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Ghent University (Dutch: Universiteit Gent, abbreviated as UGent) is a public research university located in Ghent, Belgium. Located in Flanders , Ghent University is the second largest Belgian university, consisting of 50,000 students and 9,000 staff members.
After the Battle of Waterloo, Ghent and Flanders, previously ruled from the House of Habsburg in Vienna as the Austrian Netherlands, became a part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands with the northern Dutch for 15 years. In this period, Ghent established its own university (1816) [8] and a new connection to the sea (1824–27).
After Ghent University was founded in 1817, books confiscated by the state during the French period were given to the university.. In 1942, the Book Tower (Boekentoren) was opened, located next to the Blandijn, which houses the Faculty of Arts and Philosophy.
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Ghent University Museum or GUM: Gents Universiteitsmuseum (established 2020) is a science museum in Ghent, Belgium, affiliated to Ghent University.It subsumes several of the university's heritage collections, [1] including that of the Museum of the History of Sciences which closed in 2018.
S. N. Balagangadhara (aka Balu) is a professor emeritus of the Ghent University in Belgium, and was director of the India Platform and the Research Centre Vergelijkende Cutuurwetenschap (Comparative Science of Cultures).
The Blandijn complex is located centrally in Ghent's student neighborhood. There are several other university buildings within walking distance of the Blandijn. In the 1960s to 1980s, there were several student demonstrations at the site of the Blandijn. [2] The severest demonstrations took place in 1969 in the wake of May 1968.