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Welcome. International student guide 2020-2021
Content.
4 Welcome to HOGENT!
5 Contact.
6 Campuses.
9 What do you need to do
upon arrival in Ghent?
11 What do you need to do
when you leave Ghent?
12 Welcome Days.
12 Student card.
13 Academic calendar.
15 Accommodation.
17 Student support services.
18 Bookshop.
19 Communication & e-learning.
21 Libraries.
23 Culture at School of Arts
(KASK & Conservatory).
26 Sports.
30 Catering.
32 Transport in and around Ghent.
36 Other important contacts
and information.
39 Waste management.
42 Belgium, Flanders, Ghent.
48 Important telephone numbers.
49 Dutch survival dictionary.
53 Notes.
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Welcome to
HOGENT!
University of Applied
Sciences and Arts
As a foreign student,
you bring your culture,
language, traditions and
perspectives. This enriches
our learning environment and
enhances the international
dimension of HOGENT.
HOGENT is situated in Every year, Ghent attracts
Flanders’ most popular 80,000 students, which
student city, Ghent, which effectively makes it the higher
was called Europe’s best education capital of Flanders.
kept secret by Lonely Planet
and listed as the most
authentic historic city in
Enjoy your
the world by Geographic exciting time
Traveler Magazine. at HOGENT!
5 Contact. International Office Incoming student advisors Fien Moerman (exchange) incoming@hogent.be T +32 9 243 22 31 Katrien Van Acker (regular) admission@hogent.be T+32 9 243 34 59 Student residence building Overwale 42 BE-9000 Gent hogent.be/en
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School of
Teacher Training
Campus Ledeganck
K.L. Ledeganckstraat 8
BE-9000 Gent
School of
Social Welfare
Campus Maalte
Voskenslaan 264A
Campuses.
BE-9000 Gent
Campus Schoonmeersen
Valentin Vaerwyckweg 1
BE-9000 Gent
School of
Healthcare
Campus Vesalius
Keramiekstraat 80
HOGENT has 8 BE-9000 Gent
campuses in Ghent
and 1 campus School of Built
in Aalst. Check Environment
with your student Campus Schoonmeersen
advisor on which Building P
campus(es) you will Valentin Vaerwyckweg 1
be attending classes. BE-9000 Gent
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School of Bioscience
and Industrial Campus Aalst
Technology Arbeidstraat 14
Campus Schoonmeersen BE-9300 Aalst
Building C
Valentin Vaerwyckweg 1 School of Business
BE-9000 Gent and Management
Campus Schoonmeersen
Campus Melle Building B
Brusselsesteenweg 161 Valentin Vaerwyckweg 1
BE-9000 Gent BE-9000 Gent
Research Farm Bottelare Campus Mercator
Diepestraat 1 Henleykaai 84
BE-9820 Bottelare BE-9000 Gent
Site Buchtenstraat School of Arts
FTI Lab, Buchtenstraat 9-11 (KASK &
BE-9051 Gent Conservatory)
Campus Bijloke
School of IT and J. Kluyskensstraat 2
Digital Innovation BE-9000 Gent
Campus Schoonmeersen
Building B Campus Grote Sikkel
Valentin Vaerwyckweg 1 Biezekapelstraat 9
BE-9000 Gent BE-9000 Gent
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Ko9 What do you need to do upon arrival in Ghent? Registration at HOGENT Upon arrival, international exchange students are welcomed and registered by Ghent University Language their incoming student advisor Centre in accordance at the International Office with their guidelines. and during the Welcome Those students who already Days (p. 12). Each registered reached the Dutch language incoming student at HOGENT level B2 can enroll at HOGENT receives a student card (p. 12). following the procedure International degree mentioned on the website students who wish to follow hogent.be/en/future- a full degree program at student/degree, bringing HOGENT, starting with a along the original approval, preparatory language year language certificate and of Dutch, report to the other required documents.
10 Registration at the City of Ghent: The Migration Counter All international students without a valid Belgian residence card must have or apply for a student residence permit when moving to Belgium for educational purposes. Depending on your country of origin (EU/ EEA or non-European) and the length of your stay, different procedures apply. You can find all the up to date Depending on your residential information on the website of address, the Migration Counter the City of Ghent stad.gent/ of the Administrative Centre international-students, Zuid (Woodrow Wilsonplein 1, including the procedures Gent) or the service center and guidelines on how to of your municipality will apply for your residence card. handle the application.
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What do you
need to do when
you leave Ghent?
Documents
As an exchange student,
make sure you have all the
necessary documents for your
home institution to have your
exchange program recognized.
