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Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

GHENT UNIVERSITY

Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION

Rector and vice-rector

rector: Anne De Paepe

vice-rector: Freddy Mortier

Central management bodies

Management Committee
Executive committee
Board of Directors

Faculties

11 faculties
headed by the dean and the faculty board

Central administration

8 departments
steered by the executive directors

Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

11 FACULTIES 32000 STUDENTS

Arts & Philosophy

Law
Sciences
Medicine
Applied Sciences
Economics & Business Administration
Veterinary Medicine
Psychology & Pedagogical Sciences
BIOSCIENCE ENGINEERING : 1750
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Political and Social Sciences

Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

FACULTY OF BIOSCIENCE ENGINEERING

Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

Faculty History
Founded October 20th,
1920
De Vlaamse
Landbouwhogeschool
Gent

Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

FACULTY HISTORY
1920: Ghent Agricultural College (Ministry of Agriculture)
1933: College transferred to Ministry of Education
1969: affiliation with UGent Faculty of Agriculture
1992: Faculty of Agricultural and Applied Biological Sciences
2004: Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
2010: 90th anniversary
2013: Integration master programs HoGent and HoWest
Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

ORGANISATION OF THE FACULTY

16 Departments

Agricultural Economics

Plant Production
Crop Protection
Forest and Water Management
Biosystems Engineering
Biochemical & Microbial Technology
Food Safety and Food Quality
Applied Analytical and Physical Chemistry
Applied Ecology and Environmental Biology
Applied Mathematics, Biometric and Process Control
Organic Chemistry
Soil Management & Soil Care
Animal Production
Molecular Biotechnology
Applied biosciences
Industrial biological sciences

Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

FACULTY BOARD AND COMMITTEES

Faculty Committees :
Education Committees
PhD Committee
Education Control Quality Unit Committee
Building Committee
Library Committee
PR & Communications Committee
Internationalisation Committee
CommitScientific Research Committee
Give advice
tees
Policy Plan Commitee
Biosafety Committee
Environment, Safety and Hygiene Committee
Financial Distribution Committee
Promotion Tenured Academic Staff Committee
Sidelines Commitee
Power Delegation Commitee
Deparmental Commitees

Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

- Decisions
Deans
Collects advices
Office

Faculty - Advices to
Board
central

mangement

Personnel
Number of full-time staff-members
operational funding
UGent

TOTAAL

ZAP (Tenured Academic

Staff)

60

AAP (Assisting
Academic Staff)

87

ATP (Administrative &

Technical Staff )

106
= 253

Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

Non-operational funding UGent

TOTAAL

AAP/WP (Other Scientific Staff)

322

ATP (Administrative & Technical

Staff )

68

= 390

Research

Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

RESEARCH
Research at FBE, supported by ZAP and ATP, by
assisting academic staff, doctoral students and Postdocs
Core disciplines
Supported on a facultary level by the commission of
scientific research.

Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

Evolution Doctoral Degrees

100

95

90
80

75

74

70
60

61

60

54

50
40
30
20
10
0
2007

2008

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2009

2010

2011

2012

Evolution A1 publications
700

600

500

477
419

425

2005

2006

591

579

2009

2010

637

627

2011

2012

506

400
337
300

200

100

2004

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2007

2008

Research profile Faculty of Bioscience Engineering (1998-2007)

10 research areas with the largest

number of A1-publications at FBE:
Environmental sciences
Organic Chemistry
Food Science & Technology
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Plant Sciences
Soil Science
Microbiology
Zoology
Water Resources
Environmental Engineering

Bron: CWTS-studie, februari 2009 + aanvullende nota

Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

Common facultary research areas

Sustainable production
Food and health
Renewable energy and renewable raw
materials
Environmental Technology
Climate change
Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

EDUCATION

Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

Number of students

Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

GENERAL STRUCTURE OF STUDIES

Bachelor of Bioscience Engineering (3 years / Dutch)

7 Masters in Bioscience Engineering

(2 years / Dutch)

6 Other Master Programmes

(2 years / English)

Master of Environmental Sanitation

(1 year / Dutch)
PhD in Applied Biological Sciences

Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

BACHELOR OF BIOSCIENCE ENGINEERING

3 years of study / 180 ECTS
Admission: secondary school leaving certificate
Language = Dutch
5 options:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Agricultural Sciences
Cell and Gene Biotechnology
Land and Forest Management
Chemistry and Food Technology
Environmental Technology

Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

MASTER OF BIOSCIENCE ENGINEERING

1. Chemistry and Bioprocess Technology
2. Food Science and Nutrition
3. Agricultural Sciences
4. Soil and Water Management
5. Forest and Nature Management
6. Cell and Gene Biotechnology
7. Environmental Technology

Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

MASTER OF BIOSCIENCE ENGINEERING

Subsequent Master programmes

1year
Master of Environmental Sanitation and Management (Dutch)
Technology for Integrated Water Management (English)

Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

ENGLISH MASTER PROGRAMMES

2 years of study / English

1. Nutrition and Rural Development

2. Rural Development (Erasmus Mundus / Atlantis)
3. Food Technology
4. Aquaculture
5. Environmental Sanitation
6.Physical Land Resources

Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

Corporate relations

Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

Corporate relations

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Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

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