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Content
Location
History
Mission statement
Faculties
Education
Research
International
Staff
Rankings
Network
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
(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
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)
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
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