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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Welcome to Ghent University… in South Korea
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.
Victer went to the Ghent University campus in South Korea and this is what struck him
As a student at Ghent University you have many opportunities to complete part of your studies abroad. But one option clearly stands out: an exchange to a Ghent University campus... in South Korea.
What does a student from South Korea think about Ghent?
Every academic year, a whole group of Ghent University Global Campus students from South Korea come to Ghent to take classes here for a full semester. Eunji Jang (24) is one of them.
The great unknown: studying at Ghent University in South Korea
Studying abroad is always an adventure. Student biochemistry and biotechnology Simon Knockaert felt more than at home on the Ghent University Global Campus in South Korea, 9,000 kilometres from Ghent.
