Ghent University Global Campus

Since 2014, Ghent University has a campus in South Korea offering three bachelor programs with a focus on life sciences. The Ghent University Global Campus is also a research hub for Ghent University in the region.

Welcome to Ghent University… in South Korea

GUGC

A fully-fledged university campus on the other side of the world with a sign at the entrance: ‘Ghent University’. In addition to campuses in Ghent, Merelbeke, Melle, Bruges, Ostend and Kortrijk, Ghent University even has one in ... South Korea. Professor Wesley De Neve has been teaching Korean Ghent University students there for years and also conducts research there.

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“Students here address their lecturers far more directly, we’re just not used to doing things like that in South Korea”

Solha

All students from Ghent University Global Campus (GUGC) in Incheon, South Korea come to the so-called Home Campus in Ghent for one semester during their study programme. Solha Kang and Eunhey Choi both just finished their exams and are about to return home. We managed to catch up with them right before they hopped on the plane to discuss what they thought of their stay in Belgium.

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