Deregistration at
Make an appointment the City of Ghent
with your student advisor Foreign students temporarily
at HOGENT and check or permanently leaving
what needs to be done. Belgium, need to report to
the municipality or Migration
International regular Counter a few days prior to
students leaving Ghent departure to close their record.
must inform the student You can find the departure
office of their faculty when form and all the necessary
they decide to leave Belgium information via stad.gent/
or finish their studies. international-students12
Welcome
Days. Student
Before the official start of
the academic year, HOGENT
card.
invites you to explore Upon your arrival at HOGENT,
your new campus during you will receive a student
two Welcome Days. card. This card can be used
for different purposes:
Meet teachers and fellow → Borrowing books and other
students, get all the material from our libraries
information you need → Discount at the
and enjoy Belgian fries. student restaurants
→ Access to several buildings
→ As a debit card at the
Welcome Days student restaurant
autumn semester and to make copies
17 & 18 September 2020 epurse.hogent.be
→ Discounts at most of
Welcome Days
Ghent’s cultural institutions
spring semester
and museums
4 & 5 February 2021
→ Identification during exams
Welcome Day → Printing, copying, scanning
School of Arts on all campuses
(24 &) 25 September 2020 → As a keycard for the rooms
in the campus dorms13
Academic
calendar.
The academic year starts
on the last Monday of followed by a first examination
September and consists of period (January and June).
two semesters of 12 weeks Second chance exams take
each. In week 13, postponed place in August/September.
classes and supervising Academic calendar
activities are organized. of the faculties
hogent.be/en/future-
The autumn semester student/practical-guide/
ends on January 31st. The academic-calendar
spring semester starts the
second week of February Academic calendar of
and ends in June. All the School of Arts (KASK
courses, course-related & Conservatory)
activities, work placements, schoolofartsgent.be/en/
and so on end in May. education/calendars-
Each block of 12 weeks is and-schedules14
On the public holidays listed
below, classes at HOGENT are
suspended. Also banks, public
offices and shops are closed.
Date Name Holiday (English) Name Holiday (Dutch)
01.11.2020 All Saints’ Day Allerheiligen
02.11.2020 All Souls’ Day Allerzielen
11.11.2020 Armistice Wapenstilstand
15.11.2020 Constitution Day Koningsdag
21.12.2020 - 03.01.2021 Christmas holidays Kerstreces
25.12.2020 Christmas Day Kerstmis
01.01.2021 New Year’s Day Nieuwjaar
01.02.2021 - 07.02.2021 HOGENT Holidays Intersemestriële
15.02.2021 Suspension of classes Vrije dag
04.04.2021 Easter Pasen
05.04.2021 Easter Monday Paasmaandag
01.05.2021 Labour Day Feest van de Arbeid
Onze-Lieve-Heer-
14.05.2021 Ascension Day
Hemelvaart
23.05.2021 Whit Sunday Pinksteren
24.05.2021 Whit Monday Pinkstermaandag
Day of the Flemish
11.07.2021 Vlaamse Feestdag
Communit
21.07.2021 Belgian National Holiday Nationale Feestdag
Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-
15.08.2021 Assumption Day
Hemelvaart15
Accommodation.
The price of a room in the
HOGENT rents out a number student home is € 1000
of student rooms to incoming per semester plus € 225 for
exchange students. The electricity, heating, water
rooms are located in student and internet connection.
residence Mercator D, In addition, students need to
approximately 1,5 km from pay a € 250 security deposit.
the city center and 2 km from The deposit is reimbursed
campus Schoonmeersen. when the students leave the
All rooms are 12 m², single, room in good condition.
and furnished with a desk,
bed, mattress, duvet, pillow, To do
wardrobe and linen cupboard, Before travelling to Ghent,
bookshelves and a small make an appointment with
fridge. The toilets, showers, the Accommodation Office
kitchen, washing machine to pick up your keycards
(€ 3 for 1 washing cycle) and and internet logins and to
dryer are shared facilities. sign your rental contract.16
Make sure you find alternative
accommodation when you
arrive before 8 a.m., after
20 p.m., in the weekend,
or on festive days.
→ Student Home Mercator D
Nonnemeersstraat 19-21
BE-9000 Gent
→ Office for Student Services Feel free, however, to
and Student Life contact the Accommodation
Overwale 42 Office if you need help with
BE-9000 Gent your search or if you have
accommodation@hogent.be doubts about the rental
contract you want to sign.
Since student residences
of HOGENT can never accommodation@hogent
serve as a main domicile, Useful links for students
international degree students who are trying to find a
that follow a full degree place to live in Ghent are:
program at HOGENT, will kotatgent.be
need to find a place to stay opkotingent.be
elsewhere in order to comply kotfinder.be
with the domicile law. immoweb.be17
Student support
services.
If you need basic information on
your social status as a student
in Belgium and on a number of
different topics you can contact
the Office for Student Services
or read more on: If you have personal or school
centenvoorstudenten.be problems you want to talk
about, one of our social
In some cases and under some workers will make time for
conditions, if you meet all you on appointment. The
the requirements, you could assistance is free, anonymous
be entitled to a scholarship. and without obligation.
If you do not meet the
requirements, you will have to Office for Student Services
fund your studies yourself and Overwale 42
(if possible) apply for financial BE-9000 Gent
assistance and/or study aid T +32 9 243 37 38
in your home country. zorg@hogent.be18 Bookshop. For the Schools of Teacher Training, Healthcare, Social Welfare, Built Environment, IT an Digital Innovation, Business and Management, and Biocience and Industrial Technology, you need to order and collect your books at the Standaard Student Shop on campus Schoonmeersen: hogent.standaardstudentshop.be
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Communication
& e-learning.
