Welcome brochure students

KASK & Conservatorium 2020-2021

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Content 1. Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 4

2. Student administration ......................................................................................................................... 6

2.1 Student reception - Bookshop ...................................................................................................... 6

2.2 Student affairs office ..................................................................................................................... 6

2.3 Communication and E-learning .................................................................................................... 6

2.3.1 Wireless internet ................................................................................................................... 7

2.3.2 E-mail .................................................................................................................................... 7

2.3.3 Chamilo.hogent.be ................................................................................................................ 9

2.3.4 Ibamaflex.hogent.be ............................................................................................................. 9

2.3.5 Teams .................................................................................................................................... 9

2.3.6 Website ............................................................................................................................... 10

2.4 Calendars and time tables .......................................................................................................... 10

2.4.1 Time tables .......................................................................................................................... 10

2.4.2 Academic calendar .............................................................................................................. 10

3. Study guidance and coaching.............................................................................................................. 13

3.1 Study path coaches ..................................................................................................................... 13

3.2 Guidance ..................................................................................................................................... 13

3.2.1 Contracts ............................................................................................................................. 13

3.2.2 Study path ........................................................................................................................... 14

3.2.3 Exemptions (EVK/EVC) ........................................................................................................ 15

3.3 Monitoring your study path and progress ....................................................................................... 16

3.3.1 Learning deposit .................................................................................................................. 16

3.3.2 Changing your curriculum ................................................................................................... 17

3.3.3 Study progress monitoring .................................................................................................. 17

3.3.4 Special statute ..................................................................................................................... 18

3.3.5 Individual education and examination measures ............................................................... 18

3.4 Study guidance ............................................................................................................................ 19

3.4.1 Student counselor+ ............................................................................................................. 19

3.4.2 Student services: STUVO ..................................................................................................... 19

3.4.3 Medical assistance .............................................................................................................. 20

4. Language requirements ...................................................................................................................... 20

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5. Examination ........................................................................................................................................ 21

5.1 Preparation ................................................................................................................................. 21

5.2 The examination ......................................................................................................................... 22

5.3 After the exam period ................................................................................................................. 22

6. Financial information .......................................................................................................................... 24

6.1 Tuition fee and studio fee ........................................................................................................... 24

6.2 Unscribe ...................................................................................................................................... 25

6.3 Scholarships ................................................................................................................................ 25

6.4 Residence permits ....................................................................................................................... 26

7. Student mobility .................................................................................................................................. 27

7.1 Mobility @ HOGENT.................................................................................................................... 27

7.2 Going abroad ............................................................................................................................... 27

7.3 Health insurance ......................................................................................................................... 27

8. Student services .................................................................................................................................. 27

8.1 Reception .................................................................................................................................... 27

8.2 Book a room ................................................................................................................................ 28

8.3 Student card/E-purse .................................................................................................................. 29

8.4 Lending services .......................................................................................................................... 29

8.5 Library ......................................................................................................................................... 30

8.6 Student restaurants & catering ................................................................................................... 31

8.7 Student jobs ................................................................................................................................ 31

8.8 Using the printers........................................................................................................................ 31

9. Student facilities ................................................................................................................................. 31

9.1 Housing ....................................................................................................................................... 31

9.2 Transport ..................................................................................................................................... 32

9.3 Sport ............................................................................................................................................ 32

9.4 Cultural events – artistic activities .............................................................................................. 32

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1. Introduction

Since September 2011, University College Ghent’s Royal Conservatory and Royal Academy of Fine Arts

joined forces in one single institute: the Ghent School of Arts.

Ghent School of Arts wants to bring together talented and motivated students and excellent educators,

active artists, designers and theorists in art and design. The school aspires to be a refuge where young

artists and designers can train and perfect themselves in the artistic discipline of their choice in a serious,

structured and thorough manner. Familiarity with tradition is crucial in this process, but it is coupled to

an alert attention for contemporary developments in the arts and in society as a whole.

The Student affairs office at the Bijloke assists students with enrolment, obtaining a student card, picking

up course books, information, etc…

Practical courses, artistic instruction and theoretical classes take place in studios, practice rooms and

auditoria on different locations throughout the city, but are concentrated mainly around the Bijloke and

Grote Sikkel campuses.

DIVERSITY

At Ghent School of Arts you can immerse yourself in about every artistic discipline. The list is long:

painting, drawing, sculpture, installation, media art, performance, graphics, photography, film, animation,

drama, classical music, jazz, pop, music theory, composition, music production, graphic design,

illustration, web design, fashion, textile design, instrument building, multimedia design, interior design,

landscape architecture, landscape development, arts teacher training programmes...

This multitude of artistic disciplines is grouped in four main programmes (visual arts, audiovisual arts, music & drama) in which you can obtain a bachelor’s, a master’s and/or a doctoral degree. In interior design and in landscape and garden architecture you go in for a professional bachelor’s degree. Besides the study programmes mentioned above, the School of Arts also offers several postgraduate programmes for students who already achieved a bachelor’s or master’s degree in arts: curatorial studies, digital storytelling, postgraduate in arts in sound, soloist classical music, musical performance practice,… EXPERIMENT At Ghent School of Arts we want to actively stimulate research in the arts and the inquisitorial component of the artistic process. This research entails the technical aspects, the artistic and design issues, the emotional side of the process and the theory. It is the quest for your personal voice in design, sound or image and for the right methods and command of that voice. This research is also a way to experiment with how art is made. It explores possibilities and shows the processes of decision. The School aspires to create a stimulating atmosphere of trust that fosters experiment and innovation. It is a place where boundaries can be pushed. A place where the unusual is not marginalized, but acknowledged as potential sources of inspiration and innovation.

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PERSONAL

Our varied range of programmes, majors and studios — the most comprehensive and diverse offer within

one educational institute in Flanders — guarantee mutually inspiring and relatively open training

programmes. In analogy to the world of art where crossing disciplines becomes ever more important,

each student can focus on personal accents in his/her training programme and there is room for cross-

fertilization. In practice, this means that students get the opportunity to participate in initiations,

workshops, practical classes, theoretical courses and master classes outside their own major subjects,

thereby effectively broadening and deepening the personal artistic process. This includes the opportunity

to follow courses in other programmes within the Ghent University Association (e.g. in the Art Studies

programme at Ghent University).

The artist’s personal emphasis is even more prominent in the master and doctoral programmes. The

master’s programme and the PhD in the visual arts, music and audiovisual arts are laboratories of work

and ideas where instructors and promotors stimulate - rather than direct - their students. Your own

project and process are at the centre. In addition, the master programmes introduced you to some of the

numerous theoretical and artistic research projects our lecturers are engaged in. The dissertation further

stimulates you to thoroughly examine and formulate themes important to your work as an artist or a

designer.

