UGent.be:比利時根特公立大學是比利時國內一所綜合性著名大學，成立於1817年;該校擁有11所學院，11個系，150個專業。佛蘭德區唯一的諾貝爾醫學獎獲得者就在此大學。

根特公立大學學生總數約爲20500人，包括1300名來自107個國家的外國學生。其中18000名爲一、二年級學生，而包括800名研究人員、500名博士生在內的人則爲三年級學生。學術研究人才包括583名獨立學術研究員、423名助理研究員和1500名其他研究員。

根特市在16世紀是西北歐僅次於巴黎的最強盛的城市，大街小巷都散佈着古老的遺蹟。每年在此舉行的世界著名的弗蘭德斯技術展爲世人提供了一個觀賞弗蘭德斯工業與大學生技術發展的機會。根特還是一個音樂和的重要主辦城市。大學校園散佈於市中心。

Founded in 1817 as a Latin-speaking State University by William I, King of the Netherlands, Ghent University is a relatively young university. After its independence in 1830, the Belgian State was in charge of the administration of Ghent University; French was the new official academic language. In 1930 Ghent University became the first Dutch-speaking university in Belgium. The Decree of 1991 assigned great autonomy to the university.

Over the years eminent scientists such as Joseph Plateau (physicist, considered as a pioneer in the development of motion pictures), Leo Baekeland (inventor of Bakelite) and Corneel Heymans (Nobel Prize winner in Medicine) studied and worked at Ghent University.

With a view to cooperation in research and scientific service, numerous research groups, centres and institutes have been founded over the years. Several of them are renowned worldwide, in various scientific disciplines such as biotechnology, aquaculture, microelectronics, history,...