Science Services Services The Faculty of Science of the University of Antwerp has a number of opportunities for collaboration with companies and organizations. An overview of the opportunities and facilities: commissioned research national and international cooperation recruitment of graduates confe…

Visa Student Visa: apply in time! When planning to stay in Belgium for more than 90 days all students with a non-EEA nationality need to apply for a long-term visa (visa type D) at the Belgian embassy or consulate in their current country of residence before leaving for Belgium. Check out all the in…

Laboratory of Cell Biology and Histology search menu search content Translational gut and lung research Running research topics: Mrg receptors in GI neuro-immune communication Mas-related gene receptors as new mediators of gastro-intestinal neuro-immune communication Neuro-immune communication in th…

Save the date Mark your calendar! Academic Calendar Check out the academic calendar for important dates such as the start of the semester or exam periods. Orientation Day Right before the start of each semester, all exchange students are welcomed during Orientation Day. Make sure you don’t miss it…

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Insurance and healthcare All students must have sufficient health insurance to cover their stay in Antwerp. Although the University of Antwerp does offer accident-liability insurance to all its students, health insurance is not included, so please make sure you are sufficiently insured. We cannot re…

Architecture Study programme Dutch-taught Master of Architecture Study programme Dutch-taught Master of Architecture 2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 2019-2020 2025-2026 Model Path Part 1 Compulsory Courses 51 ECTS-credits Design Studio 1 Course code: 2001FOWARC Semester: …

Institute of Jewish Studies search menu search content Jewish Modernity in the Feminine Jewish Modernity in the Feminine: Jewish Women Writers and Thinkers in the 20th and 21st Centuries International conference 5-6 December 2018 University of Antwerp - Hof van Liere Prinsstraat 13 - 2000 Antwerp Pa…

Smoke-free university From the 2025-2026 academic year onwards, all UAntwerp campuses will become completely smoke-free. Together, we're creating a healthy, fresh and inspiring learning and working environment, today and in the future. Curious about what this means exactly, and how you can contribut…

Global Change Ecology search menu search content The MESI database MESI: a database of (almost) all ‘global change’ experiments on land Scientists who wish to study ecosystem responses to climate- and other environmental changes have multiple tools to their disposal. One such tool are experiment…

NANOlight Center of Excellence search menu search content Research Research Nanomaterials play a key role in modern technology and society, because of their unique physical and chemical characteristics. The synthesis of nanomaterials is maturing but surprisingly little is known about the exact roles…

ALGAR | Summer School | Antwerp Summer University search menu search content Content description Quadratic forms are algebraic objects with particularly nice algebraic and geometric properties. Local-global principles for quadratic forms are a classical topic of algebra and number theory. The Hasse-…

Global Change Ecology search menu search content Vegetation in tidal wetlands is key to their climate resilience Vegetation key to climate resilient coastal wetlands Coastal wetlands are hotspots of biodiversity as well as significant carbon sinks. They also provide great opportunities to protect ou…

Applied Engineering Inaugural lecture The final depletion of resources such as metals due to climate approach? Inaugural lecture The final depletion of resources such as metals due to climate approach? The climate approach is shifting us away from finite fossil fuels towards renewable energy. This t…

Global Health Institute search menu search content Joseph OKEBE From control to elimination: reducing residual malaria transmission in The Gambia Summary Malaria endemic countries such as The Gambia, backed by political will and international funding, have significantly reduced the malaria burden. T…

Master of Urbanism and Spatial Planning Study programme Study programme 2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 2019-2020 2025-2026 Model Path Part 1 Compulsory Courses 60 ECTS-credits Society and Space Course code: 2001FOWSRP Semester: 2E SEM Contact hours: 40 ECTS-credits: 6 EC…

Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Excellence in Antwerp search menu search content Centre for Health economics & modelling infectious diseases (CHERMID) CHERMID has extensive expertise in health economics, biostatistics and mathematical models, with currently 14 researchers trained in economics, medic…

GOVTRUST Centre of Excellence search menu search content Administrative encounters, trust in government and psychological harm | 2022-2025 Will this ordeal ever end? How the accumulation of administrative encounters can erode trust in government and create psychological harm Abstract Low levels of c…

University Foundation for Development Cooperation (USOS) search menu search content Architectures of control: technopower, surveillance and digital dispossession Tuesday 28 October 2025, from 18.30 to 20.30 at Stadscampus (R.002) Rodestraat 14 Antwerpen Sign up for this session This session will dis…

μNEURO search menu search content Magnificent microglia Roxane and Johanna explain how they study the immune cells of our brain Not familiar with the topic? Check out our ABC's of microglia research below for a glossary of the underlined words! Microglia are the major immune cells of the brain. The…

Antwerp Centre of Evolutionary Demography search menu search content Call for papers - EIAMS workshop Call for papers Top managers are considered the most influential actors in the firm’s strategic behavior and a large body of research presents evidence for the effects of executives and executive …

GOVTRUST Centre of Excellence search menu search content TiGRE - Trust in Governance and Regulation in Europe | 2020-2023 TiGRE - Trust in Governance and Regulation in Europe Abstract The demands of citizens and public authorities for data and privacy protection, security and reliability of data and…

Antwerp X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy laboratory search menu search content Center of excellence The group of K. Janssens is member of the NANOlab Center of Excellence. The NANOlab center of excellence consists of seven research groups (EMAT, CMT, PLASMANT, A-SENSE LAB, AXIS, DuEL, ENM) with comple…

It takes two to teach! Teacher collaboration for learning and teaching search menu search content About the conference Teacher collaboration can be defined as teachers working together to improve teaching practices and student achievement. This collaboration exists on a continuum, ranging from mere …

A-PECS search menu search content Center of excellence K. De Wael and S. Verbruggen are members of the NANOlab Center of Excellence. The NANOlab center of excellence consists of seven research groups (EMAT, CMT, PLASMANT, A-PECS, AXIS, ENM) with complementary expertise in the field of nanoscience an…