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Erasmus incoming students

This page is meant for Erasmus students and contains information about the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

You can find more information on our website for exchange students.

The language of instruction at the University of Gent is Dutch.
In order to attend a course in Dutch, students have to have a advanced knowledge of Dutch. The Language Centre of Ghent University  offers intensive courses for foreign students.

The faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences proposes an exchange programme with courses taught in English. These courses are mainly on master level.

The exchange programme contains a preferred list of English courses taught in programmes of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Regulations and tips Learning Agreement:

  • You have to compose a programme of approximately 30 ECTS-credits per semester, with a minimum of 20 ECTS-credits per semester.
  • For a total of max. 50% of the ECTS, English-taught courses from other faculties can be added (subject to the explicit approval of the faculty(ies) concerned).
  • All selected courses in your learning agreement are subject to approval.

Subscribe to no more than 9 credit units from the list of Majors and to no more than 3 credit units from the list of Elective courses.

The Study Guide  gives a complete overview of all study programs at the different faculties of UGent as well as the ECTS credits, corresponding to each course.

However the policy of choice in our faculty is that incoming students are involved in a research project in one of the departments. To this end, knowledge of Dutch is not a prerequisite.

Other sites of interest:

  • The International Support Team (IST) : the first point of contact for help and guidance regarding a range of administrative and wellbeing issues and offers advice and support