qualifications are provided, and holds an academic partnership with ESTIAM Education (Paris Education) for exchange and progression routes in both directions between BCBT and ESTIAM. It works with WINC on degree progression to the University of Greater Manchester, is an Associate Member of the Knowledgucate Education Consortium, and an official partner of Revistia. See all partnerships.
Brussels College holds the WSE Kwaliteitsregistratie, awarded by the Flemish policy domain Werk, Economie, Wetenschap, Innovatie en Sociale Economie, and the Qfor WSE certificate at conditional starter level, following an independent audit by CertUp. They recognise Brussels College as a quality-registered provider of training, guidance and labour market services; they are quality registrations, not degree accreditation.
Agencies register as recruitment partners directly with the institutions: Northwood University - Brussels or BCBT. Institutions and organisations interested in a partnership with Brussels College can write to [email protected]. See partner with us.
No, and that is by design. Brussels College does not award Belgian degrees, so it is not listed on the registers reserved for institutions that do.
Our model: transnational education. Most higher education in Belgium is state-funded and taught in French or Dutch, leading to a Belgian degree. Brussels College was established to bring English-taught programmes leading to international credentials to Brussels; today they are offered by Northwood University - Brussels and BCBT, and awarded by the bodies each institution names.
Our legal status. Brussels College operates under Belgian law as a "Private Higher Education Institution" in Flanders, under Article II.75, §5 of the Higher Education Law ("Codex Hoger Onderwijs," 2013) — the standard legal basis for private higher-education providers in Flanders. This is a baseline operating status, not a quality accreditation.
The recognition of a degree or qualification is determined by the body that awards it: for example, Northwood University for the degrees of Northwood University - Brussels.
No, not currently. NVAO (Nederlands-Vlaamse Accreditatieorganisatie) accreditation is a long-term ambition of Brussels College, not a current credential: no formal NVAO procedure has started. Brussels College does hold two achieved Flemish quality marks, the WSE Kwaliteitsregistratie and the Qfor WSE certification, which are quality registrations, not degree accreditation.