Hasselt University

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Hasselt University is a university with campuses in Hasselt and Diepenbeek, Belgium. It was founded in 1971, as the Limburgs Universitair Centrum (LUC). On June 15, 2005 the university changed its name to Hasselt University.^{[citation needed]}

The university consists of 4 faculties :

• The faculty of Law
• The faculty of Computer Science;
• The faculty of Applied Economics (applied economics and commercial engineering)
• The faculty of Medicine (medicine and biomedical sciences).

The rector of the university currently is prof. dr. Jonny Daenen, the vice rectors are prof. dr. Paul Janssen and prof. dr. Erna Nauwelaerts.

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.

Location

Cycling path towards campus Diepenbeek

Located in the heart of the Euregion, Hasselt and its university are truly international. Hasselt is situated about one hour driving form cities such as Brussels, Antwerp and Aachen (Germany), and is very near to Liège and Maastricht (the Netherlands).

Hasselt University is situated on the campus of Diepenbeek (a small town near Hasselt), which occupies an attractive 150 acre site in the middle of Limburg's green belt. Hasselt University is expanding towards Hasselt, the capital of Limburg, which has a population of almost 70,000 and is the administrative and commercial centre of the province.

Figures

Studentnumbers :

• 2008-2009: 2628 students
• 2009-2010: 2886 students
• 2010-2011: 3084 students

Staffnumbers: On February 1st 2011, 870 members of staff were employed at Hasselt University .

Institutes

Research institutes of the university :

• BIOMED - Biomedical Research Institute
• CenStat - Centre for statistics
• CMK - Centre for Environmental Sciences
• 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 - Identity, Diversity and Inequality Research

Student organisations

The most important student organisation is the student's union, StuRa: a group of 14 elected students who are the representatives of the students and who make sure the student's rights are respected.

Other Student organisations at the University Hasselt are:

• AIESEC (Association Internationale des Etudiants en Sciences Economiques et Commerciales) http://www.aieseclimburg.be
• Bears and Bulls (Investor's club)
• Dip's (For students biology and chemistry) http://www.dips.be
• Filii Lamberti (For students mathematics, physics and CS) 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. http://www.commeatus.be (Site in Dutch only)
• AES (Association for Exchange Students) http://student.uhasselt.be/~aesaix
• 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