Admission to bachelor programme

Direct admission

If your diploma is listed here-below, you will need to start up your enrolment application online. You will be required to upload a certified true copy (copy conforme) of this diploma and its transcripts. Your diploma is considered equivalent to the Flemish diploma of secondary education and admission will be approved from as soon as your enrolment application is complete.

You need to ensure that you meet the language requirements too.

Note that certain programmes require you to participate in a positioning test or that you have passed the entrance examination and have obtained favourable ranking.

a Belgian degree, for specific diplomas a list is available in Dutch
A diploma/degree certificate from abroad (LRC-countries and International Organisations) from this list of equivalent secondary education qualifications.
A foreign diploma declared equivalent by NARIC
A foreign university bachelor or master diploma, correctly certified/legalised

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Your secondary school qualification is not listed under 'Direct admission'.
This means you cannot be granted direct admission and will need to submit a complete application for evaluation.

General principle

If your qualification allows you to enrol in the same programme in your home country, you may be eligible to apply for that programme at Ghent University.
However, when your diploma is not on the list of direct admission, we must check whether it is equivalent in level to the Flemish secondary education qualification (OK4). This means your diploma should demonstrate similar skills and competencies.

What happens if it is not equivalent?

Most diplomas that are not on the list are not considered equivalent.
In that case, you will need to provide proof of at least one successful year of university-level studies in addition to your secondary school diploma.

What does “one successful year” mean?

You have completed at least 60 ECTS credits (or the full-time equivalent) at a recognized university.
You passed the majority of your courses (not just enrolled).
The studies must demonstrate academic readiness for the programme you are applying for.

Tip: If you are unsure whether your diploma qualifies, you should still submit a complete application. Our Team International admission team will evaluate your documents.

The application must include one of the following:

A confirmation that you have been accepted at a university in your home country, for example a letter of admission/acceptance
A certificate of enrolment from a university in your home country
Proof that you have passed the first year of a university bachelor + transcripts
An associate degree with access to a university bachelor

Please proceed to How to apply?

Entrance examination medicine/dentistry/veterinary medicine

There is an inter-university entrance examination in Medicine, Dentistry or Veterinary Medicine.

If you wish to enrol for Bachelor of Science in Medicine, Bachelor of Science in Dentistry or Bachelor of Science in Veterinary Medicine, you will need to pass and have a favourable ranking. All information is available on Entrance examinations of the Flemish Community (information in Dutch only).

Mandatory positioning tests

Some programs require you to participate in a mandatory positioning test in order to enrol.