Elective courses and forms

Would you like to request an elective course that's not on the list or do you have to select your specialisation?

All about elective courses and forms

Programme changes

Programme changes may take place annually. Some of them are rather limited (e.g. a change of title of a course) and have no further impact on your study path. Others are more drastic (e.g. changes in the number of credits, merging of two courses, creation of a new course...) and can have an impact on the further course of your study programme or year programme.

If a programme change has an impact on your track, you will be informed of it by e-mail at the start of the new academic year.  
Programme changes

Attention! Due to the programme changes, Bachelor Ingenieurswetenschappen-Architectuur and Master Architectural Engineering students, cannot register their courses themselves. 

Course registration Bachelor IR-Architectuur
Course registration Master Architectural Engineering

Spreading scenarios

First year students

First year students can apply for an exception to the standard path in certain situations. Find out who is eligible for a reduced course load and check the spreading scenario for your programme.

Check it out here

Study path exceptions

Do you want to apply for an exception to your study path?

Request an exception

Contact

There are several ways in which the study path counselors can help you. 

Do it yourself!

Before you contact us, you can start with these handy tools: 

  • Do you have a question about your individual study path? We gathered all information on this webpage
  • Do you have a combined enrolment? Check out this webpage.
  • Put together your own individual study path via this online tool.
  • Do you have binding conditions? Then complete this reflection tool.
  • Check out the tips and tricks from Study Guidance on our Canvas page
  • Do you have questions about or issues with the course registration? Take a look at this page.
Q&A sessions

Not sure how to start putting together your individual study programme? Are you curious about the changes and new rules taking place from ‘24'25? The study path counsellor will organise Q&A sessions on composing your individual study path from 15/09 onwards. You will get more general information as well as the chance to ask all your questions, so come well prepared to such a session.

Check the overview of Q&A sessions

Walk-in sessions (from 16 September)

Do you still have specific or individual questions about your study path after reading all the information or following a Q&A session? Then drop by without an appointment at the walk-in sessions.
When? 

  • Monday: 10 AM - 2 PM (room L.2.09)
  • Thursday: 1:30 PM - 5 PM (room L.2.09)
E-mail 

You can easily send an e-mail to the study path counselor.

studypath.ir@vub.be

Meeting Point Study Guidance

If you have a general question about your study path or about the various guidance possibilities offered by Study Guidance, pop into the Meeting Point! You can drop by without an appointment. Check the opening hours.

Chat

Have a quick question? Send us a message via Microsoft Teams. Check the available chat hours of your study path counselor below. Please respect these chat hours.

Individual appointment

Of course, not all questions can always be answered through a Q&A session. Appointments can be scheduled for the following target groups:

  • Students who wish to redirect
  • Students with low or negative learning credits and who have questions about the composition of their study pathway
  • Students with a refusal to re-enrol in the programme and who wish to have a discussion about this
  • Students in a difficult or special situation and who have questions about the composition of their study pathway
  • Students transferring from another institution
  • Students who wish to start in a shortened programme (or have already started) and who have questions about the composition of their study programme
  • Students who have discontinued their studies after a number of years and wish to re-enrol in the programme

If you belong to one of the above target groups or are in a difficult situation and would like to discuss this with us individually, please send an e-mail to studypath.ir@vub.be with the subject INDIVIDUAL APPOINTMENT. We will contact you as soon as possible.

Did you receive a refusal to re-enrol? Then check this info.

Studietrajectbegeleider Brontë Liekens

Brontë Liekens

Study path counselor faculty Physical Education and Physiotherapy + faculty Engineering
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Maaike Lemaire

Study path counselor faculty Physical Education and Physiotherapy + faculty Engineering