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…

History of the Islamic World History of the Islamic World Micro-credential History of the Islamic World Micro-credential ATTENTION: This micro-credential cannot be chosen in academic year 2025 - 2026 A historical perspective on the 'other' What? In this programme you will learn to understand the com…

Philosophical Sources of European Identity Course description Spring 2026 Course description Spring 2026 This blended intensive program offers a philosophical introduction to the idea of Europe. Far from aspiring to a systematic exposition or largescale historical overview, its approach is one of cu…

Erasmus Mundus Erasmus Mundus is a cooperation and mobility programme in the field of higher education that aims to boost the quality of European higher education and to encourage dialogue and understanding between different people and cultures through academic collaboration. In addition, it contrib…

Changing your enrolment Did you make the wrong choice? Want to switch to another programme at the University of Antwerp? Or do you want to enrol for an extra programme? You can still change your enrolment. Conditions You can only switch programmes within the University of Antwerp or enrol using an a…

Business Economics Arda, an international student from Turkey Here's his story Arda, an international student from Turkey Here's his story My connection with the University of Antwerp goes beyond the Master's programme I completed here. I had previously come here during my undergraduate years, as pa…

Law Exams Exams Exam periods 2025-2026 Autumn semester Monday 5 January - Saturday 31 January Spring semester Monday 25 May - Saturday 27 June Second session (registration required; only available for courses not passed in the first session) Monday 17 August - Saturday 5 September Exam periods 2026-…

Recognition of previously acquired competences EVC The EVC procedure has been defined by the Antwerp University Association (AUHA) and involves putting together a portfolio, including an evaluation carried out by a commission of three assessors and - where applicable - a competence test. There are t…

Philosophy Learning outcomes Dutch-taught Bachelor of Philosophy Learning outcomes Dutch-taught Bachelor of Philosophy Bachelors of Philosophy • [core competence 1: philosophical frame of reference] have demonstrable basic knowledge of the main points of view and developments in the history of phi…

Study progress monitoring The university actively monitors your study progress to ensure that you avoid unnecessary delays in your studies and thus losing learning credits. If you fail to accumulate an adequate number of credits in an academic year, you will be included in the study progress monitor…

Student Representation search menu search content Becoming a student representative Applications (and sometimes elections) Periods of application Each academic year, we organise two periods of application (and in case of mutiple candidates for one mandate, elections) where student representatives ca…

Marc Deloof gewoon hoogleraar Publicaties Marc Deloof The financial life cycle of European SMEs before, during and after crisis periods : what is the role of a country's financial system? Bron International review of financial analysis - ISSN 1057-5219-104:A (2025) p. 1-18 Auteur(s) Maurizio La Rocc…

Wim De Kesel predoc researcher FWO Research Wim De Kesel Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Sylvatic cycle of arboviruses in African wildlife. 01/11/2022 - 31/10/2026 Abstract Arthropod borne viruses (arboviruses) rely on hematophagous arthropods as a vector for the transmission to a v…

Construction Engineering zoeken menu zoek inhoud Opening hours Construction Engineering The normal opening hours of the labs are from Monday to Friday from 9:00 h - 17:00 h. Vacation periods For official holidays and vacation periods, specific rules apply. For the coming months, the lab will be clos…

Plants and Ecosystems search menu search content The FATI experimental platform Free Air Temperature Increase Main features: 12 plots of 3 m diameter, with flexibility regarding the use: mesocosms can be placed inside, or the plots can be fully filled with soil Soil up to 70 cm deep, plants up to 1 …

Annelies Broeckx unpaid staff Research Annelies Broeckx Research team Ecosphere Upstream depressional wetlands and flow regulation: evidence on status and function. 01/02/2019 - 31/10/2019 Abstract Climate change projections point towards dryer summers. This will lead to a higher demand for water pr…

VAXINFECTIO search menu search content Sero-epidemiology COVID-19 in Belgium 2020 Seroprevalence of IgG antibodies against SARS coronavirus 2 in Belgium: a prospective cross-sectional study of residual samples June 2020 Seroprevalence of IgG antibodies against SARS coronavirus 2 in Belgium: a prospe…

Veterinary physiology and biochemistry search menu search content PhD Kerlijne Moorkens Maternal Metabolic Health and Fertility: acute and chronic effects on a western-type diet on oviductal and ovarian cells. A multi-omic approach. Dr. Kerlijne Moorkens, MSc Date: 21st June 2024 at 5pm. Location: B…

Antwerp Centre for Entrepreneurship Research search menu search content 2025 It Is Not All in the Debt Level: Debt Maturity Structure and Complete Export Withdrawal in International New Ventures Paeleman, I., Mataigne, V., & Vanacker, T. (2025). It is not all in the debt level: debt maturity structu…

Law Enforcement search menu search content Legal protection Legal protection These lines of research encompass two sub-lines of research: a) legal protection of the weaker legal parties; b) proper administration of justice (right to a fair trial; limitation periods; legal remedies; evidence; cross-b…

Rogier van Kooten senior onderzoeker Over Rogier van Kooten About me Originally a social scientist from Tilburg University, I have worked for more than fifteen years in the IT and financial sector. In 2016 I returned to the academic world as PhD student on the GIStorical Antwerp Project. I worked as…

Rob Moerkens unpaid staff Research Rob Moerkens Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Population dynamics -and simulation of earwings in orchards: density dependence in a population of generalist predators. 01/01/2009 - 31/12/2010 Abstract Earwigs, Forficula auricularia (L.) (Dermaptera, …

Matteo Balliauw unpaid staff Research Matteo Balliauw Research team Transport and Regional Economics Port capacity: pricing and investment under uncertainty. The development of a game-theoretical real options model in the maritime chain. 01/01/2016 - 03/08/2019 Abstract The market shares, profits an…

Léa Joffrin unpaid staff Research Léa Joffrin Research team Evolutionary ecology group (EVECO) Community ecology of Tanzanian bats and cross-species transmission of their viruses. 01/04/2023 - 31/03/2024 Abstract Most research on the eco-epidemiology of bat-borne viruses is conducted on "one hostâ…

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…