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Enrolment requirements
Check the enrolment requirements for your courses. You always take all the subjects of a lower year before you register subjects from a higher year. Students in a bridging or preparatory programme do not have to take these registration requirements into account.
No idea what that means? Check this info.
Changing your profile, minor or language combination
Taal- en Letterkunde / Linguistics and literary studies / Toegepaste Taalkunde
Are you studying Taal- en Letterkunde, Toegepaste Taalkunde or Linguistics and Literary Studies and would you like to change your profile or language combination?
Please be aware that if you’re re-enrolling for the MUBA and switch your language combination you will have to pass all of your BA1 courses within this academic year. In other words you will only have 2 exam attempts to pass your new language courses. Otherwise you will not be permitted to re-enroll next academic year.
Still want to change your language combination? You can do so by filling in this form before 8 October.
Kunstwetenschappen en Archeologie
In the Bachelor Kunstwetenschappen en Archeologie, you are required to indicate your profile in your second year. After re-enrolment, the default profile “Kunstwetenschappen en Archeologie,” will automatically be assigned. If you wish to choose the profile “Archeologische wetenschappen,” you can complete this online form. At your first enrolment in the Master’s programme, you may select your profile yourself. If you later wish to change your profile, you will need to complete the same form. Please note that you must also meet the graduation requirements of the newly chosen profile. This may mean that you will have to take additional courses.
Geschiedenis
As a student in the History programme, you may still change your chosen minor. Please note that you must also meet the graduation requirements of the newly chosen profile. This may mean that you will have to take additional courses. You can submit your request by completing this online form.
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.
Programmawijzigingen Kunstwetenschappen & Archeologie, Wijsbegeerte & Moraalwetenschappen, Geschiedenis, Gender en Diversiteit 2024-2025(Dutch only)
Programmawijzigingen Toegepaste Taalkunde, Journalistiek, Tolken, Vertalen, Taal- en Letterkunde 2024-2025 (Dutch only)
Elective courses and forms
Within each programme, a broad list of elective courses is provided. In the first instance, you are expected to make your selection from this list. If, in the context of your Bachelor’s or Master’s thesis, certain knowledge or specialisation is required that is not sufficiently covered within your own programme, you may exceptionally request to take an elective course outside your programme. Consult with your thesis supervisor to determine which course would be relevant in that case. Then send an email to studypath.lw@vub.be to ask how you can register for an external elective. We will then provide you with further instructions.
In the Bachelor Wijsbegeerte en Moraalwetenschappen, Master Taal- en Letterkunde and Master Linguistics and Literary studies you may take elective courses at the ULB by completing these application forms.
Study path exceptions
Do you want to apply for an exception to your study path?
Spreading scenarios
Working students
Are you a working student and do you want to spread your studies over several academic years?
Check out our spreading proposals
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.
Starting in the 2nd semester
For certain programmes, it is not possible to start in the second semester, namely:
- Bachelor Kunstweternschappen en Archeologie
- Bachelors Taal- en Letterkunde/ Toegepaste Taalkunde and the Multilingual Bachelor in Linguistics and Literary Studies
- The language acquisition courses are taught in the first semester and are essential for successfully following the courses in the second semester.
- Only reorientation between these programmes at VUB is, in some cases, possible after the first semester. Please contact the study path counselor for this.
- Bridging and preparatory programmes in all language disciplines
- Master, bridging, and preparatory programmes in Journalism
- Bachelors Taal- en Letterkunde/ Toegepaste Taalkunde and the Multilingual Bachelor in Linguistics and Literary Studies
For certain programmes, the faculty strongly advises against starting in the second semester:
- Bachelor Geschiedenis
- The course Bootcamp: Historische basisvaardigheden takes place at the beginning of the first semester and cannot be retaken afterwards. However, its content is essential for successfully following the courses in the second semester. An appointment with the study path counselor is required in order to be allowed to start in the second semester.
- The course Bootcamp: Historische basisvaardigheden takes place at the beginning of the first semester and cannot be retaken afterwards. However, its content is essential for successfully following the courses in the second semester. An appointment with the study path counselor is required in order to be allowed to start in the second semester.
Completing programme after a break
Were you previously registered at the VUB for a certain programme, but were you unable to complete it due to circumstances? We will help you further.
Intake file
If you were absent for a longer period of time, the programme may have changed a lot, and the subjects you already obtained often no longer correspond one-to-one with the current programme. We will draw up an intake file for you so that you know what you are starting and which subjects you still need to take in order to obtain your diploma. You can already have a look at the current programme in the online programme outline.
How to request such file?
Read carefully how to request such file.
Belgian students
The deadlines to fill in the form are:
- September 1 for applications before the start of the new academic year.
- February 1 for applications for the start of the second semester.
As the inflow file is often a complex custom-made work, and moreover needs to be approved by the programme, this often takes a lot of time. We try to provide you with clarity on which courses you still need to take at least before the start of classes. Do not wait for the decision of the intake file and apply as soon as possible.
Re-enrolment not allowed after study progress decision
All information can be found on this page on study progress.
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.
The study path counselors can be reached via the same e-mail address. Always mention your name, study programme and student number. If you mention a subject, please also mention the subject code (e.g. 1000043ANR). You can find the subject codes in the online programme outline.
studypath.lw@vub.be
Chat
Every week, at fixed moments, you can ask your study path counselor short questions via the chat option of Microsoft Teams.
Individual appointment
If you have specific questions regarding your individual study programme, please take a look at this page first.
Do you think you need an individual meeting after all, you can make one with a study path counselor below!
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.
Who is who?
Do you want to reach a specific study path counselor? Be sure to check who can help you with your programme and how and when you can reach them.
Please use only the email address mentioned above. In order to be able to follow up on the questions of all students, e-mails sent to the personal e-mail addresses will not be answered.
Joyce Huvaere
Stijn Ceulemans