Teachers and
administrative staff
will communicate only
through your HOGENT
email account, and
the electronic learning
platforms Chamilo
and iBaMaFlex.
Email
After your registration at → Click on the Logo
HOGENT, you will receive ‘Microsoft Office 365’
a letter with your account → ‘Wachtwoord’ means
login and password required ‘password’ in Dutch!
to check your emails. → Click on ‘OUTLOOK’ (upper
right corner of your screen) to
It is very important to read and answer your emails.
check this email address
at least twice a week! Another interesting website is
mijn.hogent.be, where you
You can check your emails can manage your general
online on webmail.hogent.be account information.20
If you want to contact a
teacher or a member of iBaMaFlex
the staff, always apply On iBaMaFlex, all students can
the following rule: access their digital student
→ firstname.lastname@hogent.be files with study programs, their
→ Wireless internet curriculum, exam results, …
HGSecure or eduroam. → Go to ibamaflex.hogent.be
→ Login with your → Set the preferred
HOGENT account. language as English
→ E-postbox: to sign your
Chamilo e-learning study program
environment → Exam results:
Chamilo is an electronic individual reports
learning environment → Study survey
where courses are managed → Enrolment next year
online. Students can access for degree students
course materials, exercises, (Mijn herinschrijving)
participate in discussion
forums and groups. Website
Our corporate website
Log in is an important source
You received your account of information.
login and password together
with your email account. You will find information
and updates about
Your username consists of education, research, artistic
6 numbers followed by your activities, calendars, …
initials, for example: 024023kc. hogent.be/en21
Libraries.
Digital library
Many of the library resources
are available online. You can
find them on our website,
bib.hogent.be
Study@home
If you want to connect to most
of our databases, e-journals
HOGENT has 8 libraries, one and e-books at home, you
on each campus, with a wide must use the ApolloX portal,
variety of services and content. apollox.hogent.be
There are 2 art libraries, 1 digital
library and 5 learning centers. ApolloX also offers remote
Our libraries provide content access to software. You
on all of the university college’s can find more information
subject areas. Our services about connecting to the
and resources will help you ApolloX portal on:
with learning and research. bib.hogent.be
Print Collection If you need more information,
Our print collection contains do not hesitate to contact
about 400,000 records. The the library staff. They are
collection can be retrieved committed to helping
by searching in the Aleph you find and use the
catalogue, bib.hogent.be information you need.22
Libraries
Campus Aalst Campus Vesalius
Arbeidstraat 14 Keramiekstraat 80
BE-9300 Aalst BE-9000 Gent
T +32 9 243 38 11 T +32 9 243 23 76
bibaalst@hogent.be T +32 9 243 23 77
bibvesa@hogent.be
Campus Schoonmeersen
Valentin Vaerwyckweg 1 Campus Ledeganck
BE-9000 Gent K.L. Ledeganckstraat 8
T +32 9 243 35 60/61/62 BE-9000 Gent
bibschoonmeersen@ T +32 09 243 30 50
hogent.be biblera@hogent.be
Campus Mercator Campus Bijloke
Henleykaai 84 Kunstenbibliotheek
first floor, room G 1.114 Godshuizenlaan 2A
BE-9000 Gent BE-9000 Gent
T + 32 9 243 35 80 T +32 9 243 36 89
bibmercator@hogent.be bibkask@hogent.be
Campus Melle De Wijnaert
Brusselsesteenweg 161 Geraard de Duivelstraat 5
BE-9090 Melle BE-9000 Gent
T +32 9 243 28 14 T +32 9 243 36 70
bibmelle@hogent.be bibcons@hogent.be23
Culture at
School of
Arts (KASK &
Conservatory).
KIOSK
Exhibition room for topical
The School of Arts visual arts. KIOSK focuses
of HOGENT is an on artists with international
important cultural potential who are not in the
hotspot in the city of public eye yet. kioskgallery.be
Ghent. It is a cultural
actor, organizing MIRY Concert Hall
exhibitions, concerts, Concert hall offering a stage
festivals, lectures, to young musicians and
film screenings that established artists, located in
can be enjoyed by the historic center of Ghent.
the general public. miryconcertzaal.be24
Club Telex
Club Telex is a brand new KASK Drama
concert club in our new jazz Young theater talent can
and pop campus Paddenhoek, be admired in the KASK
part of Campus Grote Sikkel. drama projects. Up-and-
Regular jazz and pop jams coming theater makers and
by students are organized performers make unusual
here as well as master productions that can be
classes and concerts. It is a seen year-round at different
breeding ground for creativity, locations in and around Ghent.
where our musicians and
music producers come into MAP
contact with professionals MAP is a project space
and an interested where master students
audience. clubtelex.be in visual arts, multimedia
design, photography and
KASKcinema graphic design can present
Atypical cinema on the Bijloke their work to the public.
site that concentrates on
showing films that fall outside KASK lectures
the regular circuit. Classics A series of lectures about
from the canon of film history, visual and audiovisual arts,
unreleased contemporary design, drama and music.
festival films and more artistic International artists dissect
and experimental works are their work in Cirque, the
shown three evenings per anatomic auditorium on
week. kaskcinema.be the Bijloke Campus.25 Onrust Magazine An overview of the panoply of cultural events in which our students, researchers and teachers are involved can be found in Onrust Magazine. Next to an agenda, it contains interviews, theatrical excerpts, artist portfolios, reviews, essays, annotated lyrics and much more. Onrust is published 4 times a year and can be found on the campuses of the School of Arts and in the main cultural venues in Ghent. issuu.com/schoolofartsgent and medium.com/onrust Events Our degree programs organize all sorts of activities on a regular basis. Sometimes one off but often annually recurring activities: Tunes, a jazz night, the contemporary music week and the Graduation festival are just a few.
