Challenges and opportunities at Ghent University Global Campus

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Ghent University was the first European university to start a campus on the Incheon Global Campus in South Korea.

The campus focuses on life sciences and offers three bachelor's programmes: Environmental Technology, Science in Food Technology and Molecular Biotechnology.

Education director Stephen Depuydt and flying faculty professor Korneel Rabaey talk about the challenges and opportunities of the Ghent University Global Campus.

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