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Students living in a residence of the University College Ghent can always call the reception desk for medical assistance: addresses of doctors, dentists, etc. are available. In case you have health problems, you can always call the Students' Advisory Centre of Ghent University, where doctors run a practice for students. As experienced doctors, they are ideal for dealing with any medical or psychological problem you might have. As health care is not free, each visit to the doctor must be paid for. If you have proper insurance, you can recover the costs, though some medical costs may be charged to the patient personally. University College Ghent has eight libraries, one on each campus, with various services and content. There are two art libraries, one digital library, and five learning commons. Our libraries provide content, including all subject areas, according to the school's curriculum. You will find the services and resources you need to help you with learning, research, and scholarship. An exchange student is a student who temporarily studies at University College Ghent for one semester or academic year but stays enrolled at the home institution. You can only be considered an exchange student if there is a valid bilateral agreement between your home university and University College Ghent. Exchange students are expected to receive credits to transfer to their degree studies at their home institution. HoGent Great Student Representatives" could be the English interpretation of the abbreviation HGSR, though in reality, stands for "Hogeschool Gent Studentenraad." It is the official student council of University College Ghent. Our university college has a long tradition of involving students, and the HGSR is one prominent example of it. Every committee has a delegate of the council, which makes the HGSR one of the most potent tools to sustain democracy and let the student's voice be heard. View full university

Ghent University is one of the top 100 universities in the Dutch language area, with more than 41,000 students and 9,000 staff members. Ghent University is a top 100 university and one of the major universities in Belgium. Our 11 faculties offer a wide range of courses and conduct in-depth research within a wide range of scientific domains. Policy formation takes place through various councils and committees. Nine administrative departments carry out the implementation. Together they form the Central Administration. Ost of our activities take place and around Ghent. We also have campuses in West Flanders and even in South Korea. Special attention is devoted to sports for disabled students. The university also offers individual supporting services and counseling for students who are actively involved in top-class sports. Ghent University (UGent) occupies a specific position among the Flemish universities. This position is defined in the UGent Mission Statement, which serves as the basis for change and strategic policy planning at all levels. It is also the touchstone for the day-to-day management of the university. Ghent University Library is a network of faculty libraries and the Book tower, giving Access to a broad range of scholarly information and supporting users in finding the right information. The catalog is freely accessible to everyone. The scholarly sources themselves are mostly restricted to the UGent network. Visitors can make use of the libraries to consult material. Open Access, free Access to scholarly information, is a spearhead of the university library. That is why many publications written by UGent researchers are freely available in the academic bibliography, as are many images in the image database. All these collections are made available in lib.ugent.be. Please read our disclaimer to know what you can and cannot do with the data. View full university

The university and university colleges' campuses are spread across the city, which enlivens the atmosphere. It is impossible to imagine Ghent without its students cycling. With its university and four university colleges, Ghent can offer a wide range of study opportunities. Ghent has it all: living, nightlife, first-class education, and many leisure activities. The language spoken in Ghent is Dutch, the language of twenty million Dutch and Flemish people. Ghent boasts a unique mixture of architecture and contemporary events, international repute museums, outstanding gastronomic choice, and spectacular good nightlife. It has an agreeable, charming inner city where cozy corners alternate with pleasant and busy shopping streets. Ghent combines medieval grandeur and modern consciousness in a natural and, above all, modest way. Moreover, the city is a cultural attraction with its important music and film festivals and its varied theatre and performance scene. There are five small, independent venues for every traditional theatre, and for each commercial cinema complex, there are two art-house cinemas. The music scene is alive and original, with many international bands playing in Ghent and at the Belgian festivals all year round. Ghent has some exciting plans for the future: it wants to be climate neutral by 2050, and it is one of the SDG voices to promote the 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) of the United Nations. However, Ghent knows this cannot be realized without YOU! Everyone should be involved: you, me, every institution and company ... Ghent aims to become the commons city of the future! Read the brochure about sustainability here. It is our policy to organize our activities and services so that all exchange students can achieve as many of their goals related to their study or training period abroad and enable them to have the best possible experience on an academic and a personal level. Artevelde University College Ghent offers exchange students a variety of international programs that are taught in English. To prepare yourself and possible, Artevelde University College Ghent allows you to freshen up your English language skills before the semester starts. Furthermore, all departments organize training periods for exchange students, whether in combination with one or more international programs. Finally, Dutch language courses can be followed on different dates and at different levels. The use of standard procedures and administrative documents facilitates your application. This will help you achieve as many of your goals related to your study or training period at Artevelde University College Ghent and enable you to have the best academic and possible personal experience. The university college has acquired the Erasmus Charter for Higher Education for the full duration of the new Erasmus+ Programme (2014-2020). The Erasmus Charter for Higher Education (ECHE) provides the general quality framework for European and international cooperation activities a higher education institution may carry out within the Programme. The award of an Erasmus Charter for Higher Education is a pre-requisite for all higher education institutions located in an eligible country and willing to participate in individuals' learning mobility and cooperation for innovation and acceptable practices under the Programme. The Charter is awarded for the full duration of the Programme. Researchers, students, and external partners collaborate yearly on PSR-projects to translate societal problems into practical solutions. Next to internal funding, researchers also work with national and international funding schemes, including Horizon 2020 (and the former framework packages 6 and 7), Interreg, the European Social Fund, and others. Valorization – the implementation of research results in society – is an essential strategy for practice-based research. Therefore, the results and expertise achieved during PSR-projects are deployed as much as possible in the societal field by organizing activities such as education, training, consultancy, coaching, counseling, and follow-on research. All these are realized both pro-active or at the request of partners – always tailored to our partners' needs. Artevelde University College endeavors to encourage the general public for science and technique, with the Flemish Government's support (Department Economic, Science, and Innovation) and often in collaboration with other institutions of the Association University Ghent. In order to do so, we appeal to researchers, lecturers, and students. Artevelde University College concentrates most of its research activities in Research and Development Centres (RDCs). Each RDC group at least three educational training types around one specific societal focus and, at this moment, combines one or more thematic pillars. RDC's research focuses on field questions on which both researchers, lecturers, external partners, and students collaborate to examine innovative, practical solutions and applications. Idea Factory wants to challenge students, staff, alumni, national and international partners to find answers based on new ideas within a rapidly-changing educational context. To take the lead in this process, the Arteveldehogeschool Centre for Creativity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship (Idea Factory) was set up in 2011 as a knowledge center contributing to the college's strategic objective: "to sow and stimulate creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship among students and employees." Each of the center's 16 school departments has its Idea Factory project officer. Curricula have been updated to introduce relevant skills for entrepreneurship. Idea Factory creativity officers facilitate brainstorming sessions, support teacher training in creative thinking, and offer inspirational lectures to enhance creative and entrepreneurial actions. Significantly, support is also provided to students and young graduates wishing to establish their own startup companies. The Idea Factory initiative provides an exciting example of how creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship can be mainstreamed across a wide range of learning areas, thus contributing to creative skills among graduates and future professionals in different sectors. Creating such structured links to creativity in the college system can prove invaluable in breeding a new generation of entrepreneurs. View full university