EUROPEAN PROJECT SEMESTER (EPS)

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1 Department of Education and Training Department of Health and Social Care Department of Management and Communication Department of Science and Technology Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp Royal Conservatoire Antwerp EUROPEAN PROJECT SEMESTER (EPS) Semester Programme in English (version ) p 1 / 14

2 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 European Project Semester at the AP University College Antwerp Who can participate? English language level How many ECTS credits do I get? Welcome Week: Dutch language course and Antwerp Culture Timing and location Structure of the programme Projects proposals for Spring Project 1: A sense of home in elderly care Project 2: Industrial distillation process Project 3: Superdiversity in Antwerp city A Digital Walk Project 4: LoRaWAN Introducing the Internet of Things in Port of Antwerp Project 5: Mobile learning game for Antwerp s Port Center Accommodation in Antwerp Student services at AP University College Antwerp Registration and online information Contact Academic information about the courses Departmental International coordinators Administration incoming students p 2 / 14

3 1 European Project Semester at the AP University College Antwerp The European Project Semester trains students to work together, providing tools and competences to realise ideas in a real-world environment in close cooperation with local industry and organizations. In a European Project Semester, students work together in an international team on a real-life project that matches their area of study and field of interest. We offer different EPS projects in the second semester (spring semester). The language of communication is English. When the student successfully completes the EPS project, he/she is awarded 30 ECTS credits. EPS is a cooperation between all departments & schools of arts at AP University College Antwerp: - Education and Training - Health and Social Care - Management and Communication - Science and Technology - Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp - Royal Conservatoire Antwerp 2 Who can participate? Students who are selected by their home university or university college to participate in the regular Erasmus-program are free to apply for an EPS project, in so far as their study backgrounds comply with the required profiles for the EPS projects they apply for. As EPS projects focus on international teamwork, it is important that students have a solid academic background. Students should therefore have completed at least 4 semesters. To be able to communicate effectively as a team member, students should also have proficient understanding of the English language. Students will be asked -in the application form- to provide information on their current proficiency in English and to send us their Erasmus+ OLS (Online Linguistic Support) test. Projects are open for students with a study background in: Product development ICT-electronics and applied informatics p 3 / 14

4 Teacher training (pre-primary, primary and/or secondary education) Social work Orthopedagogics Communication, Marketing, Product placement Journalism Business management Engineering Energy management Graphical and digital / Multimedia design Photography Fine arts 3 English language level The language of communication during the project is English. All literature is in English. Therefore sufficient proficiency of the English language (B2) is strongly recommended to be able to communicate effectively as a team member. 4 How many ECTS credits do I get? Students who would like to participate within the framework of the Erasmus programme, should make sure that the EPS will be acknowledged by their home university as part of their curriculum. The EPS counts for 30 ECTS credits, with project work amounting to 20 credits, the remaining 10 credits being covered by the other courses and activities. Students who participate in one of the projects will be evaluated on the project work and on the study programme courses including various assignments. Artesis Plantijn Grading Scale compared to the ECTS scale: Artesis Plantijn ECTS grade A EXCELLENT B VERY GOOD C GOOD D SATISFACTORY 10 E SUFFICIENT 8-9 FX FAIL (with possible deliberation) F FAIL (no deliberation possibility) p 4 / 14

