Nursing | Leuven University College

Bachelor of Nursing (in Dutch only)

Is this programme right for you?

The nursing programme leads the way to a fascinating, varied job with a lot of responsibility. You will become familiar with all aspects of health care and you will become a resourceful manager of complex patient care. You will be trained for a job where you must use your head, your heart and your hands in a multidisciplinary team.

Fascinating? No doubt. Complex? Absolutely, but rest assured that we will guide you all the way. As a matter of fact, we guarantee that when you graduate you will have acquired all the competences to start as a first-time professional.

What will you learn? What choices do you have ?

The study programme will teach you how to become a professional nurse. We will coach you in such a way that you are able to assume the various roles of a nurse.

In order to assume all these roles, you must have acquired a number of competences. These competences are firmly rooted in your study programme, that's why it is called competence-based education. Every course unit of your study programme will teach you how to acquire one or more competences. Empathy, sense of responsibility, critical attitude, adaptability and nursing expertise are just a few examples of competences which turn you into a versatile nurse. The nursing programme is a generic programme. The competence profile of a Leuven University College Bachelor of Nursing was developed in cooperation with all university colleges of the KULeuven Association. Please have a look at the descriptive overview.

Our study programme and our coaching efforts are geared towards acquiring the competences of a bachelor of nursing. As a result, graduates will have acquired sufficient adaptability skills in order to be employed in all areas of health care and welfare, which makes them ever so valuable.

Course programme

Please have a look at the course programme of the bachelor of nursing.

Internationalisation

Would you love to enjoy a foreign experience? Are you anxious to get to know foreign students? Would you like to have a foreign experience yourself? All options are open. The nursing programme has a long-standing tradition of international projects and work placements.

Every year the Department of Health and Technology organises an international mini-week with numerous foreign guest speakers and foreign students. You will have the opportunity to attend international sessions, compare health care systems and share nursing practices. Internationalisation@home has something in store for everyone.

Each year the nursing programme hosts foreign students from all parts of the world. You can be a "buddy" for them, and as such, become familiar with different cultures and habits. One thing is certain: you will make friends for life. For our foreign students we organise a "Tour of Flanders", which is an initiative of all university colleges belonging to the KULeuven Association, offering foreign students study modules at several locations in Flanders.

Nursing students have the opportunity to do a work placement abroad. They can go to developing countries in the South (Burkina Faso, Suriname, ...) and to European countries (Spain, Norway, Czech Republic, ...).

The nursing programme at Leuven University College is part of the Florence network, which is a partnership between 37 universities and university colleges to promote nursing. Students will have the chance to actually participate in this network.

Student testimonials

"The social aspect of nursing really appeals to me. Another motivator is the fact that we can play an active role in a patient's healing process. Following merely the doctor's instructions is a thing of the past. Today, we have a say in the treatment of the patient. I chose to study at Leuven University College because it is located next to Gasthuisberg, the university hospital. During work placements we come in contact with specialist doctors and with the newest nursing procedures: it is the ideal environment to improve the basics of nursing. Another important aspect of Leuven University College is that the opinion of students matters. There are various bodies that deal with questions, comments and suggestions of students and that allow students to have an impact on the study programme."
Lien, Bachelor of nursing

"From nursing techniques through conversation techniques ... here we learn how to deal with and attend to patients from a holistic point of view. The same versatility applies to the course content. Because we do a lot of projects, we are well prepared for working in team. As a nurse you can really help people. If you are yearning to care for other people just like we do, nursing may be the ideal study programme for you."
Eva & Loren, Bachelor of nursing

Where will you be employed?

The Bachelor of nursing programme offers a wide and varied range of employability opportunities. You may be employed at general and psychiatric hospitals, in elderly homes, in home care, disability care, preventive health care centres such as occupational medicine centres or centres of student counselling, ...

You can be self-employed or employed by an organisation, either full-time or part-time. But did you know that the business world, educational institutions and government institutions are also looking to employ nurses?

Are you convinced? As a qualified nurse, you can make your dream come true: being a nurse in the health care or welfare sector.

Want to continue studying?

You have just graduated as a bachelor of nursing, but you are not quite ready to enter the labour market? Or maybe you have already gained a lot of experience, but you want to further train or become an expert in your area of expertise? Or you want to become a lifelong learner? Leuven University College offers a wide range of opportunities. Below a short overview of programmes related to health care. They are described in detail at www.leuvenuniversitycollege.be/Study-at-Leuven-University-College/Postgraduate-Studies/Life-Long-Learning.

Do you want to know how you can transfer to various master programmes? Take a look at www.wanaba.be

Selection of Second Bachelor programmes at Leuven University College:

Postgraduate certificates at Leuven University College:

Postgraduate certificate gerontological nursing

Continuous education at Leuven University College:

Breastfeeding
Palliative care
Radiological protection
Nutrition
Wound care

Exemptions

Maybe you are entitled to exemptions? For additional information, click on exemptions at Leuven University College.

Registration

Are you convinced? Find out how you can enrol at Leuven University College. This study programme is part of the Department of Health and Technology. Need more information? Please contact the course director of nursing Ingrid Moldenaers by email: ingrid.moldenaers@khleuven.be.

Do you want to learn more about the nursing profession? Take at look at www.flormagazine.be or read an issue of Flor, the youth magazine of UZLeuven (University Hospital Leuven) where you can find testimonials and facts and figures about this fascinating profession.

You can watch a movie about the nursing profession at http://vdab.be/beroepen/verpleegkundige.shtml