1. Faculty of Bioscience Engineering Hilde Vandecasteele – 23 June 2009 www.ugent.be

2. Faculty of Bioscience Engineering Hilde Vandecasteele – 23 June 2009 EDUCATION IN BELGIUM = FEDERATED MATTER Federal State: decides on the start and end of compulsory education, the minimum conditions for obtaining a diploma and the education staff pensions Communities: all other competences related to education

3. Faculty of Bioscience Engineering Hilde Vandecasteele – 23 June 2009 11 FACULTIES – 32 000 STUDENTS − Arts & Philosophy − Law − Sciences − Medicine − Applied Sciences − Economics & Business Administration − Veterinary Medicine − Psychology & Pedagogical Sciences − BIOSCIENCE ENGINEERING : 1750 www.fbw.ugent.be − Pharmaceutical Sciences − Political and Social Sciences

4. Faculty of Bioscience Engineering Hilde Vandecasteele – 23 June 2009 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 1 Postgraduate Studies in Technology for Integrated Water Management

5. Faculty of Bioscience Engineering Hilde Vandecasteele – 23 June 2009 MASTER OF BIOSCIENCE ENGINEERING from 2007-08 2 years of study / Dutch 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

6. Faculty of Bioscience Engineering Hilde Vandecasteele – 23 June 2009 GENERAL STRUCTURE OF MASTER STUDIES 1.Compulsory programme containing required advanced courses (50-60 ECTS) 2.Optional courses within the master (to be chosen from list) (20-30 ECTS) 3.Free optional courses (10 ECTS) 4.Master thesis (30 ECTS)

7. Faculty of Bioscience Engineering Hilde Vandecasteele – 23 June 2009 OTHER MASTER PROGRAMMES from 2007-08 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. Environmental Sanitation and Management (1 year / Dutch)] 7. Physical Land Resources

8. Faculty of Bioscience Engineering Hilde Vandecasteele – 23 June 2009 ACADEMIC CALENDAR 2 SEMESTERS OF 12 LECTURE WEEKS + EXAMINATION PERIOD OF +- 1 MONTH 2008-09: FIRST SEMESTER Start of the lectures: 22 September 2008 End of the lecture period: 20 December 2008 Examination period: 5 – 31 January 2009 2008-2009: SECOND SEMESTER Start of the lectures: 9 February 2009 End of the lecture period: 23 May 2009 Examination period: 25 May 2009 - 4 July 2009 (Second examination period): 17 August 2009 - 12 September 2009

9. Faculty of Bioscience Engineering Hilde Vandecasteele – 23 June 2009 contact Ghent University: www.ugent.be FBE: www.fbw.ugent.be Hilde.Vandecasteele@UGent.be