Who are the OBSG residents?
As OBSG is subsidized by the Belgian Ministry of Development Cooperation, we are only allowed to house students coming from 32 partner countries with whom Belgium has elaborated a Common Strategic Framework.
In practice, that means that our residents come from Asia, South America or Africa. At OBSG we have approx. 20 different nationalities. The top 5 countries are: Ethiopia, Indonesia, Rwanda, Kenya and The Philippines.
40% are Master students and 60% are PhD candidates.
38% of the students are female.
20% do not have a scholarship.
We also host couples and families in our 11 apartments.
The duration of a stay varies between 3 months and 4 years.
The average age of our students is higher than with Belgian students. For a Master student this means 29 years of age and a PhD student is 36 on average.
Most of them have already started their own family back home.
And in 1 thing they are all alike: they are all very smart and interesting people. Respect!
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