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Kempen University College

Welcome

21 March 2007

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World-Europe-Belgium-Flanders

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What about Belgium, besides:

• Constitutional parliamentory monarchy

• Capital: Brussels• Three regions:

Flanders (northern part): Dutch speaking Wallon (southern part): French speaking Brussels (central part): bi-langual French-Dutch

• 10 million inhabitants on 30.000 km2 (300/km2)

heart of Europe chocolate beer

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Universities (masters 4 or 5 years)

Hogescholen (university colleges)

Academic Bachelors and Masters (4 years) Professional Bachelors (3 years)

Hogescholen are in a process of academisation: merging with the old-style universities

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Number 6 14

Students 57.000 99.000

Personnel 10.200 10.200

budget (mil. euro) 577 516

Students/institute 9.500 3.961

euro/student 10.138 5.202

students/personnel 5,6 9,7

Universities Hogescholen

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Biotechnology; (bachelor – master) Commercial sciences; (bachelor) Health care; (bachelor) Socio-educational and social work;

(bachelor) Teacher training; (bachelor) Industrial sciences and technology;

(bachelor master) Architecture; Applied linguistics; Product development; Audio-visual art; Theatre & music studies.

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4 Campuses in the Kempen area

Geel, Turnhout Lier, Vorselaar

10 Departments

6,000 Students (3,600 in Geel)

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International programs (bilateral agreements with over 100 universities)

Socrates Erasmus

Student exchange Teacher exchange Intensive programmes

Comenius Grundtvig Minerva

Leonardo Mobility projects in many fields of study Pilot projects

Tempus Mobility projects JEP TIB

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International activities

• Short exchanges with partner institutions• International week• International Business Module• International Class for Teacher Education • International Class for Social Work• International Workshop for Technical Sciences• Knowledge sharing with Eastern European

Countries (Hungary, Rumania, Kroatia): projects of the Flemish Community in the field of agriculture

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International diplomas

CCIP (Paris)

LCCI (London) ZDaF (Goethe-Germany)

Cisco Microsoft

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Let’s have a look at:

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