Visiting professors

Visiting professors with a salary

Salaried Visiting Professors are subject to full social security contributions and have the right to health insurance, job-related accident and illness, retirement and unemployment.

You are required to take out a health-insurance policy, but the choice of the company is up to you. It may be useful to know, however, that K.U. Leuven has excellent relations with ‘CM - Leuven’ (a major health-insurance company). The cost amounts to € 14.85 per quarter. More information

Special visiting professors (unsalaried)

EEA citizens need to obtain a European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) proving coverage in their home country and enabling them to get medical treatment in Belgium reimbursed.

Non-EEA citizens are advised to take a personal insurance that covers them for medical care during their stay in Belgium; Belgian health-insurance coverage is possible but the cost is proportional to your taxable income (income earned anywhere).

The choice of the company is up to you. It may be useful to know, however, that K.U. Leuven has excellent relations with ‘CM - Leuven’ (a major health-insurance company).  More information