INTERACTIONS

There has always been a close association between the Royal Academy and Royal Conservatory on the

one hand, and the broad cultural field on the other hand. School of Arts is not only firmly embedded in

the cultural dynamics of the city of Ghent, but it is in itself also a player in the cultural field as the organizer

of exhibitions, concerts, film screenings, theatre performances, lectures, publications and conferences.

(KIOSK, KASKcinema, KASKlezingen, MIRY-concerts, Jazz-sessions, Studium Generale...)

There are, of course, also numerous student productions. During the academic year, there is a nearly

continuous stream of presentations and performances, allowing you the opportunity to sample the work

of your fellow students from music to design, from painting to film and performance.

At the end of June, the year is festively concluded with the presentations of the master and bachelor

students’ graduating works. Apart from the end-of-year exhibition, concerts, the annual fashion show, the

drama festival and the premiere of KASKfilms are hosted.

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2. Student administration

The School of Arts offers many services to increase the chance of success in your studies. We guarantee

optimal guidance through this process in order to determine the studies that are best in line with your

interests. You will be informed about possible study paths to facilitate your study path. The student

administration, as well as the guidance and coaching services are located at the Bijloke campus.

2.1 Student reception - Bookshop

Your books and syllabi can be collected at the student bookshop of the Student Affairs Office

(Bijlokecampus) after you ordered them on http://standaardstudentshop.hogent.be . Click on ‘EN’ on top

of the page to switch to English, log on with your HOGENT student-account and click on your year program

to order the courses linked to your curriculum.

Contact:

Student Reception – Bookshop

Katty.Lemahieu@hogent.be (T: +32 9 243 36 10)

2.2 Student affairs office

All necessary and practical information about studying at the School of Arts is provided at the Student

Affairs Office. Our staff will assist you with all administrative matters and related questions. They guide

you through the enrolment procedure, give you information about administrative documents you need

for several services, (residence permits, authentication stamps, etcetera … ).

Contact:

Student Administration

Caroline.Duprez@hogent.be (T: +32 9 243 36 12)

Patrick.Dombrecht@hogent.be (T: +32 9 243 36 11)

Rob.Meuleman@hogent.be (T: +32 9 243 36 14)

Foreign Students

Paul.Lamont@hogent.be (T: +32 9 243 36 13)

2.3 Communication and E-learning

Teachers and administrative staff will communicate through your HOGENT email, Chamilo and

Ibamaflex.

You will also receive the digital newsletter for students once a month, containing important

announcements, news, dates,… The newsletter can be read in English by clicking on the ‘EN’ link.

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2.3.1 Wireless internet

The school’s WIFI name is Eduroam.

Login with your HOGENT email address which you received at your registration

2.3.2 E-mail

When you enroll at the School of Arts, you will receive a document with your Hogent-email-address, your

user name and an activation code. With this activation code, you will be able to create your own password

on https://activatie.hogent.be.

To log in and check your HOGENT emails, please use your full email address and password. This email

address is used by teachers and the administrative department of HOGENT to communicate with you.

Therefore, it is very important to check your HOGENT email at least twice a week! You can also easily

configure your account so that it forwards your HOGENT emails to your primary, personal email account!

Logging in to your email: 1. Have your email address and password ready. 2. A. Go to https://www.schoolofartsgent.be and click the Chamilo logo (“C”) in the top right-

hand corner (after you first clicked on ‘Education’)

(OR B. Go to https://chamilo.hogent.be/ )

(OR C. Go to https://outlook.office365.com/owa/)

3. Log on using your e-mail address and your password.

Screen shot for option 2.A

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Screen shot for option 2.B

Screen shot for option 2.C

For option 2.C: E-mailadres = Email address / Wachtwoord = password

Another interesting website is https://mijn.hogent.be/, where you can manage your general HOGENT

account.

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2.3.3 Chamilo.hogent.be

https://chamilo.hogent.be : Chamilo is a communication platform where teachers create and share their

curriculum courses with students. Each teacher can customize his/her own Chamilo page, so not all of

your courses will look identical. Through Chamilo, teachers share articles and important announcements

and students are able to participate in discussion forums and group exercises.

Your username (gebruikersnaam – login) is the same that you have received with your mail account.

Your username consists of 6 numbers followed by your initials, for example: 024023kc. Your password is

the one you have created on the activation link https://activatie.hogent.be.

You can find a manual for Chamilo here.

2.3.4 Ibamaflex.hogent.be

https://ibamaflex.hogent.be : Ibamaflex is used by the Student Administration to register students and

to post examination results. The site contains your full student profile during your time at the University

College. Through Ibamaflex, students can digitally sign their new course curriculum, view their entire

course list, and check examination results.

Preferred language: English

Validate new course curriculum with an electronic signature (located in the E-Postbox)

Examination results: individual reports

Study survey – Learning Deposit

Enroll for the coming year (Mijn herinschrijving)

Important: students need to verify their curriculum in Ibamaflex and if it is correct, they need to digitally sign their curriculum. In case you notice an error, please notify the student affairs department as soon as possible.

In addition to the documents from the student affairs office in the E-mailbox, you can upload doctor's certificates in the "Absentee module" to substantiate your legitimate absence. An exemption file can be uploaded in the "Exemption module".

You can find a manual for Ibamaflex here.

2.3.5 Teams

You have free access to Microsoft Teams via your HOGENT account or when you go to chamilo.hogent.be you see the icon of Teams there. Teams is an online platform that is used in addition to the Chamilo learning environment to stay connected with your teachers and fellow students. Teams makes it possible to organize your work smoothly. You can chat, meet or collaborate online via video calling.

You can find a manual for Teams here, but also on the internet and you-tube you can find hands on information.

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2.3.6 Website

The website of the School of Arts Ghent is an important source of information for many features. You will

find information and updates about education, research, artistic activities, calendars,…

http://schoolofartsgent.be/

Click on ‘EN’ in the right upper corner to view the site in English

2.4 Calendars and time tables

2.4.1 Time tables

In the academic year 2020-2021 a new class schedule software will be implemented, namely ASIMUT

(https://asimut.com). This software will provide personal class schedules for students and teachers, as

well as a new reservation system for (rehearsal) rooms. From September 18th on you will be able to consult

your personal class schedule on ASIMUT.

2.4.2 Academic calendar

Since we have two types of education (professional vs. academic), we use two types of calendars. Make

sure you have the correct calendar in front of you:

Calendar for professional courses:

Bachelor of Interior Design

Bachelor of Landscape and Garden Architecture

Advanced Bachelor of Landscape Development

Calendar for academic courses: Bachelor or Master:

Bachelor or Master Audiovisual Arts

Bachelor or Master Visual Arts

Bachelor or Master of Drama

Bachelor or Master of Music

Advanced Master of Contemporary Music

The postgraduate programmes may follow a different calendar. Contact your coordinator or study path

coach for more information.

