Hasselt University

face of buildings of Hasselt University with sequoia tree

"Agora" meeting place of Hasselt University

Hasselt University is a university with campuses in Hasselt and Diepenbeek, Belgium. 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).
• 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.

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.

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. 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.

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. 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. 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