Ghent University

Content

Location

History

Mission statement

Faculties

Education

Research

International

Staff

Rankings

Network

LocationGhent in Europe

Location

Students: ¼ of the city population

The city of Ghent

A rich history

1817Inauguration of Ghent University

Latin is the language of tuition

1830Belgian independenceFrench becomes the language of tuition

1876-1890Research becomes an important responsibility

1930Dutch becomes the language of tuition

1991Larger autonomy

State University Ghent becomes Ghent University 2003

Ghent University Association

2013Inegration of academic programmes university

collegesStart of Ghent University, Campus Kortrijk 2014

Start of Ghent University Global Campus in South Korea

Mission statement

Ghent University wants to be a creative community of staff, students and alumni, connected by the values the university carries out: engagement, openness and pluralism.

Our motto is Dare to Think: we encourage students and staff members to adopt a critical approach.

Rector:Professor Anne De Paepe

Faculties

11 faculties•Managed by the dean and the faculty board•Divided in departments

Faculty of Law Faculty of Arts & Philosophy

Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

Faculties

Faculty of Psychology & Educational Sciences Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

Faculty of Engineering & ArchitectureFaculty of Veterinary Medicine

Faculties

Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty of Sciences

Faculty of Economics & Business Administration

Faculty of Political & Social Sciences

Education

Education

(Numbers: October 2014)

Bachelor programmes

Masters

• 7 International Course Programmes

• 3 Erasmus Mundus Master Programmes

Dutch taught: 61

Dutch taught: 109English taught: 40

Many separate English courses

Education

Total number of students 40.834

(Numbers: October 2014)

international students 11%

(Numbers: October 2014)

International students:countries of origin

Education

Number of students per faculty

(Numbers: 2013-2014)

Research

Research: input

Research expenditures 2013: € 264 million

(Numbers: 2013)

Research

Total number of researchers 6.348

Professors 1.463Assisting academic staff 1.412Other researchers 2.399

Researchers at Ghent University

(Numbers: October 2014)

Academic progress model

Talent development & training

Quality recruitment

Mobility

Doctoral SchoolsResearchers with external grant 1.074

Doctoral Research

3.635

Total number of PhD students.

553

PhD degrees awarded in 2013

PhD students in 5 Doctoral Schools

(Bioscience) Engineering 33% Life Sciences & Medicine 26% Arts, Humanities & Law 14% Natural Sciences 14% Social & Behavioural Sciences 13% International: 35%

Research: output

Publications 2004-2014

(Numbers: 2004 until 27 November 2014. Publications: SCIE, SSCI, AHCI in WoS)

Internationalization

International

(Numbers: October 2014)

Erasmus Success Story

ECTS label

Longstanding experience in Erasmus Mundus

Several prestigious ERC grants

International

Student mobility

Ghent University students abroad

International exchange students at Ghent University

(CNumbers: academic year 2013-2014)

1.156

1.146

International

Education

Development coordination

Projects with universities in developing countries

Research

Capacity building

International

Africa Platform

China Platform

India Platform

Platforms

International

Molecular Biotechnology

Bachelor programmes:

Ghent University Global Campus Incheon, South Korea

Environmental TechnologyFood Technology

Since 1 September 2014

Flying faculty

Network

Regional

U4: Gent, Göttingen, Groningen, Uppsala

Kent (UK)

Lille (Frankrijk)

Missouri – Western Cape

Global Initiatives Partnership

Rankings

Shanghai Ranking

Times Higher Education Ranking

World-wide: 70

National: 1

(Numbers: 2014)

World-wide: 90National: 2

StaffAlmost 9.000 staff members

Diversity

Participation

Skill-based

Open corporate culture

Evaluation & support

Core values as employer

12 % international staff

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