You can consult the academic calendars on: https://schoolofartsgent.be/nl/onderwijs/kalenders-en-

roosters/

Welcome week

An overview of all activities during the welcome week for each study can be consulted on our website:

https://schoolofartsgent.be/2020/onthaalweken/

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Start Academic year

An academic year starts at the end of September. One year contains two semesters of 12 to 13 weeks of

lessons. Free days (All Saints Day, Armistice Day, Easter, Ascension…) are marked on the calendar. There

are no lessons on these National Holidays and the school is closed during them.

http://schoolofartsgent.be/en/education/calendars-and-schedules

First Project Week

Half way through each semester, we organise a project week. Since there are two semesters in one year,

we organise two project weeks. During a project week, there are no lessons. Each department organizes

special events for their students, ranging from workshops, visiting exhibitions, to possibly seeing an artist

perform. There are no lessons, but participation from students is mandatory.

Christmas Holidays

The Christmas Holidays last for two weeks, during which the school is closed.

First Exam period

During an academic year we organise three exam periods. Immediately after the Christmas Holidays,

students have the first exam period. The main difference between the calendar of the professional and

academic courses lies in this period of time.

Students of the professional courses:

The exam period of students that follow a professional program lasts four weeks. After this period, they

have a lesson-free week.

Students of the academic courses:

The exam period of students who follow an academic program lasts only two weeks.

Professional courses have more semester subjects. Academic courses have more year based subjects,

resulting in a different amount of exams each semester.

Because of this difference, the second exam period of the academic courses starts earlier than the

professional courses.

Results and feedback

After each exam period, students can view their grades by logging on to Ibamaflex at

https://ibamaflex.hogent.be. The exact day of publishing the results will be announced by e-mail and on

the examination schedule. The day after students find out their results, they can attend the “feedback

moment”. At the feedback moment all teachers are available to give you feedback on the results. It is

important students use this opportunity to ask all kinds of questions and have a look at the exam.

Lesson-free week

Only for students of the professional courses, there is a lesson-free week. This week takes place

immediately after the exam period and right before the start of their second semester.

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Start second semester

In the beginning of the year, at the start of the first semester, all lessons start in the same week. This is

rather different for the second semester. Since the difference is mostly due to the exam period, the

second semester starts at another moment for students of professional or academic courses.

Students of the professional courses: The second semester starts right after the lesson free week, in

mid-February.

Students of the academic courses: Since there is no lesson free week for these students, the second

semester starts immediately on Monday, after the exam period, in mid-January.

Second Project Week

Similar to the first semester, a project week is organized during the second semester. The basic principle

is the same as there are no lessons during the project week of the second semester, but attendance is

required.

Easter Holidays

In April, there are Easter holidays. Unlike the Christmas holidays, the school stays open during the Easter

holidays. Students can still use the facilities and ateliers on campus. Lessons are not scheduled in these

weeks.

Second Exam period

At the end of the second semester, there is a second exam period. Students have theoretical exams and final juries where they have to present their artistic work. Similar to the end of the first exam period, we inform students of their results through https://ibamaflex.hogent.be. The day after, students can talk to their professors and ask them for feedback.

Summer Holidays

When all exams are finished, results are known and the feedback is given, students can enjoy the

Summer Holidays. This period starts in the beginning of July and lasts until the beginning of the next

academic year.

Re-enrolment

All students who passed their examinations receive an email from the Student Affairs Office with an

invitation to re-enrol. Students who didn’t pass will receive this invitation after the third exam period is

finished.

The entire re-enrolment procedure is done online. Students can use https://ibamaflex.hogent.be to

inform the school of the courses they plan to follow the next year. Before and during the re-enrolment-

procedure, students can always make an appointment with the study path coach.

Third Exam period

Students who failed (a) subject(s) have a second chance to pass the year anyway. Some subjects, mainly

theoretical ones, offer a second examination opportunity. Whether a subject offers a second exam

opportunity or not can be found on the ECTS-file (www.ects.hogent.be) for that subject.

The third exam period starts half way through August and lasts until approximately half way through

September. Similar to the end of the first and second exam period, we inform students of their results

through https://ibamaflex.hogent.be. The day after, students can talk to their professors and ask them

for feedback.

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3. Study guidance and coaching

3.1 Study path coaches

Do you have questions about your study contract, your personal study path, exemptions, courses or

specializations? Or do you want information about your learning deposit or study progress monitoring?

Each study program has a study path coach who can help you. Please find the study path coach for your

study

Interior Design

Femke Neels T : +32 9 243 36 16 Femke.Neels@hogent.be

Music (Bachelor + Master) Advanced Master of Contemporary music Postgraduate Musical Performance Practice Postgraduate Soloist Classical Music

Karen Van Petegem T: +32 9 243 36 17 Karen.VanPetegem@hogent.be

Drama (Bachelor + Master) Visual Arts (Bachelor + Master) Postgraduate Curatorial Studies Postgraduate Digital Storytelling

Annelies Vlaeminck T: +32 9 243 36 18 Annelies.Vlaeminck@hogent.be

Audiovisual Arts (Bachelor + Master) EPAS Landscape and Garden Architecture Advanced Bachelor of Landscape Development

Eveline Steenhout T: + 32 9 243 30 30 Eveline.Steenhout@hogent.be

3.2 Guidance

3.2.1 Contracts

There are three types of study contracts:

- Diploma contract: the student registers to obtain a degree or diploma

- Credit contract: the student registers to obtain a credit certificate for 1 or more courses

- Exam contract: the student registers to obtain a diploma for a study program, or a credit certificate

for 1 or more course units, under the conditions determined by the Executive Council .

As a regular student, you register with a diploma contract to obtain a degree or diploma.

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If you do not meet the requirements for enrollment, or you only wish to enroll for 1 or more courses to

obtain the credit, you can enroll with a credit or exam contract on the condition that an examination

shows that you have the competence to be able to follow the courses.

You can apply for enrollment with a credit or exam contract in writing the study path coach and using this

document. The application is only possible for courses for which registration with a credit or exam contract

is possible.

3.2.2 Study path

a) Your curriculum

You can find in your E-postbus your study program and the overview of courses which you are enrolled

for on http://ibamaflex.hogent.be. It is important to read this document thoroughly. Please check if you

are correctly registered for all courses. You need to digitally sign your study contract.

If you want more information about a particular course: please find it here. The name of the teacher is

also mentioned, so you can contact him/her for further information.

If you want to change your curriculum, it is important to take into account the following deadlines:

- courses from the 1st semester or annual courses: changes need to be done before December 1st

- courses from the second semester: changes are possible until 15th of March Please contact your study path coach to find out what consequences changes may have on your study. Unscribing courses can have important financial consequences. The following dates are important:

- If you unscribe for courses from the first semester or annual courses before 1st of November, you will receive your credits (learning deposit) and tuition fees back; if you do this before 1st of December then you will no longer get the tuition feesback, only your credits (learning deposit).

