A smooth start

As a student at Odisee, you make use of various digital tools on a daily basis. You can easily access your personal dashboard on the student platform, the digital learning environment (Toledo), your personal timetable, your Odisee mailbox, Microsoft 365 and so much more... 

There are also tools you will use less frequently such as the applications for the registration of your individual study programme (ISP), for ordering your study materials ...

To show you how to use these different digital tools, we have created the online course 'Getting started as a student with education technology at Odisee'. This way, you are completely digitally up-to-date.

Go to the online course (in Dutch)

Every new Odisee student has to activate two accounts, an Odisee account and an account of the KU Leuven association.

You will receive two emails in your personal mailbox after processing your online registration. 
Are you experiencing problems or did you not receive (one of) the mails? Please check the FAQ page.

Activate your accounts

Every student at Odisee automatically receives inclusive facilities. For example, everyone gets extra time in written exams and all course materials are available digitally. This way, we ensure that everyone has the best possible chance of success in their studies. 

Inclusive facilities

Do you need additional support beyond the inclusive facilities? Check if you are eligible for a status that allows you to benefit from extra accommodations. 

Apply for your status early, make sure to do so before the start of the academic year. Starting in February? Then make sure to apply before the start of the second semester. This will allow you to quickly benefit from your additional accommodations and get a smooth start at Odisee. 

Check here which statutes are recognized at our university college

Welcome days and refresher courses

At the start of the academic year, each programme organizes one or more welcome days for new students. You are expected to participate.

Would you like to refresh your knowledge of French, chemistry, mathematics or another subject? Depending on your programme, you can participate in an introductory or refresher course the week before the start of the academic year.

Check the welcome days and refresher courses for your programme

Start of classes

Officially, the first semester starts on 22/09/2025 and the second semester on 09/02/2026, but this does not apply to all programmes.

Discover the academic calendar for your programme here

You should preferably register your exemptions at the start of your studies and when composing your ISP at the start of the academic year. If you think you have exemptions through previous studies in higher education or through work experience, discuss this with your programme's learning path coach.

Deadlines for applying for exemptions

View the procedure for applying for exemptions

Once your accounts are activated, you can compose your Individual Study Programme (ISP) in the periods shown below. This means that you have to select all the course units that you want to take during the academic year. If you have exemptions, you also need to register them.

Only after you have entered your individual study programme (ISP), you can consult your personal course schedule and you will get access to the additional study material on the digital learning environment.

Deadlines to submit ISP

Submit your individual study programme at the latest by October 15 ! If you miss this date, you will quickly run into problems with your growth package/child support, study grant, exam planning, ...
If you register after October 15, your ISP must be submitted within the week.

Register your ISP

View the step-by-step plan with instructional videos

Check out the changes in the training programmes

Discover the Odisee wide range of electived (in Dutch)

As a student, you will make use of a wide range of study materials during your studies: textbooks, ecourses, laptop, software, perhaps also lab or work clothes.

More info about study material

As a student you are always linked to a class group. For each class group a timetable has been drawn up in which the lessons of compulsory subjects do not overlap.

Only after you have entered your individual study programme (ISP) you can consult your personal  course schedule.

More info about course schedules and class groups

After the processing of your (re)enrollment, the Student Administration Department will provide you via email:

• a certificate confirming your registration (for the purchase of a season ticket at the public transport)
• an account statement with the fixed part of your tuition fee

As a new student you will receive these in your personal mailbox. If you were already a student at Odisee last academic year, you will receive these documents in your Odisee mailbox after you have re-registered online for the new academic year.

Certificates can always be requested via the self-service application. More info can be found here.

You will receive your student card by post in mid-September at the earliest.

The Odisee student card is valid throughout your entire study career and is strictly personal. All rights you acquire with it are exclusively yours. Keep this card carefully, you will only receive it once.

You will need it to gain access to certain classrooms, to print or copy on campus, to borrow materials from the library, as an identity check when taking exams, ...

In addition, with your student card you can often score great discounts at organisations, stores, museums,... Always check whether there is a student discount, or ask for one before you make a purchase. 
Do you want a student discount and have you forgotten your student card? Use the student card in digital form.

Have you lost your student card? 
You can request a new one upon payment of €5. To do so, send an email to sa@odisee.be.

Has your student card been stolen? 
Mail the proof of theft report you received from the police to sa@odisee.be and we'll get you a new one.