5 5 Welcome Week: Dutch language course and Antwerp Culture Erasmus students coming to AP for a study exchange or traineeship, also have the opportunity to get to know something about the Dutch language and Antwerp culture, with the aim of preparing for their Erasmus mobility period. During the 4 days before the start of the semester, a Dutch Basic Language course (15 hours) will be organized in combination with cultural visits in Antwerp. This welcome week is highly recommended for all international students as it will facilitate your integration during your exchange period. There is a contribution of maximum for the cultural visits. A Welcome Day is organized at the end of the week. During this day, which is mandatory for all students, you will receive a lot of practical information. Please register in time, the deadline for submission for the 2 nd semester is 1 st November. 6 Timing and location Start date 2 nd semester Welcome Week (not mandatory) Monday 30 th January 2017 Thursday 2 nd February 2017 Welcome Day (mandatory) Friday, 3 rd February 2017 Start of programme Monday, 6 th February 2017 Official end date Friday, 30 th June 2017 Holidays: Spring Break: February 27 th March 5 th, 2017 Easter Holiday: April 3 rd April 17 th, 2017 (2 weeks) (Easter Monday: 17 th April 2017) Ascension: 25 th 26 th May 2017 Other days off: 1 st May 2017 / 5 th June 2017 Location: AP University College Antwerp The EPS projects will be organized on different campuses in or near the city center of Antwerp. Addresses will be communicated upon arrival. p 5 / 14

6 7 Structure of the programme The EPS projects consist of the following parts: - A number of short intensive courses, taught by different (international) lecturers, to support the project work (10 ECTS) - Project work by the participating students, with the aim of developing student initiative, individual creativity and entrepreneurial skills. Four to seven students work together in an international team on a specific (multidisciplinary) project while developing their cooperation and communication skills. (20 ECTS) The project prepares students to be part of a multi-context environment. The problems need to be solved irrespective of nationality and culture. This enhances on the one hand the amount of work to be delivered and on the other hand the quality of the project process and project results. The following subjects are included in the study programme: European Project Semester ECTS Subjects*: Category 1: Project Work 20 This main category includes continuous project work in teams and the improvement of presentation skills during midterm and final presentations. Category 2: Teambuilding & Cross Cultural Exploration 3 - Background of Antwerp, Flanders and Belgium (2 ECTS) - Teambuilding & Cross Cultural Communication (1 ECTS) Category 3: Project Management 1 Category 4: Entrepreneurship & innovation 3 - Entrepreneurial skills (1 ECTS) - Cross media communication (1 ECTS) - Digital innovation & usability (1 ECTS) Category 5: Languages 3 - Dutch language course (basic) (1 ECTS) - work! (advanced) (2 ECTS) Total ECTS EPS semester 30 *All courses and course descriptions are subject to changes at any time. p 6 / 14

7 8 Projects proposals for Spring Project 1: A sense of home in elderly care Context? Elderly care homes are often seen as last stops before you die. For the elderly people that live there it is their home. But do they really feel at home? This project aims to give a voice to these seniors. This project evolves out of the collaboration between Zorgbedrijf Antwerp (an important stakeholder in elderly care in Antwerp) and the department of Health and Care of AP University College. Join us to make the rich world of elderly in a care home tangible in an emotional, artistic and technological innovative way by creating a transportable living room. Build creative bridges between the expertise and life of the elderly and their environment (family, caretakers, society) and between the different cultural believes and visions on ageing and elderly care. Goal? This project should result in a tangible, catchy and attractive outcome that can be used by the two stakeholders in sensitising the public opinion. You will build on the project results of students from the previous academic year and will strengthen these results with your innovative ideas. Where? At the department of Health and Care of AP University College, obviously in close collaboration with Zorgbedrijf Antwerpen and with Sint Maria care home. Who? Students with a for creating & participation, with an interest in seniors and with a study background in Health and care Product development ICT Orthopedagogics Electronics (engineering) Communication Teacher training Social work Cross-media design Photography Fine arts 8.2 Project 2: Industrial distillation process Context? Design an industrial distillation process that will be used for educational goals in Antwerp. Join us to design and implement this distillation process in laboratory environment in a new campus in Antwerp. Goal? Design an industrial distillation process on existing equipment. This equipment is part of a state of the art laboratory and will be used in future lessons/projects in this new campus. You have to design and make this application work! You will build on the project results of students from the previous academic year and will strengthen these results with your innovative ideas. p 7 / 14