- You can unscribe for courses from the second semester until the 15th of March: you will receive your tuition fee and the credits back. If you unscribe later, you owe the full tuition fee and you can only earn back your credits by passing the courses.

b) Full time or part time student

Some students wonder if it is possible to enroll for less than 60 credits for various reasons: special individual circumstances, participation in artistic projects in combination with a study, combining work and studies, etc. Studying part time is not always easy and recommended. You can submit a request to your study path coach, who will check the options. For most students, who wish to combine work and study, it means that lectures and work will overlap, while attendance during lessons is essential to successfully complete the course. Yet every year there are some students who get it done. Talk with your study path coach about a personal program, or check out how the combination with a part time job is possible. Be aware of the fact that studying part time often conflicts with the time organization of some courses. Mainly practical courses are organized on an annual basis and cannot be duplicated (according to credits and workload). Once you have completed these modules, the continuation of the training to obtain the diploma can therefore take a few more years without the main discipline. Please keep that in mind.

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When can you get the statute of a working student? As a working student, you

- need a proof of employment in an employment contract of at least 80 hours per month or;

- need a proof of unemployment but the study needs to be a part of a traject to get a job by a regional employment service or;

- may not have a second cycle diploma or master's degree

c) General or personal program

A general program is a learning path of 60 credits in which you include all courses from the same year, for example 60 credits from the first bachelor. A personal program is a selection of courses that are specific for that student, taking certain factors into account. A personal program can be registered within both a diploma contract and an exam contract. We talk about a personal program when:

- You have exemptions (based on EVK / EVC);

- You want to take more or less credits than predetermined in a general program;

- You have to retake one or more courses;

- You combine courses from different years;

- You want to combine your study with a job

For your personal program, you contact your study path coach as soon as possible (max 15 days) after the registration. Be sure you take the following elements into account if you are considering a personal program:

- the sequence of courses (for some courses the credit of the previous one is necessary);

- the time organization (semester or annual course);

- overlap in the timetable;

- the feasibility of the program;

- your study history (study progress)

d) Combining two studies

For combining two studies, this means following courses out of different programs or options within our school of arts, the permission of the dean is necessary. Send your application to the study path coach to discuss the possibilities or restrictions.

3.2.3 Exemptions (EVK/EVC)

If you have already have a diploma or completed parts of another study, you may be eligible for exemptions based on 'previously acquired qualifications' (EVK) . New students can submit their exemption request on the last tab of the web registration. This registration allows us to check which credits you already have obtained. If you are already enrolled as a student of HOGENT, you can request your exemptions in the exemption module on iBamaflex . The description of the courses can help you to prepare your exemption application: you can read the content of each course as well as the competences pursued. Once you submit your application, the equivalence will be determined. Exemptions based on EVK are always granted at the start of the academic year.

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Do you already have relevant (work) experience for several years and do you want to study (additionally) to obtain a diploma? Then you might be able to apply for exemptions based on 'previously acquired competences' (EVC) . During the EVC procedure, we check whether the competencies you acquired during your work experience correspond with the final competences of a particular course. This analysis is done based on a portfolio (and sometimes additional interview or test). An EVC procedure takes a lot of time and energy. Make sure you start up the entire process on time. If you are interested in this procedure, it is best to contact the study path coach and talk about your

particular situation.

3.3 Monitoring your study path and progress

3.3.1 Learning deposit

In 2008, the Flemish government introduced a system of study progress monitoring through 'learning

deposit. Every student that starts in higher education receives a virtual package of 140 credits. This means

that your study career need to be 'paid'. Each course is equivalent to some credits that are automatically

deducted from your deposit. You will get back the credits once you succeeded for a course (= at least 10

out of 20). In this system you are jointly responsible for your study career.

The learning deposit is used for bachelor and master programs, both with a diploma and a credit contract.

The learning deposit is not used for enrollments in a bridging program, preparatory program, an

educational short-track master's program, an advanced bachelor's program or an advanced master's

program.

You receive your learning deposit back if you succeed for the course and get the credit. And what's more:

the first 60 credits you acquire, you will get double if you are registered with a diploma contract! You lose

the credits of courses you did not obtained any credit for or for which you are being deliberated. This

amount can never be added back to your learning deposit.

If your computer has a card reader for an electronic identity card (EID) or if you have a federal token, you

can consult the status of your learning account at any time on www.studentenportaal.be . On this website

you will also find a number of examples that clearly illustrate the principle of the learning deposit.

Once you are enrolled at HOGENT, you can consult your learning deposit at any time on our web

application https://ibamaflex.hogent.be/

Positive or negative balance

After obtaining a bachelor's degree, you keep your learning deposit. If you subsequently obtain a master's

degree, the starting capital of 140 credits will be deducted from your balance. If your study went perfectly,

you still have 60 credits left. If you end up with a learning deposit lower than 60, it will be built up again

to 60 at a rate of 10 credits each academic year (without studying).

But what if you have no learning deposit left to complete your study program? At HOGENT you can register

for a bachelor's program up to the amount of your available learning deposit. If your learning deposit is

insufficient, your enrollment may be refused.

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More detailed information can always be found on the site of the Flemish government:

https://onderwijs.vlaanderen.be/nl/leerkrediet or contact your study path coach for your personal

situation.

3.3.2 Changing your curriculum

Due to various circumstances or personal reasons, it might be possible that you want to change your

curriculum. Courses that are organized on an annual basis or only in the first semester can be deleted or

added to your study program up to the 30th of October. For courses of the 2nd semester, you have until

March 14th to change your curriculum. This can have financial consequences as well as an impact on your

learning deposit. Please contact your study path coach for more information!

3.3.3 Study progress monitoring

Your study progress is an indication of how you are doing in the study. It is the study path coach who monitors the student's study progress. If it does not proceed as expected (obtain at least 60% of the registered credits) binding conditions can be imposed and you have to meet these in order to continue your studies. If the study path coach determines that the binding conditions have not been met, enrollment in the same study for the next academic year may be refused.

a) Study efficiency 60%

We apply a number of rules to encourage our students to complete their studies and to complete the

entire program. For example, those who fail for the first time for at least 60% of the credits will receive a

warning to be aware of this study progress. If the student fails to obtain 60% of the credits the following

year, a subsequent enrollment for the same study may be refused. ( cfr. Education and Examination

Regulations)

b) Combination bachelor-master

It is only possible to start in the master's program if you have to complete a maximum of 27 credits of

the bachelor's program. Registration for both the bachelor and the master is only allowed once. The

school may also impose restrictions on the maximum number of credits to be taken within the personal

program to encourage the study progress.

c) Lack of learning deposit

HOGENT allows students to enroll for the learning deposit that is available. You need 60 credits for a full-

time study program. If you do not have 60 credits, you can submit a motivated request to the study path

coach.

In our school it is not possible to pay extra if the learning deposit is insufficient.

