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{{short description|Public university in Belgium}}
{{Infobox university
 | name                   = Ghent University
 | native_name            = Universiteit Gent
 | latin_name             = Academia Gandavensis
 | image_name             = Ghent University logo.svg
 | caption                = Logo of Ghent University
 | motto                  = ''Sapere Aude'' ([[Social:Latin|Latin]])
 | mottoeng               = Dare to Think/''Durf Denken''
 | established            = {{start date and age|1817}}
 | affiliations           = CESAER<br />EUA<br />The Guild<br />SGroup<br />ENLIGHT<br />3I University Network<br />3C Partnership
 | type                   = Public
 | city                   = {{flagicon|Belgium}} Ghent
 | country                = Belgium
 | students               = +50,000
 | administrative_staff   = 9,000
 | rector                 = Rik Van de Walle
 | former_names           = State University of Ghent
 | website                = {{official URL}}
 | colours                = UGent blue & [[White|white]]<ref>[https://styleguide.ugent.be/basic-principles/colours.html#corporate-colours Basic principles: Corporate colours] – website of the UGent</ref><br />{{color box|#1E64C8}} {{color box|#FFFFFF}}
 | logo                   = Ghent University logo.svg
 | logo_size              = 150px
 | campus                 = University town
}}
'''Ghent University''' ({{lang-nl|Universiteit Gent}}, abbreviated as '''UGent''') is a public research university located in Ghent, Belgium. 

Located in Flanders, Ghent University is one of the largest Belgian universities, consisting of 50,000 students and 9,000 staff members. The university also supports the Ghent University Library (including the famous Boekentoren) and the Ghent University Hospital, which is one of the biggest hospitals in Belgium. In addition to satellite campuses elsewhere in Flanders and a Global Campus in Songdo, South Korea, Ghent University maintains many inter-university partnerships and programs both inside and outside of Europe.  

Established before the state of Belgium itself, the university was founded by the Dutch King William I in 1817, when the region was incorporated into the [[Place:United Kingdom of the Netherlands|United Kingdom of the Netherlands]] after the fall of [[Place:First French Empire|First French Empire]]. In that same year, he founded two other universities for the southern provinces as well, alongside Ghent University: University of Liège and [[Organization:State University of Leuven|State University of Leuven]]. 

After the Belgian revolution of 1830, the newly formed Belgian state began to administer Ghent University. In 1930, UGent became the first [[Social:Dutch language|Dutch]]-speaking university in Belgium. Previously, [[Social:French language|French]] (and, even earlier, Latin) had been the standard academic language in what was '''''Université de Gand'''''. In 1991, it was granted major autonomy and changed its name accordingly from ''State University of Ghent'' ({{lang-nl|Rijksuniversiteit Gent}}, abbreviated as ''RUG'') to its current designation.

== History ==
[[File:De plechtige installatie van de Universiteit van Gent door de prins van Oranje in de troonzaal van het stadhuis op 9 oktober 1817. Rijksmuseum SK-A-4088.jpeg|thumb|left|Painting of the establishment of the State University of Ghent in 1817 when the city was under Dutch rule]]

=== Foundation in the 19th century ===
Ghent was one of the largest and most important cities of Europe in the medieval period. 

The university in Ghent was opened on 9 October 1817, with JC van Rotterdam as the first [[Social:Rector (academia)|rector]]. The foundation of universities in Ghent, Liege, and Leuven that year – by the Dutch King William I – was part of a larger policy to stimulate academic lag across the southern provinces of the [[Place:United Kingdom of the Netherlands|United Kingdom of the Netherlands]] (which would later become Belgium).{{citation needed|date=October 2019}} The original four faculties comprised Humanities (Letters), Law, Medicine, and Science, with the language of instruction being [[Social:Latin|Latin]]. In the first year, it had 190 students and 16 professors. 
[[File:Onderzoek_farmacie_Ugent.jpg|left|thumb|Pharmacy students during practicum (1890)]]
In the wake of the Belgian Revolution, of 1830, the number of students declined, having peaked at 414. Although the faculties of humanities and science were dissolved from the university, they were restored five years later, in 1835. At this time, French also became the language of instruction, taking the place of Latin. 

