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Yes, a student who has taken a gap year after their secondary education can still apply to Thomas More. It does not matter how long the gap has been and no justification has to be provided for the university. For Non-EEA students the embassy might ask a clarification.

In general there is no minimum age requirement to apply to Thomas More. Students do need their secondary school diploma. Non-EEA students who have to open a Belgian bank account have to be 18 years old. If your student is younger, please contact us so we can give more information.

A letter of conditional admission is exceptionally given. This is only possible for certain diploma’s, the admissions team has to look into it case by case. When contacting the admissions team, please mention the title of the diploma + date of graduation/diploma receipt.

Once your students’ application has been submitted, the admissions team will process your application normally within one week, during busy periods it can take up to maximum 2 weeks. If you haven’t received any response after 2 weeks, please contact us.

If a student wants to change programme, it is strongly recommended to do it before the final registration/enrolment. This can be adapted on the back-end by the admissions team in the application system.
Please do check with the student if they are well informed about the programme they would like to change to, to make a well-considered decision.

I do not see the programme that my student wants to apply for in the application list?
It might be that you are not in the correct portal. This is connected to the legal entity where the programme is given TMMA (Mechelen and Sint-Katelijne-Waver) and TMK (Geel).
Please try following steps;
After Step 1 has been completed, it is recommended to go back to following page: Application
At Step 2 click on the chosen programme to arrive directly to the correct portal 😉.

For candidates from countries who require additional administrative handling (for example: offer letter, invoice..) we require a handling fee of € 120 to be paid in advance when submitting your application. This handling fee is non-refundable. However, it will be deducted from the registration fee when the student is officially registered at our university.
(Countries: Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, India, Iran, Nepal, Pakistan, Vietnam,…)
! Important: the application will only be reviewed by the admission team once the application fee has been paid.

The deadlines are VERY STRICT, the admissions team does not make any exceptions!
Please make sure that the application of your student is fully complete before the deadline and the payment has been done several days before the deadline to not miss any opportunity for your students.

• For bachelor programmes: the student will be refunded the tuition fee (- € 120 handling fee if this applies to the application) and the blocked account (- € 250 administrative cost) in case of a visa refusal.
• For postgraduate programmes: the student will be refunded € 1,000 of the tuition fee and the blocked account (- € 250 administrative cost) in case of a visa refusal.

Is it possible to combine work and studies?
It’s possible to work as a student in Belgium. However, there are limits on how many hours per week a student can work. Also, due to the workload required to be successful in their studies, financing their education through a student job is not advisable. 

For details about working as a student, check the ‘Student at work‘ website and the page Foreign students. On that website you will find an overview of the limitations and requirements for student work.

Is it required for students to have their documents apostilled?
This depends on the specific embassy’s requirements. Students should check directly with the embassy where they are submitting their visa application to confirm whether apostilled documents are necessary.

On our Thomas More website we have an AI-digital assistant ‘Tommi’.
This AI-tool has been set up to answer all questions about studying at Thomas More at any time, wherever you are in the world. From general questions up to programme information, Tommi will help to find the right fit.
Check it out via following link: Chat with Tommi