| Ghent University | |
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| Universiteit Gent | |
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Latin: Academia Gandavensis | |
| Motto: | Inter Utrumque |
| Established | 1817 |
| Type: | Public |
| Rector: | Paul Van Cauwenberge |
| Staff: | 6,400 |
| Students: | 28,077 |
| 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 30,000 students and 6,400 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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Characteristics
In contrast to the Catholic University of Leuven, or the Freethinking Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Ghent University considers itself a pluralist university in a special sense (i.e. not connected to any particular religion or ideology, hence its motto 'Inter Utrumque', 'In Between Both <Extremes>').
Eminent People Associated with University of Ghent
The Boekentoren, designed by Henry van de Velde, is one of the most famous university buildings
- Leo Apostel (1925-1995), philosopher
- Leo Baekeland (1863-1944), chemist
- Adolf von Baeyer (1835-1917), chemist (Nobel prize winner)
- Wim Blockmans (1945-), historian
- Thierry Bogaert, founder of DevGen
- Marc Bossuyt (1944-), judge, professor
- Gunnar Brinkmann, professor of computer science
- Jo Bury, pharmacology, General Director of the VIB
- Dries Buytaert (1978-), computer scientist, founder of the Drupal CMS
- Robert Cailliau (1947-), inventor of the World Wide Web
- Marc Coucke (1965-), co-founder of Omega Pharma
- Franz Cumont (1868-1947), historian
- Jean Daskalidès, (1922-1992), gynecologist, founder of Leonidas chocolates
- Els De Bens, philologist, media specialist
- Bert De Graeve, law, businessman
- Rudy Dekeyser, molecular biologist, Assistant Director of the VIB
- Paul Fredericq, historian
- Walter Fiers (1931-), molecular biologist
- Leopold Flam (1912-1995), historian, philosopher
- Dirk Frimout (1941-), physicist, astronaut
- Joseph Guislain (1797-1860), physiologist and psychiatrist
- Paul Janssen (1926-2003), pharmacologist
- Jacques-Joseph Haus (1796-1881), jurist
- Philippe Herreweghe (1947-), doctor, psychiatrist, orchestra conductor
- Corneille Heymans (1892-1968), physiologist (Nobel prize winner)
- Friedrich August Kekule von Stradonitz (1829-1896), chemist
- Tom Lanoye (1958-), philologist, writer
- François Laurent (1810-1887), jurist
- Marguerite Legot (1913-1977), jurist, first Belgian woman to serve as a government minister
- Yves Leterme (1960-), statesman
- Herman Liebaers (1919-), writer, former Marschal of the Royal Household.
- Suzanne Lilar (born Suzanne Verbist) (1901-1992), philosopher, jurist, essayist, novelist
- Julius Mac Leod (1857-1919), botanist
- Maurice Maeterlinck (1862-1949), jurist, writer
- Paul Mansion, mathematician
- Gerard Mortier (1943-), artistic director
- Peter Piot (1949-), doctor, assistant secretary-general of the United Nations
- Henri Pirenne (1862-1935), historian
- Karel Poma (1920-), chemist and politician
- Adolphe Quetelet (1796-1874), statistician
- Godfried-Willem Raes (1952-), composer, performer and instrument maker
- Jacques Rogge (1942-), doctor, president of the International Olympic Committee
- Gustave Rolin-Jaequemyns (1835-1902), jurist, diplomat and cofounder of the Institut de droit international
- Jozef Schell (1935-2003), molecular biologist
- Erwin Schrödinger (1887-1961), physicist, (Nobel Prize winner)
- Ferdinand Augustijn Snellaert, (1809-1872), physician and writer
- Guido van Gheluwe (1926-), jurist and founder of the Orde van den Prince
- Herman Vanderpoorten, (1922-1984), politician
- Hugo Van Heuverswyn (1948-) chemist, biotech pioneer and businessman
- Karel van de Woestijne, (1878-1929), writer
- Prudens van Duyse, (1804-1859), writer
- Henry van de Velde (1863-1957), architect
- Marc Van Montagu (1933-), biotech pioneer
- Désiré van Monckhoven (1934-1882), physicist
- Jules Van Praet (1806-1887), statesman
- Guy Verhofstadt (1953-), prime minister of Belgium
- Etienne Vermeersch (1934-), philosopher
- André Vlerick (1919-1990), economy
- Marc Zabeau (1949-), zoology
- Arnoud De Meyer (presently) Director of Judge Business School University of Cambridge.
Notable faculty
- Walter Fiers, molecular biologist
- Corneille Heymans, physiologist (Nobel prize winner)
- Joseph Plateau, physicist
- Johan Rudolf Thorbecke, statesman
- Marc Van Montagu, biotech pioneer
- August Vermeylen, author, art historian, statesman
See also
- List of universities in Belgium
- Catholic University of Leuven
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Flanders Interuniversity Institute of Biotechnology (VIB)
- University Foundation
- Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre (IMEC)
External links
- Official website of Ghent University
- More information about higher education in Flanders/Belgium (in English)
- Find an officially recognised programme of this institution in the Higher Education Register
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