CPAB – Centre de Perfectionnement Académique de Bruxelles

Founded in the early 1970s, CPAB (Centre de perfectionnement académique de Bruxelles) has operated as an officially recognised and Ministry of Education–subsidised school throughout its history. Its campus occupies a typical 19th-century Brussels townhouse at Avenue Louise 113 in the Stéphanie/Bailli neighbourhood, near the European quarter and accessible by bus, tram and metro on the Louise axis.

Evening study on Avenue Louise

The school's curriculum centres on languages and office computing skills. Language courses cover French as a foreign language, English, Spanish and Italian at all levels, with a dedicated French written-skills track for learners who need to strengthen written academic or professional French separately from spoken fluency. Bureautics courses in Microsoft Office applications complete the offer.

Courses are structured into intensive (three sessions per week), semi-intensive (twice weekly) and light (once weekly) modules, available in both morning and evening time slots. All teaching takes place in small groups of eight to sixteen students, with enrolment open throughout the year. The school accepts ACTIRIS language vouchers (chèques-langue) for English and French morning courses and provides free places for jobseekers and CPAS beneficiaries.

The campus building includes a cafeteria space for students, contributing to a collegiate learning environment in a residential quarter of central Brussels.