University of Antwerp

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The University of Antwerp ( Dutch: Universiteit Antwerpen) is a Belgian university based in Antwerp. With approximately 15,000 students it is the third largest university in Flanders.

History

The University of Antwerp has emerged in 2003 from the three independent universities UFSIA ( Faculteiten Universitaire St-Ignatius Antwerp), RUCA ( Rijksuniversitair Centrum Antwerp) and UIA ( Universitaire Instelling Antwerp). Prior to the individual institutions worked closely together.

In the future, the individual would be organized as follows: The Arts and Humanities ( Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Applied Economics, Faculty of Literature and Philosophy ) should be centralized in the city center, in the so-called Stadscampus ( the former UFSIA ). The faculties of medicine ( human medicine, pharmacy, biomedical and veterinary ) to be merged at the Campus Drie Eiken (formerly UIA) and the Faculty of Sciences at the campus and campus Middelheimmuseum Groen Borger (collectively, the former RUCA ). As part of this relocation the largest library of Humanities Belgium will be built in the city center.

Faculties

The UA consists of the following faculties:

  • Right
  • Medicine
  • Literature and Philosophy
  • Political and Social Sciences
  • Applied Economics
  • Natural sciences
  • Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences

There are also the following institutions offering master's courses:

  • Universiteit Antwerpen Management School ( UAMS )
  • Institute of Transport and Maritime Management ( ITMMA )

Campus

The UA is spread over four sites in Antwerp:

  • Stadscampus ( CST), right in the city center
  • Campus Drie Eiken ( CDE), in Edegem district
  • Campus Middelheimmuseum
  • Campus Groen Borger ( CGE)
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