If you lost your learning deposit due to circumstances beyond your control? Then you can try to reclaim

the learning deposit following the procedure explained in this link

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3.3.4 Special statute

If studying is not easy because you combine your studies with, for example, being an athlete, an

entrepreneur or mandate? Then you can apply for a special status. As a student with a special status, you

can request individual education and examination measures.

We distinguish different categories of students with a special status. Student - recognized top athlete

o If you meet the conditions described in this document:

https://www.hogent.be/sites/hogent/assets/File/Erkenningsvoorwaarden%20Topsport

%20AUGent%202019.pdf

Student - entrepreneur

o If you have a company number or a business plan in which you demonstrate that you will

be offering a valorizable product or service within a year

Student with a mandate

o If you have a mandate in:

- administrative bodies of HOGENT and / or AUGent

- student council of HOGENT and / or AUGent

- participation committees and / or education committees of HOGENT

- councils, committees and working groups of HOGENT

- councils, committees and working groups outside HOGENT such as VLHORA,

VLOR, VVS

- politics

o You need a completed certificate from the government or a copy of the administrative

decision showing that you take up a political mandate or a mandate as an effective

member within a council, committee or working group within or outside HOGENT during

the corresponding academic year

Do you want to apply for a special status? Please contact your study path coach, who will provide you with

all necessary information and talk about your personal situation.

3.3.5 Individual education and examination measures

Individual education and examination measures are reasonable applications to ensure equal opportunities for all students. We want to offer all students to be able to fully participate in the teaching and examination activities. The measures can be allocated based on a special status, exceptional social or individual circumstances, medical reasons and/or a disability. The necessary certificates need to be submitted. The application for educational and examination measures is made at the explicit and individual request of the student and is done as soon as possible after enrollment (always before the start of the evaluation period). The student applies for examination measures in the first examination period no later than the 1st of December and no later than the 1st of May for measures in the second exam period. Examination measures for the third exam period need to be requested before the summer recess. In case of circumstance beyond your control, the application can be made later on.

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Do you want to request education and examination measures? Please contact your study path coach, who will guide you through the application procedure. The measures are applied for one academic year and must be requested annually by the student.

3.4 Study guidance

You can contact the study path coach for individual study guidance. Together we look at your personal

situation, your questions or challenges. We can help with planning, learning to distinguish main and side

issues, drawing up schedules, structuring a course and so on.

The study guidance is a personal tutoring. We help with the aim of completing a process until you manage

to work independently with these competencies.

We see some students a few times, other students are supervised on a regular basis throughout the whole

academic year.

3.4.1 Student counselor+

Students with a certified disability can appeal to more intensive study supervision by our

student counselors+

Laura Van Wesemael for Interior Design (laura.vanwesemael@hogent.be) and;

Charlotte Ryckebosch for all other studies at the school of arts (charlotte.ryckebosch@hogent.be).

The student counselor+ (SB+) examines with the student what the possible impact is of the disability on the study. We want to offer every student equal opportunities. That is why we do personal coaching that can consist of:

Personal guidance: When applying for individual education and examination measures , you can indicate whether you also want individual guidance. Together with your counselor you discuss the concrete needs, content and intensity Compensating software: During your study at the school of arts you can use Sprint for free. Please contact your student counselor+ after requesting your individual measures. Assistance in applying for funding for students with an auditory and/or visual disability

Students who do not have a valid certificate for dyslexia can contact the student counselor+ for a retest

by Emailing: testafname@hogent.be

3.4.2 Student services: STUVO

The study path coach will listen to all your worries or personal problems. Please don’t hesitate to contact

them. We work together with Student Services (STUVO) of HOGENT and also refer to their psycho-social

services or other services if necessary or desired. They regularly organize workshops and training courses

about fear of failure and procrastination. These sessions will be announced among the students of KASK

& Conservatorium.

The colleagues of Student Services can also refer you to a psychologist after an intake interview. STUVO

works together with a network of psychologists (at a very affordable rate).

In addition to the psycho-social service (zorg@hogent.be), you can also contact STUVO for questions

about finances (e.g. scholarship), questions about sports, culture, catering, housing, mobility, student

activities and participation.

More information about STUVO can be found on this link: https://www.hogent.be/stuvo/

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3.4.3 Medical assistance

If you have health problems, it is best to contact the UGent student advice center. The student doctors

can help you with medical or psychological problems.

Appointments can be made on working days between 9:00 am and 5:00 pm by calling +32 9 264 70 20 or

at the reception: Sint- Pietersnieuwstraat 25, 9000 Ghent.

Consultations are possible on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Under normal circumstances,

the practice is open daily between 5:00 PM and 7:00 PM for free consultation, but at this moment this is

not possible due to Corona. The student doctors currently only work by appointment. Consult this site for

more info and updates:

https://www.ugent.be/student/nl/meer-dan-st studenten/wel-in-je-vel/studentenartsen.htm

A visit to the student doctor is paying. If you have a health insurance, the costs will (largely) be reimbursed.

For urgent matters after working hours, on public holidays or during the weekend: call the central waiting

number of the city of Ghent 1733.

4. Language requirements

For professional bachelor's programs, the language requirements are set out in the education and

examination regulations of HOGENT as follows:

when registering for a Dutch-language program, the candidate must prove that he/she has sufficient

knowledge of the Dutch language:

- or by submitting a certificate of at least one successfully completed year of learning in Dutch-

language secondary education;

- or by delivering a certificate of passing a study program of one or more courses, with a total study

load of at least 60 credits in Dutch-language higher education;

- or by taking a language test. The obtained language certificate must provide proof that the student

has a 'Vantage' level in accordance with the European reference framework for languages

(CEFR2).

For foreign students who are not exchange students, enrollment in an academic bachelor's or master's

program at KASK & Conservatory, the language level (Dutch for bachelor and English or Dutch for master)

is assessed as part of the artistic entrance exam. This means that if the language level is considered

insufficient on the artistic entrance exam, candidates may be rejected.

Candidates who pass the artistic entrance exam (for bachelors) can only enroll by submitting a certificate

of registration for a Dutch (!) language course at a recognized language institution. This is necessary if the

student does not have level 5 of Dutch at the University Center for Language Education (or an equivalent).

The study path coach annually evaluates the results achieved at the language institution and can, if

necessary, determine binding measures in the context of study progress monitoring.

Language courses can be taken at:

Het Universitair Centrum voor Talenonderwijs: http://www.uct.ugent.be/en

Huis van het Nederlands: http://www.hvngent.be/en

CVO Perspectief: http://www.hetperspectief.net/courses-dutch.html

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5. Examination

5.1 Preparation

Curriculum

Check your curriculum on https://ibamaflex.hogent.be to see if you have indeed been officially enrolled

for the subjects you’re following. If you see something you don’t understand, please contact the study

path coach (or contact the student affairs department). Changing the curriculum is possible until

November 30th (needs to be done before December 1st) for annually based subjects or subjects of the first

semester and until March 14th (needs to be done before March 15th) for subjects of the second semester.

