At Ghent University, we strive to educate people who dare to think about the challenges of tomorrow. For that purpose, we provide education that is embedded in six strategic objectives: Think Broadly, Keep Researching, Cultivate Talent, Contribute, Extend Horizons, Opt for Quality.
Ghent University continuously focuses on quality assurance and quality culture. The Ghent University's quality assurance system offers information on each study programme’s unique selling points, and on its strengths and weaknesses with regard to quality assurance.

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Ghent University's Education Objectives

Quality Assurance at Ghent University

1. Multiperspectivism: We train our students into becoming engineers with both technical and academic-scientific knowledge, theoretical as well as practical skills and attitudes, a broad polyvalent base (first and second year) and a clear specialization (third and fourth year).

2. Profile: In the third-year and fourth-year curriculum, we focus on specific key aspects based on our own on-campus research and long-standing collaboration with the industry.
3. Talent Development: We aim to strengthen our students’ knowledge of specific technical-scientific matters, while also focusing on those generic skills that are indispensable for future engineers, like communication and project management. In addition, we also cover aspects of economics, sustainability and safety during projects.
4. Integration of theory and practice: Our curriculum contains many hours of tutorials and practicals, during which we apply the theoretical knowledge covered in the lectures.

1. Curriculum: We have recently implemented a thorough curricular review, including clearly defined learning pathways of increasing complexity.
2. Dedicated team of lecturers: Our programme boasts a team of highly motivated and approachable lecturers.
3. Interdependence of education, research and the industry. At Ardoyen Campus we have at our disposal a number of state-of-the-art laboratories in which our students, lecturers and industrial partners can collaborate closely for the purpose of optimal knowledge and expertise sharing.
4. Electives:We offer a wide range of electives, allowing students to specialize according to their own interests.
5. Stakeholder Involvement: We involve the professional field through an industrial advisory board. Our lecturers each have personal contacts with the industry. The Programme Committee ensures an open dialogue with its lecturers and student representatives. Our student representatives are our first point of contact to keep abreast of what is going on in the larger student group, and to make adjustments if necessary.

1. Quality Culture:Quality monitoring and promotion is the responsibility of the entire study programme and is integrated into the Programme Committee’s day-to-day business. Ghent University’s quality cycle, including the Study Programme Feedback by Students as yardstick, are our guiding principles in this matter. In so doing, we determine specific acts in our annual quality improvement plan.
2. Internationalization:There is room for improvement when it comes to student and staff mobility. The opportunities to spend a term abroad are currently rather limited. We work towards an integration of various I@H opportunities in the curriculum.
3. Student Involvement: We offer our students ample opportunities to express their concerns and to help optimize our programme on a continuous basis. In addition, it is important for the study programme to work together with the student representatives to inform the broader student group of important decisions related to the programme and its quality assurance.ng;
4. International Programme Review: We want to broaden the external perspective on our programme by consulting with comparable (international) study programmes. The involvement of a broad range of external perspectives at home and abroad in shaping and organizing our curriculum is an undeniable asset. We can count on the various international contacts of our lecturers.
5. Assessment: Clear information on the form and contents of assessments is highly important. While studying for the exams, students must know clearly what we expect of them. In addition, we need to provide sufficient feedback in the context of continuous as well as end-of-term assessment.

This study programme is accredited by the Accreditation Organization of the Netherlands and Flanders (Dutch: NVAO). Accreditation was extended following the positive outcome of the institutional review in 2022. Programme quality was validated by a quality review, i.e. a screening of the Education Monitor by the Education Quality Board. The Quality Assurance Resolution (in Dutch) can be found here.

This information was last updated on 14/02/2023.
In case of questions or suggestions with regard to the publicly available information, please contact the study programme.