Ghent University played a role in the foundation of modern organic chemistry. Friedrich [[Biography:August Kekulé|August Kekulé]] unraveled the structure of benzene at Ghent and [[Biography:Adolf von Baeyer|Adolf von Baeyer]] (Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf von Baeyer), a student of [[Biography:August Kekulé|August Kekulé]], made contributions to organic chemistry.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}} 

In 1882, Sidonie Verhelst became the first female student at Ghent University, in science and pharmacology.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ghent University Memorials |url=https://www.ugentmemorie.be/gebeurtenissen/1882-eerste-studentin}}</ref>
[[File:2021_Boekentoren_-_University_Library_of_Ghent.jpg|left|thumb|2021 Boekentoren - Ghent University Library]]

=== Developments in the 20th century ===
In 1903, the Flemish politician Lodewijk De Raet led a successful campaign to begin instruction in [[Social:Dutch language|Dutch]], and the first courses were begun in 1906.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}} 

During [[Social:World War I|World War I]], Ghent University was closed initially due to the hostilities and subsequently due to the refusal of the academic staff and the students to resume classes while Belgium was occupied. Moritz von Bissing, the German Governor-General of occupied Belgium sought to make the territory easier to govern by exploiting the pre-war linguistic division. The ''Flamenpolitik'' ("Policy regarding the Flemish people") was launched in 1916. The occupying German administration set up the first Dutch-speaking university in Belgium in Ghent under the name Vlaamsche Hoogeschool (Flemish Institute of Higher Learning). Pejoratively referred to as the ''Von Bissing University'', the Vlaamsche Hoogeschoolwas founded in 1916 but was disestablished after the war and the University of Ghent resumed its activities with French as the sole medium of instruction. In 1923, Cabinet Minister Pierre Nolf put forward a motion to definitively establish the university as a Dutch-speaking university, and this was realized in 1930. August Vermeylen served as the first rector of a Dutch-language university in Belgium.<ref>[https://archive.today/2012.05.27-083212/http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,880570,00.html "A Language Come Back"], ''{{wipe|Time (magazine)}}'', 28 April 1923</ref>[[File:Ghent University 1910 - Studentenvereniging Société Académique d'Histoire.jpg|thumb|Student Association "Société Académique d'Histoire" (1910)|alt=]]In the [[Social:World War II|Second World War]], the German administration of the university attempted to create a German orientation, removing faculty members and installing loyal activists.
In the postwar period, Ghent University became a much larger institution, following the government policy of democratizing higher education in Flanders during the 1950s and 1960s. By 1953, there were more than 3,000 students, and by 1969 more than 11,500. 

The number of faculties increased to eleven, starting with Applied Sciences in 1957. It was followed by Economics and Veterinary Medicine in 1968, Psychology and Pedagogy, as well as Bioengineering, in 1969, and Pharmaceutical Sciences. 

In the 1960s, there were several [[Social:Student activism|student demonstrations]] at Ghent University, notably around the Blandijn site, which houses the Faculty of Arts & Philosophy.<ref>{{cite web |last=Danniau |first=Fien |title=Haard van verzet |url=http://www.ugentmemorie.be/artikel/haard-van-verzet |access-date=10 January 2012 |publisher=UGent Memorie |language=nl}}</ref> The most severe of demonstrations took place in 1969 in the wake of May 1968.

=== Since the end of the Cold War ===
In 1991, the university officially changed its name from ''Rijksuniversiteit Gent'' (RUG) to ''Universiteit Gent'' (UGent), following an increased grant of autonomy by the government of the Flemish Community. The faculty of Politics and [[Social:Social science|Social Sciences]] is the most recent addition, in 1992.

