University reference

Ghent University

Ghent University, established in 1817, is an active ROR organization in Ghent, BE. ROR classifies the organization under education, funder. This profile preserves public aliases, acronyms, external identifiers, location details and organization relationships supplied by the Research Organization Registry, then links the record to other organizations in the same city and country and to recorded airports in the same city. It is a directory profile, not a university ranking, quality assessment, admissions guide or statement of endorsement by ROR or DataOfWorld.

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Key facts

ROR identifier
https://ror.org/00cv9y106
Country
BE
City
Ghent
Administrative area
Flanders
Website
https://www.ugent.be
Established
1817
Organization types
education, funder
Aliases
UGent
External identifiers
fundref501100004385, 501100007229, 501100010741
gridgrid.5342.0
isni0000 0001 2069 7798
wikidataQ1137665
Organization relationships
child041bygf77, 05bm1gr16, 04q4ydz28, 04hbttm44, 01qnqmc89, 05y4fay10, 0027txx50
related00xmkp704, 056t38c37, 0038zss60
Latitude
51.05
Longitude
3.71667
ROR last modified
2026-07-20

ROR identity context

Names, identifiers and relationships

These identifiers describe the organization record and do not imply ranking or endorsement.

AliasesUGent
FUNDREF identifiers501100004385, 501100007229, 501100010741
GRID identifiersgrid.5342.0
ISNI identifiers0000 0001 2069 7798
WIKIDATA identifiersQ1137665
ROR child relationships041bygf77, 05bm1gr16, 04q4ydz28, 04hbttm44, 01qnqmc89, 05y4fay10, 0027txx50
ROR related relationships00xmkp704, 056t38c37, 0038zss60

Wikidata structured context

Published identifiers and revision

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QIDQ1137665
Revision2519596935
Modified2026-07-19T10:03:49Z
Structured labelGhent University
Websitehttps://www.ugent.be/
Country QIDQ31
Inception
after0
before0
calendarmodelhttp://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1985727
precision11
time+1817-10-09T00:00:00Z
timezone0

OpenAlex institution metadata

Works and research-topic context

Institution-level directory statistics only; they are not rankings, quality judgments or endorsements.

169929Indexed works
16680258Citations recorded

Published topics: Photonic and Optical Devices, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Plant Molecular Biology Research, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices, Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies, Optical Network Technologies, Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography

Annual indicator

Institution works indexed by OpenAlex

9,336.00 works2024

Institution-level yearly works counts in OpenAlex; not a ranking or quality measure. Values retain the source period and unit.

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