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 and multidisciplinarity: Our graduates are independent professionals, who have learnt to work in a team in the context of various integration course units. We teach our students the necessary skills to work in an innovative and practice-oriented manner.
2. An academic and practice-oriented focus: our students receive a thorough theoretical knowledge and learn to experiment in well-equipped and recently renovated lab settings.
3. Thanks to the company work placement, and the Master’s dissertation (often in collaboration with companies) and company visits, our study programme is embedded strongly in the professional field. Our students have various opportunities to come into contact with the latest developments in the industry.
4. Future-proof: the Master of Science in Bioindustrial Sciences: Circular Bioprocessing Technology delivers versatile and highly employable graduates. They find their way into the industry of the future, which is based on circularity in food as well as non-food applications.
5. Curriculum: One-third of the Master’s curriculum is devoted to the Master's dissertation and the work placement. This allows for various international exchange opportunities.

1. Prior education: our Master’s programme is a continuation of the Bachelor of Science in Bioindustrial Sciences, which means that our students come to us well-prepared.
2. Education based on research relevant to the industry: opting for our study programme equals opting for premium-quality education based on industrial and practice-oriented academic research. There is a strong link between the course units in our curriculum, our lecturers’ research expertise, and the needs of the (local) industry.
3. Balancing theory and practice: the course units in our curriculum have a significant practical component (lab work, company visits, group assignments). Students work in small groups in modern and recently renovated labs and infrastructure.
4. Our dedicated team of lecturers are especially motivated to offer their students education of the highest possible quality. Our lecturers offer our students a high degree of flexibility to run their teaching and assessment practice as smoothly as possible.
5. Approachability: we are a small, practice-oriented study programme and focus on immediate and intensive personal contact between our lecturers and students.

1. We offer an entirely new Bachelor’s and Master’s curriculum: the first alumni graduated in June 2022. Based on feedback from that first alumni cohort we will review our curriculum.
2. Feedback and feed-forward were identified as important elements at the launch of the Bachelor's programme. That is why we will monitor that adequate feedback is available in the Master’s programme.