AMS is reopening its campus

• All classrooms, meeting rooms and common areas are set up according to the minimum 1.5m-social distancing rule. Rearranging furniture is absolutely not allowed. In the classroom, either choose a seat or you will be allocated a seat, for the rest of the day.
• At the entrance and throughout the building you will find hand cleaners and disinfectants.
• All our rooms are ventilated with air handling units that use 100 percent outside air. The filters will be replaced in time according to the legal requirements. In addition, we encourage extra ventilation during breaks by opening doors and windows.
• We have increased the cleaning frequency of our infrastructure, paying extra attention to sanitary areas and surfaces that are frequently touched such as coffee machines, door handles, stair railings, etc.

• If you feel sick or if you have any symptoms such as a fever, sneezing, coughing, shortness of breath, or loss of smell and taste, do not come to campus and contact your doctor immediately.
• On campus, always keep 1.5 meters distance between yourself and others.
• Wear a face mask on an around the entire campus to protect others.
• Wash your hands when you leave home. Also wash and disinfect your hands on arrival, at regular intervals during your stay on campus, and when you leave the campus. Further information on hand hygiene can be found here.
• Sign up daily with the QR code in your classroom. This allows us to contact you quickly if you had a high-risk contact on campus.
• Greet each other without physical contact, so no shaking hands or kissing.
• Do not share equipment with others.

AMS opts for a hybrid learning approach that combines different forms of teaching and working, with both in-person education and virtual learning activities. We will use the most appropriate mix for each program and course, depending on the current (coronavirus) situation. Our faculty has prepared varying scenarios and will therefore be able to switch easily whenever necessary. In the event of code red, teaching activities on campus are not allowed; in that case we will have to shift to 100 percent virtual learning.

• You need to wear a face mask anywhere on campus. This includes all classrooms, auditoria, meeting rooms and common areas such as the Foyer, Bistro, the reception area, the corridors, etc. Only while consuming food and drinks, you can take off your face mask.
• In addition, from October 1, by order of the Province of Antwerp, you must also wear a face mask within a 200m radius around the entrances and exits of all schools.
• In our outdoor patio on the ground floor or on our outdoor terrace you do not need to wear a face mask. Make always sure though, to keep 1.5 meters distance between yourself and others.
• Make sure you will always have a face mask with you. Replace your face mask regularly, so make sure you have an extra face mask with you, especially when you have a whole day of classes.
• Further information on the correct use of face masks can be found here.

• Coffee/Tea/Water corners have been set up at various places. Always respect the 1.5 meters social distancing rule and disinfect your hands before using the vending machines. Drinking is only allowed when sitting in the classroom at your desk or in the provided seats in the lounges.
• If there is no catering included in your program, you can eat your lunch at your desk in the classroom during the break. Because of the stricter hygiene measures, we currently cannot provide a refrigerator or microwave for storing or heating food.
• If catering is included in your program, we provide safe catering in the Bistro or in individually wrapped ‘brown bags’.
• We encourage the use of your own mug and water bottle. In this way, you also contribute to our sustainable campus policy.
• During longer breaks, take a walk in the surrounding area of the campus. This way, you can improve both your mental and your physical health.

• If you test positive for COVID-19, stay at home and follow your doctor’s advice.
• If you have been on campus in the previous week, we would like to ask you to inform us as soon as possible, so that we can do a risk analysis to prevent the further spread of the virus on campus.
• Please email the following information as soon as possible to covid.alert@ams.ac.be: your name + phone number + positive test date.
• Our COVID Alert Coordinator will call you personally and confidentially to make a risk analysis of your contacts on campus in the past few days.
• If there have been high or low risk contacts, the COVID Alert Coordinator will contact these people without revealing your details.
• AMS only reports on the number of COVID-19 incidents and high and low risk contacts without exchanging any personal identity information.
• These data are managed by the COVID Alert Coordinator for the sole purpose of contact tracing and will be deleted after one month.
• AMS will look into the possibilities of remote learning together with you.

• If you have any symptoms during your stay on campus, please leave the campus immediately and go home.
• If you are too sick to leave the campus on your own, please contact reception.
• AMS has a first aid room and staff trained to administer first aid if necessary.
• As soon as you get home, contact your doctor, who will advise you further. You can only return to the campus with your doctor’s permission. In this way you contribute to the health and safety of the (AMS)-community.
• Contact your program manager and AMS will look into the possibilities of remote learning together with you.

• If you have been identified as a “high risk contact”, we ask you to respect the government's guidelines, thus preventing the further spread of the virus.
• Please self-isolate and contact your doctor. You can only return to the campus with your doctor’s permission. In this way you contribute to the health and safety of the (AMS)-community.
• Contact your program manager and AMS will look into the possibilities of remote learning together with you.

• If you have been identified as a “low risk contact”, we ask you to respect the government's guidelines, thus preventing the further spread of the virus.
• You can still attend classes on campus, provided that you show increased alertness.

The Belgian government has launched the free and anonymous Coronalert app since the beginning of October. We strongly recommend you to use this app. https://coronalert.be/en/

This app helps us to protect each other and slow down the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19).

The Coronalert app:

• Warns you if you have been in close contact with someone who has tested positive.
• Advises you on the steps you can take to protect yourself and others. 
• Helps you to anonymously notify other users of the app, with whom you have had close contact, if you have tested positive for coronavirus.

The Coronalert app in no way replaces the obligation to register on campus with the QR code in your classroom or at the reception desk. After all, this helps the school to act very fast locally should a security risk arise.

• If you are traveling from abroad to Belgium, you always need to follow the guidelines of the Belgian government. 48 hours before arrival, you need to fill in the Passenger Locator Form.
• If you are coming to Belgium from a red region or country, a COVID-19 test and a 14-day period of self-quarantine are mandatory before coming to campus.
• If you are coming to Belgium from an orange region or country, a COVID-19 test and a 14-day period of self-quarantine are recommended before coming to campus.
• All current guidelines and information on color zones can be found here.

You can travel abroad if the Belgian and international guidelines will allow it. However, when you return to Belgium, please follow the guidelines in the previous section. All information about Belgian travelling guidelines can be found here.

• Residential sessions or modules (i.e. outside the AMS campus) can take place if you follow the current AMS measures on social distancing and the mandatory use of face masks.
• Depending on the Belgian and international travel policy, sessions or modules can take place abroad in line with the current AMS measures or stricter measures of the partner organization and / or country and region.

• Color code yellow: Always try to limit your contacts and organize meetings online as much as possible. If you do invite visitors to the campus, make sure that they are familiar with the safety measures for visitors.
• Color code orange: You cannot invite visitors to the campus.
• Color code red: You cannot invite visitors to the campus.

Yes, you can. However, you must follow the guidelines that apply within the company or organization.

• Color code yellow: You can organize an event on campus as part of your program if there is a location available and after a safety analysis by AMS. You can submit a request to reservatie@ams.ac.be.
• Color code orange and red: As a student you cannot organize an event on or outside the AMS campus and you have to look for online alternatives.

Unfortunately, this is not possible at the moment.

• In Belgium, federal measures are imposed by the National Security Council. Depending on the seriousness of the epidemic situation per region or city, local authorities may impose stricter measures.
• Further information on federal measures can be found here: https://www.info-coronavirus.be/en/.