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Welcome @ Ghent University

ITN Sustainability Kick-off - 2 June 2016

Frederik De DeckerHead of International Relations Office

LocationGhent in Europe

Location

Students: ¼ of the city population

The city of Ghent

1817Inauguration of Ghent University

Latin is the language of tuition

1830Belgian independenceFrench becomes the language of tuition

1876-1890Research becomes an important responsibility

1930Dutch becomes the language of tuition

1991Larger autonomy

State University Ghent becomes Ghent University

2003Ghent University Association

2013Inegration of academic programmes university colleges

Start of Ghent University, Campus Kortrijk2014Start of Ghent University Global Campus in South Korea

A rich history

(Numbers: October 2015)

Bachelor programmes

Masters

• 7 International Course Programmes

• 3 Erasmus Mundus Master Programmes

Dutch taught: 54

Dutch taught: 100

English taught: 50

Many separate English courses

Education A comprehensive university Research: output

Publications 2004-2014

(Numbers: 2004 until 27 November 2014. Publications: SCIE, SSCI, AHCI in WoS)

3.635

Total number of PhD students.

553

PhD degrees awarded in 2013

International: 35%

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Some facts & figures - students

Total number of students 42.186

(Numbers: October 2014)

international students 4755

PhD students 4037

International PhD students 37%

1249 outgoing exchange students

1381 incoming exchange students

Sustainability and internationalisationin higher education

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Frederik De Decker – Afdeling Internationalisering Universiteit Gent – 08/12/2015

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Distrubuting brochures around the world?

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Virtuele

Virtual mobility

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International Thematic Network

Sustainability education: teaching and learningin the face of wicked socio-ecological problems

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