Ghent University had a program founded by Andre Vlerick in 1953, then called ''Centre for Productivity Studies and Research''. The program later evolved into a separate school called ''Instituut Professor Vlerick voor Management''. Later in 1999 together with KU Leuven, Ghent University established Vlerick Business School merging the two MBA programs of the universities, naming the newborn institute ''Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School''.  In 2006, the school rebranded itself as [[Organization:Vlerick Business School|Vlerick Business School]]. KU Leuven and [[Organization:Ghent University|Ghent University]] are still the parent institutions of the business school where many of the school's professors teach also in Leuven or Ghent. Nevertheless, UGent still offer MBA programs even after the merger. <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlerick_Business_School#History</ref> 


[[File:Interior of the belvedere, Boekentoren 3.jpg|center|600x600px|thumb|Interior of the book tower with the view of Ghent]]

== Academic profile ==
[[File:Gent - Aula Academica 11-9-2016 10-07-24.jpg|thumb|Aula academica]]

=== Organisation and structure ===
Ghent University consists of eleven faculties with over 130 individual departments. In addition, the university maintains the Zwijnaarde science park and Greenbridge science park.

==== List of faculties ====
* Faculty of Arts and Philosophy<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.flw.ugent.be/|title=Faculteit Letteren en Wijsbegeerte – Faculteit Letteren en Wijsbegeerte|last=Vervaeke|first=Ann}}</ref>
* Faculty of Bio-science Engineering<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.flw.ugent.be|title=Faculteit Letteren en Wijsbegeerte – Faculteit Letteren en Wijsbegeerte|last=Vervaeke|first=Ann}}</ref>
* Faculty of Law<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.law.ugent.be/en/ |title=Faculty of Law Ghent University |access-date=6 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130406054819/http://www.law.ugent.be/en/ |archive-date=6 April 2013 }}</ref>
* Faculty of Sciences<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ugent.be/we/en|title=Faculty of Sciences — Ghent University}}</ref>
* Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ugent.be/ge/nl|title=Faculteit Geneeskunde en Gezondheidswetenschappen — Universiteit Gent}}</ref>
* Faculty of Engineering and Architecture<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ugent.be/ea/en|title=Faculty of Engineering and Architecture — Ghent University}}</ref>
* Faculty of Economics and Business Administration<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.feb.ugent.be/en/index.asp |title=Faculty of Economics and Business Administration |access-date=6 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403000009/http://www.feb.ugent.be/en/index.asp |archive-date=3 April 2013 }}</ref>
* Faculty of Veterinary Medicine<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ugent.be/di/en|title=Faculty of Veterinary Medicine — Ghent University}}</ref>
* Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fppw.ugent.be/|title=Faculteit Psychologie en Pedagoghische Wetenschappen (FPPW)}}</ref>
* Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ugent.be/fw/en|title=Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences — Ghent University}}</ref>
* Faculty of Political and Social Sciences<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ugent.be/ps/en|title=Faculty of Political and Social Sciences — Ghent University}}</ref>

=== Library ===
Standing on the Blandijnberg, the Boekentoren houses the Ghent University Library, which contains nearly 3 million volumes. The university library has joined the Google Books Library Project. Among other notable collections, it preserves Papyrus 30, an early manuscript of the Greek New Testament.

The university is also a partner in the development of De Krook, the new public library and media center in the center of Ghent, opened in 2017.

[[File:IGent tower.jpg|300x300px|thumb|iGent tower in Zwijnaarde Science Park|alt=|left]]

