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…

ScreenUrSelf search menu search content The result of the test Two results are possible: The lab does not find a virus in your sample. In 9 out of 10 women, we find no traces of the virus. No further investigation is needed. The lab does find the virus in your sample. That certainly does not mean yo…

ScreenUrSelf search menu search content About self-sampling Population Screening for cervical cancer started in June 2013. Too few women are still having a cervical smear taken by a doctor. To keep motivating women who have stopped having their smears taken in recent years to get tested, Antwerp Uni…

Fire insurance for your accommodation Before signing your contract, ask your landlord about fire insurance. Prevention is better than cure. Three reasons to take out fire insurance Tenant's liability "The Civil Code states that the responsibility for all consequences of fire and related hazards lie …

University Fund search menu search content Chair Sustainable Insurance University of Antwerp and Ageas establish sustainable insurance chair Thinking about the major social issues and thus envolving toward a sustainable way of doing insurance: with this purpose the University of Antwerp and Ageas es…

Health insurance Anyone living and/or working in Belgium is required to sign up for health insurance. This is a legal requirement that also applies to students. Belgian students are usually insured as dependants (of their parents). International students are responsible for organising their own heal…

International Staff Office search menu search content Health insurance Anyone living and/or working in Belgium is obliged to register at a Belgian health insurance provider. It will cover most of your medical costs. It is important to start the registration procedure as soon as you arrive in Belgium…

Britt Weyts full professor Research Britt Weyts Research team Personal Rights and Property Rights Law Enforcement Environmental Health Hazards & Care 01/01/2023 - 30/09/2026 Abstract This research focuses on the health effects of PFAS and associated costs, such as medical costs, loss of labour produ…

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Bernard Hubeau emeritus occasional assignment Research Bernard Hubeau Research team Expertise Sociology of Law Legal Aid Administration of Justice Housing Law and Housing Policy Urban Planning Fundamental Right to Housing Complaint Handling and Ombudsmen Social Work (and Law) Analysis of the decisio…

Personal Rights and Property Rights search menu search content Research Projects Ongoing projects Towards Responsible Germline Genome Editing: Developing a Regulatory Framework Embedding Human Rights. 01/11/2024 - 31/10/2026 Abstract The research will focus on the regulatory framework on germline ge…

Department of Mathematics search menu search content Sparse exponential analysis (Ferre Knaepkens) Exponential analysis is termed an inverse problem because it consists in extracting an exponential model’s linear and nonlinear parameters from a limited number of observations of the model’s behav…