After these dates, you risk losing both money and learning deposit.

ECTS-files

An overview of the evaluation criteria for each subject can be found at

https://www.hogent.be/studiefiches. Does the teacher asks for a paper or another assignment, do you

have to pass for an oral or written exam, do you get an exam half way or at the end of the year, etc.… ?

At the bottom of each ECTS-file you can find out whether students have a second exam opportunity or

not.

Schedules

Use our website: www.schoolofarts.be to check the exam schedule. Compare the schedule to your

curriculum and make sure you find all the planned exams and locations and don’t make any mistake on

subjects with similar names (always use the names of the subjects as they are mentioned in your

curriculum). Make sure you check the schedules often to avoid missing any updates or changes.

If you have an oral exam, check the order list so you know at what time you have to be present. Order

lists are communicated via the student administration (e-mail) or via the teacher (e-mail or Chamilo).

Absence

If you do not attend an exam, you will see ‘absent’ on your report when you check your results. If you are

ill or there is another legal reason to miss the exam, you need to inform the Student Affairs Department

(patrick.dombrecht@hogent.be) and upload the doctor’s note or other piece of evidence on

https://ibamaflex.hogent.be.

If you want to have a postponed examination, please contact patrick.dombrecht@hogent.be. If a student

is ill or there is another reason why they cannot attend the moment of the jury, they have to make sure

the artistic work is present so the jury can evaluate.

Absences at evaluation moments must always be reported at the student administration office the same

day.

Evaluation of artistic work

Some courses work with attendance based evaluation. If a student misses more than 25% of all lessons,

he might be graded ‘absent’.

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5.2 The examination

Theoretical exam

When you attend an exam, make sure you bring your student card. Don’t forget to sign the attendance

list when you hand in your exam paper.

Practical exam or jury

A jury is public. Anyone can join the presentation of your work. The deliberation of the jury is not public.

Normally we don’t organize postponed examinations for practical or performance subjects.

Cheating/Plagiarism

When we notice a student cheated on an exam, he will be graded with a zero. Plagiarism is forbidden.

The school uses special plagiarism-software to check out if an assignment is authentic or not. Cheating

and plagiarism will have disciplinary consequences.

5.3 After the exam period

Evaluation and grading

Teachers use a grading scale on 20 (as illustrated below), to evaluate. If a student scores less than 10 out

of 20, he fails and has to redo the exam in the second examination period or the following year if there

isn’t a second examination chance for those courses.

ECTS grading

scale

Grading in

marks Content grading Definition

A

20

19

18

Exceptional

quality

The student has made a distinctive and

outstanding effort.

A 17

16 Excellent

The student has made a first class effort.

B 15

14 Very good

The student distinguishes himself/herself from

the average.

C 13

12 Good

The student has made a general sound work

D 11 Satisfactory

The student has made a fair work that is just

above the minimum requirements.

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E

10 Sufficient

Performance of the student meets the minimum

requirements.

FX

9

8

Fail (almost

passing)

The student has not achieved the minimum

requirements, but was close to it. The student

did not pass the course unit.

F 7 Fail Insufficient performance.

F 6

5 Bad

The achievements of the student are very

unsatisfactory.

F

4

3

2

1

Very bad

The student has completely misunderstood the

course, or did not work at all.

F 0 Not right

- The student has registered for the exam but

did not show up or did not submit his exam.

- Fraud or malversations.

Combined courses

In some study programmes there are combined courses. Such courses are subjects that have two or

maybe three sub-courses (combined courses are indicated in your curriculum in Ibamaflex). If a student

passes all sub-courses, he/she will receive the credit for the combined course. The grade is then the

mathematic average of the points of the sub-courses. If a student fails a sub-course and passes on the

other ones, the student only has to redo the failed sub-course(s). If a student has a mathematic average

of 10 or more, one grading of 9 on one sub-course is permitted in order to succeed on the combined

course.

Announcement of the results

To find out how you scored during the examination, you can check your personal grades through

https://ibamaflex.hogent.be. If something is not clear, you can contact the study path coach for further

information or attend the feedback-session for more information.

Feedback

Feedback-sessions are organized every exam period. The day after the results are published, students can attend the feedback-session. The feedback-sessions are the only official moments to get feedback and all professors are obliged to be present. The time and location of the feedback-session will be published together with the examination schedule. It is really important to use this chance to talk to the professor and have a look at the exam you took.

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Toleration

Rarely and under specific circumstances only, the school tolerates a deficit on a specific subject. First of

all the student must be in a year where he/she can get a diploma (bachelor or master). Secondly the

student must have participated in all exams and finally a minimum score of 8/20 is tolerated for a course

of 6 credits or a 9/20 for two courses of 3 credits.

6. Financial information

6.1 Tuition fee and studio fee

Students who enrol: The tuition fee for a full-time study amounts to €947,20 per academic year for

European and EEA-students and €2841,60 per academic year for non-EEA students. This fee is the sum of

a fixed administrative fee + an amount charged per credit the student takes up in his/her curriculum. As

a consequence, a student who does not enroll for a full time curriculum (60 ECTS credits), will pay a lower

tuition fee. The tuition fee is payable to the University College. The postgraduate programs and post

master programs (the advanced master-program (Contemporary Music) and the advanced bachelor

program (Landscape Development), the postgraduate programs EPAS, Digital Storytelling, Curatorial

Studies, Soloist in Classical Music and Musical Performance Practice have higher tuition fees.

The School of Arts invoices an additional studio fee. This is a fee related to specific user and consumer

costs within the faculty and more specifically within the chosen graduating option (examples of

services/goods for which this money is applied: photocopies, waste disposal for certain studios, field trips,

the use and maintenance of in-house appliances, maintenance of studios, costs related to events,…etc.).

The studio fee depends on the composition of the curriculum and the ratio of theoretical vs. practical

subjects in the curriculum. Another determining factor is – as mentioned - the graduating option.

For the academic year 2019-2020, the fees are as follows:

- € 100 for the short track of the educational master program / the initial educational master’s program

are following the tuition fee of het equivalent main study

- € 100 for Music – Music Theory

- € 105 for Interior Design (Distance Learning)

- € 200 for Music– Composing music: Composition – Performing music: Classical music

- € 220 for Interior Design; Landscape and Garden Architecture

- € 250 for Landscape Development, Music – Instrument building, Performing music: Jazz/pop,

Composing music: Music production

- € 300 for Drama, bachelor Photography, Multi Media Design, Fine Arts, Fashion and master Graphic

Design

- € 350 for Textiles Design en bachelor Graphic Design

- € 400 for Film, Animation Film en master Photography

- € 852,8 for the International Master in Composition for Screen (InMICS)

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6.2 Unscribe

A student who unregisters from the school will be refunded a part of the tuition and studio fee, depending

on the date of unregistration (degree contracts & credit contracts only).