8 Where? At the new campus in Antwerp, in close collaboration with the study programmes of process automation and electromechanical disciplines Condition? In this project you can combine a hands-on mentality with a theoretical interest and knowledge of industrial equipment. At the end of the project you will be able to show a working distillation process, which is used in a lot of industrial companies. This implicates that you will become a strong technical background to start working in the industry. Who? Students with a for science and technology with a study background / interest in Electrical design Mechanical design Automation technology Analysing technical hardware and software Physical chemistry 8.3 Project 3: Superdiversity in Antwerp city A Digital Walk Context? Collaboration with Atlas Integratie en Inburgering Antwerpen and School zonder Racisme. Atlas Integratie en Inburgering Antwerpen is an organization for integration and Dutch courses for recently arrived migrants in Antwerpen. Within Atlas, the team Publiekswerking works on sensitization towards Antwerp society about migration and diversity ( School zonder Racisme organizes trainings and workshops for high schools on the topics of migration, diversity, active world and citizenship, discrimination and racism ( Goal? Develop an innovative, digital tour / city rally for high schools on superdiversity in the city of Antwerp as part of the education branch of Atlas and School zonder Racisme and within their broader goal of active and world citizenship trainings on migration, intercultural learning and diversity. Film interviews with locals, gather statistical data on the socio-economic reality of the neighborhood, the history of local migrant groups and their view on society and living together, develop practical p 8 / 14

9 assignments and make all this information accessible through (for example) QR-codes for student groups that take this digital walk. Where? In close collaboration with Atlas vzw Integratie en Inburgering Antwerpen, Carnotstraat 110, 2060 Antwerpen (5 minutes from Central Station Antwerpen). Who? Students with a for, and a study background in ICT-electronics Product development Teacher training Social work Political and social sciences Communication management Cross-media design Photography Fine arts 8.4 Project 4: LoRaWAN Introducing the Internet of Things in Port of Antwerp Context? The promise of an Internet of Things (IoT), a world in which all objects communicate with each other wirelessly and ubiquitously, has been announced for several years. With this, everyday objects are transformed into intelligent, connected objects. It is expected that an estimated 25 billion objects will exist by Despite these forecasts, actual applications are limited today. This gives rise to the question: "is IoT is a true revolution or just a hype?" This project wants to investigate whether the state of the art technologies in IoT are able to meet actual needs of businesses and industries and what challenges lie ahead in doing so. p 9 / 14

10 Goal? LoRaWAN (Long Rage Wide Area Network) is an open standard which supports positioning to monitor moving objects such as children, pets, casualty victims, containers, emergency vehicles and so on. We want to investigate whether LoRaWAN is able to support real time monitoring and whether we can use the existing infrastructure for these purposes. That is why we want to develop a Proof of Concept (PoC) that is able to track movements of containers within the docks of Port of Antwerp. We believe that this use-case will present significant challenges related to distance, complexity, climate and disturbances. Our research will answer the question whether IoT could be a true revolution. If successful, we can help organisations implement IoT. Where? In Antwerp, in collaboration with Port of Antwerp and the study program Electronics-ICT. Who? Students with a for technology and with a study background in Electronics (engineering) Computer science Product development Design Communication Business Logistics management 8.5 Project 5: Mobile learning game for Antwerp s Port Center Context? Invent and design a GGULIVRR game in Antwerp s Port Center (with its in- and outside exhibition of m²) to give young adults a unique view on what the life in this port really is. Let young adults by playing this game experience port-related profession, discover maritime business and virtually stroll along the big items in Antwerp s Port Center maritime garden. Let them feel how it is to be in a lifeboat, let them get impressed by the size of a ship motor or let them act as a dock pilot. Interested? Find online more background information on GGULIVRR: Contextual-Learning (article in Dutch) p 10 / 14

