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. Survival on arrival: Dutch crash course Dutch is the official language of Flanders, the northern part of Belgium. Most people in Antwerp have a g…

Fien Van Reempts predoc researcher FWO Research Fien Van Reempts Research team Government and Law The effectiveness of directives in horizontal situations: a reassessment in the post exclusion/substitution-dichotomy era. 01/11/2023 - 31/10/2025 Abstract Union directives cannot be invoked by a privat…

Centre for Research and Innovation in Care search menu search content Education and courses Educational vision Conceptually, the aim of education is to train for four roles: The master in nursing and midwifery as a clinical leader In the healthcare sector, we are increasingly confronted with complex…

Gilles De Meester unpaid staff Research Gilles De Meester Research team Functional Morphology Does being smart pay off? Fitness-consequences of behavioural flexibility in lizards in environments with different complexity. 01/10/2019 - 31/03/2022 Abstract Cognition is often described as the ability o…

Yanni Ratajczyk unpaid staff Research Yanni Ratajczyk Research team Center for Ethics Imagination and Moral Reasoning. Creative Imagination in Moral Option Generation. 01/11/2019 - 31/10/2023 Abstract As a human faculty, imagination is often linked to the creativity of the mind, as displayed, for in…

Astrid De Wit associate professor Research Astrid De Wit Research team Grammar and Pragmatics Expertise I am a cognitive linguist with a keen interest in the semantics of grammatical constructions, primarily within the domain of tense, aspect and modality. Why, for instance, do speakers of Dutch pre…

Language courses search menu search content Course content What will you be able to do after the year-long Swahili 1 course? You will learn to hold conversations in everyday situations using practical vocabulary and expressions. With your knowledge of Swahili, you can easily familiarise yourself wit…

Renate Barbaix professor - vice-dean Research Renate Barbaix Research team Personal Rights and Property Rights Law Enforcement Expertise Renate Barbaix is specialised in family property law, specially in inheritance law. Her research is both individual and as a promotor of several PhD students. Inhe…

Government and Law search menu search content Fien Van Reempts Fien Van Reempts is a PhD researcher and teaching assistant working under the supervision of prof. Johan Meeusen. Her research focuses on the interplay between the principles of primacy and direct effect, and the effectiveness of directi…

Faculty ombudsperson What does the ombudsperson do? The ombudsperson will assist you in disputes related to the application of education and examination regulations. He or she mediates, informs and advises. When do you consult the ombudsperson? 1. If you need mediation: concerning problems with your…

Master of Political Science Programme info Programme info 60 ECTS credits Programme taught in English Preparatory programme and bridging programme. The size of the preparatory programme depends on your previous academic degree. Faculty of Social Sciences Stadscampus What does the programme entail? I…

Centre des Grands Lacs d’Afrique search menu search content Rapporteurs spéciaux et experts indépendants Par sa résolution du 8 mars 1995, la Commission des droits de l’homme des Nations Unies (actuellement le Conseil des droits de l’homme) a décidé de désigner un Rapporteur spécial sur…

Other admission requirements On this page we have listed a number of special admission situations. See below for more information about admission for enrolling in... a PhD You need an academic master degree to apply for a PhD. Admission applications for academic year X-X+1 are possible between 01 Ju…

Centre of Expertise for Higher Education search menu search content What to do as a lecturer when a student panics? Every lecturer or student counsellor will one day come across a student who doesn't seem to be doing very well. In some cases, the student is truly in crisis, causing you to be concern…

Antwerp Tax Academy search menu search content Advanced Programme Target audience of the advanced modules The minimum requirement for participating in the advanced modules is that you can demonstrate that you have the necessary basic knowledge and/or experience. If you have successfully completed th…

Master of Computer Science: Software Engineering Programme info Programme info 120 ECTS-credits Programme taught in English Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science Campus Middelheim What does the programme entail? You can choose between three majors: Computer Networks Data…

Master of Computer Science: Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Programme info Programme info 120 ECTS-credits Programme taught in English Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science Campus Middelheim What does the programme entail? You can choose between three majors: Co…

Master of Computer Science: Computer Networks Programme info Programme info 120 ECTS-credits Programme taught in English Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science Campus Middelheim What does the programme entail? You can choose between three majors: Computer Networks Data Sc…

Antwerp Doctoral School search menu search content Personal Effectiveness Competence category D: Personal effectiveness Description Getting the right things done properly can be difficult when we also consider the limited time available and the challenges that require confident responses, rather tha…

Tom Koss predoc researcher FWO Research Tom Koss Research team Grammar and Pragmatics How to catch the present? A typological study of present-tense marking 01/11/2021 - 31/10/2025 Abstract The default function of a present-tense construction would appear to be locating situations at the time of spe…

Samuel De Winter unpaid staff Research Samuel De Winter Research team Personal Rights and Property Rights Government and Law The Principle of Equality of Citizens vis-à-vis Public Burdens: A General Basis for State Liability Not Based on Fault? 01/10/2020 - 30/09/2022 Abstract It is beyond dispute …

The Great Corona Study search menu search content Results survey 7 6 in 10 already have a mask at home April 28th 2020 Pre-teaching is fairly easy for just under half of participants in UAntwerp’s Great Corona Study On 4 May, a mask will become mandatory in public transport and we will also wear o…

FiLi-Vi-X search menu search content Project information About the project FiLi-Vi-X stands for "Preparing First Line health care workers in the Flemish health care system for 'virus X', by setting up and validating a training package, using viral hemorrhagic fever as a model". Abstract of the proje…

Frank Brisard professor Research Frank Brisard Research team Grammar and Pragmatics Expertise My research is primarily informed by a cognitive-functional and usage-based approach to language, combined with a pragmatic focus on the analysis of actual language in use, mainly via the use of corpora. My…

Antwerp Tax Academy search menu search content Customs Compliance, Strategy & Environment 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 May 2025 Target audience This advanced module can be taken by participants who have already passed the basic programme (English and/or Dutch) or can prove that they have obtained an equiva…