比利时根特公立大学是比利时一所综合性的著名大学，建于1817年;学校有11所学院，11个系和150个专业。佛兰德区唯一的诺贝尔医学奖获得者就在此大学。

　　根特公立大学的学生总数约为20，500人，其中包括来自107个国家的1，300名外国学生。其中，1.8万人为一年级和二年级学生，800名研究人员和500名博士生为二年级学生。学术研究人才包括583名独立学术研究人员、423名助理研究人员和1500名其他研究人员。

　　根特是16世纪继巴黎之后欧洲西北部最强大的城市，古老的遗迹散落在街道和小巷中。每年在这里举办的世界闻名的佛兰德技术展览会为世界提供了一个观看佛兰德工业和大学生技术发展的机会。根特也是音乐和电影节的重要主办城市。大学校园分散在市中心。

　　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,...