You must be regularly enrolled in an academic degree (bachelor/master/AESS/CAPAES) and request reduction from your training jury.

1. Registration reduction

In order to request this type of reduction, you must justify one of the following reasons:

• Academic reason (for example, you have two separate registrations),
• Professional reason (for example, you work),
• Medical reason (for example, you suffer from a long-term illness),
• Social reason (for example, one of your family members is dependent on you).

You can also benefit from the right to lighten your EAP if you are disabled or a top-level athlete, or if you have artist status.

When and how to apply for this reduction

This reduction can be applied for until September 30.

To do so, we invite you to complete the form and return it to the secretariat of your faculty, duly signed, dated and accompanied by the requested supporting documents.

If your request is accepted by your program's jury, the faculty secretariat will notify you and lighten your program.

2. Success aids reduction

After the January assessment period, as a Bachelor's Block 1 student, you have the opportunity to lighten your annual study program.

When and how to request this reduction?

This reduction can be requested after the January assessment period and up to February 15.

To do so, we invite you to complete the "aide à la réussite" form and return it to the secretariat of your faculty duly signed, dated and accompanied by the requested supporting documents.

Students are strongly advised to meet with their academic advisor to request this reduction.

Please note that students enrolled in veterinary medicine must complete the specific form available on their BVE.

If your request is accepted by your program jury, the faculty secretariat will notify you and lighten your program.

3. Reduction as part of a reorientation

If you are enrolled in the first 60-credit block at UNamur and wish to reorient yourself, you can request to alleviate your annual program (PAE). The jury may also have made this reorientation conditional on your concomitant submission of a request to lighten the program to which you are reorienting.

When and how to request this lightening?

To do so, we invite you to complete the "reorientation" form and return it to the secretariat of your faculty duly signed, dated and accompanied by the requested supporting documents.

Students are strongly advised to meet with their academic advisor to request this reduction.

The faculty administrative secretariat will forward the form to the Jury of the course concerned for review and decision. Once the form has been validated by the Jury, the secretariat will send you a copy and, if necessary, encode your lightened program for:

• the end of the 1st term's teaching, if the reorientation takes place in the 1st term;
• February 15, if the reorientation takes place in the 2nd term.

4. Reduction for serious medical reasons

Following a serious medical event during the year that prevents you from taking on a full workload, you have the option of applying for reduction for serious medical reasons.

When and how to apply for this reduction?

This reduction can be applied for from October 1 until the closing date for registrations for the June assessment period, i.e. March 1.

To do this, we invite you to complete the "serious medical reason" form and return it to the secretariat of your faculty duly signed, dated and accompanied by the requested supporting documents.

If your application is accepted by your program's jury, the faculty secretariat will notify you and lighten your program.

5. Reduction for serious social reasons

In the event that you are faced with a problem of a social nature that prevents you from assuming a full workload, you have the option of submitting a request for reduction for serious social reasons.

When and how to apply for this reduction ?

This reduction can be applied for from October 1 until the closing date for registration for the June assessment period, i.e. March 1.

To do this, we invite you to complete the "serious social reason" form and return it to the Cellule sociale des étudiants (sse@unamur.be) duly signed, dated and accompanied by the requested supporting documents.

A social worker will acknowledge receipt of the form and inform you of the rest of the procedure.

If your request is accepted by the Cellule sociale and your program's jury, the faculty secretariat will be notified and alleviate your program.

6. EBS reduction (special needs student status)

If you qualify for special needs student status, your accommodation plan may include reduction from your annual program.

When and how to apply for this reduction ?

This reduction can be applied for as soon as EBS status is granted and until March 1.

To do so, we invite you to consult the "EBS status application" document and return it to the secretariat of your faculty duly signed, dated and accompanied by any supporting documents requested

If your application is accepted by your program's jury, the faculty secretariat will be notified and will lighten your program.