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Kempen University College. Welcome. 21 March 2007. World-Europe-Belgium-Flanders. What about Belgium, besides:. heart of Europe. chocolate. beer. Constitutional parliamentory monarchy Capital: Brussels
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Kempen University College Welcome 21 March 2007
What about Belgium, besides: heart of Europe chocolate beer • 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)
Higher Education in Flanders • 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
Hogescholen Universities Higher education in Flanders
Study Fields of Hogescholen in Flanders • 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.
KHK • 4 Campuses in the Kempen area • Geel, Turnhout • Lier, Vorselaar • 10 Departments • 6,000 Students (3,600 in Geel)
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
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
International diplomas • CCIP (Paris) • LCCI (London) • ZDaF (Goethe-Germany) • Cisco • Microsoft
Let’s have a look at: WWW.KHK.BE