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Ghent University - Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Ghent University - Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Ghent University - Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Introduction

Ghent University is a top 100 university and one of the major universities in Belgium. Our 11 faculties offer more than 200 courses and conduct in-depth research within a wide range of scientific domains. Ghent University Global Campus is also the first European university in Songdo, South Korea.

What does Ghent University stand for?

Ghent University is a pluralistic university open to all, regardless of ideological, political, cultural or social background. Our credo is ‘Dare to Think’.

Ghent University was founded in 1817. In 2017, Ghent University celebrated its 200th anniversary.

As a top 100 university with more than 49,000 students and 15,000 staff members, we are one of the largest universities in the Dutch language area, located in Flanders, Belgium. Ghent University Global Campus is also the first European university in Songdo, South Korea.

Our 11 faculties offer more than 200 courses and conduct in-depth research within a wide range of scientific domains. Several of our research groups, centres and institutes are renowned worldwide, in disciplines such as biotechnology, aquaculture, microelectronics, history, ...

In 2017, Ghent University celebrated its 200th anniversary. Over the past 200 years, our university has seen many eminent scientists, ministers and even Nobel Prize winners among its staff and alumni.

Statistics

International facts and figures

International students

Each year more and more international students choose Ghent University for their study. More than 6.800 foreign students (14% of the total student population), including exchange students, studied at Ghent University during academic year 2019-2020.

The top 5 of European countries of origin are the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Germany, and France. The non-EU countries are represented by a strong contingency from Asia: China, India, Turkey and Iran.

Receiving the bulk of foreign students are the faculties of Engineering and Architecture, Science and Bioscience Engineering.

Erasmus Exchange students

The Erasmus+ Programme is the most widely known programme for student and staff mobility in Europe and is the major funding programme for exchanges at Ghent University.

During the academic year 2019-2020 more than 1.850 Ghent University students spent part of their study abroad (1.037 of them in the framework of Erasmus+). The most prominent destinations are The Netherlands, Spain, France, Germany and Italy.

Every year Ghent University also welcomes incoming exchange students. In 2019-2020 more than 1.450 exchange students from 61 countries choose Ghent University for their study. Top countries of origin are Italy, Spain, Germany, France and China.

PhD

In 2019-2020 Ghent University hosted 5.183 PhD students of whom 46 % had a non-Belgian nationality.

Our international PhD students are mostly active in the exact sciences: Bioscience Engineering, Engineering and Architecture and Sciences are the dominant faculties. They generally originate from China, the Netherlands, Italy, Iran and India.

International employees

Ghent University employs around 9.000 and 6.000 staff members are employed at the University Hospital. Up to 12% of this number is of a non-Belgian nationality.

    Locations

    • Ghent

      Ottergemsesteenweg,460, 9000, Ghent

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