During your studies

At Thomas More the academic year runs from September until September. You can start either in September (autumn semester) or in February (spring semester).

Curious to find out when your classes will take place? Or when the holiday periods are planned? Check it out here:

• Academic Calendar 23/24
• Academic Calendar 24/25

The education and examination regulations (EER) make up the regulatory framework for lecturers and students. It contains all Thomas More agreements on education and examinations. Through your (application for) enrolment, you declare that you agree with the education and examination regulations.

• View the Education and Examination Regulations 2024-2025
• View the Education and Examination Regulations 2023-2024

Your deregistration is only valid if you let us know in writing:

• Contact Student Administration of your campus: you can do this in person or via email or via servicedesk.thomasmore.be
  • De Nayer: studentadministration.denayer@thomasmore.be
  • Geel: studentadministration.geel@thomasmore.be
  • Mechelen: studentadministration.mechelen@thomasmore.be

The date of receipt of the mail / form is the reference date of your deregistration.
An oral statement (e.g. by telephone) therefore does not count as proof of deregistration.
Not attending classes is not considered being unsubscribed.

Bachelor’s degree student?
If you discontinue your studies (or change your programme, your ISP – Individual Study Programme -, your specialisation… ) at Thomas More, we may refund a part of the tuition fee (fixed & variable part).

Fixed costs of your tuition fee:
After the start of the academic year the fixed costs are not reimbursed.
Exception: non-EEA applicants in case of visa refusal.

Variable costs of your tuition fee:
Deregistration in the Autumn semester (start in September):
Variable part of the Autumn semester:

• Within 4 weeks of your registration or the start of the Autumn semester: fully reimbursed;
• Within 8 weeks of your registration or the start of the Autumn semester: half refund of the variable part of the Autumn semester
• After 8 weeks of your registration or the start of the Autumn semester: no refund.

Variable part of the Spring semester: fully reimbursed.

Deregistration in the Spring semester (start in February):
Variable part of the Spring semester:

• Within 4 weeks of your registration or the start of the Spring semester: fully reimbursed
• Within 8 weeks of your registration or the start of the Spring semester: half refund of the variable part of the Spring semester.
• After 8 weeks of your registration or the start of the Spring semester: no refund.

Postgraduate student?
If you discontinue your postgraduate studies, the tuition fee of your postgraduate programme will not be refunded.
Exception: non-EEA applicants in case of visa refusal, will receive a refund of 1000€ tuition fee.

Learning account
If you have taken all the exams of a course unit, you will recover the credits of that course unit if you were successful. If you did not succeed, you lose those credits.
For the course units of which you did not take all the exams, the following applies:

• when you deregister before December 1, you will fully recover the credits from your learning account.
• when you deregister between 1 December and 15 March, the credits of the second semester will be added back to your learning account. If you are enrolled in Flemish higher education for the first time this academic year ànd you are moving on to a new programme, also half of the credits from the first semester and year course units for which you do not yet take the exam will be added back to your learning account.
• when you deregister after 15 March, you can never recover your learning account.

Please note! If you are registered with a credit contract, and you want to deregister, you will always lose the used credits from your learning account.