Our mission

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.

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Research policy

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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About our HR strategy for researchers → 

 

 

Vision on education

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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Ghent university in numbers

→ 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

 

Organisation

Our organisational model provides autonomy for 11 faculties and their departments, supported by 9 central administrative departments.

 → Faculties

 → Management and administration

 

Locations

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.

→ Campuses and science parks 

GUM (Ghent University Museum)

→ University library

Ghent University Global Campus in South Korea
         

 

History

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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Discover our vacancies

Here you can find our job opportunities for PhD students and (post)doctoral fellows.
Are you looking for a student job or do you want to contribute to Ghent University as a volunteer? Here you can find more information (in Dutch).

Over UGent

Onze universiteit telt 11 faculteiten en is gevestigd in en rondom Gent, de Vlaamse studentenstad bij uitstek. Wist je dat we ook campussen hebben Kortrijk, Brugge, Oostende en Zuid-Korea?

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De Universiteit Gent is een wereld op zich. Het is een van de grootste, meest boeiende en toekomstgerichte werkgevers van de regio. Onze universiteit telt 11 faculteiten en meer dan 80 vakgroepen, die in elk van de wetenschappelijke disciplines hoogstaand onderzoek voeren en opleidingen aanbieden.

Samen met meer dan 10.000 collega’s bouw jij hier aan mee. Je komt terecht in een omgeving die inzet op duurzaamheid en diversiteit.

Klik hier om meer te weten over de Universiteit Gent