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Sports.
Schedule 2020-2021
(changes may occur)
HOGENT offers a wide range
of possibilities to practice Monday
sports, either individually Without instructor
or in competition. 6 - 7 p.m. Five-a-side football
6 - 7 p.m. Badminton
You can play sports with 5 - 6.30 p.m. Powerlifting
or without instructors in 8:30 - 10 p.m. Powerlifting
our sports hall every day:
With instructor
Campus Schoonmeersen 6-7 p.m. BBB
Sports hall 6-7 p.m. Urban Dance Styles
Sint-Denijslaan 251 6-7 p.m. Rope Skipping
BE-9000 Gent 6-7 p.m. X-fit
sport@hogent.be 7-8 p.m. Zumba
T +32 9 243 37 50 7:15-8:15 p.m. Boksfit27
With instructor:
6 - 7:15 p.m. Hatha yoga
6 - 7:30 p.m. Trampoline &
Tumbling
Tuesday 6 - 8 p.m. Spinning
Without instructor 7 - 9 p.m. Volleyball
5 - 10 p.m. Powerlifting
6 - 7 p.m. Five-a-side football Thursday
6 - 7 p.m. Table tennis Without instructor:
6 - 7 p.m. Basketball 5 - 10 p.m. Powerlifting
6 - 9 p.m. Badminton 6 - 7 p.m. Badminton
6 - 7 p.m. Basketball
With instructor 6 - 7 p.m. Five-a-side football
6 - 7 p.m. Boksfit 5:45 - 6:45 p.m. Tennis
6 - 7 p.m. Spinning
6 - 7 p.m. Full body workout With instructor:
6 - 7:30 p.m. Bootcamp 12:15 – 1:15 p.m. Spinning
7 - 8 p.m. Fatburner 6 - 7 p.m. Spinning
6 - 7:30 p.m. Freerunning
Wednesday 6 - 7 p.m. Dance workout
Without instructor: 7 - 8 p.m. Calorie crush
5 - 6:30 p.m. Powerlifting
6 - 7 p.m. Badminton Friday
6 - 8 p.m. Futsal Without instructor:
6 - 9 p.m. Five-a-side football 6 - 7 p.m. Badminton
7 - 9 p.m. Volleyball 6 - 7 p.m. Basketbal
8:30 - 10 p.m. Powerlifting 6 - 7 p.m. Five-a-side football28
School
Other sporting Competitions
activities HOGENT students can
Skiing trip participate in several
A gigantic success year after school sport teams. More
year! Be quick, because the information: contact the
number of places is limited. Student Sports Office.
Sports tournament Fitness
On Wednesday November 11th (cardio & personal
there will be a huge sports training room)
tournament with different for students AUGent/
indoor and outdoor sports. staff HOGENT
Places tend to fill up quickly, → First semester
so make sure to sign up well (20/9 - 20/12): € 50
in time in order to be assigned → Second semester
(04/01 - 01/07): € 80
to a team. More information
→ Full academic year
coming soon: hogent.be/sport
(20/09 - 01/07): € 120
From January 30th till Extra sports
February 6th 2021 we head information
to Les Deux Alpes in France. → Fit & Fun membership:
Of course there are no € 50 for classes with
classes during this week. instructor and € 40 for
classes without instructor
Information and registration (HOGENT students get
on hogent.be/ski a reduction of € 20)29
Insurance
→ Day passes can be bought HOGENT students and
for € 3 (without instructor) members are insured during
or € 5 (with instructor) Fit & Fun sport activities.
→ External persons pay € 6
per day (without instructor) Outdoor sports
or € 8 (with instructor) accommodation
→ Rent a ball or a racket: The artificial turf field can
€ 1 per turn be hired at a reasonable
→ For every sport without student price.
instructor a reservation
must be made in advance: Student Sports Office
reservaties.hogent.be Sint Denijslaan 251
→ The sports season with BE-9000 Gent
an instructor starts on T +32 9 243 37 50
September 28th and sport@hogent.be
→ ends on May 13th hogent.be/sport
→ There are no classes
during public holidays, Student jobs
Easter holidays and For information and
from December 19th advice, please contact
→ until February 7th Social Service Division
Sint-Denijslaan 251
Free open weeks BE-9000 Gent
September 28th - October 2nd T +32 9 243 37 38
and February 8th - February 12th zorg@hogent.be30
Catering.