Tuition Fee:

Unregistering before start academic year : refund of the fixed administrative fee, 1st and 2nd

semester subjects and year subjects

Unregistering before November 1st: refund of 1st and 2nd semester subjects, refund of year

subjects. No refund of the fixed administrative fee

Unregistering between November 1st and March 15th: refund of 2nd semester subjects only. Year

subjects, 1st semester subjects and administrative fee are not refunded.

Unregistering after March 15th: no refunds

Studio Fee:

Unregistering before the start of the academic year: 100% refund

Unregistering after start academic year, but before November 1st: 75% refund

Unregistering between November 1st and December 31st: 50% refund

Unregistering after December 31st: no refund

The advanced bachelor and master programmes and the postgraduate programmes follow other dates

and amounts. Detailed information will be given at enrolment. For more information, contact the student

affairs office or your study path coach.

6.3 Scholarships

The general outline basically is that only students with the Belgian nationality can receive scholarships

from the Belgian government.

There are a number of exceptions, so even if you do not possess the Belgian nationality, you might be

eligible for a scholarship. However, you must meet one of the following requirements:

You are an EEA-citizen and have lived in Belgium continuously for 5 years. You or one of your parents is an EEA-subject and has worked at least 32 hours each month for

12 months in Belgium. You or one of your parents is an EEA-subject and is registered as entrepreneur for 2 years.

You are also eligible for a scholarship if you belong to one of the following categories:

You are a student with a permanent residence permit. You are victim of trafficking and possess a certificate of a specialized shelter. You are a foreign student under ‘subsidiary protection’.

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You are subject of a country outside of the EEA and have resided officially in Belgium for at least 12 consecutive months. Your residence permit was not granted for reasons of higher education and there is no ongoing asylum procedure.

You have been granted legal residence based on family reunification. You are candidate-refugee and your procedure is still ongoing.

The website for the Belgian government also lists a number of possibilities for student funding on this

page: study and training grants.

6.4 Residence permits

All European students (apart from French, German and Dutch nationalities) who stay longer than 4,5

months and all non-European students who stay longer than 3 months must apply for a residence permit.

For those who choose to register in Ghent, all information is available on

https://stad.gent/en/international-students

Students who are not of European or EEA nationality will also require a student visa to travel to Belgium.

Information on the requirements and obtaining of a visa is available at the Belgian Embassy or Consulate

in the student’s country. The residence permit must be requested after arrival in Belgium and after

enrolling at our school. One of the requirements for the residence permit is that you obtain an official

residence in Belgium.

Further and correct information is available from the Belgian government’s official webpage on studying

in Belgium.

Further interesting websites:

Foreign student in Ghent: https://stad.gent/international-students

Website for foreigners coming to Belgium: https://dofi.ibz.be/sites/dvzoe/EN/Pages/home.aspx

Website University Ghent that includes Immigration Office Addresses: http://www.ugent.be/en/administration/migration-office.htm

Website City of Ghent https://stad.gent/burgerzaken/niet-belgen/verblijf-inschrijving/internationale-studenten/international-

students-registration-city-and-application-residence-permit

Contact person at our student administration concerning questions on visa and residence permits:

Paul.Lamont@hogent.be / +32 9 243 36 13

Be aware that non EEA-students have to submit their residence permit, one received, at the student

administration as a last step of the subscription process. Students for whom the school doesn’t have a

copy of the visa and residence permit cannot re-enroll the next academic year.

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7. Student mobility

7.1 Mobility @ HOGENT

As a student of the school of arts, it is possible to register in exchange for (optional) courses at another

department of HOGENT. Exchanges are not only possible between departments of HOGENT, but also with

partners of the Ghent University Association (Ghent University, HOWEST and Artevelde Hogeschool).

Courses can be taken in your curriculum when you acquire the credit in the context of your studies. If you

are interested in such an exchange, please contact your study path coach to fill in the application form.

7.2 Going abroad

Gaining international experience within your study program is easy at School of Arts Ghent. Since the art field is pre-eminently international, we have an excellent international network with partner institutions and organizations that can help you find your bearings on your artistic path. During your studies at School of Arts Ghent you can study abroad for a semester or an entire year. The easiest and most accessible way to do this is via the Erasmus+ program. You can choose from a list of approved partner institutions. In addition, School of Arts Ghent have several bilateral agreements with institutes outside Europe. Another option to gain some international experience is to carry out a work placement abroad.

Contact:

Els.Moens@hogent.be (T:+32 9 243 36 19)

Els Moens is also the contact person for all incoming exchange students.

7.3 Health insurance

Regular students are obliged to have a health insurance during their stay in Belgium. For more

information:

o http://www.ugent.be/en/administration/insurances/students.htm o Contact paul.lamont@hogent.be at the student administration

8. Student services

8.1 Reception

The School of Arts has two large campuses, Bijloke and Grote Sikkel. Each campus of the School of Arts

has a reception area with people who can help you to find your way in the building, help you book a room

to practice, tell you if a teacher is present at that time etc.

This is an overview of our campuses, buildings and the common opening hours.

Opening hours:

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Bijloke: Mon-Thur 08:00-22:00 / Fri 08:00-18:00 / Sat-Sun Closed

Grote Sikkel: Mon-Fri 08:00-22:00 / Sat 15:00-21:00 / Sun 10:00-18:00

Kunsttoren: Mon-Thur 08:00-22:00 / Fri 08:00-18:00 / Sat-Sun Closed

Nederpolder: Mon-Fri 08:00-18:00

Opening hours are different in the holiday periods. You will be informed about opening hours in the

holidays through the monthly email newsletter for students.

Campus Bijloke Jozef Kluyskensstraat 2 9000 Gent

Campus Bijloke: De Kunsttoren Offerlaan 5 9000 Gent

Bijlokestudio Bijlokekaai 6 9000 Gent

Campus Bijloke: De Zaal Nonnemeersstraat 26 9000 Gent

Cirque anatomisch auditorium Louis Pasteurlaan 2 9000 Gent

Campus Grote Sikkel Hoogpoort 64 9000 Gent

KASKcafé Louis Pasteurlaan 2 9000 Gent

Campus Grote Sikkel - MIRY Concertzaal Biezekapelstraat 9 9000 Gent

KASKcinema Godshuizenlaan 4 9000 Gent

Campus Grote Sikkel – gebouw Paddenhoek & Club Telex Paddenhoek 12 9000 Gent

KIOSK Louis Pasteurlaan 2 9000 Gent

Campus Grote Sikkel – gebouw Nederpolder Nederpolder 26 9000 Gent

Zwarte Zaal Louis Pasteurlaan 2, 9000 Gent

Campus Grote Sikkel – gebouw Wijnaert Geraard De Duivelstraat 5 9000 Gent

8.2 Book a room

Music students can book a room on Campus at the reception desk. Students from other programs can

contact their studio-coordinator to check for available rooms.