11 Goal? You and your team members will conceptualize and create an innovative mobile learning game tailored to young adults who are visiting Antwerp s Port Center. Where? At Antwerp s Port Center and AP s hypermodern Campus Spoor Noord (in which different study programmes such as Applied Informatics, ICT-Electronics, Teacher Training and Graphical and Digital Design that are relevant for your project are being offered). Condition? Think Exhibition 8.0! Do you want a challenge? Make Antwerp s Port Center an even more popular destination for school visits. Who? Students with a for, and a study background in: ICT-electronics and Applied informatics Teacher training Communication, Marketing, Product placement Graphical and digital/multimedia design Product development p 11 / 14

12 9 Accommodation in Antwerp AP University College Antwerp does not provide for accommodation. Once your enrolment has been completed, we will send you a list of addresses that are available on the private market. Some students prefer to arrive in advance or during the summer months to find a room of their own choice. In such cases, accommodation can be booked in a student/youth hostel for the first few days. Antwerp has several youth hostels, most of them are situated in the centre. More information and addresses can be found on We have prior experience with 2 hostels: Youth Hostel Pulcinella Bogaardeplein 1, 2000 Antwerp (this is a new square, untraceable on some maps you can find it between the streets Kammenstraat, Sint-Antoniusstraat and Happaertstraat ) E antwerpen@vjh.be T F You can reach the hostel easily by metro 2, 3 or 5 from the railway station (central station) in the direction of Linkeroever. You have to get off at the stop Groenplaats. From there you can walk to the hostel. Youth Center Hopper Scoutel Stoomstraat 7, 2018 Antwerp (in the centre, near the railway station) E scoutel@hopper.be T You can also choose to spend the night with some other students in an apartment. If you prefer to rent a studio on your own, this is also possible. 10 Student services at AP University College Antwerp Stuvo AP offers you a wide range of possibilities to relax and enjoy your stay at AP University College Antwerp. You can enjoy many sports or cultural activities at reduced cost. More information will be given on the introduction day. Furthermore you can visit their website or pass by after your arrival in Antwerp. You can find them at Campus Lange Nieuwstraat, Lange Nieuwstraat 101, 2000 Antwerp. p 12 / 14

13 11 Registration and online information The registration deadline for European Project Semester is: 2 nd Semester (February till June): 1 st November 2016 Selection and final acceptance EPS before 18 th November 2016 AP partner institutions should send the student s nomination to the AP International Office. More information on the application procedure can be found on You can then fill in the online application form and give your project choices on the EPS blog Projects will be assigned in a later stage, at the latest upon arrival. After your final acceptance, additional information will be given, pertaining to: Welcome Week and Welcome Day accommodation procedures for registration (residence permit) entry requirements activities, integration & facilities invitation letter, for visa purposes p 13 / 14

14 12 Contact 12.1 Academic information about the courses Geert Marrin General EPS coordinator E eps@ap.be; geert.marrin@ap.be 12.2 Departmental International coordinators Department of Education and Training Geert Marrin Campus Spoor Noord, Noorderplaats 2, 2000 Antwerpen E geert.marrin@ap.be Department of Management and Communication Stephanie Goovaerts Meistraat 5, 2000 Antwerpen E stephanie.goovaerts@ap.be Royal Academy of Fine Arts Sonja Spee / Faby van Grimbergen Mutsaardstraat 31, 2000 Antwerpen E international.ka@ap.be Department of Health and Social Care Katrien Meys Campus Spoor Noord, Noorderplaats 2, 2000 Antwerpen E katrien.meys@ap.be Department of Science and Technology Campus Spoor Noord, Ellermanstraat 33, 2060 Antwerpen Coordinator per study programme: Royal Conservatoire Antwerp Magda Thielemans Desguinlei 25, 2018 Antwerpen E magda.thielemans@ap.be 12.3 Administration incoming students Annelies Verstraeten AP international office Erasmus student Counsellor E annelies.verstraeten@ap.be T F Lange Nieuwstraat 101 B-2000 Antwerp You can find more information on the AP website: and on p 14 / 14