Facilities - Bachelor and Master Visual Arts | AP School Of Arts
Programmes
Research
Cultural work
Enrol
Contact
1 / 0
  • Home
  • Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp
  • Bachelor en Master in de Beeldende Kunsten
  • Facilities

Facilities
Menu Opleiding
Registration & Admission

On campus

Get to know all four Academy campuses, located in the centre of Antwerp (how to get there) and the unique spaces the main Mutsaardstraat building has to offer besides its studios and lecture halls:

Lange Zaal
As the name suggests, the Lange Zaal is a monumental, long exhibition space (900m²) that is part of the Academy.
To De Lange Zaal

Wintertuin
At the center of the Academy you'll find the Wintertuin. This is where students presents their projects, researchers share the progress of their artistic research, and the results of bachelor and master projects are presented.
To De Wintertuin

Academy Library
The Academy Library is a nice and quiet place to study. They have a small bookshop with recent publications by teachers, a "second shelf" for books by underrepresented groups (women, poc, queer) and computers to have a look at the digital databases to help you find what you're looking for.
Librarian Ine Boogmans [ine.boogmans@ap.be] will gladly help you if you need more information. Follow the library on instagram.

Mixlab
The Mixlab, located next to the Wintertuin in Campus Mutsaard, is a 'maker space' available to all Academy students. They have an expanding collection of equipment that includes FDM 3D Printers, Resin & Wax 3D Printers, Ceramic 3D Printer, Vynil Cutter/plotter, Lasercutter, Vacuumformer, Heat press, 3D scanners. It is a space for workshops, a hub for students from all departments.
Besides this, the Academy also has an advanced wood atelier and a print lab.

Student restaurant
The Academy canteen at Campus Mutsaard has a heart for sustainability and affordability. They offer daily vegetarian meals and mostly have vegan options too. The vegetables in their salads and sandwiches are seasonal, the fish they prepare is caught and cultivated in a sustainable manner and they only use bio meat. Open every weekday between 9:00 and 15:00, but students are welcome all day to meet, study or play the piano.

The restaurant of the University of Antwerp is also accessible to Academy students. It is located around the corner at Koningstraat 8 and opens every weekday between 11:45 and 13:45.

Besides these, some of Antwerp's best sandwich and coffee bars, restaurants or supermarkets are to be found in the area around the main campus.

Student Support Services

Students that need help can contact the student support officer David De Roey (david.deroey@ap.be). He will help any student with the following:

Support for students with disabilities
Students with disabilities (eg. learning difficulties, dyslexia, ADD, autism, mobility limitation, chronic illness) can request special academic facility. The application should be completed between August 15 and October 15.

Student counselling
If you have doubts about your study method, if your study planning doesn't work out or if you experience other difficulties that prevent you from studying well you can contact the student support coordinator. She can help you with your study planning and advise you about good studying methods.

Reorientate
If you have doubts about your study choice, our student support coordinator can advise you about other possibilities.

Personal Troubles
Students that are not feeling well or that are having personal troubles can consult the student support officer David De Roey (david.deroey@ap.be). If necessary, she can refer you to the school's own professional help staff, or to help outside the Academy.
The AP student support services regularly host trainings related to fear of failure, being assertive, mindfulness, applying for a job etc.

Ombuds
Your ombuds is Charlotte Plaskie (charlotte.plaskie@ap.be).

If you have complaints about the official education or examination regulation or if you have experienced an unfair act/situation with a fellow student or a staff member, you first try to discuss this with the person(s) involved. If this doesn't work out, you can contact our ombuds. She will handle your complaint and mediate between parties involved.

Language Support
Students that are experiencing some issues with their language skills can consult a language coach. You can also consult the central language coordinator of AP.

  • Is writing a text hard?
  • Did you have a bad score on a language screening test?
  • Do you have doubts about the content of an evaluation?
  • Do you have trouble building a logical flow in your own texts?
  • Do you get remarks about your grammar or spelling? Or do you have trouble with verbs?
  • Do you use too much speaking language in written assignments?
  • Does the language you use not sound professional or academic enough?
  • Do you need help summarising a syllabus or reading scientific texts?

Please contact taalpunt@ap.be (T. 03 220 57 76). You will be advised on any of these issues, individually or in small groups.

Student facilities
Would you like more information about one of the following themes?

  • move into a room and study in Antwerp
  • student jobs
  • study grants and financial support
  • psychological support
  • mobility, culture, sports, nutrition

Then read more about AP's student facilities.

Housing

Kotweb is an initiative between the city of Antwerp, higher education institutions in Antwerp and GATE15, Antwerp's student portal. They strive for high-quality student accommodation in Antwerp and provide neutral information for both students and owners. Find out everything about the price of a room in Antwerp, model contracts, protecting your deposit, drawing up an inventory, what to do in case of problems, how to get a fire insurance and how to sort your garbage. Besides this you can also rent privately, walk around town to see what's on offer in the neighbourhood you want to live in, or find vacant student rooms through specialised Facebook groups (Woningen Te Huur in Antwerpen, Huren in Antwerpen).

Culture & sports

You can get 3 culture vouchers for 5€ at Gate15 that grant you access to a performance, movie or concert in most of Antwerp's culture houses. Get an A-card to collect points to get discounts in swimming pools, theatres and musea. Get to know the city's arthouse or blockbuster cinemas, smaller and bigger theatres, have a look at all current exhibitions and art events via Antwerp Art, or get to know the programmes of these less well-known off-spaces run by students or alumni of the Academy: Forbidden City, Claptrap, Pinkie Bowtie, Antwerp Artist Run School, The Pink House, Samenschool, Troebel Neyntje.

A Sportsticker grants you access to the complete (free or cheap) sports program for Antwerp students. The city has a wide range of swimming pools and running tracks too, and beautiful parks and green spaces to stroll in, read a book, look at art, or enjoy a picnic.

The city of Antwerp

Other useful addresses to get to know the different areas of the city, its landmarks, where to eat and drink, go shopping or enjoy cultural activities:

ICT and E-mail

Students and teachers can use the computers in the multimedia room and the library. All computers have internet access. Students and teachers have the possibility to purchase laptops and software at a cheaper rate, through the AP Hogeschool. The WiFi netwerk of the AP Hogeschool is available throughout the campuses.

Students and teachers have access to a number of digital platforms via www.start.ap.be

  • E-campus: once you're enrolled you'll get a user ID & password to log in to the school's network from home where you'll have access to all the available software. In the Academy itself, you can use the wireless internet throughout the campus with the same ID and password and check your AP webmail, the official means of communication between administration, teachers and students. Consult the ICTpedia if you have questions on how to use the ICT.
  • Digitap: your online learning environment for all course content.
  • iBamaflex: the place to get your admission agreement, compose your study programme, consult your study credits, see your exam results, re-enroll, sign your re-enrollment, use the printers on the Academy campus, ...
  • Asimut: check your class schedules and make reservations of study rooms;