Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 25
B - 9000 Ghent
Belgium
Website: http://www.ugent.be/en
Tel: +32 9 264 31 11
Please note that the Workshop venue is at the following address: Het Pand, Onderbergen 1 9000 Gent
Ghent University, abbreviated to UGent, is one of the major universities in the Dutch-speaking region of Europe. It distinguishes itself as a socially committed and pluralistic university in a broad international perspective.
Founded in 1817 as a Latin-speaking State University by William I, King of the Netherlands, Ghent University is a relatively young university. After its independence in 1830, the Belgian State was in charge of the administration of Ghent University; French was the new official academic language.
In 1930 Ghent University became the first Dutch-speaking university in Belgium. The Decree of 1991 assigned great autonomy to the university.
Over the years eminent scientists such as Joseph Plateau (physicist, considered as a pioneer in the development of motion pictures), Leo Baekeland (inventor of Bakelite) and Corneel Heymans (Nobel Prize winner in Medicine) studied and worked at Ghent University.
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,...
Today, after decades of uninterrupted growth, Ghent University is one of the leading institutions of higher education and research in the Low Countries. Ghent University is an open, committed and pluralistic university with a broad international perspective.
Located in Flanders, the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium, and the cultural and economic heart of Europe, Ghent University is an active partner in national and international educational, scientific and industrial cooperation.
Because it plays a leading role in the academic and scientific world, Ghent University attaches great interest to a transparent organisation structure, a dynamic human resources policy, an active environmental policy, its support to spin-offs and other new initiatives.
32.000 students - 11 faculties
Arts and Philosophy
Law
Sciences
Medicine and Health Sciences
Engineering
Economics and Business Administration
Veterinary Medicine
Psychology and Educational Sciences
Bio-science Engineering
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Political and Social Sciences
7.100 staff members
962 professors (Autonomous Academic Staff)
1068 assistants (Academic Assisting Staff)
747 other scientific staff members
2.307 administrative and technical staff members
2.010 externally financed researchers excl. personnel UZ Gent
Annual revenue: 410 million euro; direct funding from the Flemish Community makes up 49% of the total revenue.