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Associate Degree in Social Work Are equal opportunities, social justice, and taking care of others all themes close to your heart? Can you put people at ease with your calm and reassuring manner? Would you like to work with individuals to support them and increase their well-being?

Bachelor of Social WorkAre you socially engaged and would you like to work with and for people? Do you want to help with the challenges in their lives while working towards a sustainable and inclusive society where life is good for everyone?

Bachelor of Sports and Movement Are you passionate about sports and do you want to encourage others to exercise and live an active, healthy lifestyle? Are you firmly convinced that sports and exercise are important for good health?

Do you lack the biological knowledge as an active IT professional to venture into the Life Sciences? Do you wish to combine your IT expertise with a profound understanding of biological processes? Our English-taught Advanced Bachelor of Bioinformatics offers the ideal solution: a practical distance education programme that provides essential competencies in IT, programming, and bio-IT. Explore new possibilities and take a targeted step forward in your career with our unique Advanced Bachelor of Bioinformatics for IT professionals @home programme!

Micro-credential Molecular Biology @home is a practice-oriented, fully online programme that you can follow at your own pace.

"This training programme has given me the opportunity to exercise my profession even more expertly. Before, I knew ‘what’ and ‘how’, but today I also know ‘why’… Magdalena Furman, alumnus bridging training" You are a brand-new HBO5 nurse or a working nurse and you want to continue studying or deepen your knowledge? Do you want to have even more career opportunities? Do you want to acquire a stronger theoretical background? Well then, the bridging study programme in nursing at Howest is made for you!

Looking for a way to process your scientific information more effectively? Then this R programming course is just for you! Are you looking to enhance your skills in data analysis and visualization for scientific information processing?

In this programme, we focus on developing competences to empower others to achieve balance in life and work through innovative sports and health promotion.

Research into heredity and diseases is no longer possible without programmers. Wondering how you can apply IT and biology skills to lifelike problems in health and disease?

The International Nursing programme is meant for bachelor's students in nursing who want to do an internship in Belgium. Students should be fully enrolled in the third or fourth year.