=== Reputation & rankings ===
{{Infobox university rankings
| ARWU_W = 66 | ARWU_W_year = 2020 | ARWU_W_ref = <ref name="Ghent ARWU Ranking 2020">{{cite web|url=http://www.shanghairanking.com/ARWU2020.html|title=Academic Ranking of World Universities 2020|website=ShanghaiRanking|access-date=8 January 2021|archive-date=14 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114052518/http://www.shanghairanking.com/ARWU2020.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| CWTS_W = 75 | CWTS_W_year = 2020 | CWTS_W_ref = <ref name="Ghent CWTS Ranking 2020">{{cite web|url=https://www.leidenranking.com/ranking/2020/list|title=CWTS Leiden Ranking 2020 - P(top 10%)|access-date=7 March 2021|work=CWTS Leiden Ranking}}</ref>
| CWUR_W = 118 | CWUR_W_year = 2020-21 | CWUR_W_ref = <ref name="Ghent CWUR Ranking 2020-21">{{cite web|url=https://cwur.org/2020-21.php|title=World University Rankings 2020-2021|access-date=8 January 2021|website=Center for World University Rankings}}</ref>
| QS_W = =135 | QS_W_year = 2021 | QS_W_ref = <ref name="Ghent QS Ranking 2021">{{cite web| url= https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2021|title=QS World University Rankings 2021| website= QS Top Universities |access-date=8 January 2021}}</ref>
| Reuters_W =98 | Reuters_W_year = 2019 | Reuters_W_ref =<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/innovative-universities-2019|title=Reuters World's Top 100 Innovative Universities 2019|website=Thomson Reuters|access-date=8 January 2021}}</ref>
| THE_W = =96 | THE_W_year = 2022 | THE_W_ref = <ref name="Ghent THE Ranking 2022">{{cite web|url= https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/ghent-university|title=World University Rankings 2022 - Ghent University|website=Times Higher Education |access-date=3 September 2021}}</ref>
| USNWR_W = 85 | USNWR_W_year = 2021 | USNWR_W_ref = <ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/ghent-university-506883|title=Best Global Universities 2021 - Ghent University| website= U.S. News Education|access-date=8 January 2021}}</ref>
|-
| ARWU_N = 1 | ARWU_N_year = 2020 | ARWU_N_ref = <ref name="Ghent ARWU Ranking 2020" />
| CWTS_N = 2 | CWTS_N_year = 2020 | CWTS_N_ref = <ref name="Ghent CWTS Ranking 2020" />
| CWUR_N = 2 | CWUR_N_year = 2020-21 | CWUR_N_ref = <ref name="Ghent CWUR Ranking 2020-21" />
| QS_N = 2 | QS_N_year = 2021 | QS_N_ref = <ref name="Ghent QS Ranking 2021" />
| THE_N = 2 | THE_N_year = 2021 | THE_N_ref = <ref name="Ghent THE Ranking 2021">{{cite web|url= https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/ghent-university|title=World University Rankings 2021 - Ghent University|website=Times Higher Education |access-date=8 January 2021}}</ref>
| USNWR_N = 2 | USNWR_N_year = 2021 | USNWR_N_ref = <ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/belgium|title=Best Global Universities in Belgium| website= U.S. News Education|access-date=8 January 2021}}</ref>
}}
Ghent University consistently ranks among the top 100 universities in the world, alongside the Catholic University of Leuven. In 2017, it was ranked, globally, 69th by the Academic Ranking of World Universities (or Shanghai ranking)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shanghairanking.com/World-University-Rankings/Ghent-University.html|title=Shanghai Ranking 2017 Results}}</ref> and 125th by ''QS World University Rankings''.<ref name="topuniversities.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.topuniversities.com/universities/ghent-university|title=QS Top Universities Ranking 2014–2015|date=16 July 2015}}</ref> For 2021, Ghent University has been ranked, worldwide, 85th by U.S. News & World Report<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/ghent-university-506883|title=Best Global Universities 2021}}</ref> and 96th by ''Times Higher Education''.<ref name="timeshighereducation.co.uk">{{cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/ghent-university|title=The Times Higher Education World University Rankings|date=3 September 2021|publisher=timeshighereducation.com}}</ref> The Faculty of Economics and Business Administration has also been awarded with an international [[Organization:Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business|Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business]] (AACSB) accreditation.

=== International relations ===
[[File:Universiteitsforum 2010PM 0603 21H7975.JPG|alt=|thumb|Ufo campus - university forum|left]]
[[File:Boekentoren ugent belvedere 675.jpg|thumb|UGent Boekentoren]]
The university maintains many partnerships within Belgium, across Europe, and throughout the world. 

Inside Belgium, Ghent University supports the [[Organization:Belgian Co-ordinated Collections of Micro-organisms|Belgian Co-ordinated Collections of Micro-organisms]] and the [[Organization:Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie|Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie]]. 

