Incoming exchange students -- Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy

General conditions

• Bilateral agreement: a valid bilateral (or multilateral) agreement between your university and the University of Antwerp or between your Faculty and ours is required. 
• Language skills: you must have a good command of English, oral as well as written. Intensive Dutch language courses are strongly recommended if you wish to take courses that are taught in Dutch.
• Duration: one semester or a full academic year.

Study programme

If you are interested to take courses, please have a look at our bridging programme in English, or at our Master programmes in English:

• Master of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy: Internal Conditions
• Master of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy: Neurological Conditions

Contact our Internationalisation Officer to discuss your study programme. 

Mobility programme

Erasmus Student Mobility for Studies (SMS).

Application procedure

All general information regarding the application procedure for exchange students is available on the webpages of our International Relations Office.

Are you having troubles completing your Learning Agreement? Have a look at some tips and tricks and at this fictious example (pdf – 274 kB).

Deadlines

• Nominations: 15 April 2018 (1st semester/full year) & 15 October 2018 (2nd semester)
• Applications: 15 May 2018 (1st semester/full year) & 1 November 2018 (2nd semester)

General conditions

• Academic career: you should be enrolled in a Bachelor programme in rehabilitation sciences and physiotherapy.
• Language skills: you must have a good command of English, oral as well as written, and a thorough knowledge of medical English. Dutch language courses are recommended, but not essential.
• Duration: a clinical traineeship lasts 12 weeks and is full-time (16 ECTS) or part-time (9 ECTS).

Mobility programme

• Erasmus Study (for traineeships)
  • a valid bilateral (or multilateral) agreement between your university and the University of Antwerp, or between your Faculty and ours is required. 
• Erasmus Placement
  • No bilateral agreement required.
  • You are a national of an EEA member state.

Application procedure

All general information regarding the application procedure for exchange students is available on the webpages of our International Relations Office. The application procedure and Learning/Training Agreement depends on the mobility programme: 

• Erasmus Study (for traineeships)
  • ​Application procedure (pdf - 188 kB)
  • Learning Agreement
• Erasmus Placement
  • ​Application procedure (pdf - 184 kB)
  • Training Agreement (pdf - 343 kB)

Deadlines

• Nominations: 15 April 2018 (1st semester/full year/2nd semester)
• Applications: 15 May 2018 (1st semester/full year/2nd semester)

Before your arrival in Antwerp

Before you can start your traineeship in Antwerp you need to have following documents:

• a medical attest stating you are in good health;
• the results of a recent Intradermo test (Mantoux test);
• the results of a blood analysis to prove you are vaccinated against hepatitis B.

If you want to do a clinical traineeship in combination with your study programme, please contact our Internationalisation Officer well in advance. 

The combination is only possible when you come via the Erasmus Study programme. This means that there is a valid bilateral agreement between your university and the UAntwerp and that you stay min. one semester.