Every October, Ghent’s population swells as tens of thousands of students pour back into Belgium’s biggest university city, filling the kotten, the libraries and the bike lanes along the Leie. The city centre — largely car-free, medieval, and best crossed by bicycle — sets a rhythm that is equal parts study and student life. Blok (exam period) arrives twice a year like clockwork, and the students who survive it comfortably are rarely the ones improvising their revision schedule the night before.
Best planners & trackers for life in Ghent
- Student Planner — semester overviews and deadline pages built for exactly the blok problem
- Subscription & Bill Tracker — kot rent, phone, streaming and the De Lijn pass on one page
- Fitness Planner — the Watersportbaan and Blaarmeersen are free training grounds; plan the sessions
- Side Hustle Income & Expense Tracker — student jobs and freelance gigs, tracked instead of guessed
How it works
Buy once, download instantly, print on A4 — at home, in a copyshop near the Overpoort, or at the faculty printer — or annotate the PDFs on a tablet in the library. Undated pages mean a planner started in February wastes nothing.
Frequently asked questions
Do the budget pages work in euros?
Yes — fields are blank and editable, sized for student budgets as happily as for salaries. Enter € amounts straight from your banking app.
Where do students print these in Ghent?
Faculty and library printers, the copyshops around the student quarter, or any home A4 printer — the PDFs need no special settings.
Is one purchase enough for the whole degree?
Yes. Downloads are permanent, so you re-print fresh pages every semester instead of buying a new agenda each academic year.