Within Europe, it is a member of the Santander Network, the Enlight (previously  the U4) Network, and the 3i University Network. It also participates in the Conference of European Schools for Advanced Engineering Education and Research. In addition, the university cooperates with numerous universities for the [[Social:Erasmus Programme|Erasmus]] and Erasmus Mundus programs; within the framework of the latter, it heads the International Master of Science in Rural Development and the International Master of Science in Soils and Global Change (IMSOGLO).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://imsoglo.eu/|title=Home|website=IMSOGLO|language=en-US|access-date=20 February 2019}}</ref>

Beyond Europe, Ghent University conducts exchange programs on all six continents.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ugent.be/student/nl/studeren/tijdens/bestemmingen.htm|title=Bestemmingen — Studentenportaal — Universiteit Gent|publisher=ugent.be}}</ref> Frameworks include its campus in South Korea and its 3C Partnership.

=== Associated contributions and innovations ===
Ghent University has been instrumental in the development of [[COinS]] and [[Software:Unipept|Unipept]].{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery widths="154" heights="200" perrow="5" mode="packed-hover">
File:Rommelaere Instituut 2010PM 0261 21H7267.JPG|Rommelaere Instituut
File:Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid 2010PM 1120 21H8919.JPG|Law School
File:Aula UGent.jpg|Aula Academica
File:Plantentuin 2010PM 1080 21H8867.JPG|Botanical garden
File:Technicum 2010PM 0223 21H7226.JPG|The Technicum, or Faculty of Engineering
File:Rectoraat 2010PM 0217 21H7220.JPG|Rectorate
File:Volderstraat aula UGent.jpg|Aula Academica
File:Faculteit Bio-ingenieurswetenschapppen 2010PM 0299 21H7326.JPG|Faculty of Bioengineering
File:Blandijn 2010PM 1039 21H8809.JPG|The Blandijn houses the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy
File:UGent Campus Kortrijk.png|UGent Campus in Kortrijk
File:Faculteit Psychologie UGent.JPG|Faculty of Psychology
File:Leeszaal 3.jpg|Library of the department of Architecture and Urbanism
File:Boekentoren ugent0103.jpg|Boekentoren
File:Boekentoren ugent0102.jpg|UGent Boekentoren
File:Boekentoren UGent Febr2021.jpg|The Boekentoren, designed by Henry van de Velde, is one of the most famous university buildings
File:Faculteitsbibliotheek Letteren en Wijsbegeerte UGent.jpg|Library of the Humanities Faculty
File:Museum voor Dierkunde 2010PM 0413 21H7553.JPG|Museum of Zoology
File:Anatomisch Instituut - Bijlokesite 2010PM 0778 21H8528.JPG|Institute for Anatomy
File:Rectoraatsgebouw UGent.jpg|Rectorate
File:Jozef Plateaugebouw 2021 as seen from the Jozef Plateaustraat.jpg|Faculty of Arts
</gallery>

== People ==
<gallery class="center" mode="nolines">
File:Johan Heinrich Neuman - Johan Rudolf Thorbecke.jpg|Johan Rudolf Thorbecke, statesman
File:Henry.Pirenne.Portrait.gif|Henri Pirenne, historian
File:George de Hevesy.jpg|George de Hevesy, Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry
File:Maurice Maeterlinck 2.jpg|Maurice Maeterlinck, Nobel Prize winner in Literature
File:Corneille Heymans nobel.jpg|Corneel Heymans, Nobel Prize winner in Medicine
File:Belgisch-Nederlandse studieconferentie te Helvoirt (NB). Minister M. de Riemaeck, Bestanddeelnr 920-8362.jpg|Marguerite Legot, first female government minister in Belgium
File:Yaakov Dori2.jpg|Yaakov Dori, president of the Technion, Haifa
File:Suzanne Lilar.1980s.jpg|Suzanne Lilar, feminist writer
File:Marc van Montagu and Jozef Schell.jpg|Jozef Schell (right), molecular biologist
File:Marmont675.jpg|Marc van Montagu, molecular biologist
File:Robert Cailliau On Desk.jpg|Robert Cailliau, co-inventor of the World Wide Web
File:Guy Verhofstadt EP press conference 3.jpg|Guy Verhofstadt, politician
File:Rolin-Jacquemyn.jpg|Gustave Rolin-Jaequemyns, jurist and diplomat
File:Hélène Mallebrancke (1902-1940).jpg|Hélène Mallebrancke (1902-1940) Civil engineer and Belgian Resistance member in Second World War
</gallery>

