Which diploma do you need to study at UGent?

Admission is granted on the basis of a diploma, irrelevant of nationality.

Examples:

• A student applies for a bachelor at UGent and has completed his entire secondary education in Ethiopia. The basic diploma is the diploma awarded after graduating from secondary school. This diploma must grant the student access to university studies in the country where the diploma was awarded.
• A student with Belgian nationality has been awarded a bachelor diploma from a University in Germany and wants to enrol in a master programme at UGent. The basic diploma for a master programme is a bachelor, so the student will need to apply for admission based on the diploma obtained abroad.
• A student with the Chinese nationality wants to do a subsequent (advanced) master programme at UGent and has graduated from a Flemish University as a master. This student does not need to start up the admission procedure, since it is on the basis of a diploma awarded in the Flemish Community.

Which level of study?

Please check the diploma requirement applicable to you:

1. Bachelor programme
2. Master programme
3. Advanced master programme
4. SLO: specific teacher training
5. Predoctoral training, doctoral training, doctorate (Ph.D)
6. Permanent training
7. Postgraduate

More information about the structure of Higher education in Flanders can be found here (Higher Education Register).

Your basic diploma must be submitted when applying

• A legalised copy of the diploma and its transcripts must be submitted.
• The diploma and its transcripts must be translated by a sworn translator into either Dutch, French, German or English, if they were drafted up in any other language.

Partial equivalence Medical Degree

For obtaining a shortening of duration of study based upon a diploma of medical doctor obtained outside Belgium you need to add the certificate of passing the ‘Interuniversity entrance examination for medicine - partial equivalence’. This examination is organised by the ‘Vlaamse Interuniversitaire Raad’ (VLIR). For more information: VLIR, Ms. Anneleen De Saegher, Ravenstijngalerij 27, B-1000 Brussels, tel +32 2 792 55 08, administratie@vlir.be.