Office for Student Services
The student and Student Life
restaurants at HOGENT Overwale 42
offer students fresh BE-9000 Gent
and varied meals at T +32 9 243 37 38
a reduced price. catering@hogent.be31
Restaurants
Working days only, from 8 a.m.
→ Campus Schoonmeersen
Building D
open until 7 p.m.
Building P & Building C
open until 4 p.m.
→ Campus Bijloke
open until 3:45 p.m.
→ Campus Melle Coffeeshop
open until 2 p.m. Working days only, from
→ Campus Mercator 8 a.m. until 5 p.m.
open from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. → Campus Schoonmeersen
→ Campus Vesalius Building D
open until 3:45 p.m.
→ Site Geraard de Duivelstraat Italian corner
De Wijnaert Working days only,
open until 1:45 p.m. from 11:30 a.m. until 1:45 p.m.
→ Campus Schoonmeersen
HOGENT students can Building D
also buy meals at reduced
prices in all the Ghent
University restaurants.
We prefer you pay
Working days only, from with your student card
8 a.m. until 3:45 p.m. (make sure to have it
→ Campus Schoonmeersen charged!), or with your
Building B debet or creditcard.
→ Campus Ledeganck32
Transport in and
around Ghent.
Bike
The easiest and fastest Trams and buses in
way to get around the city and around Ghent
is riding a bike or walking. Public transport in Ghent is
You can rent a bicycle at well organized. Buses and
the ‘de Fietsambassade’. trams will take you to every
possible destination in and
You can rent a basic bike for around Ghent from early in
3 months for € 15. A strong the morning until late at night.
and practical bicycle lock is The tickets of De Lijn can be
included in the rental price. used in all the Flemish cities
The use of a lock is necessary but not in Brussels. Each ride
to discourage thieves. on a tram or a bus costs € 3
when you buy it on the spot.
De Fietsambassade When you use a ticket via text
Kattenberg 2 message, you pay € 2.25. You
BE-9000 Gent can buy an M-card, which
fietsambassade.gent.be/en includes 10 rides for € 15. Easy
T +32 9 269 18 98 to use with ‘De Lijn app’.33
Once you get on the bus or
tram, do not forget to validate
your card in the yellow boxes.
If you will be using buses and
trams for a longer period, it will This pass is valid for 1 year and
be cheaper to buy a seasons allows you to travel by train
ticket. Depending on your age, 10 times to any destination in
you can buy a ‘Buzzy Pazz’ Belgium, for € 53, thus each
(- 25) or an ‘Omnipas’ (+ 25). trip costs you € 5.3. Students
older than 26, can buy a 10-trip
Both passes are valid on any ‘Rail Pass’ for € 83 (€ 8.3/trip).
tram and/or bus of De Lijn, This pass is also valid for 1 year.
even in other cities. delijn.be belgiantrain.be/en
Train You can also travel
There are two railway stations by highspeed train
in Ghent: Gent-Sint-Pieters from Brussels to:
and Gent-Dampoort. They → Paris, Amsterdam, Aachen,
allow smooth access to the Köln, Schiphol, The Hague,
Belgian railway network. If Marne-La-Vallée Euro
you are planning to travel Disney and Rotterdam with
by train frequently, and if the Thalys train. thalys.com
you are younger than 26, → London, Ashford and Lille
it is more economical with the Eurostar train.
to buy a ‘Go Pass 10’. eurostar.com34
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Taxi
Taxi ranks can be found at It’s a new way to visit the city’s
the two railway stations, numerous attractions. From
Gent-Sint-Pieters and Gent- the water, you get an entirely
Dampoort, or at Korenmarkt, different view of the city, in
Woodrow Wilsonplein, a language of your choice.
Flanders Expo. Taxi prices are hoponhopoff.be/en
considerable more expensive
than tram or bus tickets. CityCard Gent
→ Gentax: +32 9 245 45 45 With a € 36 or € 42
→ V-tax: +32 9 222 22 22 CityCard Gent you will get,
respectively, 48 or 72 hours:
Hop on hop off → Access to the main
water tram historical houses, museums
From April 1st to November 1st, and attractions (and
you can travel on the hop on their complete offer)
hop off water tram in Ghent on → A free guided boat tour
Saturdays and Sundays. The → Free public transport
water tram has six stops: Castle → Free use of hop on hop off
of the Counts, Graslei-Korenlei, water tram way (1 day)
Museum Site, St Peter’s → Free bike rental (1 day)
Abbey, St Bavo’s Cathedral
and Veldstraat. For students, visit.gent.be/en/good-know/
a day pass costs € 13 and a practical-information/
two-day pass costs € 16. citycard-gent36 Other important contacts and information.
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City library
Apart from the libraries of
HOGENT (p. 22), you can
visit the city library. It is a
well-equipped library with
Banks fiction, non-fiction, audio and
Most of the banks in Ghent documentation. In the library,
are open on weekdays from you can use wifi for free.
