Composing and/or altering your academic programme

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Composing your academic programme

After registration, you need to compose and submit your personal study programme for the (entire) upcoming academic year via your student portal. 

⏰ Important: the deadline to submit your request is September 21, 2026, the start of the 2026-2027 academic year. We strongly recommend submitting your request as soon as possible after your (re)registration to avoid queues.

⚠️ The processing of your study programme may take several days to weeks. Please be patient, as requests are handled individually and in chronological order. Within 24 hours after submission, both content and planning, you will already have access to the requested courses on Blackboard, although some may not yet be available.

ℹ️ After processing, usually a formality if you have followed the instructions step by step correctly, you will receive an email and a notification in the student portal.

Please note the following:
  • Courses are offered once every year: in Semester 1 (=quartile 1+2) or Semester 2 (=quartile 3+4). 
  • The average study load (incl. lessons, projects, studying, exams, etc.) is about 27 hours per ECTS credit, spread out over the semester.

  • You are not required to take up 60 ECTS credits (=standard programme) in one academic year. There's no minimum amount of ECTS credits you need to take up although you must fulfill the study progress measures at the end of each academic year.

  • You can take up a maximum of 72 ECTS credits in one academic year. However, this is not advised.

  • Select courses for the entire academic year, not only for the upcoming semester. During the academic year, it is still possible to alter your academic programme (see below).
  • Taking up 54 ECTS credits is a minimum to be recognised as a student if you are in Belgium on a student visa. The only exception made is during your graduation year. 

  • If you are not a first year student in our programme, you are required to first include all previously failed courses (if applicable) in your study plan before adding new ones. (see EEL article art. 4.4)

  • In the Master of Statistics and Data Science programme, an example of a part-time programme of around 30 ECTS credits to start your first year of the master is available via this link (study load of 750 to 900 hours).
  • In the Master of Transportation Sciences by distance learning a student follows a programme of 36 to 48 ECTS credits per academic year.

Altering your academic programme

You can still make changes to your academic programme during the academic year. Please read the information below carefully before taking any further action.

If you wish to deregister from a course and register for another, you can include both requests in a single application.

Register extra course

Deadline: before the start of the teaching period of the course

Conditions: for prerequisites check the study guide

Consequences:

How? 

Go to your student portal > maintain study routes > new academic programme (red button). You create a new version of your study programme. 

In the content section, click edit and select the new course. Then in the planning section, drag out the course you wish to deregister from (if any) and drag in the new one. Finally, return to content and submit.

⚠️ Follow the instructions carefully, as you must complete this independently. The submission date, not the processing date, counts for the deadline. After a correct submission, you will see the status “submitted”.
ℹ️ Once processed, you will receive an email and a notification in the student portal.

Deregistering courses

You can only deregister from a course if you take up this course for the first time in the current academic year. (see EEL article 4.4 paragraph 1)

Deadline: deadline deregistering in the academic calendar

Consequences:

  • Participation in the exam (first and second chance) is no longer possible
  • Learning account refund
  • Reimbursement of the variable part of the tuition fees
  • First enrollment of the course will be annulled, so you can take this course again in the future without any consequences for the 'two enrollments rule' - study progress measures.
  • Always check prerequisites and sequentiality between courses in the study guide. Some courses can only be taken if you have previously taken one or more other courses. If you deregister from a course now, verify whether this may prevent you from enrolling in certain courses in the future.
  • Consequences for your student visa/residence permit 
    Keep in mind that 54 credits is a minimum to be recognised as a student if you are in Belgium on a student visa. The only exception made is during your graduation year. Then you are allowed less than 54 credits. 

How? 

Go to your student portal > maintain study routes > new academic programme (red button). You create a new version of your study programme. 

In the content section, click edit and select the new course (if applicable). Then in the planning section, drag out the course you want to deregister from and, if desired, drag in a new one. Finally, return to content and submit.

⚠️ Follow the instructions carefully, as you must complete this independently. The submission date, not the processing date, counts for the deadline. After a correct submission, you will see the status “submitted”.
ℹ️ Once processed, you will receive an email and a notification in the student portal.

Deregistering from the entire programme

On this page, you can find more information about how and when to withdraw from the entire programme, the consequences...

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