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…

Immigration formalities for exchange students 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 …

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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. Each year has the same structure: 1st semester: mid/end September - end of January (exams in January) 2nd semester: beginning of February - end o…

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…

Smoke-free university All UAntwerp campuses are 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 contribute? Discover it in our updated smoking policy. Smok…

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…

Architecture Study programme Dutch-taught Master of Architecture Study programme Dutch-taught Master of Architecture 2026-2027 2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 2019-2020 2026-2027 Model Path Part 1 Compulsory Courses 42 ECTS-credits Architectural Design 1 Course code: 2001…

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-…

Master of Urbanism and Spatial Planning Study programme Study programme 2026-2027 2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 2019-2020 2026-2027 Model Path Part 1 Compulsory Courses 60 ECTS-credits Society and Space Course code: 2001FOWSRP Semester: 2E SEM Contact hours: 40 ECTS-cre…

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…

Interreg NWE Wetlanders search menu search content Methodology Testing on the ground and developing the GBN tool To turn theory into practice, we are implementing 5 pilot actions across diverse landscapes in four countries ranging from lowland river valleys and peatlands to sinkhole lakes and headwa…

The Antwerp Social Lab search menu search content Tobii eye trackers The Antwerp Social Lab provides a range of Tobii eye tracking systems that can be used for both screen-based and wearable eye tracking studies. The screen-based systems focus on tracking eye movements in relation to digital display…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Global Finance for Development Global Finance for Development Micro-credential Global Finance for Development Micro-credential Unpack the central concepts of financial globalisation and aid and study their impact on the poor What? This micro credential aims to address the extent to which the pool of…

Centre of Expertise for Higher Education search menu search content Socrates in the lecture hall. Reflecting through philosophical questions. April 2025 Reflection is essential for learning, but in the lecture hall it doesn’t always work well. Students can hesitate to express their opinions for fe…

Cosys-Lab search menu search content Verificiation and Validation of Embedded Systems It seems straightforward to design complex mechatronic systems, such as machines and vehicles, by the divide-and-conquer paradigm: simply split its complexity into different disciplines and different engineering te…