9 a.m. – 12 p.m. and from 2 p.m.
to 4 p.m. Some banks are Library De Krook
open on Saturday morning Miriam Makebaplein 1
and have late opening hours BE-9000 Gent
once a week. Withdraw gent.be/bibliotheek
money at the many ATM
dispensers in the city. Medical care
In case you have health
Most banks will not allow problems, you can make an
you to open an account, if appointment with or call the
you are only staying for a student doctors of Ghent
few months. An exception University. As experienced
is made for students living doctors, they are perfectly
in a student residence of qualified to deal with any
HOGENT. The Accommodation medical or psychological
Office will assist you. problem you might have.38
Mobile phone
providers
Make an appointment on → base.be
ugent.be/student/en/ → mobistar.be
study-support/medical → proximus.be
or on T +32 9 264 70 20. → orange.be
→ mobilevikings.be
Medical Centre for Students
Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 25 Police
BE-9000 Gent Commissariaat Gent Centrum
Belfortstraat 4, BE-9000 Gent
As health care is not free, each studenten.gent@
visit to the doctor must be paid police.belgium.eu
on the spot. Always bring your lokalepolitie.be/gent
blue health insurance card. T +32 9 266 61 11
Non-European students or
students without a European
Health Insurance Card have to Find other important
take an insurance and should emergency telephone
contact a Belgian health numbers on page 48
fund as soon as possible.39 Waste management. In Ghent, we aim at carefully sorting waste.
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Waste collection
calendar
The waste collection calendar
gives the dates of collection for
different kinds of waste and Leaving household waste
recycled garbage, and the rules outside on the wrong day, in
for separation and collection an inappropriate recipient
procedures. You can ask for the or depositing your garbage
correct calendar by e-mailing in public waste baskets is
your full address to info@ivago. considered illegal dumping.
be with subject “calendar”. Such violations are liable to
severe penalties! Identified
You can also consult the offenders may expect a fine
calendar on ivago.be (click on of approximately € 120 and
”ophaalkalender” at the right a clean-up bill of € 250.
side and fill in your full address).
How types of waste
Waste collection are collected
In accordance with police Household waste =
regulations you are only combustible and
allowed to put your household nonrecyclable household
waste outside on the day waste. In official green IVAGO
before collection and not bags* (30 or 50 liters). Please
earlier than 7 p.m. The note that the 15 liter bags can
waste collecting teams start only be used for collection
collecting at 7 a.m. If you put containers in student houses
your waste outside too late, it with over 10 residential units!
will not be collected and you Collected every week. The
will have to take it back inside. bags must be tied (not taped).41
→ PMD = Plastic bottles ,
containers and flasks, metal
packaging and drink cartons.
In official blue IVAGO bags*.
Collected every two weeks.
→ GFT = Vegetables, fruit,
meat and garden waste. In
green IVAGO container with
electronic chip. This must
be ordered at IVAGO or via
ivago.be. Collected every Collection
week. If you do not have containers
a green IVAGO container, Student houses with over
dispose your vegetable, fruit 10 residential units have
and garden waste in your special collection containers
green household waste bag. for household waste, glass,
→ Glass = Transparent empty paper and cardboard, PMD
glass bottles, bowls and and possibly GFT (Vegetable,
flasks. In a plastic bucket or Fruit and Garden waste). Ask
solid plastic box with closed your caretaker or landlord
bottom and lateral walls. for the correct collection
Collected once a month. dates. Place these bags in
→ Paper and cardboard = the correct container.
Newspapers, magazines,
books, cardboard boxes, etc.
In a closed cardboard box or * The IVAGO bags can be purchased in
tied together with a string. most supermarkets, local shops, the
City Shop (Woodrow Wilsonplein 1)
Collected once a month. and at IVAGO (Proeftuinstraat 43).42 Belgium, Flanders, Ghent. Belgium In Belgium three cultures Belgium has been an coexist: the Flemish, the independent constitutional French and the German. In monarchy since 1830. Belgium 1980, the country’s institutional has an area of 30,528 km² system was reshaped to and is located centrally accommodate that reality. and strategically in Europe. Currently, there are three Two out of three citizens language-based Communities, of the European Union live which are self-governing in within a radius of 350 km many important areas such as around Brussels, the capital education, culture, economics, of Belgium and Europe. agriculture and environment.
43 Belgium has a maritime climate, as a consequence of which fog and rain Flanders is in the center of are common here, as is the major Western European snow in winter. The most industrial regions. The dense pleasant months in terms of road, waterway and railway temperature are between April network, sea ports and and October. Temperatures airports make Flanders the vary between 10°C and 35°C ideal gateway to Europe, which in summer and -5°C and 15°C is why many multinationals in winter. Rainwear, warm have chosen Flanders as the clothes and an umbrella will be base for their operations needed, but not all the time! on the European market. Flanders It is important to realize that Flanders has an area of the language spoken (and 13,522 km² and is situated lectured) in Ghent is Dutch, the in the northern region of language of 23.5 million Dutch Belgium. This Dutch-speaking and Flemish people. Dutch is part of Belgium boasts about similar to German and related 6.5 million inhabitants. French to English. There are only some is spoken in the southern marginal differences between part of Belgium, Wallonia, the Dutch spoken in Flanders and to a large extent in and that in The Netherlands, Brussels as well. The very comparable to the differences small German-speaking between British and American community is located on the English (mainly in the accent, eastern border of Belgium. and some in vocabulary).
