Ghent University

Ghent University is a Belgian public research university in Ghent. The institution was formed in 1817 by Dutch King William I, when the province was absorbed into the United Kingdom of the Netherlands following the fall of the First French Empire. Along with Ghent University, he built two more universities in the southern provinces in the same year: University of Liège and State University of Leuven.

Following the 1830 Belgian revolution, the newly constituted Belgian state took over administration of Ghent University. In 1930, UGent became Belgium's first Dutch-language university. Previously, the standard academic language at the Université de Gand was French (and, even previously, Latin).It received considerable autonomy in 1991 and changed its name from State University of Ghent (Dutch: Rijksuniversiteit Gent, abbreviated as RUG) to its current name.

Ghent, located in Flanders, is one of Belgium's largest universities, with 44,000 students and 9,000 employees. The Ghent Institution Library (containing the famed Boekentoren) and the Ghent University Hospital, one of Belgium's largest hospitals, are both supported by the university. It is one of the most well-funded projects of the Flemish Research Council.

UGent is a research-intensive and socially conscious university that consistently ranks among the world's top 100 universities.

• QS Ranking 2022: 141
  
• THE Ranking 2022: 96
  
• ARWU Ranking 2021: 71

Established: 1817
Location:Ghent, Belgium
Website:www.ugent.be