Housing for 1 semester or full year All students can apply for a room in one of the university’s residences or request assistance in finding housing on the private market. You will receive more information by email once your application has been approved. You will also receive advice and tips to f…

Prepare for your arrival Check the pages below for information you might need for a smooth preparation process. Once you have been accepted, you will receive more information regarding: - Visa application and residence permit - Housing - Enrolment and course registration - Opening a bank account - O…

Travelling to Antwerp Welcome to Antwerp! Your exchange already starts from the moment you start planning your travel to Antwerp. Antwerp is located in the centre of Belgium and is easily accessible by train, car, bus and plane. The way you plan your journey can definitely be an added value to the o…

Study at UAntwerp Step 1: Your home institution nominates you before the deadline To be eligible for an exchange period at our university, it's essential that you are nominated by your home institution. This means that your home institution has a valid bilateral exchange agreement with the Universit…

Course selection and ECTS credits Course selection To help you select your courses, you can consult an overview of the different courses that are offered in English for exchange students. Important remarks: The international coordinators for all study programmes are listed below: they are the respon…

FAQ General information Can I do a study exchange when there is no exchange agreement with my home institution? No. To be eligible for an study exchange period at our university, it's essential that your institution has a valid bilateral exchange agreement with the University of Antwerp, as this all…

Science Doing a PhD Doing a PhD at the Faculty of Science is strongly related with its research. Doing a PhD Doing a PhD at the Faculty of Science is strongly related with its research. Candidates are expected to extensively broaden their general and in particular their specialist knowledge in their…

Sara Conti unpaid staff Research Sara Conti Research team Computational materials modeling for nanoscience and innovative technologies (COMMIT) Tuning exciton-polaritons in Van der Waals heterostructures. 01/11/2025 - 31/10/2029 Abstract The study of excitons in two-dimensional materials is rapidly …

David Neilson unpaid guest prof. Research David Neilson Research team Computational materials modeling for nanoscience and innovative technologies (COMMIT) Definitive identification-marker of superfluidity in bilayer exciton. 01/10/2024 - 30/09/2027 Abstract Recent observations of possible signature…

ECOSPHERE search menu search content Global Change Ecology Research Centre of Excellence ECOSPHERE is a key member of the Global Change Ecology Excellence Center (GCE). The goal of GCE is to perform state-of-the-art ecological research, by creating synergies between the research groups Plants and Ec…

Julie Maes postdoc researcher FWO Research Julie Maes Research team Centre for Population, Family and Health Employment trajectories of women with a migration background around key family events: understanding the role of meso- and macro-level contexts. 01/11/2025 - 31/10/2028 Abstract Women's emplo…

University of Antwerp Statement on the war in Ukraine The University of Antwerp is fully committed to peaceful co-operation and mutual understanding across borders. We therefore strongly condemn the aggression against Ukrainian sovereignty, and stand in solidarity with the people of Ukraine. Despite…

Global Change Ecology search menu search content Global Change Ecology Research Centre of Excellence Katharina Wilfert wins Vocatio scholarship Dry summer reduced CO2 uptake by trees strongly Ivan Janssens took the journalist of 'Ter Zake' to the long term ICOS measurement site Award for spin-off tr…

Theory and Spectroscopy of Molecules and Materials (TSM²) search menu search content Theory and Spectroscopy of Molecules and Materials (TSM²) TSM² The Theory and Spectroscopy of Molecules and Materials (TSM²) group focuses on the development and applications of a variety of infrared and/or Rama…

Léon Luntadila Lufungula predoc researcher FWO Research Léon Luntadila Lufungula Research team Modelling and Simulation in Chemistry (MOSAIC) Tailoring the properties of surface-modified titania for metal sorption; 01/11/2023 - 31/10/2028 Abstract The performance of a material in an application st…

Enis Ukshini postdoc researcher FWO Research Enis Ukshini Research team Expertise My specialties are acoustics, fast pressure sensitive paint, vibrations, 3D digital image correlation, optics, image processing, operational analysis, signal processing and experimental investigation. Measuring of stat…

Manon Van Hoorebeke predoc researcher FWO Research Manon Van Hoorebeke Research team Theory of quantum systems and complex systems Tuning exciton-polaritons in Van der Waals heterostructures. 01/11/2025 - 31/10/2029 Abstract The study of excitons in two-dimensional materials is rapidly evolving, wit…

Anke de Groot doctoral scholarship holder Research Anke de Groot Research team FAPI-PLA: Accelerating the preclinical development of fibroblast-activation protein (FAP)-targeted theranostics through a highly interdisciplinary in vitro platform. 01/11/2024 - 31/10/2027 Abstract Fibroblast activation …

Electron microscopy for materials science search menu search content ChiralPro Sara Bals receives 10 million euros for innovative research into gold nanoscrews The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded a Synergy Grant of 10 million euros to physicist Sara Bals of the University of Antwerp and …

Stijn Van de Vondel predoc researcher FWO Research Stijn Van de Vondel Research team Geobiology Real-time and spatially distributed monitoring of microclimate. 01/11/2022 - 31/10/2027 Abstract Recently, climate change impacts have become strikingly tangible, with prolonged periods of drought, and te…

Pieter Taels assistant professor Research Pieter Taels Research team Particle Physics Group Expertise Theoretical elementary particle physics, specifically on the strong interaction. Specialized in the study of the proton structure in terms of strongly interacting quarks and gluons. Novel approach t…

Arne Troch predoc researcher FWO Research Arne Troch Research team Internet Data Lab (IDLab) Goal-Oriented Process Control using Constraint-Guided Model-Based Reinforcement Learning. 01/11/2023 - 31/10/2027 Abstract Due to its strong economic impact, the field of process control has received much re…

Jesús Alejandro De Sousa Rodríguez postdoc researcher FWO Research Jesús Alejandro De Sousa Rodríguez Research team Theory and Spectroscopy of Molecules and Materials (TSM²) Single-wallEd carboN nanotubeS as platform for quantum sEnsing in the Near InfraRed (SENSE-NIR) 01/10/2026 - 30/09/2029 A…

Sven Van Laer doctoral scholarship holder Research Sven Van Laer Research team Cardiovascular diseases (CARDIOVASC) Study of the protective role of mitral valve regurgitation on the thrombotic risk in nonrheumatic atrial fibrillation: an experimental and human research model 01/11/2023 - 31/10/2026 …

A-PECS search menu search content Photo-electrochemistry Our lab strongly believes that the combination of 1O2 chemistry with electrochemical and redox catalysis is the groundbreaking idea in designing on-site, robust, selective and sensitive (bio)sensors to outcompete current on-site sensing strate…