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Ghent University Campus Life: International Student Guide 2026

What daily life at Ghent University is actually like — campus, neighborhood, weather, social fabric, and the texture of being an international student here.

Ghent is one of Europe's best student cities — compact, medieval-canal beautiful, bike-first and affordable, with a very large student population that genuinely animates its bars, festivals and nightlife.

Campus and city

Ghent is one of Europe's best student cities — compact, medieval-canal beautiful, bike-first and affordable, with a very large student population that genuinely animates its bars, festivals and nightlife. The university is woven through the city rather than walled off in a single campus, and proximity to the VIB biotech cluster and wider Flanders research network gives science students an unusually rich professional environment.

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