Ghent University (UGent)

Ghent University is a Dutch-talking state funded college found in Ghent, Belgium. It is one of the bigger Flemish colleges, comprising of 41,000 understudies and 9,000 staff individuals. The current minister is Anne De Paepe (nl). Starting 2014, Ghent University positions as 90th universally as per Times Higher Education,[4] 129th as per QS World University Rankings and 70th as per the Academic Ranking of World Universities. It is consequently thought to be a top college, all around.

It was secured in 1817 by King William I of the Netherlands. After the Belgian insurgency of 1830, it was managed by the recently structured Belgian state. French turned into the scholastic dialect until 1930, when Ghent University turned into the first Dutch-talking college in Belgium. In 1991, the college was allowed significant self-governance and transformed its name from State University of Ghent (Dutch: Rijksuniversiteit Gent, contracted as RUG) to its current name.

Rankings

Ghent University is reliably positioned among the best colleges in Belgium and around the world (main 100). Ghent University ascends from spot 85 to 70 in the as of late distributed Shanghai positioning. Again Ghent University has the most noteworthy score of all Belgian colleges in this world positioning of colleges. In the 2009 THE–QS World University Rankings (From 2010 two different rankings will be created by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings and the QS World University Rankings) rundown of the main 100 colleges on the planet, Ghent University was positioned in 136th spot. In the Times Top 50 Life Sciences Universities 2011-2012, Ghent positioned 36th. In the 2010 QS World University Rankings it was positioned 192nd, though the 2011 rankings put it at 165th.[13] In the Times Higher Education World University Rankings of 2010, it was positioned 124nd. A review of the most recent years:

Year	Rank (change)
2014	85
2013	90
2012	106
2011	165
2010	192
2009	136
2008	136
2007	124
2006	141

Ghent University was positioned 89th among world colleges by the Academic Ranking of World Universities in 2012. The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), usually known as the Shanghai positioning, is a distribution that was established and arranged by the Shanghai Jiaotong University.The rankings have been directed since 2003 and afterward redesigned every year. A review of the most recent years:

Year	Rank (change)
2013	85
2012	89
2011	89
2010	90

Ghent was additionally set among main 95 colleges on the planet as indicated by the Russian based Global University Ranking.

source: UGent wikipedia