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Multicultural society French, English, German or
In Flanders, several cultures another language to help you.
coexist peacefully. The Young people meet at home,
Turkish, East European, at their student room, in
African, Moroccan and Asian pubs and in clubs. When the
minorities are considered weather is nice, students
to be cultures that enrich also meet in the center of the
the Flemish culture. Mutual city. It is good to know that
respect is very important in a if you are invited to dinner,
multicultural society. Racism, you should bring your host a
violence and discrimination little present, such as flowers
against migrants are crimes or a bottle of wine. Students
that will be prosecuted. prefer to cook together
and, usually, everybody
Interpersonal relations contributes to the meal.
At first, Flemish people appear
to be modest and introverted. Ghent
Initially, most of them do not Geography
make contact easily with Ghent is situated in Flanders,
people they do not know. From the northern part of Belgium,
the moment they get to know 50 kilometers from Brussels,
you, however, they become Bruges and Antwerp. Ghent,
very sociable. Never hesitate originally named Ganda,
to start a conversation, the arose at the confluence of the
Flemish people are helpful two rivers Schelde and Leie.
and friendly. If people hear In the late medieval times it
that you do not speak Dutch was the second largest city
easily they will switch to in north-western Europe.45
Ghent covers 156 km² With 80,000
and houses over 263.000
students, Ghent
inhabitants. It is the capital
of the East Flanders Province
is the largest city
and the second largest of students in
city of Flanders. Ghent is Belgium.
centrally located in Europe,
at the crossroads of highways
between Amsterdam,
Paris, London and the Ruhr Today, the historical center
Area. The city is as easy to enjoys the unique atmosphere
reach by car as by train. provided by the rivers and
canals. The city of Ghent
History bathes in the enchanting
In 1537 Emperor Charles V, who light of its buildings and
was born in Ghent in 1500, monuments every evening.
found the inhabitants of Ghent
guilty of disobedience and With 80,000 students, Ghent
rebellion. He sentenced them is the largest city of students in
to public humiliation: they had Belgium. Thanks to its unique
to walk the streets barefoot, combination of first-class
wearing only a shirt and a education and many leisure
noose. For that reason the activities, our city attracts a
inhabitants of Ghent are called very large number of students.
noose-wearers. Nowadays, Boasting a university and four
they re-enact the incident university colleges, Ghent
with their heads held high, as is able to offer a wide range
proof of their proud obstinacy. of study opportunities.46
of Fine Arts in Ghent (MSK)
Culture and the Municipal Museum
Knowledge and culture are at for Contemporary Art (SMAK).
the heart of the city of Ghent. The Museum of Fine Arts in
From the well-known Mystic Ghent (MSK) houses a superb
Lamb of the brothers Van collection of old masters.
Eyck, to the beguinages, to The Municipal Museum for
the tower of the University Contemporary Art (SMAK)
Library which was built by is a relatively new museum,
Henry Van de Velde. The new and is renowned both for its
city library ‘De Krook’ has permanent collection and for
already become a beacon its provocative exhibitions.
of modern architecture. → City Museum Ghent (STAM)
Godshuizenlaan 2
Ghent has many museums, BE-9000 Gent
art centers, theatres, concert stam@gent.be
halls, film screens and an stamgent.be/en
opera. One of the museums → Municipal Museum for
you really should visit, is STAM, Contemporary Art (SMAK)
located on the historic Bijloke Jan Hoetplein 1
site. It presents the story of the BE-9000 Gent
city of Ghent. It brings past info@smak.be
and present together and it smak.be/en
is a stepping stone to Ghent’s → Museum of Fine Arts (MSK)
other cultural attractions. Fernand Scribedreef 1
Citadelpark
In the area of modern and BE-9000 Gent
fine arts, two museums play museum.msk@gent.be
a leading role: The Museum mskgent.be/en47
Art and music lovers from all Need more
over the world know Ghent information about
thanks to famous exhibitions student life
and festivals such as Ghent in Ghent?
Festival of Flanders where → hogent.be/en/future-
music of all sorts and times student/student-life/
are cherished, Ghent Jazz city-of-ghent/
→ studentingent.be
Festival, Film Fest Ghent, the
→ visitgent.be
Floralies, the Light Festival.
→ ghent.use-it.travel
→ Tourist Office
The music scene is alive of Ghent
and original, with many (Dienst Toerisme)
international bands playing Oude Vismijn,
in Ghent and at the Belgian Sint-Veerleplein,
festivals all year round such 9000 Gent
as Rock Werchter, Pukkelpop T +32 9 266 56 60
and Tomorrowland. visit@gent.be
visitGhent.be
→ Use-It
We are also known for our
(The Tourist Office for
Burgundian nature. In Ghent
young people)
there are uncountable ghent@use-it.travel
restaurants, cafés and pubs. use-it.travel/cities/
One by one nice places to have detail/ghent/
a drink with your friends!48
Important
telephone
numbers.