=== Notable alumni ===
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* Joseph Antoine Ferdinand Plateau (1801-1883), physicist, mathematician
* Abdoel Rivai (1871-1937), physician, journalist, the first native of the dutch east indies to obtain doctoral degree
* Leo Apostel (1925–1995), philosopher
* Leo Baekeland (1863–1944), chemist, inventor of [[Chemistry:Bakelite|Bakelite]]
* Wim Blockmans (born 1945), historian
* Thierry Bogaert, founder of DevGen
* Luc Bossyns, civil engineer
* Marc Bossuyt (born 1944), judge, professor
* Dries Buytaert (born 1978), computer scientist, founder of the [[Software:Drupal|Drupal]] [[Content management system|CMS]]
* Robert Cailliau (born 1947), co-inventor of the World Wide Web
* Luc Coene (1947–2017), economy, governor of the National Bank of Belgium (NBB)
* Marc Coucke (born 1965), co-founder of Omega Pharma
* Franz Cumont (1868–1947), historian
* {{Interlanguage link multi|Jean Daskalidès|nl}} (1922–1992), gynecologist, best known as chocolate maker of the brands Leonidas and Daskalidès.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ugentmemorie.be/personen/daskalides-jean-1922-1992 |title=Daskalidès, Jean (1922–1992) &#124; UGentMemorie |publisher=Ugentmemorie.be |date= 16 August 2010|access-date=15 October 2013}}</ref>
* Bert De Graeve (born 1955), law, businessman
* Michel de Kemmeter, author and researcher in human sustainable development
* Arnoud De Meyer (presently) director of Judge Business School of the University of Cambridge
* Martin De Prycker (born 1955), engineer
* Bertha De Vriese (1877–1958), first woman to enroll and graduate as a physician
* Wim De Waele, economy and computer science, director of the IBBT
* Catherine de Zegher (born 1955), international curator, art critic, and art historian
* Rudy Dekeyser, molecular biologist, assistant director of the [[Organization:Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie|VIB]]
* Bart Deplancke (born 1975), professor at [[Organization:École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne|École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne]]
* Martin Dobelle (1906–1986), veteran orthopedic surgeon
* Yaakov Dori (1899–1973), first chief of staff of the Israeli Defense Forces, president of the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
* Paul Fredericq (1850–1920), historian
* Walter Fiers (1931–2019), molecular biologist
* [[Biography:Leopold Flam|Leopold Flam]] (1912–1995), historian, philosopher
* Dirk Frimout (born 1941), physicist, astronaut
* Derrick Gosselin (born 1956), engineer, economist, business manager
* Joseph Guislain (1797–1860), physiologist and psychiatrist
* Jacques-Joseph Haus (1796–1881), jurist
* Lucienne Herman-Michielsens (1926–1995), law, politician
* Philippe Herreweghe (born 1947), doctor, psychiatrist, orchestra conductor
* [[Biography:Corneille Heymans|Corneille Heymans]] (1892–1968), physiologist (Nobel prize winner)
* Jan Hoet, (1936–2014), art historian, museum director, founding director of the SMAK
* Mark Janse (born 1959), classicist and linguist
* Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz (1829–1896), chemist
* Jaap Kruithof (1929–2009), philosopher
* Tom Lanoye (born 1958), philologist, writer
* François Laurent (1810–1887), jurist
* Marguerite Legot (1913–1977), jurist, first Belgian woman to serve as a government minister
* Yves Leterme (born 1960), prime minister of Belgium
* Emma Leclercq (1851–1933), cell biologist
* Herman Liebaers (1919–2010), writer, former Marschal of the Royal Household.
* [[Biography:Suzanne Lilar|Suzanne Lilar]] (born Suzanne Verbist) (1901–1992), philosopher, jurist, essayist, novelist
* Julius Mac Leod (1857–1919), botanist
* Maurice Maeterlinck (1862–1949), jurist, writer (Nobel prize winner)
* Hélène Mallebrancke (1902–1940), first female Belgian civil engineer to graduate from the University of Ghent, Resistance member in Second World War
