Ugent (Universiteit Gent)

Ghent University offers high-quality, research-based education in all academic disciplines. Today Ghent University attracts over 27,000 students, with a foreign student population of over 1,000 EU citizens and some 900 students from non-EU countries. The mission of open and democratic education is realized by the availability of social facilities and professional guidance concerning the study career. With a view to cooperation in research and scientific service, numerous research groups, centres and institutes have been founded over the years. Several of them are renowned worldwide, in various scientific disciplines such as biotechnology, aquaculture, microelectronics, history, ... Ghent University invests an annual amount of more than 150 million euro in research projects on behalf of public and private partners. Because it plays a leading role in the academic and scientific world, Ghent University attaches great interest to a transparent organization structure, a dynamic human resources policy, an active environmental policy, its support to spin-offs and other new initiatives,...