112 Urgent medical assistance and fire brigade
101 Urgent need police
+32 9 332 34 90 Burns Unit University Hospital (24/24)
+32 9 266 61 11 Non-urgent need Ghent police
+32 9 210 10 10 Gentinfo (the Ghent information line)
+32 9 236 50 00 General practitioners of the city of Ghent during nights,
weekends or festive days
+32 9 039 90 00 Pharmacies with weekend and night duty (€ 1.50/min)
+32 9 033 99 69 Dentists with weekend and night duty (€ 1.50/min)
070 245 245 Detox Centre
106 Tele-onthaal, a listening ear for urgent psychological needs
1813 Suicide Prevention
116 000 Child Focus49 Dutch survival dictionary. Basics Hello: hallo (HAH-low) Good morning: goedemorgen (GOO-duh-MORE-gun) Good afternoon: goedemiddag (GOO-duh-MID-dahg) Good evening: goedenavond (Goo-duhn-AH-vunt) Good bye: tot ziens (TOT seens) How are you?: hoe gaat het? (hoo GAHT hut?) Fine, thank you: goed, dank u (GOOT, dahnk uu) Do you speak English?: spreek je Engels? (SPRAYKT uu ENG-uls?) I don’t speak Dutch: Ik spreek geen Nederlands (ick SPRAYK gayn NAY-dur-lawnts) My name is…: mijn naam is… (meyn NAHM is ...) What’s your name?: hoe heet u? (hoo HAYT uu?) I am from…: ik ben van … (ick ban van…) Nice to meet you: aangenaam (AHN-guh-NAHM) I don’t understand: ik begrijp het niet (ick buh-GRAYP hut neet) How much does that cost?: hoeveel kost dat? (HOO-vale cost dat?)
50 Please: alstublieft (AHL-stuu-BLEEFT) Thank you: dank je (DAHNK yuh) You’re welcome: graag gedaan (GRAHG guh-DAHN) Yes: ja (YAH) No: nee (NAY) Sir: meneer (MEneer) Miss/madam: mevrouw (MEfrauw) Can I use your phone?: mag ik uw telefoon gebruiken? (MAHG ick uu tay-lay-PHOHN ghuh-BROWK-kuhn) I need your help: ik heb uw hulp nodig (ick HEP uu HULP noh-duhg) It’s an emergency: het is een noodgeval (hut IS uhn NOWT-guh-vahl) I’m sick: ik ben ziek (ick ben ZEEK) I’m injured: ik ben gewond (ick ben ghuh-WONT) I need a doctor: ik heb een dokter nodig (ick hep uhn DOCK-tuhr no-duhg) Time Now: nu (NUU) Later: later (LAH-tuhr) Before: voor (VOHR) Morning: ochtend (OHG-tuhnt) Afternoon: middag (MID-dahg) Evening: avond (AH-vuhnt) Night: nacht (NAHGT) One o’clock: één uur (AIN uuhr) Two o’clock: twee uur (TWAY uuhr)
51 Days Today: vandaag (vahn-DAHG) Yesterday: gisteren (GHIS-tuh-ruhn) The day before yesterday: eergisteren (AIR-ghis-tuh-ruhn) Tomorrow: morgen (MORE-ghun) The day after tomorrow: overmorgen (O-vuhr-more-ghun) This week: deze week (DAY-zuh WAKE) Last week: vorige week (VOH-ruh-ghuh WAKE) Next week: volgende week (VOL-ghun-duh WAKE) Monday: maandag (MAHN-dahg) Tuesday: dinsdag (DINSS-dahg) Wednesday: woensdag (WOONS-dahg) Thursday: donderdag (DON-duhr-dahg) Friday: vrijdag (VRAY-dahg) Saturday: zaterdag (ZAH-tuhr-dahg) Sunday: zondag (ZON-dahg) Transport & directions How much is a ticket to… ?: Hoeveel kost een ticket naar … ? (HOO-vale cost uhn TICK-et nahr…) One ticket to … , please.: Een ticket naar ... , alstublieft. (uhn TICK-et nahr …, AHL-stuu-BLEEFT) A one-way ticket, please.: Enkele reis, graag. (ANG-kuh-luh reyss ghrahg) A round trip, please.: Heen-en-terug, graag. (HAYN-an-trugh ghrahg)
52 Where does this train/bus go?: Waar gaat deze trein/bus heen? (WAHR ghaht day-zuh treyn/ bus HAYN) When does the train/bus for … leave?: Wanneer vertrekt de trein/bus naar …? (won-NAYR vur-trekt duh treyn/bus nahr…) How do I get to ... ?: Hoe kom ik bij ... ? (HOO kum ick bey) Can you show me on the map?: Kunt u mij dat tonen op de kaart? (KUNT uu may daht TOW-nuhn op duh KAHRT) Frequently used words bread: brood more: meer chicken: kip potato: aardappel coffee: koffie pretty / nice: mooi cold: koud price: prijs difficult: moeilijk rice: rijst easy: gemakkelijk right: rechts fish: vis short: kort heavy: zwaar small: klein left: links sweet: zoet less: minder table: tafel light: licht tea: thee long: lang ugly: lelijk meat: vlees vegetables: groenten money: geld warm: warm
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