The faculty offers four bachelor programmes, eight 2-year English-taught master programmes and one 1-year advanced master programme.

They are currently accepting applications for the following programmes:

 2-year master degree programmes in Ghent

  • Master of Science in Aquaculture
  • Master of Science in Environmental Sanitation
  • Master of Science in Food Technology (with KU Leuven, Belgium)
  • Master of Science in Nutrition and Rural Development
  • Master of Science in Physical Land Resources - main subjects Soil Science and Land Resources Engineering (with VUB Brussel, Belgium)


International 2-year master degree programmes

  • Erasmus Mundus International Master of Science in Environmental Technology and Engineering (IMETE with partners in Europe)
  • Erasmus Mundus International Master of Science in Rural Development/Agricultural Engineering (IMRD with partners in Europe, the US and South-Korea)
  • International Master of Science in Sustainable and Innovative Natural Resource Management (SINReM with partners in Sweden and Germany)


Advanced 1-year master programme in Ghent

  • Master of Science in Technology for Integrated Water Management (with University of Antwerp and Antwerp Maritime Academy)


4-year bachelor degree programmes our Ghent University  Global Campus  in Seoul - South Korea

  • Bachelor of Science in Environmental Technology
  • Bachelor of Science in Food Technology
  • Bachelor of Science in Molecular Biotechnology
  • Joint Section Bachelor of Science in Environmental Technology, Food Technology and Molecular Biotechnology


Ghent is looking for top students and can offer VLIR-UOS and Erasmus Mundus scholarships  (extensive list on the Scholarship Website). The tuition fee will amount to € 5,330 for international students from non-EAA countries. Exemptions are possible. More information about the tuition fee is available.

The Faculty of Bioscience Engineering at Ghent University is a leading faculty in Europe in life sciences, biological, physical and chemical sciences. The Faculty is ranked in the top 50 of the World University Rankings, and welcomes 2,800 students each year. Four hundred of these are international master students and 300 are international doctoral students. Ghent University ranks in the top 60 of the Shanghai Ranking of World Universities and top 110 of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.

Ghent is a dazzlingly authentic, multicultural and open-minded city with 300,000 inhabitants of more than 150 nationalities, of which 20% are students.

All information regarding admission requirements, language requirements and the process of application for the programmes can be found on the website   For questions, please contact us.


03.11.2016