Ghent University

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Ghent University
Universiteit Gent
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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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 ').

The Boekentoren, designed by Henry van de Velde, is one of the most famous university buildings
The Boekentoren, designed by Henry van de Velde, is one of the most famous university buildings

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