Ghent University
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Gent | Belgium |
Services
Student services
The Counselling Office of Ghent University offers information, professional advice and counselling concerning the different aspects of a study career, before, during and after the period of study.This service is at the disposal of all students, prospective students or anyone else interested in studying at Ghent University.Students who are at odds with their studies because of personal distress and / or ineffective study habits can turn to the Counselling Office. Two psychologists, well-acquainted with study problems or psychological problems that students may have, are available for counselling.
Housing services
The University Halls of Residence have a great deal to offer
- They offer short stay possibilities.
- The rental fees are lower than the ones on the private market.
- The use of electricity, water, internet,... is included in the rental fee.
- The deposit fee is limited.
- Furniture is provided.
- Facilities: a common room, a study hall, a bicycle park and a laundry room.
- 24/7 on-site support.
Library services
Ghent University Library is a network of faculty libraries and the Book tower, giving access to a broad scale of scholarly information and supporting users in finding the right information.Through the catalogue on lib.ugent.be you can find, among others:
- Databases
- Journals
- Books
- Theses
ICT services
- E-learning
- Software
- Web-based email
- UGent website
Medical services
This service is run by general practitioners who are well-acquainted with student’s medical needs. Also for small surgery and gynaecological consultations students can make use of this service.Students can indeed also contact a general practitioner elsewhere in town, or go to the university hospital.
Student Life
Campus life
The Campus Kortrijk offers academic Bachelor and Master courses in Industrial Sciences (Industrial Engineering) .
On the campus 'by the sea' the GreenBridge incubation and innovation center is located. GreenBridge provides infrastructure and services for (young) technology companies.Ghent University is the first European university that is part of the Songdo Global University Campus (SGUC) in Incheon (Korea). On the SGUC, 10 leading universities are represented offering excellent higher education to domestic and international students.Sports facilities
Ghent University boasts a fully-equipped sports centre ("GUSB"), with three large and two small halls for indoor activities, a 25-meter swimming pool, an instruction pool, two saunas, two, and more! Special attention is devoted to sports for disabled students. Some of the sports that can be pursued are: aerobics, aikido, condition gym, badminton, basketball, bujinkan bujutsu, cross-country running, diving, BBB, handball, hockey, jazz-dance, jogging in group, judo, karate, kayaking, korfball, Latino moves, mini-football and five-a-side football, Body&Mind, rugby, sailing, swimming, table tennis, tennis, volleyball, water polo, yoga, zumba etc.
Student clubs
- Archeologische Werkgroep
- BeMSA
- Board of European Students of Technology Ghent
- Brugse Universitaire Kring
- Capitant Gent
- CenEka
- Chemica
- Chinese Students Organisation
- Christen Democratische Studenten
- Comac
- De Loeiende Koe
- Deliria
- Dentalia
- Dionysus
- Erasmus Student Network
- FaculteitenKonvent Gent vzw
- Filologica
- Flanders Youth Society for Entrepreneurship
- FLUX
- Fotoklas
- Geeraard
- Gents Universitair Harmonie Orkest
- Gents Universitair Koor
- Gents Universitair Symfonisch Orkest
- Gentse Biologische Kring
- Gentse Farma Kring
Accreditation
Ghent University Global Campus has been accredited by both the Ministry of Education (Korea) and by the Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders (Belgium).