Hogeschool Gent
acronym:
Hogeschool Gent
name (official):
Hogeschool Gent
name (translated):
University College Ghent
type of institution:
University colleges
postal code:
9000
city:
Gent
street:
Kortrijksesteenweg
number:
14
phone:
+32 (0)9 243 33 33
fax:
+32 (0)9 243 34 52
email:
website:
year of foundation:
1995
number of faculties:
13
list of faculties:
Faculty of Music and Drama; Faculty of Fine Arts;
Faculty of Applied Business and ICT; Faculty of Business Information and ICT; Faculty of Applied Business; Faculty of Business Administration and Public Administration; Faculty of Translation Studies;
Faculty of Biosciences and Landscape Architecture;
Faculty of Applied Engineering Sciences; Faculty of Technology; Faculty of Teacher Training; Faculty of Health Care; Faculty of Social Work and Welfare Studies
Faculty of Applied Business and ICT; Faculty of Business Information and ICT; Faculty of Applied Business; Faculty of Business Administration and Public Administration; Faculty of Translation Studies;
Faculty of Biosciences and Landscape Architecture;
Faculty of Applied Engineering Sciences; Faculty of Technology; Faculty of Teacher Training; Faculty of Health Care; Faculty of Social Work and Welfare Studies
number of academic staff:
1517
number of students, Bachelor:
number of students, Master:
number of students, Ph D:
number of foreign students, full degree programmes:
131
number of foreign students, other programmes:
mission:
University College Ghent strives to excel in education, research, service provision and practice of the arts. Through the expertise of its staff and graduates and the valorization of its research, University College Ghent is making a valuable contribution to a critical, creative and open society.
The mission of University College Ghent is reflected in its student mobility, its guaranteed transparent use of ECTS, the stimulation of active staff mobility, the support of international educational projects and international institutional cooperation through internationalisation of curricula and internationalisation at home.
This international option is stressed further by our participation in the Ghent University Association, which aims at an international profile. This partnership will enable us to reshape our European and international policy by taking into account the priorities set by the European Community.
University College Ghent wishes
- to broaden and intensify its collaboration with Ghent University with a view to integration
- to strengthen the interaction between its professional and academic courses
- to be a decisive democratic organization
- to limit or simplify formal rules
- to enhance its self-regulating ability
- to act as a learning organization with an international identity
- to strengthen its position as a regional and international partner
- to perpetuate the practically-oriented nature of its courses
- to further increase the quantity and quality of its research
- to facilitate the transfer of students and the intake of new students
- to pursue an active human resources policy
- to maintain relations with alumni and former members of staff
- to cooperate structurally with the relevant social, economic and cultural parties
- to achieve active pluralism on an ethical and social level.
The mission of University College Ghent is reflected in its student mobility, its guaranteed transparent use of ECTS, the stimulation of active staff mobility, the support of international educational projects and international institutional cooperation through internationalisation of curricula and internationalisation at home.
This international option is stressed further by our participation in the Ghent University Association, which aims at an international profile. This partnership will enable us to reshape our European and international policy by taking into account the priorities set by the European Community.
University College Ghent wishes
- to broaden and intensify its collaboration with Ghent University with a view to integration
- to strengthen the interaction between its professional and academic courses
- to be a decisive democratic organization
- to limit or simplify formal rules
- to enhance its self-regulating ability
- to act as a learning organization with an international identity
- to strengthen its position as a regional and international partner
- to perpetuate the practically-oriented nature of its courses
- to further increase the quantity and quality of its research
- to facilitate the transfer of students and the intake of new students
- to pursue an active human resources policy
- to maintain relations with alumni and former members of staff
- to cooperate structurally with the relevant social, economic and cultural parties
- to achieve active pluralism on an ethical and social level.
programmes in Study in Flanders database:
- Business, Languages and IT Services Programme (BLITS)
- English Programme in Teaching Education
- English Programme Social Work
- International Management Programme
- International module on Paediatric Rehabilitation
- International module on Paediatric Rehabilitation
- International Postgraduate Programme Dutch & Translation
- International Programme for Business Studies
- Master of Music
- Master of Audiovisual Arts
- Master of Visual Arts
- Postgraduate course in Computer Systems Validation for the Pharmaceutical and Biopharmaceutical Industry
