Hasselt University is a university with campuses in Hasselt and Diepenbeek, Belgium. A university is an institution of Higher education and Research, which grants Academic degrees in a variety of subjects ||-||-||} Hasselt is a Belgian City and municipality, and capital of the Flemish province of Limburg. Diepenbeek is a Municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg near Hasselt. The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those It was founded in 1971, as the Limburgs Universitair Centrum. On June 15, 2005 the university changed its name to Hasselt University.
The university consists of 3 faculties:
- The faculty of Sciences (mathematics, physics, IT, biology and chemistry);
- The faculty of Applied Economics (applied economics and commercial engineering)
- The faculty of Medicine (medicine and biomedical sciences). Mathematics is the body of Knowledge and Academic discipline that studies such concepts as Quantity, Structure, Space and Physics (Greek Physis - φύσις in everyday terms is the Science of Matter and its motion. Information technology ( IT) as defined by the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA is "the study design development implementation support Foundations of modern biology There are five unifying principles Chemistry (from Egyptian kēme (chem meaning "earth") is the Science concerned with the composition structure and properties Medicine is the art and science of healing It encompasses a range of Health care practices evolved to maintain and restore Human Health by the
- There is also a faculty of "Transportation Sciences".
The rector of the university currently is prof. dr. Luc de Schepper, the vice-rector is prof. dr. Mieke Van Haegendoren. The word rector ("ruler" from the Latin regere and Rector meaning "Teacher" In Latin has a number of different meanings but all of them indicate an academic
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University Hasselt-Maastricht
Currently, the Universities of Hasselt and Maastricht work together as the Transnational University Limburg (tUL) for studies in IT and Biomedical Sciences. Universiteit Maastricht (abbreviation UM (or in the English language Maastricht University founded in 1976, is the second youngest university in the The transnationale Universiteit Limburg (abbreviation tUL and translation in English is 'transnational University Limburg' is based in the Netherlands (and Belgium
It was planned that in the academic year 2007-2008, a joint bachelor programme in law would be organized by the tUL and the K.U.Leuven. The Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (in short KU Leuven) is the Flemish offshoot of the oldest university in the Low Countries which was originally founded However, the Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders/Belgium was of the opinion that the proposed programme was not yet sufficiently developed. The starting date for this programme has therefore been postponed.
Location
Hasselt University is located in Diepenbeek (a small town near Hasselt) but is expanding towards Hasselt, the capital of Limburg. Diepenbeek is a Municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg near Hasselt. ||-||-||} Hasselt is a Belgian City and municipality, and capital of the Flemish province of Limburg.
Institutes
Research institutes of the university:
- BIOMED - biomedical research institute
- CenStat - centre for statistics
- CMk - centre for environmental science
- CTL - Centre Applied Linguistics http://www.ctl.uhasselt.be
- EDM - Expertise Centre for Digital Media
- IMO - institute for material research
- IMOB - Transportation Research Institute
- KIZOK - knowledge institute for Small and medium enterprise
- SEIn - behavioral sciences institute
Student organisations
The most important student organisation is the student's union, STURA: a group of ten elected students who are the representatives of the students and who make sure the student's rights are respected. The Biomedical Research Institute or BIOMED (Biomedisch Onderzoeksinstituut was founded on 1 January 1999 to combine the expertise of the former Dr Biomedical research (or experimental medicine) in general simply known as medical research, is the Basic research or Applied research conducted Statistics is a mathematical science pertaining to the collection analysis interpretation or explanation and presentation of Data. Linguistics is the scientific study of Language, encompassing a number of sub-fields Digital media (as opposed to analog media) usually refers to Electronic media that work on digital Codes. Materials are physical Substances used as inputs to production or Manufacturing. Small and medium enterprises (also SMEs, small and medium businesses, SMBs, and variations thereof are companies whose headcount or http://studentenraad.uhasselt.be (Site in Dutch only)
Other Student organisations at the University Hasselt are:
- Dip's (For students biology and chemistry) http://dips.uhasselt.be
- Filii Lamberti (For students mathematics, physics and IT) http://www.filii.be
- Miezerik (For medicine students) http://miezerik.luc.ac.be
- Biomedica (For students biomedical sciences) http://biomedica.uhasselt.be
- Hermes (For students economy) http://www.hermesdiepenbeek.be/
- Commeatus A new organisation for students who study transport studies. A student society or student organization is an Organization, operated by Students at a University, whose membership normally consists only of Hermes ( Greek,, ˈhɝmiːz in Greek mythology, is the Olympian god of boundaries and of the travelers who cross them of Shepherds and http://www.commeatus.be (Site in Dutch only)
- AES (Association for Exchange Students) http://student.uhasselt.be/~aesaix
- AIESEC (Association Internationale des Etudiants en Sciences Economiques et Commerciales) http://aiesec.uhasselt.be
- CCG (Christelijke Campus Gemeenschap ; Christian Campus Society) http://www.ccgdiepenbeek.be
- VLUG (Vrijzinnig Limburgs Universitair Genootschap ; Secular Limburgish University Society)
See also
- Science and technology in Flanders
- Limburg Science Park
- University Foundation
- Flanders Interuniversity Institute of Biotechnology (VIB)
- Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre (IMEC)
External links
- Hasselt University
- More information about higher education in Flanders/Belgium (in English)
- Find an officially recognised programme of this institution in the Higher Education Register
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