Ghent University is a public research university and one of the most prestigious universities in Belgium, currently ranked within the top 150 of the QS World University Rankings. The language of instruction for all bachelor’s degrees is Dutch, meaning students must provide proof of their proficiency with a Dutch language test. Ghent University (Dutch: Universiteit Gent, abbreviated as UGent) is a public research university located in Ghent, Belgium. California Do Not Sell My Personal Information Request. All rights reserved. A Flemish Institute (Vlaemsche Hoogeschool), commonly known as Von Bissing University, was founded in 1916 but was disestablished after the war and French language was fully reinstated. After the Belgian revolution of 1830, the newly formed Belgian state began to administer the university. Join QS Leap, the most advanced free test-prep platform in the world. In the 1960s to 1980s, there were several student demonstrations at Ghent University, notably around the Blandijn site, which houses the Faculty of Arts & Philosophy. [citation needed], The Boekentoren, designed by Henry van de Velde, is one of the most famous university buildings, The Blandijn houses the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy, Library of the department of Architecture and Urbanism, George de Hevesy, Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, Maurice Maeterlinck, Nobel Prize winner in Literature, Corneille Heymans, Nobel Prize winner in Medicine, Marguerite Legot, first female government minister in Belgium, Yaakov Dori, president of the Technion, Haifa, Jozef Schell (right), molecular biologist, Robert Cailliau, co-inventor of the World Wide Web, Gustave Rolin-Jaequemyns, jurist and diplomat, Coordinates: 51°02′48″N 3°43′41″E / 51.046582°N 3.727918°E / 51.046582; 3.727918, Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities, Belgian Co-ordinated Collections of Micro-organisms, Conference of European Schools for Advanced Engineering Education and Research, International Master of Science in Rural Development, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Flanders Interuniversity Institute of Biotechnology, List of modern universities in Europe (1801–1945), "Faculteit Letteren en Wijsbegeerte – Faculteit Letteren en Wijsbegeerte", "Faculteit Geneeskunde en Gezondheidswetenschappen — Universiteit Gent", "Faculty of Engineering and Architecture — Ghent University", "Faculty of Veterinary Medicine — Ghent University", "Faculteit Psychologie en Pedagoghische Wetenschappen (FPPW)", "Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences — Ghent University", "Faculty of Political and Social Sciences — Ghent University", "Academic Ranking of World Universities 2019", "World University Rankings 2020 - Ghent University", "The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2014–2015", "Bestemmingen — Studentenportaal — Universiteit Gent", "Daskalidès, Jean (1922–1992) | UGentMemorie", for Advanced Engineering Education and Research, Gentse Bijdragen tot de Interieurgeschiedenis, The Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ghent_University&oldid=977076241, Educational institutions established in 1817, Engineering universities and colleges in Belgium, Pages using infobox university with the image name parameter, Pages using infobox university with the affiliations parameter, Articles with unsourced statements from January 2020, Articles with unsourced statements from October 2019, Articles which use infobox templates with no data rows, Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia, Wikipedia articles with BIBSYS identifiers, Wikipedia articles with CANTIC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Wim De Waele, economy and computer science, Director of the, Alexander Van Dijck, pioneer in rare diseases, This page was last edited on 6 September 2020, at 19:48. Its motto Inter Utrumque ('In Between Both Extremes'), on the coat of arms, suggests the acquisition of wisdom and science comes only in an atmosphere of peace, when the institution is fully supported by the monarchy and fatherland. Universität Gent ( Niederländisch: Universiteit Gent, abgekürzt als UGent) ist eine öffentliche Forschungs Universität in sich Gent, Belgien.Es wurde 1817 von gegründet König Wilhelm I. der Niederlande.Nach der belgischen Revolution von 1830 begann der neu formierte belgische Staat die Universität zu verwalten. On this page you will find all the current information about the impact of the coronavirus at UGent. You’ll also need a high school diploma/baccalaureate or equivalent. September 2020 um 19:48, This page is based on the copyrighted Wikipedia article. Ghent University is a public research university and one of the most prestigious universities in Belgium, currently ranked within the top 150 of the QS World University Rankings. Juli 1896) enträtselte die Struktur von Benzol in Gent und Adolf von Baeyer (Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf von Baeyer), ein Student von August Kekulé , leistete Beiträge zur organischen Chemie. It was followed by Economics and Veterinary Medicine in 1968, Psychology and Pedagogy, as well as Bioengineering, in 1969, and Pharmaceutical Sciences.