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Faculty of Bioscience EngineeringHilde Vandecasteele – 23 June 2009
www.ugent.be
Faculty of Bioscience EngineeringHilde Vandecasteele – 23 June 2009
EDUCATION IN BELGIUM = FEDERATED MATTER
Federal State: decides on the start and end of compulsory education, the minimum conditions for obtaining a diploma and the education staff pensions
Communities: all other competences related to education
Faculty of Bioscience EngineeringHilde Vandecasteele – 23 June 2009
11 FACULTIES – 32 000 STUDENTS
− Arts & Philosophy− Law− Sciences− Medicine− Applied Sciences− Economics & Business Administration− Veterinary Medicine− Psychology & Pedagogical Sciences− BIOSCIENCE ENGINEERING : 1750 www.fbw.ugent.be− Pharmaceutical Sciences− Political and Social Sciences
Faculty of Bioscience EngineeringHilde Vandecasteele – 23 June 2009
GENERAL STRUCTURE OF STUDIES
Bachelor of Bioscience Engineering (3 years / Dutch)
7 Masters in Bioscience Engineering(2 years / Dutch)
6 Other Master Programmes (2 years / English)
Master of Environmental Sanitation(1 year / Dutch)
PhD in Applied Biological Sciences
1 Postgraduate Studies in Technology for Integrated Water Management
Faculty of Bioscience EngineeringHilde Vandecasteele – 23 June 2009
MASTER OF BIOSCIENCE ENGINEERING
from 2007-08
2 years of study / Dutch
1. Chemistry and Bioprocess Technology
2. Food Science and Nutrition
3. Agricultural Sciences
4. Soil and Water Management
5. Forest and Nature Management
6. Cell and Gene Biotechnology
7. Environmental Technology
Faculty of Bioscience EngineeringHilde Vandecasteele – 23 June 2009
GENERAL STRUCTURE OF MASTER STUDIES
1. Compulsory programme containing required advanced courses (50-60 ECTS)
2. Optional courses within the master (to be chosen from list) (20-30 ECTS)
3. Free optional courses (10 ECTS)
4. Master thesis (30 ECTS)
Faculty of Bioscience EngineeringHilde Vandecasteele – 23 June 2009
OTHER MASTER PROGRAMMES
from 2007-08
2 years of study / English
1. Nutrition and Rural Development
2. Rural Development (Erasmus Mundus / Atlantis)
3. Food Technology
4. Aquaculture
5. Environmental Sanitation
[6. Environmental Sanitation and Management (1 year / Dutch)]
7. Physical Land Resources
Faculty of Bioscience EngineeringHilde Vandecasteele – 23 June 2009
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
2 SEMESTERS OF 12 LECTURE WEEKS + EXAMINATION PERIOD OF +- 1 MONTH
2008-09: FIRST SEMESTER
Start of the lectures: 22 September 2008End of the lecture period: 20 December 2008Examination period: 5 – 31 January 2009
2008-2009: SECOND SEMESTER
Start of the lectures: 9 February 2009End of the lecture period: 23 May 2009Examination period: 25 May 2009 - 4 July 2009
(Second examination period): 17 August 2009 - 12 September 2009
Faculty of Bioscience EngineeringHilde Vandecasteele – 23 June 2009
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