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UGent today
Ghent’s mission: education, research, service to society in a pluralistic environment
A comprehensive/fully-fledged university11 faculties - 132 departments> 32 000 students+/- 5 000 academic & administrative staff ++/- 2 000 externally financed researchers
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Organisational structure (1)
8 Departments managed by a Director
- Educational Affairs- Research Affairs
- Administrative Affairs, Personnel and Organisation- Finance, ICT, Student Facilities- Infrastructure and Facility Management
Rector / Vice-Rector
Management consultationManagement Committee + 8 Directors
director = tenured academic staffdirector = adm & technical staff
Management CommitteeRector + Vice-Rector + 2 Chief Administrators
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Organisational structure (2)
- Rector + Vice-Rector- Executive Board: tenured academic staff: 2, assisting academic staff: 1, administrative &
technical staff: 1, students: 1, extern: 1- Board of Governors: tenured academic staff: 12, assisting academic staff: 3, administrative &
technical staff: 3, students: 4, extern: 10
- 11 Faculties : Arts and Philosophy – Law – Science – Medicine and Health Sciences – Engineering – Economics and Business Administration – Veterinary Medicine – Psychology and Educational Sciences – Bioscience Engineering – Pharmaceutical Sciences – Political and Social Sciences
Chaired by a Dean and managed by a Faculty Council, consisting of:- all full-time professor and full professors- chosen delegation of lecturers- chosen delegation of AAP- chosen delegation of ATP- chosen delegation of students
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Department of Educational Affairs
Director Prof. Dr.
Kris Versluys
Educational Quality
Control + Support
Student Admini-
stration and Study
programmes
Study and Career Advice
International Relations
Office
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Department of Research Affairs
Director + StaffProf. Dr. I. Lemahieu
University Library
Research Coordination
Technology Transfer
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Association Ghent University
Consensus management model
General Assembly
PresidentBoard of DirectorsDirectors’ Committee
Executive Director + staff
Technical Expert Committees
Discipline-oriented workgroups
Student Council
Autonomy versus control
Management
•personnel
•finances
•organisation
Policy
•processes
•policy instruments and desired output
•target groups
•social aims and policy results
Ex ante = strict hierarchical control
Ex post = result oriented - output financing - management agreements
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Present funding: resources
1st money flow: basic university allowance2nd money flow: budget allocated by the Flemish and federal governments for university research3rd money flow: policy directed and technological research 4th money flow: cooperation with private sector (scientific research, services and licenses)
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New funding mechanisms (2008 >)
Output funding: parameters (5%)- basic funding platform (5%)- incentive funding (policy priorities)- education related funding (55%)- research related funding (35%)
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7. UGent budget (1)
76,61%
3,38%
2,98%1,02%
1,10%
11,25%
3,25%
0,41% Direct government fundingFlemish Community
International organisations
Private sector
Right, royalties, overhead
Enrolment and examination fees
Financial revenues
Real estate
Miscellaneous
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7. UGent budget (2)
59,70%29,78%
10,52%Personnel
Operation
Depreciation
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Resource allocation models
• Autonomy and lump sum funding
• Distributive codes for distribution of resources
• More autonomy for faculties
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Distributive codes
Academic staff:
80% educational criteria
programmes offered (25%)
teaching load (45%)
dissertations etc (10%)
20% research
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Personnel categories
Professor : 2.2 to 1.3
Assistants: 1.4-1.00
Administrative staff: 1.30-0.65
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Students weighting
Students are weighted (cfr 1st money flow)
Alpha: Arts, Psychology & Pedagogy, Law, Political Sciences, Economics
Beta: Sciences, Applied Sc., Bio-sciences
Gamma: Medicine, Veterinary Sc., Pharm.
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Faculty Personnel Policy Plan
• Each faculty elaborates a personnel policy plan to be approved by the Board of Governors
• Each faculty can decide upon its own allocation model
• Promotions are taken into account (automatic and non-automatic)
• there are great differences among the faculties
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