AP University of Applied Sciences and Arts Antwerp (AP) provides higher education programs for 16000 students in the areas of Health, Science, Technology, Business, Communication & Journalism, Law & Management Sciences, Socio-educational Care Work, Education and Arts. Besides professional and academic Bachelors and Master programmes, AP also offers 18 associate degrees in these areas. AP is organized in 4 faculties and 2 Schools of Arts and it provides qualitative practice oriented education in an international context. AP helps students to become true European citizens promoting a European outlook and organizing activities such as International weeks, a European project semester, regular international study visits, intensive multicultural programs, student and staff mobility etc. In addition, AP has a strong research expertise and is active in national as well as international projects on both research and educational level. It is also cooperating with multinationals, SMEs, entrepreneurs and local government agencies, both on national and international level. The objectives, which follow from this international strategy are to: - raise the mobility of students and teachers with the guarantee of quality and reciprocity; - actively stimulate the mobility of the administrative staff members and management; - raise lnternationalisation@home through activities and incorporation of an international dimension in the curricula; - create a framework for the exchange of international experiences, for staff members and students; - build broad, integrated, multidisciplinary cooperation with international partners; - guarantee complete participation and equal opportunities for everyone