Ghent University
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 Latin: Academia Gandavensis | |
| Motto | Inter Utrumque |
|---|---|
| Established | 1817 |
| Type | Public |
| Rector | Paul Van Cauwenberge |
| Staff | 6,264 |
| Students | 26,750 |
| Location | Ghent, Flanders, Belgium |
| Colours | blue and yellow |
| Mascot | the Roman goddess Minerva |
| Affiliations | Associatie Universiteit Gent (AUGent) |
| Website | http://www.ugent.be |
Ghent University (in Dutch, Universiteit Gent, abbreviated UGent) is one of the three large Flemish universities. It is located in the historic town of Ghent in Flanders, the Dutch-speaking (northern) part of Belgium. It has 26,000 students and 6,000 Staff members.
It is a relatively young university, founded 9 October 1817. The year before, king William I of the Netherlands had proclaimed the establishment of three universities in the Southern Netherlands. The language of teaching from 1817 till Belgium's autonomy and separation from the Netherlands (1830) was Latin; from 1830 till 1930 it was first French and then later a bilingual French/Dutch system. In 1930, Ghent University became the first Belgian university to teach in the Dutch language.
On March 22, 2005, Paul Van Cauwenberge succeeded Andreas De Leenheer as rector.
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[edit] Characteristics
In contrast to the Catholic University of Leuven, Ghent University is an pluralist university (i.e. not connected to any kind of religion, hence its motto 'Inter Utrumque', 'In Between Both <Extremes>').
Ghent University considers participation of students as very important. Students play a role in every part of the management. The university Board of Governors counts four students, all elected by their peer students. Every faculty administration counts a number of students, too. That number depends on the size of the respective faculty.
[edit] Eminent alumni
- Leo Apostel, philosopher
- Leo Baekeland, chemist
- Wim Blockmans, historian
- Thierry Bogaert, founder of DevGen
- Robert Cailliau, inventor of the World Wide Web
- Els De Bens, philologist, media specialist
- Paul Fredericq, historian
- Walter Fiers, molecular biologist
- Dirk Frimout, physicist, astronaut
- Joseph Guislain, physiologist and psychiatrist
- Paul Janssen, pharmacologist
- Jacques-Joseph Haus, jurist
- Philippe Herreweghe, doctor, psychiatrist, orchestra conductor
- Corneille Heymans, physiologist (Nobel prize winner)
- François Laurent, jurist
- Yves Leterme, statesman
- Julius Mac Leod, botanist
- Paul Mansion, mathematician
- Gerard Mortier, artistical director
- Peter Piot, doctor, assistant secretary-general of the United Nations
- Henri Pirenne, historian
- Joseph Plateau, physicist
- Adolphe Quetelet , statistician
- Godfried-Willem Raes, composer, performer and instrument maker
- Jacques Rogge, doctor, president of the International Olympic Committee
- Johan Rudolf Thorbecke, statesman
- Jozef Schell, molecular biologist
- Henry van de Velde, architect
- Marc Van Montagu, biotech pioneer
- Désiré van Monckhoven, physicist
- Jules Van Praet, statesman
- Guy Verhofstadt, prime minister of Belgium
- Etienne Vermeersch, philosopher
- August Vermeylen, author, art historian, statesman
[edit] See also
- List of universities in Belgium
- Catholic University of Leuven
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Flemish Interuniversity Institute of Biotechnology (VIB)
- Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre (IMEC)
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| Flemish : UA | VUB | KU Brussel | UGent | UHasselt / tUL | K.U.Leuven/KULAK | FCSR | ETF | |
| Francophone : FPMs | FUCAM | FUNDP | FUSL | FUSAGx | UCL | ULB | ULg | UMH | |
| Bilingual : Brussels Faculty for Protestant Theology | Royal Military Academy | |
| English : BSIS | VeCo | Coleurop | UNU/CRIS | |
