Ghent University

Continente:: Europe
Country:: Belgium
Address:: Ghent University, Campus Ufo, Rectorate, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 25, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
Web Site:: www.ugent.be

About Ghent University:

Ghent University is a public research universitylocated in Ghent, Belgium. It was established in 1817 by King William I of the Netherlands. After the Belgian revolution of 1830, the newly formed Belgian state began to administer the university. In 1930, it became the first Dutch-speaking university in Belgium, whereas French had previously been the standard academic language. In 1991, the university was granted major autonomy and changed its name accordingly from State University of Ghent to its current designation. Ghent University consists of eleven Faculties with over 130 individual departments. In addition, the university maintains the Zwijnaarde science park and Greenbridge science park. Ghent University is one of the biggest Flemish universities. The University also supports the University Library and the University Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals in Belgium.

World University Rankings

	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
World University Rankings	130	124	114	98	89	81	78	76	75	72	65	65	70	77	76	84	75

By Fields

Field	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Agriculture	19	15	10	12	14	8	6	5	6	7	8	9	12	9	20	14
Engineering	129	88	91	96	101	99	103	106	124	99	98	129	142	146	162	234
Life Sciences	115	102	65	69	70	66	73	72	61	72	72	74	71	71	94	73
Medicine	144	139	115	106	112	116	109	107	104	97	94	93	94	110	119	109
Natural Sciences	183	190	167	142	107	125	118	102	119	93	104	104	116	122	164	107
Social Sciences	156	173	144	137	94	73	75	70	70	58	59	67	63	62	77	64

By Subjects

Subject	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Agricultural Sciences	19	14	6	5	5	5	6	6	12	15	15	21	19
Biology & Biochemistry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	71	61	-	80	65
Chemistry	174	146	144	142	132	121	106	109	125	129	128	156	203
Chemical Engineering	92	102	84	79	83	93	74	95	96	156	128	114	135
Civil Engineering	26	34	34	30	29	34	28	41	45	48	60	62	57
Clinical Medicine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	96	97	114	125	113
Computer Science	42	59	45	44	61	65	56	74	113	102	118	166	176
Economics & Business	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	97	90	-	140	105
Electrical Engineering	96	68	77	78	71	86	115	106	125	133	144	142	184
Environment / Ecology	56	62	67	58	56	44	40	47	50	52	-	60	56
Geosciences	92	98	99	118	108	130	123	111	105	94	-	115	89
Immunology	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	39	38	-	55	39
Materials Science	195	203	149	157	159	169	164	161	157	136	153	156	172
Mathematics	63	101	89	116	194	162	129	120	139	152	206	286	135
Mechanical Engineering	148	257	175	175	140	184	180	120	142	135	149	124	134
Microbiology	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	32	35	-	-	52
Molecular Biology & Genetics	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	85	87	-	115	85
Neuroscience & Behavior	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	156	159	-	155	126
Pharmacology & Toxicolog	-	78	98	87	69	64	64	61	58	60	70	101	76
Physics	216	172	165	156	162	161	156	176	147	139	156	172	154
Plant & Animal Science	6	4	4	4	3	3	4	5	4	5	3	7	8
Psychiatry / Psychology	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	54	66	-	81	65
Social Sciences, General	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	57	58	61	69	60
Space Science	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	187	180	-	225	196
Energy Science & Engineering	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	196	176	167
Environmental Science & Engineering	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	55	65	88
Biomedical Engineering	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	109	-