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The Reef: a brand new lab for training and research in the blue economy
Ostend Science Park, the science park of Ghent University in Ostend, has gained a new lab: The Reef is an innovative XR Training Lab that offers numerous possibilities for education and research in the blue sector.
Ghent University remains first Belgian university in Academic Ranking of World Universities (Shanghai Ranking)
Ghent University is the highest ranked Belgian university in the Academic Ranking of World Universities for the 14th year in a row. This year, Ghent University ranks 84rd in this list of over 2,500 research institutions worldwide.
Wanted: fair trade ambassadors 2023-2024
Are you a Ghent University student with a heart for fair trade and would you like to help spread this love within your faculty?
The Flemish PhD Cup wants you
Recently obtained your PhD? Accept the challenge and explain the core of your research... in just three minutes!
Rector's speech Dies Natalis 2023
Ghent University’s Institutional Review is a Resounding Success
Right before our Dies Natalis, the good news has reached us that NVAO (Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders) will issue Ghent University a positive report.
These two students want to make a better world with sustainable dog food
In 2021, Jack and Achilles became finalists in Expedition DO!, a unique start-up program for entrepreneurial talent at Ghent University. Today, their product Gutsy is available in 35 stores.
Ghent University awards honorary title to professor Dame Sarah Springman
On Friday 24 March 2023, Ghent University will award an institutional honorary title to professor Dame Sarah Springman and to Mr Frans Timmermans. In addition, Ghent University awards five honorary doctorates for scientific merit.
Honorary doctorates share their insights
On the occasion of Dies Natalis 2023, Ghent University is awarding honorary doctorates. Some honorary doctors will give a lecture in the run-up to Dies Natalis, in which they will be happy to share their expertise and insights.
Faculty of Economics and Business Administration obtains international AACSB accreditation
The Faculty of Economics and Business Administration has been rewarded with the prestigious, international AACSB accreditation, becoming a member of AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).
The second semester has started: are you ready for it?
The first semester and examination period are over. Time to start the second part of the academic year with a fresh head and perhaps some ambitious plans or new intentions. Are you ready? These students are.
Feedback moment: time for action!
Were your exam results not in line with your expectations? Try to evaluate for yourself what exactly went wrong. One way to do this is by going to feedback sessions. This is the time to stop and reflect.
First aid for exam stress: professors share their tips
The end of the year does not only ring in the holidays, but also days full of learning ahead of the January exams.
Helena participated in the world's biggest climate summit
In mid-November, Helena put aside the classes and courses of her third bachelor's degree in bioscience engineering to head to Egypt for the world's biggest climate conference: COP27.
The European adventure: students about their Erasmus exchange
"Going on Erasmus," who hasn't heard of it? But what is it really like to study in another country? We asked 3 Ghent University students who are currently abroad, from cold Finland to the Costa del Sol in Spain.
The great unknown: studying at Ghent University in South Korea
Studying abroad is always an adventure. The Flemish television program Het grote onbekende follows several Belgian students on their foreign adventure. One of them is biochemistry and biotechnology student Simon Knockaert.