European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) is one of the five European Structure and Investment Funds (ESIF). The ERDF aims to strengthen economic, social and territorial cohesion in the EU by redressing some of the main imbalances between its regions. To…

X-Celerate search menu search content About X-CELERATE X-CELERATE: Shaping the Future of Smart Materials and 4D Printing X-CELERATE is a pioneering initiative dedicated to developing 4DCT tools that will accelerate the design and characterisation of advanced smart materials. By creating a dynamic tr…

Flanders Make@UAntwerpen search menu search content Flanders Make@Uantwerpen Flanders Make@UAntwerpen unites top researchers to drive innovation within the Flemish Strategic Research Centre. About US A couple of years ago, the unthinkable happened at the university of Antwerp. The Faculties of Compu…

NEXOR search menu search content Collaboration Nexor/University of Antwerp We offer different financial support opportunities through VLAIO (Flanders Innovation & Entrepreneurship) funding. As per the direct cooperation, the University of Antwerp may offer you support by: Bilateral Research Project …

Shamil Debaere predoc researcher FWO Publications Shamil Debaere A blacktip's black tip : the reliability of using dorsal-fin patterns for photo identification of blacktip reef sharks (**Carcharhinus melanopterus**) Source Journal of fish biology - ISSN 1095-8649-107:4 (2025) p. 1224-1236 Author(s) …

TURQUOISE search menu search content Activities Seminar: Water level management: monitoring, modeling, and management (November 10, 2022) Water management in Flanders faces major challenges to better adapt society to increasingly frequent weather extremes. The Flemish landscape is drained on a large…

Linguapolis search menu search content What future scenarios do we see for language education in the AI era? September 2025 AI is turning language education on its head, as Large Language Models touch on its very foundation, i.e. learning to communicate effectively. Is that foundation now under thre…

ANT/OR | Antwerp Operations Research Group search menu search content Research areas The ANT/OR – Antwerp Operations Research Group of the University of Antwerp is dedicated to the study and development of planning algorithms across all decision-making levels: strategic, tactical, operational, and…

GOVTRUST Centre of Excellence search menu search content BeCoDigital Digital Co-Creation of Public Services with Citizens: Understanding Pre-Conditions, Technologies and Outcomes | 2022-2024 BeCoDigital - Digital Co-Creation of Public Services with Citizens: Understanding Pre-Conditions, Technologie…

Serge Demeyer full professor Research Serge Demeyer Research team Antwerp Systems and software Modelling (AnSyMo) Expertise Expertise concerning software quality assurance (continuous integration, software testing, static analysis, …). Experience with reverse- and reengineering techniques applicab…

Science Spin-offs Spin-offs Valorisation is a key aspect of research at the Faculty of Science. In this context spinoff companies are of importance. Spinoffs are academic companies that transform scientific knowledge into applications for commercial use. The spinoffs of the Faculty of Science are: I…

Xplore Design Week search menu search content Workshops #1 Sketching techniques for creativity by JanWillem Hoftijzer When designing objects or clothes or buildings or systems, all steps and stages of the process require visual communication; design ideas and concepts can only be discussed, assessed…

Transport and Regional Economics search menu search content Main past events Main past events of TPR On this page, you find our main past events. Voorstelling onderzoek: 'Toekomstige arbeidsmarkt haven van Antwerpen' | 21 November 2017 Uitnodiging Provincie Antwerpen Voorstelling onderzoek: ‘Toeko…

Urban Sustainability Studies Minors for the Bachelor of Urban Sustainability Studies at our YUFE partner universities Minors for the Bachelor of Urban Sustainability Studies at our YUFE partner universities As you start your Bachelor programme in Antwerp, you will have the opportunity to shape your …

Antwerp Systems and Software Modelling search menu search content Projects Ongoing projects Intelligent Model Management. 15/07/2025 - 14/07/2026 Abstract With data science entering various domains, new branches are emerging due to the extraction of latent knowledge from each domain's data. Model-ba…

A letter for Sinterklaas? Open letter to our students and colleagues Dear students and colleagues The 6 December will soon be upon us. As per annual tradition, Sinterklaas will gallop over our roofs on horseback. His helper then descends through the chimney and deposits gifts for children who have b…

Xplore Design Week search menu search content Workshops #1 Plein Plastic - Using plastic waste as a resource by Vadim Van den Heuvel and Hannes Dams Antwerp mourned after the popular hotspot Plein Publiek was shut down in March 2018. Luckily – not too long after – they picked up where they had l…

Paul De Meulenaere professor Research Paul De Meulenaere Research team Co-Design of Cyber-Physical Systems (Cosys-Lab) Expertise My main research focus is on the design and validation of embedded real-time systems. This entails model-based design, digital twins, MiL- up to HiL-testing, formal modell…

Applied Engineering 2025 Attend a PhD defence or find the archive of concluded doctoral research 2025 Attend a PhD defence or find the archive of concluded doctoral research 'Investigation of Apparent Photocurrents and Stabilization Strategies for Cu2O-based Photoelectrolysis' (14/11/2025) Michele d…

Lucian Covaci assistant professor - research manager Research Lucian Covaci Research team Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT) Computational materials modelling for nanoscience and innovative technologies (COMMIT) Expertise Expertise in condensed matter theory, computational physics, ma…

Info for companies search menu search content Overview spin-offs An academic spin-off is a company whose activities, products and/or services are based on knowhow, technology and/or research results generated at the university or at one of its university colleges (AUHA). Creation of spin-off compani…

Mike Kestemont full research professor Research Mike Kestemont Research team Centre for Computational Linguistics, Psycholinguistics and Sociolinguistics (CLiPS) Institute for the Study of Literature in the Low Countries (ISLN) Antwerp Centre for Digital humanities and literary Criticism (ACDC) Expe…

Science Public defences 2023 Attend a phd defence or search the archive of concluded doctoral research Public defences 2023 Attend a phd defence or search the archive of concluded doctoral research Machine learning for vibrational circular dichroism: Constructing novel and accelerating established a…

Edwin van Hassel full professor Research Edwin van Hassel Research team Transport and Regional Economics Expertise Edwin van Hassel is a professor at the University of Antwerp, where he teaches several courses. He has an engineering degree in naval architecture and he holds a PhD in applied economic…

Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences Defences 2019 Department of Biomedical Sciences Defences 2019 Department of Biomedical Sciences Electroencephalographic characterization of comorbidities in neurodegenerative diseases: from epilepsy to insomnia - Jan Van Erum (18/12/2019) Jan Van Er…