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History

Established in 1995, University College Ghent is the outcome of two successful mergers that involved sixteen institutions of higher education. Many had been leaders in higher education for decades or even longer (our Academy of Fine Arts celebrated its 250th anniversary in 2001) and every single one of them put in first-class expertise. Our goal is to link, mix and interconnect this formidable range of assets to create surplus value in the field of education, applied research, services and the development of the arts.

The largest in many ways

We are the largest 'hogeschool' in the country in terms of budget, staff and student population: we have more than 13.000 students, ca. 1.30o specialised members of teaching staff plus some 600 administrative and technical staff members. This critical mass allows us to offer additional services and opportunities, such as professional units for communication, culture and internationalisation. We are particularly proud to have the widest range of subjects on offer, in fact almost anything from the fine arts to engineering sciences and from music to biotechnology. This has been compiled in 24 professional bachelor programmes, 14 academic bachelor programmes and 22 master programmes. We are the largest university college in the largest student town (roughly 56.000 students) where also the second largest university is to be found (Ghent University, 28.000 students). Together, Ghent University and the University college Ghent make up for 75 % of all students in Ghent.

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