International Relations Office
The IRO is the office within the Central Ghent University Administration that is in charge of implementing the international policy of Ghent University. It promotes, informs, counsels and supports the Ghent University community to give shape to its international endeavours.
Students can get assistance from the International Support Team (part of the IRO).
Address
Korte Meer 9
B-9000 Ghent
Tel +32 (0)9 264 70 02 / +32 (0)9 264 70 03 / +32 (0)9 264 70 04
Office hours: 9am - 12am and 2pm - 4pm
How to get to the IRO? See the route description.
Staff
| Head of Office | |
| Frederik DE DECKER | |
| Deputy Head of Office | |
| Andries VERSPEETEN | |
| Geneviève COCHEZ |
| Secretariat | secretariaataib@ugent.be / iro@ugent.be |
| General secretariat and administration, administration institutional bilateral agreements, visitor cards, … |
| Financial management | finance.iro@ugent.be |
| Bart PATTYN | Financial project management |
| Geert VAN DAMME | Financial project management |
| Jan RUMES | Invoicing, Refund, Concur, Internal Transfers, … |
| Kristof VAN HOECKE | Financial project management |
| International Support Team | international@ugent.be |
| Administrative and social support for incoming degree students, and for incoming and outgoing exchange students. Erasmus+ credit mobility, social media. |
| Visa | students.visa@ugent.be |
| Laïla BOULYOU | Visa-issues, Solvency, residence permit |
| Abroad After Studies | buitenlandnastudies@ugent.be |
| Laïla BOULYOU | Administrative support for international postgraduate internships |
| Patricia BURSSENS | Scholarships for postgraduate studies and (international) work placement abroad; contact person for Erasmus+ Traineeship mobility, Ghent University Community of Practice for Work Placements, Flemish Traineeship Mobility Consortium ‘Flanders Traineeship Platform’, member of Flemish experts group International Work Placement, board member Leo-Net. BAEF and Fulbright |
| International Alumni | alumni.abroad@ugent.be |
| Carole PICAVET | International alumni relations and worldwide UGent alumni chapters |
| Regional Platforms | regionalplatforms@ugent.be |
| Anna SASHCHENKO | Eureast Platform - eureast@ugent.be Coordinator Eureast Platform |
| Annelies VERDOOLAEGE | Africa Platform Coordinator Africa Platform of Ghent University Association |
| Barbara CLAEYS | CESAM Platform - cesam@ugent.be Coordinator Latin-America Platform |
| Elisabeth VELLE | North America Platform Coordinator North America Platform |
| Inge MANGELSCHOTS | East Asia Platform - east-asia-platform@ugent.be Coordinator East Asia Platform in collaboration with the representative in Beijing |
| Jean DHONT | ASEAN & South Asia Platform - aseanplus@ugent.be Coordinator ASEANplus Platform |
| ENLIGHT | enlight@ugent.be |
| Gijs COUCKE | Executive Secretary |
| Delfien CLOET | Project Manager |
| Marieke MERCKX | Societal outreach, ENLIGHT Thematic Networks |
| EU projects | eu-educationprojects@ugent.be |
| Andries VERSPEETEN | European policy in Higher Education, Institutional networks, EU education project team, Erasmus+ KA2 and KA3, Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters |
| Barbara CLAEYS | Erasmus + programme: Key Action 2 Capacity Building in Higher Education, Santander Group, Erasmus Mundus Action 2 (partner projects) |
| Klaas PORTIER | Alliances for Innovation, Capacity Building in Higher Education, Jean Monnet |
| Lotte LAENEN | Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees, Cooperation Partnerships, Strategic Partnerships, Forward Looking Projects, Key Action 3 (Policy Development and Cooperation) |
| Nick PROVOOST | Cooperation Partnerships |
| Mobility policy and internationalisation of the curriculum | |
| An GEYSEN | Travel Risk Management |
| An VAN LAEKEN | Erasmus+ Staff Mobility |
| Geneviève COCHEZ | Erasmus+ programme (KA1 mobility within Europe), Erasmus Belgica, Travel Risk Management |
| Paul LEYS | Data management and analysis (incl. mobility registration and administration in Oasis), eQuATIC project, Erasmus Without Paper project, integrating international/intercultural competencies (IIC) in study programmes |
| Reintje REYNEBEAU | Support for new study programmes, curriculum and internationalisation, embedding international/intercultural competences (IIC) in education, Joint Masters/Double Degrees, Scholarships outside of Erasmus zone |
| Thibault HOOGSTOEL | Blended Intensive Programmes (BIP), Summer Schools |
| Thomas BUERMAN | Recruitment international students, Student Centre |
| Academic Diplomacy | |
| Elisabeth VELLE | Maintaining contacts with embassies in Belgium and abroad, receiving delegations from these diplomatic representations, receiving university visits at the institutional level, organizing university-wide academic missions abroad, under the direction of the rector. |
| Isabelle DE COEN | Maintaining contacts with embassies in Belgium and abroad, receiving delegations from these diplomatic representations, receiving university visits at the institutional level, organizing university-wide academic missions abroad, under the direction of the rector. |
| Agreements and cooperations / networks | |
| Anna SASHCHENKO | EUniverCities, 3i University Network (Lille), Kent |
| Elisabeth VELLE | Administration of Global Partnerships / inter-institutional Agreements outside EU |
| International Support Team | Administration of inter-institutional Agreements within EU |
| Marieke MERCKX | Coordination of institutional international cooperation, International Thematic Networks (ITN) |