* [[Biography:Paul Mansion|Paul Mansion]] (1844–1919), mathematician
* Rudi Mariën, pharmacy, chairman of Innogenetics
* Gerard Mortier (1943–2014), artistic director
* Roland Peelman, conductor and musical director
* [[Biography:Jean-Pierre Nuel|Jean-Pierre Nuel]] (1847–1920), physiologist
* Peter Piot (born 1949), doctor, assistant secretary-general of the {{wipe|United Nations}}
* Henri Pirenne (1862–1935), historian
* Karel Poma (1920–2014), chemist and politician
* Ockert Potgieter (1965-2021), missionary and film director
* [[Biography:Adolphe Quetelet|Adolphe Quetelet]] (1796–1874), statistician
* Godfried-Willem Raes (born 1952), composer, performer and instrument maker
* Jacques Rogge (1942–2021), doctor, president of the International Olympic Committee
* Gustave Rolin-Jaequemyns (1835–1902), jurist, diplomat and cofounder of the Institut de droit international
* [[Biography:George Sarton|George Sarton]] (1884-1956), chemist and historian of science
* Jozef Schell (1935–2003), molecular biologist
* Ferdinand Augustijn Snellaert (1809–1872), physician and writer
* Imre Takács, environmental engineer and process engineer
* Luc Van den Bossche (born 1947), law, politician
* Guido van Gheluwe (1926–2014), jurist and founder of the Orde van den Prince
* Herman Vanderpoorten (1922–1984), politician
* Hugo Van Heuverswyn (born 1948) chemist, biotech pioneer and businessman
* Ann Van Gysel, zoology
* Dirk Van de Put, businessman, incoming CEO of Mondelez International
* Karel van de Woestijne (1878–1929), writer
* Henry van de Velde (1863–1957), architect
* Alexander Van Dijck, pioneer in rare diseases
* Prudens van Duyse (1804–1859), writer
* Paul van Geert (born 1950), psychologist
* Marc Van Montagu (born 1933), biotech pioneer
* Désiré van Monckhoven (1934–1882), physicist
* Jules Van Praet (1806–1887), statesman
* Willy van Ryckeghem (born 1935), economist
* Piet Vanthemsche (born 1955), veterinary surgeon
* Daniel Varoujan (1884–1915), Armenian poet
* Guy Verhofstadt (born 1953), former prime minister of Belgium, liberal European politician
* Dirk Verhofstadt (born 1955), publisher
* [[Biography:Etienne Vermeersch|Etienne Vermeersch]] (1934–2019), philosopher
* Katrien Vermeire (born 1979), artist
* Swen Vincke (born 1972), video game director and founder of [[Company:Larian Studios|Larian Studios]]
* André Vlerick (1919–1990), economy
* Emile Waxweiler (1867–1916), engineer and sociologist
* Marc Zabeau (born 1949), zoology
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=== Notable faculty ===
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* S.N. Balagangadhara (born 1952), comparative science of cultures
* [[Biography:George de Hevesy|George de Hevesy]] (1885–1966), Nobel Prize winner, Chemistry
* François Laurent (1810–1887), historian and jurisconsult
* Jan De Maeseneer (born 1952), medicine, family medicine
* Georges De Moor (born 1953), medicine, medical informatics
* Walter Fiers (1931-2019), molecular biologist
* [[Biography:Corneille Heymans|Corneille Heymans]] (1892–1968), physiologist (Nobel prize winner)
* [[Biography:Joseph Plateau|Joseph Plateau]] (1801–1883), physicist
* [[Biography:Xavier Saelens|Xavier Saelens]] (born 1965), biotechnology
* Jeff Schell (1935–2003), biotech pioneer
* [[Biography:Erwin Schrödinger|Erwin Schrödinger]] (1887–1961), physicist (Nobel Prize winner),  visiting scholar
* Johan Rudolf Thorbecke (1798–1872), statesman
* Marc Van Montagu (born 1933), biotech pioneer
* August Vermeylen (1872–1945), author, art historian, statesman
* [[Biography:Adolf von Baeyer|Adolf von Baeyer]] (1835–1917), chemist (Nobel prize winner), visiting scholar
* [[Biography:August Kekulé|August Kekulé]] (1829–1896), chemist
* Victor D'Hondt (1841–1901), lawyer and jurist, known for D'Hondt method

