Belgium (Flemish Community)

Centres for Adult Education (CAEs)

The associate degree programmes are higher education programmes and are run by Centres for Adult Education and university colleges; the only exception is the associate degree programme in nursing (previously offered in 4th stage VSE), which is only run by institutions for full-time secondary education.

University colleges and universities

Universities organise the academic Bachelor's programmes, Master's programmes, advanced Master's programmes and doctorates.

University colleges organise the professional Bachelor’s programmes and advanced Bachelor’s programmes; within an association with one university they also organise academic Bachelor’s programmes, Master’s and advanced Master’s programmes.

Schools of arts

The decree of 13 July 2012 also regulates the establishment of schools of arts at the university colleges, starting in academic year 2013-2014. These will be responsible for organising professional and academic arts programmes. Within the context of a school of arts, arts-related programmes can thus be organised (i.e. professional Bachelor's programmes in interior design, landscape and garden design, landscape development, and audiovisual techniques: film, TV, video and photography). They may represent up to 20% of the number of Bachelor's and Master's programmes organised within the school of arts. University colleges at least 80% of whose programmes already consist of Bachelor's and Master's programmes in the branches of study of media and visual arts and music and performing arts, or of arts-related Bachelor's and Master's programmes, may be simply regarded as a school of arts.

Higher Maritime Institute

The Higher Maritime Institute in Antwerp offers HBO5 programmes in the branch of study nautical sciences leading to the associate degree, professional Bachelor's programmes leading to the degree of Bachelor, and academic Bachelor's and Master's programmes leading to the degrees of Bachelor and Master respectively.

source:

Eurypedia - The European Encyclopedia on National Education Systems

http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/education/eurydice/eurypedia_en.php