Visiting staff

Research visit at Faculty of Political an Social Sciences

Please contact a professor from our faculty via Research Explorer.

Practicalities for visiting staff

All practival information can be found here.

Registration

Your UGent supervisor will register your stay via a faculty form (they can contact their departmental secretariat) and needs to apply for a UGent visitor's pass, if your stay exceeds 5 days.

Visitor Pass

Are you staying longer than 5 days, then a visitor’s pass can be requested by your UGent supervisor. Please ask your UGent supervisor to apply

Information for promotors: intranet.

Housing

From September 2026 onwards, Ghent University will no longer provide accommodation for staff members and visitors as per the board of governors' decision on 28 March 2025 to prioritize students. PhD-students are one of these target groups with priority. Read the news article. 

Information for the UGent supervisor 

This intranet page also provides a template for the invitation letter.

In case of doubt you can contact the research office

Practicalities for visiting PhD-students