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About us.

It is with great pleasure that we welcome you to HOGENT! As a foreign student you bring with you your cultural traditions, perspectives and contacts. We are sure that your contributions will enrich our learning environment. We are situated in Flanders’ most popular student city Ghent, also known as Europe’s best kept secret and the most authentic historic city in the world. Every year, Ghent attracts 70,000 students for higher education studies, which effectively makes it the higher education capital of Flanders. Welcome to what we trust will be an exciting time at our institution!

Best regards

Koen Goethals
Rector 

About us.

HOGENT strives to excel in education, research, service provision and practice of the arts. Through the expertise of its staff and graduates and the valorisation of its research, HOGENT is making a valuable contribution to a critical, creative and open society.

HOGENT's mission is reflected in its student mobility, its guaranteed transparent use of ECTS, encouragement of active staff mobility, the support of international educational projects and international institutional cooperation through internationalisation of curricula and internationalisation at home.

HOGENT wishes

  • to strengthen the interaction between its professional and academic courses
  • to be a decisive democratic organisation
  • to act as a learning organisation with an international identity
  • to strengthen its position as a regional and international partner
  • to perpetuate the practically-oriented nature of its courses
  • to further increase the quantity and quality of its research
  • to facilitate the transfer of students and the intake of new students
  • to cooperate structurally with the relevant social, economic and cultural parties
  • to achieve active pluralism on an ethical and social level

Our international office is a central unit which encourages, informs, counsels and supports HOGENT in its endeavours to shape this objective. This international orientation is highlighted even more by our participation in Ghent University Association, which strives for an international mindset. This partnership enables us to reshape our European and international policy by taking into account the priorities set by the European Community.

HOGENT is also a full partner of the U!REKA European University. This European University Alliance - with 6 full partners and 26 associate partners - aims to establish a long-term strategic and structural collaboration to integrate the partner universities’ education and research activities and to educate and empower the European professionals of tomorrow.

As a European University, U!REKA wants to contribute to the EU's mission for Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities and collaborates to establish a sustainable inter-university campus, become a lighthouse for challenge-based and collaborative learning and innovation, and shape future-proof urban professionals who will accelerate the transition towards climate-neutral and smart cities.

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Schools

HOGENT consists of eight Schools.

  • School of Teacher Training
  • School of Healthcare
  • School of Social Welfare
  • School of Built Environment
  • School of IT and Digital Innovation
  • School of Business and Management
  • School of Bioscience and Industrial Technology
  • School of Arts

Schools

HOGENT consists of eight Schools.

  • School of Teacher Training
  • School of Healthcare
  • School of Social Welfare
  • School of Built Environment
  • School of IT and Digital Innovation
  • School of Business and Management
  • School of Bioscience and Industrial Technology
  • School of Arts

Working at HOGENT.

The core objectives of our HR policy are providing ample space for talent, investing in professionalism and excellence, and offering an ideal breeding ground for research, service, and high-quality education. Therefore, HOGENT pays attention to the integration of new employees and to offering careers with development opportunities, continuing training, etc. We attach great importance to the well-being of all HOGENT staff members, because a job is more than just work.

At HOGENT, we shape the future through high-quality education, innovative research, and community service. All this requires individuals with various qualities. Indeed, those who want to make a difference and dedicate themselves to serving society will find a wide range of opportunities at HOGENT.

Working at HOGENT means choosing a challenging and varied job in a pleasant work environment. Our entrepreneurial HOGENT staff members create opportunities, take initiative, work towards goals, push boundaries, and contribute to innovation and sustainable solutions that enhance quality of life. While HOGENT staff members come from a wide variety of backgrounds and communities, they share some important goals and visions for the institution. HOGENT aims to reflect the society it serves as effectively as possible and is as diverse as the public it works for. Therefore, candidates are selected based on their qualities and skills, regardless of gender, origin, or disabilities.

Excellence in Research

HOGENT aims to offer a stimulating, attractive working environment for every researcher. They are part of the HOGENT community of unique people where everyone can be themselves and have a place. For research, the great diversity in personnel creates opportunities. Researchers within HOGENT collaborate intensively across disciplinary boundaries and tackle challenges from professional practice and society in a systemic and co-creational way. 

To emphasize the importance of research for the study programs and the social role to which the UAS commits itself, HOGENT drew up an 'HR strategy for researchers'. Based on this, HOGENT was awarded in 2017 with the HR Excellence in Research Award. This recognition shows that the institution ensures a favorable working environment for researchers. For this, HOGENT is guided by the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers and applying the principles of Open, Transparent & Merit-based Recruitment. HOGENT also relies on its own principles of an appreciative staff policy. 
 

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Have any questions?
Feel free to contact us.

Registered Office

HOGENT
Geraard de Duivelstraat 5
9000 Gent
+32 9 243 33 33
info@hogent.be

Finances, grants, etc.
(no exchange grants)

Overwale 42
9000 Gent
zorg@hogent.be
+32 9 243 37 38

Student Council

Valentin Vaerwyckweg 1
9000 Gent
D building, office 0.07
studentenraad@hogent.be

Accommodation

Overwale 42
9000 Gent
accommodation@hogent.be
+32 9 243 37 38

Catering

Overwale 42
9000 Gent
catering@hogent.be

Sports

Sint-Denijslaan 251
9000 Gent
sport@hogent.be

International Office

Campus Schoonmeersen

Building D0.002
Valentin Vaerwyckweg 1
9000 Gent

  • Incoming students
    Ms Fien Moerman
    Ms Katrien Van Acker

    Exchange students:
    incoming@hogent.be

    Degree students:
    admission@hogent.be
     
  • Outgoing students
    Ms Marian De Baets
    Ms Nathalie De Bie
    Mr Johan Verhaeven
    outgoing@hogent.be
     
  • Projects, partnerships and programs
    Ms Kathleen Van Heule
    Ms Nausikaä Lagrou
    Mr Pieter Rondelez
    Ms Nathalie De Bie
    international@hogent.be
     
  • Head of International Office
    Liesbeth Van Heck

HOGENT is spread over campuses in Ghent, Aalst, Melle, Dendermonde, Lokeren en Bottelare. Click on the campus names below for the addresses and a map.

Address

Arbeidstraat 14
9300 Aalst
+32 9 243 38 00

Address

Louis Pasteurlaan 2
9000 Gent
+32 9 243 36 00

Address

Begijnhoflaan 1
9200 Dendermonde

Address

Hoogpoort 64
9000 Gent
+32 9 243 20 18

Address

K.L. Ledeganckstraat 8
9000 Gent
+32 9 243 30 00


Address

Groendreef 31
Brouwerijstraat 5
9160 Lokeren

Address

Brusselsesteenweg 161
9090 Melle
+32 9 243 28 00

Address

Henleykaai 84
9000 Gent
+32 9 243 20 16

Address

V. Vaerwyckweg 1 (auto, post)
Voskenslaan 270
9000 Gent
+32 9 243 20 04

Address

Keramiekstraat 80
9000 Gent
+32 9 243 20 09

Address

Diepestraat 1
9820 Bottelare
+32 9 243 24 01

Address

Geraard de Duivelstraat 5
9000 Gent
+32 9 243 33 33

Address

Buchtenstraat 11
9051 Gent
+32 9 243 27 84

Address

Sint-Denijslaan 251
9000 Gent
+32 9 243 37 50