This Welcome Guide is for the following categories of students:

• Exchange students: remain enrolled at their home university and spend a study period at Ghent University within the framework of their study at their home university.
• Degree students: study at Ghent University with the intention to obtain a degree awarded by Ghent University.
• PhD students/candidates: perform doctoral studies and research at Ghent University with the intention to obtain a PhD degree awarded by Ghent University. Check the UGent website for more information about your status as a degree PhD student/candidate.
• Exchange PhD students/candidates: remain enrolled at their home university and spend a training, study, internship or research period at Ghent University within the framework of their PhD study at their home university.

<aside> 👩🏽‍🎓 Depending on your student category certain administrative steps are different. In this guide we present information category by category when necessary, read closely 😅

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