AP University of Applied Sciences and Arts Antwerp , founded in 2012, is a non-profit public higher education institution located in the city of Antwerp and created as a merger between Artesis Hogeschool Antwerpen and Plantijn Hogeschool [1] [2].

AP Hogeschool Antwerpen consists of 6 departments and 2 Schools of Arts: AP University of Applied Sciences and Arts consists of 10 campuses, located in Antwerp, Mechelen, and Turnhout.

It comprised numerous departments, ranging from Linguistics and Industrial Engineering to Teacher Training and Applied Computer Science.

The Bologna Declaration of 1999 proposed a reform of European education and introduced bachelor's and master's degrees.

Colleges in the city and province of Antwerp were merged and a gender balance was introduced in many boards: [3] [4]