Guidance and support

  • You are not alone
  • There is always room for your questions
  • KdG staff are here to support you with your studies

Students with special needs can apply for individual measures, which are set down in an 'Individual Learning Certificate' (ILC).

The granting of these allows for certain concessions in your education and evaluation.

Types of individual learning certificates (ILC)

Students with a disability

Other available support

Are any of the above needs relevant to you? 

Each of the links provides you with further information but if you have questions or require tailor-made support, please contact supportcoach@kdg.be

Examples of measures available

  • Permission to join a class later or leave a class earlier
  • Provision of accessible/adapted seating during teaching activities
  • The possibility to deviate from standard internship arrangements and/or internship period
  • Getting extra time for taking an exam
  • Taking exams with noise-cancelling headphones
  • Receiving extra guidance and support from a care coach with individual sessions or workshops during the academic year.

We’re here to help you study in comfort and to give all students an equal chance of achieving your goals.

Study Career Counsellor

Each student is assigned a personal Study Career Counsellor who monitors the student’s academic results and offers advice, encouragement, timely words of caution, etc.

We support you mainly at the start of your studies. As time goes on, you are able to take on more and more responsibility for your own learning process.

Study Programme Career Coordinator

If you feel that you are not making sufficient progress with your studies or study method or are unsure about how to plan your work properly, you may contact your Study Programme Career Coordinator for assistance.

Doubts about your choice of study? Did you expect something else or are your results falling short of your expectations? You are also welcome to discuss such matters with your Study Programme Career Coordinator.

Psychosocial counselling

If you are feeling low or down in the dumps for any reason, please don’t hesitate to ask for advice. You may contact the student counsellor on your campus in complete discretion.

Ombuds

If there is a problem that you cannot solve via the concerned university college staff member (lector, lecturer, student counsellor, Student Office staff, etc.), please contact your ombuds. Go through our regulations to see how we handle complaints or resolve material errors.

Depending on your study programme, you can also benefit from the following initiatives:

  • Peer tutoring: senior students act as tutors for first-year students in certain subjects
  • Initial assessment: you take a test at the start of the first year. Depending on your result, you can get additional support, follow the regular programme or take your courses at a faster pace.
  • Start2Study: you study twice a week in a group, under the guidance of an experienced coach
  • ‘Someone has to be first’ (info in Dutch): pioneering first-year students try to inspire Antwerp pupils by sharing with them, via letters and video messages, their story of how they found their way to higher education. By doing this, these students also gain greater insight into how they can further improve their study methods.
  • Study Success Coach: additional guidance with respect to the study plan, study method, exam preparation, etc.
  • Individual reflection meetings after your exams
  • Job application training for final-year students
  • Study method: learning groups and individual sessions
  • Individual learning routes: maths, spelling, language skills, voice and speech, language policy, anatomy, physiology, etc.
  • Coffee with a Prof: one-on-one coaching on mathematics from an expert