PRACTICAL
INFORMATION
Application Procedure and Deadlines
The application period for each academic year starts on
the 1st November of the previous year. Applicants need
to complete an online application form before
submitting hard copies of the documents listed below.
Detailed information on the application procedure is
available on our website www.uantwerp.be/iob.
Applicants applying for both admission and a VLIRUOS scholarship must meet both the academic
admission requirements (see page 6) and the
scholarship criteria. The VLIR-UOS scholarship
criteria are available on http://www.vliruos.be/
scholarships.
Applicants applying for academic admission only,
must meet the admission requirements only.
Documents to be sent in hard copy:
- A complete curriculum vitae.
- A recent passport-sized photograph.
- A photocopy of the applicant’s university diploma.
- A photocopy of the applicant’s transcript of
academic records for each academic year.
* Note: Upon admission and registration, applicants
need to submit an authenticated photocopy of both
the diploma and the transcripts. Instructions for
legalisation of documents are available on
https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/education/admission-and-enrolment/enrolment/i-want-to-enrol/
no-flemish-degree/
- A document explaining the grading system applied
20 · master programmes
in the applicant’s home country or at the university
where the applicant earned the degree.
- A document proving the applicant’s knowledge of
English (see pages 6-7)
- Two letters of recommendation, preferably from
(current or former) academic supervisors or from the
applicant’s supervisors in his place of work.
- An employer’s certificate stating the applicant’s
present position within the organisation, along with a
precise description of the applicant’s professional
responsibilities, should be enclosed, if applicable. The
employer should elucidate the significance of the
Master programme for the applicant’s future position
and for the organisation as a whole.
- Scholarship applicants, who are employees of a
university that currently receives support from
VLIR-UOS through the IUC programme or TEAM
programme: a statement from the IUC or TEAM
coordinator that the applicant’s department is not
involved in IUC or TEAM.
- Applicants from the People’s Republic of China must
include a certificate of academic screening (APS
certificate). This certificate is required for registration
at the University of Antwerp but also to obtain a visa
to Belgium. Further information is available on www.
aps.org.cn.
Documents in English, French, German and Dutch are
accepted. Documents in other languages must be
translated into English or French by a sworn
translator.
IOB does not charge an application fee.