That's the main problem with the Dutch schools - they seem good but almost all programs in Dutch (I think Eindhoven as well, according to their site). I know that Delft and Berlage have English programs for sure. Delft has a huge amount of apps this year.
Did you ask your friend why she thinks it's not good enough to study in Belgium?


I've been to IUAV, nice bookshop:)

Yes, she says the school is too focus on details and far too technical for her tastes. apparently , in her own words it lacks "poetry" in facing projectual research. At IUAV we tend to have more or an artistic training and we tend to skip over all the technical issues. She also pointed out how the library facilities are pretty small. I told here that architecture in Noirthern countries, meaning outside Italy (..) is more of a technical subject and I think the experimentation of Holland are the quintessence of it.

I am personally interested in Landscape Urbanism and would like to do a first level Master in architecture and urbanism with a specialization in this topic the following years so at the mometn I would be interested in a first level Master in Arch / Urbanism or Landscape Architecture which does not seem to be very easy to find in Belgium. So far I have only come across the Landsacpe Arcchitecture Master at Horta in Bruxelles.

And yup, the IUAV bookshop is nice! :) Not so nice the woman with the blonde who works there...she'a a bit rough sometimes! LOL

I can only speak for Delft, but in Delft the entire masters program is in English, only when everybody in the class/studio is Dutch the Dutch teachers switch. But in all my masterstudios there were international students and all teachers can communicate in English, so far I had Dutch, French, German, Korean, Israeli, American and British teachers.
And the master program offers all kinds of flavours, from traditional to digital and technical to experimenal. There's even a graduationstudio called explorelab where you yourself decide what it will be about and who your teachers are.
goodluck

Wow randomized! You are talking about heaven on earth for someone coming from dear old and retrograde Italy! Here it's worst than ever and I am ready to move on.

Is it difficult to be admitted? I know the standards are really really high, as with any good school.

I don't think it's difficult to be admitted, if you meet the requirements they let you in. As far as I know no portfolio or letter writing etc. is required. But for standards (without strong selection), that means the average level/quality of the students varies, I've seen amazing projects, I've seen terrible projects. It is up to you to really take the maximum out of the studio and don't settle for average. Here's a link to the school newspaper you can see some examples of what's going on: http://bnieuws.wordpress.com/

randomized, it'd be good but unfortunately you must send portfilio, personal statement, English language Test and recs as well for Masters. And also you need to have your Bachelor degree. Paopao, you have 5 weeks for all.

thanks archiwat for correcting me, don't need to give anyone false hopes. especially with only 5 weeks to go

that's ok guys, I appreciate your help.

Does any of you know about arch universities in Belgium? I have just discovered that Sain Lukas has an International Master taught in English, which is very interesting, combining architecture and urbanism.

Apparently it is the 3rd largest University for arch in Belgium after Antwerpen and Ghent.

Anyone has some info?

this is very late, but ...

TU Delft partners with KU Leuven (Flanders) for an English-language Post-Professional degree. I don't know if any of their other programs are in English.