Ghent University is an open, pluralistic and socially engaged university. It is more than 200 years old, offers more than 200 programmes (including 64 English-taught master's programmes) and conducts in-depth research within a wide range of scientific domains. Our credo is Dare to Think: we are a haven for courageous thinkers.
Research is the driving force of Ghent University. Frontiers are explored. Researchers make discoveries. These discoveries have an impact in the wider society. Research gives new impulses to education and lays the foundation for a progressive knowledge society.
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Our vision on learning and education refers to the credo Dare to Think. After all, Ghent University wants to educate those who stand with both feet in reality and dare to venture outside the box. Ghent University encourages this through multiperspectivism, the ability to perceive oneself through someone else's eyes.
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→ Top 100 university
→ Founded in 1817
→ 11 faculties
→ more than 50,000 students
→ more than 9,000 employees
→ Campuses in Belgium and South-Korea
→ More than 200 programmes
→ 64 English-taught master's programmes
→ 1,153 patents and 76 spin-offs
Our organisational model provides autonomy for 11 faculties and their departments, supported by 9 central administrative departments.
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In Belgium, Ghent University is located in and around Ghent, Courtrai, Bruges and Ostend. We are also the first European university in Songdo, South Korea.
Ghent University was founded in 1817. Over the past 200 years, Ghent University has counted many eminent scientists, ministers and even Nobel laureates among its staff and alumni.
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