===Rectors===
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* 1817–1818: Jean Charles Van Rotterdam
* 1819–1820: Jean Baptiste Hellebaut
* 1821–1822: François Egide Verbeeck
* 1822–1823: Jean Guillaume Garnier
* 1823–1824: Pierre De Ryckere
* 1824–1825: Louis Vincent Raoul
* 1825–1826: Jacques Louis Kesteloot
* 1826–1827: Jean Charles Hauff
* 1827–1828: Jacques Joseph Haus
* 1828–1829: Pierre Lammens
* 1830–1831: Jacques Van Breda
* 1831–1832: Leopold Auguste Warnkoenig
* 1832–1833: François Verbeeck
* 1833–1834: Jacques Joseph Haus
* 1834–1835: Jacques Louis Kesteloot
* 1835–1838: Jacques Joseph Haus
* 1838–1839: Philippe Auguste De Rote
* 1840–1841: Jean Timmermans
* 1841–1842: Josephus Nelis
* 1842–1843: Georg Wilhelm Rassmann
* 1843–1844: Charles Van Coetsem
* 1844–1845: Marie-Charles Margerin
* 1845–1846: Jean-Baptiste Minne-Barth
* 1846–1847: Joseph Roulez
* 1847–1848: François Verbeeck
* 1848–1852: Eloi Manderlier
* 1855–1857: Constant-Philippe Serrure
* 1857–1864: Joseph Roulez
* 1864–1867: Jacques Joseph Haus
* 1870–1873: Joseph Jean Fuerison
* 1885–1887: Jean-Jacques Kickx
* 1887–1891: Gustave Wolters
* 1891–1894: Adhémar Motte
* 1894–1897: Charles Van Cauwenberghe
* 1897–1900: Polynice Van Wetter
* 1906–1909: Hector Leboucq
* 1912–1915: Henri Schoentjes
* 1916–1918: Pierre Hoffmann
* 1918–1919: Henri Schoentjes
* 1919–1921: Henri Pirenne
* 1921–1923: Eugène Eeman
* 1923–1924: Jean-François Heymans
* 1927–1929: Camille De Bruyne
* 1930–1933: August Vermeylen
* 1938–1939: Jean Haesaert
* 1939–1941: René Goubau
* 2001–2005: Andreas De Leenheer
* 2005–2013: Paul Van Cauwenberge
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===Recipients of honorary doctorates===
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* J. G. ten Houten, Wageningen Agricultural University, Agricultural Sciences
* Mary Beard, [[Organization:University of Cambridge|University of Cambridge]], Classics (2021)
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== See also ==
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* {{Interlanguage link multi|Associatie Universiteit Gent|nl}}
* [[Organization:Belgian Co-ordinated Collections of Micro-organisms|Belgian Co-ordinated Collections of Micro-organisms]] (BCCM)
* [[Organization:Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie|Flanders Interuniversity Institute of Biotechnology]] (VIB)
* Ghent Bio-Energy Valley
* Ghent University Hospital (UZ Gent)
* Ghent University Museum (GUM)
* Greenbridge science park
* Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre (IMEC)
* Open access in Belgium
* Science and technology in Flanders
* University Foundation
* Zwijnaarde science park
* [[Organization:List of modern universities in Europe (1801–1945)|List of modern universities in Europe (1801–1945)]]
* [[Organization:List of universities in Belgium|List of universities in Belgium]]
* List of Jesuit sites

== Notes and references ==
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==External links==

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