Degree verification by a third party
You work for a consultancy firm and need to verify details from a job applicant.
The legislation on the protection of privacy
The legislation on the protection of privacy prohibits us from sharing information about (former) students to a third party.
This means that we cannot inform you whether an applicant/employee has obtained a degree at Ghent University or not.
Verification by third parties
We can, however, verify the authenticity of documents issued by Ghent University.
If you send a clear copy of a document issued by Ghent University (a diploma/a certificate/an attestation) to studentencentrum@ugent.be, we will be able to inform you if it is genuine or not.
Since academic year 2015-2016 Ghent University documents have an authenticity code.
With this code you can verify the authenticity of the document online.
We will not reply to verification requests concerning documents with an authenticity code.