INTRODUCING GHENT UNIVERSITY Frederik De Decker, Head of International Relations Office CONTENT Location Education History Research Mission International Faculties Network Staff Rankings LOCATION
7 GHENT (BELGIUM)
London 310 km Amsterdam 220 km
Paris Berlin 290 km 790 km
Brussels 55 km
8 GHENT (BELGIUM) A genuine student city with +75,000 students
9 CAMPUSES OUTSIDE OF GHENT: KORTRIJK, OSTEND, BRUGES & SOUTH-KOREA
10 A RICH HISTORY
11 TIMELINE
1817 1876-1890 1991 2013 2017 ࡳ Inauguration RIµ State Research becomes an Larger autonomy µ6WDWH Integration of academic 200 years! 8QLYHUVLW\*KHQW¶ important responsibility University Ghent ¶ becomes programmes university ࡳ Latin is the language µGhent University ¶ colleges. of tuition
1830 1930 2003 2014 Belgian Independence Dutch becomes the Ghent University Association Start in South Korea: French becomes the language of tuition language of tuition
12 View aftermovie MISSION
14 MISSION STATEMENT Ghent University wants to be a creative community of staff, students and alumni, connected by the values the university carries out: engagement , openness and pluralism.
Our motto is Dare to Think : we Rector encourage students and staff members Prof. Rik Van de Walle to adopt a critical approach.
15 FACULTIES
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17 STAFF
18 STAFF
Ghent University: around 9,000 staff members UZ Gent: around 6,000 staff members 12% international staff Core values as employer:
Diversity Open corporate culture
Participation Evaluation & Support
Skill-based
19 EDUCATION
20 EDUCATION
BACHELOR PROGRAMMES 54 Dutch taught: 53 English taught: 1
MASTERS 142 Dutch taught: 94 English taught: 48 7 international Course Programmes 5 Erasmus Mundus Master Programmes
Many separate English courses
(NUMBERS: OCT. 2018)
21 EDUCATION
Total number of students 44,215
International students 12%
(NUMBERS: OCT. 2018)
22 INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
Africa 1% Americas Non-Belgian 1% students Asia 3%
Europe 6% Belgium 88%
23 NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER FACULTY
0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000 9000
Faculty of Arts and Philosophy 11%
Faculty of Law and Criminology 5%
Faculty of Sciences 25%
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences 5%
Faculty of Engineering and Architecture 15%
Faculty of Economics and Business Administration 7%
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine 33%
Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences 5%
Faculty of Bioscience Engineering 25%
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences 7%
Faculty of Political and Social Sciences 15% Belgian Students International Students
(NUMBERS: OCT 2018)
24 RESEARCH
25 RESEARCHERS AT GHENT UNIVERSITY
Total number of researchers 8,150
Professorial researchers 1,387 Postdoctoral researchers 1,394
Predoctoral researchers 5,369
ACADEMIC QUALITY LEADERSHIP & PROGRESS RECRUITMENT TRUST MODEL TALENT DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH INTEGRITY
& TRAINING (NUMBERS: DEC. 2017)
26 DOCTORAL SCHOOLS
678 PHD DEGREES International and societal value AWARDED IN 2017-2018 Improving support and training
Strengthening quality enhancement +4,500 TOTAL NUMBER OF PHD STUDENTS
INTERNATIONAL: 40%
27 INPUT Research expenditures ¼ million
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0 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Private Research Funding Public Research Funding - EU and International Public Research Funding - Regional and National
(NUMBERS: 2018)
28 OUTPUT Publications 2008 - 2018
31,435 12,381 9,902 21 INTERNATIONAL GHENT BELGIAN HIGHLY CITED PUBLICATIONS UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS RESEARCHERS ONLY (CLARIVATE, 2018)
Total number of publications at Ghent University 53,718
Numbers: 2018 Publicaties: SCIE, SSCI, AHCI in WoS 29 TECHTRANSFER
68 22 SPIN-OFFS VALORISATION (2008-2017) 439 CONSORTIA INTENSIVE PATENTS COLLABORATION WITH COMPANIES (2008-2017)
30 INTERNATIONALISATION
31 INTERNATIONALISATION ACHIEVEMENTS
2017 EAIE Institutional Award for Innovation in Internationalisation
Outstanding & recognised achievements in Erasmus
Several prestigious grants of the European Research Council
32 INTERNATIONALISATION INSTITUTIONAL GOALS
By 2020:
25% of all graduating students have a study abroad experience
100% of all study programmes have incorporated international and intercultural competences in the programme competences
33 STUDENT MOBILITY
Ghent University students abroad yearly 1,900 [23,5% of all graduating students with experience abroad]
Foreign students at Ghent University 6,200 (including 1600 exchange students)
(NUMBERS: OCT. 2018)
European pioneer in the digitisation of student mobility processes
34 DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION
Projects with universities in developing countries
Education Research Capacity building
35 5 REGIONAL PLATFORMS
36 GHENT UNIVERSITY GLOBAL CAMPUS Incheon, South Korea
Since 1 September 2014
Bachelor programmes:
Molecular Biotechnology Environmental Technology Food Technology
Korea-based staff + Flying Faculty
37 INTERNATIONAL NETWORK
Specific institutional partnerships
Strategic partners in the Global South
Strategic Research Partners
Qualitative Bilateral partnerships
Partners worldwide Continuous monitoring Global Initiaives Partnership ALUMNI CHAPTERS WORLDWIDE
CHINA WESTERN (Shanghai ± Beijing ± Chengdu) VS (New York) BALKANS
TANZANIA
VIETNAM
SOUTH AFRICA RANKINGS
40 RANKINGS
Shanghai Ranking
Worldwide: 61
National: 1
Times Higher Education Ranking
Worldwide: 143
National: 3
(NUMBERS: 2018)
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