General conditions

• Bilateral agreement: a valid inter-institutional Erasmus+ agreement between your home university and the University of Antwerp or between your Faculty and ours is required. 
• Academic career: you should at least be in your third year of medical studies at the moment of application.  
• Language skills: you must have a good command of English, oral as well as written (min. level B2). Intensive Dutch language courses are strongly recommended if you wish to take courses that are taught in Dutch.
• Duration: one semester or a full academic year.

Study programme

We do not offer an English programme. Only a handful of courses of our Bachelor and Master programme are taught in English to accommodate international students ('green courses'). Besides these courses in English, we also offer courses with facilities for exchange students ('yellow courses'). These courses are taught in Dutch, but the lecturers provide facilities in English (e.g. study material, handbook, exam, …).

The courses we offer mainly consist of theory. Some courses comprise a limited amount of practice in the hospital or our skills lab. This approach can differ from your home university, where theory and practice (in the hospital) are intertwined and offered alternately. This is not the case in Antwerp. 

Have a look at the curriculum for exchange students. Read the guidelines carefully and use this curriculum to draft your study programme.

Mobility programme

Erasmus Student Mobility for Studies (SMS).  

Application procedure

All general information regarding the application procedure for exchange students is available on the webpages of our International Relations Office.

We have included here a simplified scheme of the application procedure (pdf – 108 kB) for incoming medical students who wish to take courses as part of the Erasmus Study programme.

Attention: As per the guidelines of the Erasmus programme, we don't accept paper or PDF versions of the Learning Agreement any more, but only work with the new Digital Learning Agreements. Find out more on how to prepare this Digital Learning Agreement.

Deadlines

• Nominations: 15 April (1st semester/full year) & 15 October (2nd semester)
• Applications: 15 May (1st semester/full year) & 1 November (2nd semester)

Need more information?  

Check our Frequently Asked Questions.

General conditions

• Academic career: you should at least be in your fourth year of medical studies at the moment of application.
• Language skills: you must have a good command of English, oral as well as written, and a thorough knowledge of medical English (min. level B2). English supervision can be provided, but contact with patients will be in Dutch most of the time. A basic knowledge of Dutch is therefore highly recommended. 
• Duration: a clinical traineeship always lasts minimum 4 weeks and is full-time (3 ECTS). The maximum duration is 12 weeks, consisting of 4 weeks in 3 different departments/disciplines. 

Mobility Programme

• Erasmus Student Mobility for Placement (SMP) preferably 
  • ​We do accept students from non-partner universities, but priority is always given to students from Erasmus+ partners. 
  • ≥ 2 months and maximum 3 months.

Due to limited amount of clinical traineeship positions we only process applications within the Erasmus programme. Applications of 'free movers' will not be processed. 

Application procedure

All general information regarding the application procedure for exchange students is available on the webpages of our International Relations Office. ​

• Erasmus Student Mobility for Placement (SMP) 
  • Please send following documents in 1 PDF file to international.office.medhealth@uantwerp.be before 30 April: 
    • CV; 
    • motivation letter with clear indication of preferred disciplines and periods (see Frequently Asked Questions for disciplines we offer and the periods); 
    • transcript of records
      
  • Have a look at the simplified application procedure (pdf - 140 kB) and note that there is only one deadline per academic year! 
  • Example of a Learning Agreement for Traineeships (pdf - 409 kB)
    

Deadlines

There is only one deadline per year to apply for clinical traineeships! ​

• Sending documents: 30 April (for traineeship during 1st semester/full year/2nd semester)
• Applications: 15 May (for traineeship during 1st semester/full year/2nd semester)

Before your arrival in Antwerp

Before you arrive in Antwerp you need to:

• Complete the Mensura questionnaire (.docx – 84 kB) and the UZA registration document (.docx – 56 kB).
• Send us your vaccination certificate with indication of the three dates of Hepatitis B vaccination, proof of full COVID-19 vaccination, the results of a recent Intradermo test (Mantoux or Quantiferon; can also be a RX Thorax; preferably less than 1 year old) and the definition of the titer Hep Bs Al >10 IU/L taken at minimum one month after the latest vaccination.
• We make an appointment with the internal occupational physician related to the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences for a confirmation of your health. This medical screening is usually scheduled in the week before the start of your traineeship. Please take this into consideration when planning your arrival. Note that you will not be able to start your traineeship if you have not had your medical screening. 

Need more information? 

Check our Frequently Asked Questions. 

The courses we offer to Erasmus students mainly consist of theory. Some courses comprise a limited amount of practice in the hospital or in our skills lab. Full-time clinical traineeships are scheduled in the 5th and 6th year of our curriculum. This approach might differ from the medical programme in your home institution, where theory and practice are intertwined and offered alternately. That is why we offer incoming Erasmus students the opportunity to combine their studies with a full-time clinical traineeship in the university hospital.

General conditions

• Bilateral agreement: a valid inter-institutional Erasmus+ agreement between your home university and the University of Antwerp or between your Faculty and ours is required.
• Academic career: you should at least be in your fourth year of medical studies at the moment of application.
• Language skills: you must have a good command of English, oral as well as written, and a thorough knowledge of medical English (min. level B2). English supervision can be provided, but contact with patients will be in Dutch most of the time. A basic knowledge of Dutch is therefore highly recommended. 
• Duration and timing: a clinical traineeship always lasts minimum 4 weeks and is full-time (3 ECTS; ca. 40 hours/week). It cannot overlap with theoretical courses. Only when there is a gap in your study programme you are allowed to do the traineeship.

Mobility programme

Erasmus Student Mobility for Studies (SMS). 

Application procedure

The application procedure is the same as when you only want to take courses. The only difference is that you need to send following documents in 1 PDF file to international.office.medhealth@uantwerp.be before 30 April:

• CV
• motivation letter with clear indication of preferred disciplines and periods (see Frequently Asked Questions for disciplines we offer and the periods);
• transcript of records

Deadlines

Note that there is only one deadline per academic year! If you want to do a combination of courses and a traineeship during the spring semester, then you need to provide your documents before 30 April! The nomination from your home university can come later.

• Nominations: 15 April (1st semester/full year) & 15 October (2nd semester)
• Sending documents: 30 April (1^st semester, 2^nd semester, full year)
• Applications: 15 May  (1st semester/full year) & 1 November  (2nd semester)

Need more information? 

Check our Frequently Asked Questions.​