Language Requirements

All students are required to demonstrate language proficiency at the latest upon enrolment.

Bachelor

  • All bachelor programmes for which you can enrol at UGent are instructed in Dutch.
    You cannot enrol without a valid proof of the required level of Dutch
  • Dutch at level B2 is required upon enrolment for most bachelor programmes
  • Level C1 is required for the Bachelor of Arts in Applied Language Studies (Bachelor of Arts in de toegepaste taalkunde)
  • Accepted language proofs 

Master programmes taught in Dutch

  • Most master programmes are instructed in Dutch.
    You cannot enrol without a valid proof of the required level of Dutch
  • Also applicable for its preparatory programme or linking course
  • Dutch at level B2 is required upon enrolment for most master programmes
  • For bridging and preparation programs for master programs belonging to the field of study Applied Language Studies (toegepaste taalkunde), knowledge level Dutch C1 applies.
  • For certain programmes specific requirements apply: Specific language requirements
  • Accepted language proofs

Master programmes taught in English

  • Some master programmes are instructed in English.
    You cannot enrol without a valid proof of the required level of English
  • Also applicable for its preparatory programme or linking course
  • English at level B2 is required upon enrolment for most master programmes taught in English
  • For certain programmes specific requirements apply: Specific language requirements
  • Accepted language proofs

Erasmus Mundus

Please note: specific language requirements and language certificates apply to Erasmus Mundus programmes.
Please check the the website of these programmes.

Postgraduate courses (PGOP)

Micro-credential

Predoctoral training programme, doctoral training programme and doctorate

  • Predoctoral training programme: your mentor can confirm that you have the required language skills in the languages in which the course units are taught
  • Doctoral training programme and doctorate; English at level B2 is required.
    The supervisor can also confirm that you have the required level of English.
  • For certain programmes specific requirements apply: Specific language requirements

Validity of language proof

  • Any accepted proof of language proficiency must be valid upon enrolment
  • The validity date mentioned on the language certificate cannot be exceeded
  • If no validity date is mentioned on the language certificate, the certificate can be no older than 4 academic years, counting from the academic year after the proof of language was acquired

Who is exempted?

Who does not need to submit a proof of language proficiency?

Or if you are admitted to a course based on a selection procedure under Erasmus Mundus Action 1 or Action 2, ICP courses, EU-US Atlantis, EU-Canada, where language proficiency is one of the selection criteria.

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