PECS : Housing

Your Housing Situation in Leuven

PECS students are currently living in 5 different houses spread over the town.

Leuven is not that big. The city itself is our campus and our campus is the city. There are about 50,000 inhabitants and 30,000 of them are students! University buildings are not located in one particular place like in most North-American universities, but they are spread all over town.

Based on the housing form we will attempt to accommodate your needs and preferences, but no housing requests can be guaranteed. When you are accepted for the fall semester or the academic year, you can either contact your study abroad coordinator or PECS directly in order to find out more about your housing arrangement.

Housing Contract

For legal reasons the contract is made up in Dutch, but we will have an English translation at hand. The contracts used by PECS are standard housing contracts from the Housing Service of K.U.Leuven.
Each house has a set of houserules. They are an integral part of your housing contract and need to be signed together with your contract.

Housing Deposit

When you sign the contract you will also need to pay a housing deposit (mostly it is € 300 in cash). This deposit serves as refund for:

  • damage of the rented materials, caused by you or your guests
  • end of lease cleaning fee. If both the room and your space in the refrigerator and kitchen cupboards are left in a clean condition, so that the next tenant can move in immediately, there will be no extra end of lease cleaning fee.
  • replacement fee for the keys in case these are not returned at the end of the lease.

Arrangements for the housing contract and deposit are being made by the director of your residence, who will also give your keys at the beginning of your stay.

The deposit, minus replacement fees, cleaning fees, and bank charges, will either be returned in cash or by money transfer to your home account abroad after full inspection of the room.

 

Housing Facilities

 

Junior House

Junior House
  • There are 7 double rooms and 13 single rooms in Junior House. Only PECS students with a request to live in a double room will end up living in Junior House. With 8 to 10 North-American students, 7 to 8 Belgian and 8 to 10 other international students, Junior House is together with J.L.Vives our most international housing option.
  • There is 1 common kitchen (kitchenware available), 3 showers, 4 toilets, TV-room, payphone, bicycle rack, large garden
  • All rooms have an internet connection, single bed, closet, desk, bookshelf, chair, desklamp, bed linen, pillow and duvet, wastepaper basket, sink. In double rooms this is available for each student separately.
  • Junior House is a house with a Resident-Assistant (RA). The RA lives in the house and is your primary contact for PECS. He/she will organize house meetings, talk about recycling, chores, security issues, etc.
  • Junior House is situated very close the railway and bus station. The city centre is only a 15 minute walk away.
  • Mailing address: Justus Lipsiusstraat 58, B-3000 Leuven, BELGIUM

 

Loyola International Nachbahr House

Loyola nachbahr House

This option is available for Loyola University Maryland students only

  • There are 16 double rooms, 4 triple rooms and 23 single rooms (split up in 6 units). Loyola International Nachbar House provides housing to 67 students: around 30 Americans students, and around 37 Belgian and other international (mainly European) students.
  • There is a kitchen in each unit (kitchenware available), 1 or 2 bathrooms per unit with two showers and a toilet (9 bathrooms in total, 3 on each floor), TV/reading room, study room, computer room with 3 PC's and printers (2 with Internet access), laundry room with washer and dryer (iron, iron board and vacuum cleaner can be obtained at the secretariat), phone for incoming calls on each floor, 1 public phone for outgoing calls, garden
  • All rooms are fully furnished and have an internet connection
  • Mailing address: Schapenstraat 80, B-3000 Leuven, BELGIUM




J.L. Vives International Residence

J.L.Vives

  • There are 15 double rooms and 13 single rooms in J.L. Vives International Residence. With 16 North-American or Asian students, and 18 students from Belgium and other European countries, the house is together with Junior House our most international housing option.
  • There are 3 common kitchens (kitchenware available), 8 showers, 11 toilets, a living room with TV, washing machine, drying machine, bicycle rack, large garden
  • All rooms have an internet connection, single bed, closet, desk, bookshelf, chair, desklamp, bed linen, pillow and duvet, wastepaper basket, sink. In double rooms this is available for each student separately. Every room has its own mailbox in the entrance hall.
  • J.L.Vives is a house with a Resident-Assistant (RA). The RA lives in the house and is your primary contact for PECS. He/she will organize house meetings, talk about recycling, chores, security issues, etc.
  • You can access the house only with your student card (electronical access). Make sure you never lose your card!
  • J.L.Vives is located right in the city centre, only a few minutes away from the central square and the main university buildings.
  • Mailing address:
    Damiaanplein 10, room number
    B-3000 Leuven
    BELGIUM

Residence Mgr Karel Cruysberghs

ResidenceCruysberghs

  • There are 105 rooms in this residence, spread among 5 floors and 10 separate corridors. One double room and 7 single rooms are available for PECS students.
  • There is one common kitchen per corridor, as well as showers and toilets. On the ground floor there is a large living room with TV.
  • All rooms have an internet connection, single bed, closet, desk, bookshelf, chair, desklamp, bed linen, pillow and duvet, wastepaper basket, sink. In double rooms this is available for each student separately. Every room has its own mailbox in the entrance hall.
  • Cruysberghs residence is located right in the city centre, only a few minutes away from the central square and the main university buildings.
  • During the night, you can access the front door leading towards the courtyard only with your student card (electronic access). You will receive also a key for the entrance door of the residence, the door of your hallway and your room door.
  • Mailing address:
    Minderbroedersstraat 6, B-3000 Leuven
    BELGIUM

COPAL Residence

  • The former convent currently has 156 modern, bright and spacious rooms (including 25 double rooms) and 14 kitchens. 
  • COPAL means COllegium Pro Americana Latinum and used to be the central homebase for priests that went to the America’s for preaching and missionary works. was built in the early 20th century and acquired by K.U.Leuven in 2002. The building underwent extensive renovation in several stages to transform it into a student residence that combines historic charm with modern comfort.
  • There is a spacious garden with basketball field, jeu-de-boule lawns, grassfields and some very old oak trees.
  • COPAL residence blends the authentic atmosphere of the former convent with modern style: it features bright colours, new materials, surprising vistas, small courtyards and an attractive multifunctional room with atrium. The monumental central corridor with its pointed arches and black-and-white marble floor connects the different parts of the building and leads into the garden.
  • All rooms have an internet connection, single bed, closet, desk, bookshelf, chair, bed linen, wastepaper basket, sink. In double rooms this is available for each student separately.
  • New housing option for PECS students from the academic year 2011-2012. PECS students will only be housed in double rooms.
  • Mailing address: Tervuursestraat 56, B-3000 Leuven, BELGIUM
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