INTRODUCING Frederik De Decker, Head of International Relations Office CONTENT ௅ Location ௅ Education ௅ History ௅ Research ௅ Mission ௅ International ௅ Faculties ௅ Network ௅ Staff ௅ Rankings LOCATION

7 GHENT ()

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: , 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 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 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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150

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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 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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