Reception Campus Grote Sikkel: + 32 9 234 90 00

Reception Campus Bijloke: + 32 9 243 36 00

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8.3 Student card/E-purse

Upon your enrolment at our school you’ll receive a student card. This card can be used for different

purposes:

- Identification at the examination - Borrowing books and other material from our libraries - Discount at the student restaurants - Access to several rooms at our school - A debit card which can be used at the student restaurant and to make copies and to use the

print facilities at our school - Discounts at most of the cultural institutions and museums, - …

To use your student card as a debit card, you can put money at the card with the application

http://epurse.hogent.be. You can also find this application in Chamilo. Log in and select the preferred

amount. The next time you pay, the amount will be put on the card.

Please find a manual here.

8.4 Lending services

The School of Arts has several lending services for students.

Name Place What? Responsible

Kunsttoren / Fine

Arts

Kunsttoren,

groundfloor

Presentation and

recording equipment

(broad focus on visual

arts)

peter.baeckelandt@hogent.be

Photography &

Presentation

material

Marissal-building,

1st floor

Photographic

material &

Eequipment for

presentations (broad

focus for all students)

pat.vermeulen@hogent.be

Film Marissal-building,

basement

Audiovisual recording

equipment

(specialized focus

film)

bob.mees@hogent.be

Music Biezekapelstraat,

2nd floor.

Classical, acoustic

instruments

stijn.schollaert@hogent.be

In most studios in visual and audiovisual arts more equipment is available. Contact your studio-

coordinator for more information.

Students who want support and equipment for exhibitions can contact sam.vaningelgem@hogent.be for

more information.

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8.5 Library

Conservatorium Library

The conservatory library, founded in 1835, houses almost 200,000 titles, which adds up to almost two kilometers of books. The collection comprises a wide range of specialized literature, from monographs to encyclopedias, as well as over 400 periodicals. At its core, however, are its musical scores. As well as numerous rare editions, the most valuable pieces are undoubtedly the autographed manuscripts of Ghent composers like Mengal and Miry. The contemporary repertoire is also comprehensively represented. Now, collections are not only acquired on paper, but also in digital format. In the past few years, the range of information and knowledge available electronically has also been greatly expanded. The library is situated on Campus Grote Sikkel

Wijnaert building Geraard De Duivelstraat 5, 9000 Gent. T: + 32 9 243 36 70

Do you have a suggestion for expanding the library collection, or an idea for a library activity? Send an email to bibcons@hogent.be. More information at bib.hogent.be Opening hours Mo-Tu-Thu-Fri: 10:00 till 17:00 Wed: 14:00 till 17:00

Arts Library

KASK, S.M.A.K. and the Design Museum Gent have merged their library collections into a new arts library and now houses an impressive collection of books about the visual arts, architecture, photography, film, etc. The majority of these will be displayed on open shelves. With these two collections under one roof, Flanders will be getting an important and unique new library. There is no doubt that this will become a central location for scientific research into the arts.

Following a full renovation, the new arts library moved to the House of The Abbess in the Bijloke campus. This innovative artistic landmark will look towards the future while providing a welcoming invitation to both students and the public.

More info: bib.hogent.be

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8.6 Student restaurants & catering

You can have a meal at a reduced price in the student restaurant on the Bijloke Campus (Pauli Building)

and at the Grote Sikkel Campus (Wijnaert building – top floor). The restaurant is opened from 8 am until

3.45 pm. You can pay with your student card.

On campus Bijloke you can also enjoy a meal or drink in the KASKcafé (Cloquet Building). Here food &

drinks are a bit more expensive but very tasty and healthy.

On campus Grote Sikkel you can have a drink outside at the very cosy MIRYcafé.

8.7 Student jobs

For information and advice about student jobs, you can contact the Student Services: zorg@hogent.be or

+ 32 9 243 37 38.

If you want information about student jobs at the School of Arts, you can contact els.demeyer@hogent.be

8.8 Using the printers

You can find the multifunctional printers on almost every campus. Some printers print in black and white

only, while others print in both black and white and color. The libraries have enough computers to send

documents to these multifunction printers. All you have to do is log in to the computers with your HOGENT

username and password.

You can find a detailed manual here.

9. Student facilities

9.1 Housing

Currently, regular students need to take the initiative of finding a place to stay during their studies

themselves, because the University College does not provide accommodation other than to exchange

students and Belgian students.

We can offer a number of helpful links. If you intend to live in Ghent, you can contact the University

College’s Student Aid Services department (Dienst Studentenvoorzieningen) and check whether they can

assist in your search (huisvesting@hogent.be - + 32 (0)9 243 37 38).

Alternatively, the site http://www.kotatgent.be is an excellent database for students who are trying to

find a place to live (this site focuses on Ghent) – For the rest of Belgium http://www.immoweb.be is a

good starting point for the private market).

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9.2 Transport

The Student Services will help you to find the most advantageous train, tram or bus season ticket. Apart from public transport, we encourage students to rent a bike. It can be very useful to have a bike, it is the fastest way to get about town and it is simply the best way to enjoy this animated and lively city of Ghent. Each student can rent a bike at a reasonable price. More information is available at: De Fietsambassade Gent vzw Kattenberg 2, 9000 Gent +32 9 266 77 00 Fietsambassade.gent.be Info.defietsambassade@stad.gent

9.3 Sport

University College Ghent offers a wide range of possibilities to practice sports, either individually or in competition. On all days of the week you can play sports with or without instructors (like gymnastics/trampoline, danzaerobics, discoswing/salsa, spinning, basketball, badminton, powertraining, bodyfit, etc....). University College Ghent students and staff are covered by insurance during Fit & Fun sport activities. Our own sports hall is located on Campus Schoonmeersen Sint-Denijslaan 251 9000 Gent For information and advice, please contact the Student Services at University College Ghent: sport@hogent.be or T: + 32 (0)9 243 37 38

https://www.hogent.be/stuvo/sport/

9.4 Cultural events – artistic activities

Consult our agenda on the School of Arts website and our newsletters for more information!

a. KIOSK

KIOSK occupies a unique place in the Flemish arts landscape. As a space for contemporary art, it is positioned in the segment between large museum and institutional exhibition spaces on the one hand, and smaller, experimental spaces on the other. In 2006, KIOSK began its activities in a small, glass pavilion. In February 2010, it swapped this temporary location for a new exhibition space in the restored Cloquet building’s former anatomical theatre on the Bijloke site. KIOSK aims at a systematic, monographic approach, which mainly takes the form of double exhibitions. Using this dialectical model, KIOSK tries to bring the dynamic within the creative process to the fore and to help shape a wider frame of reference in which the artist’s work can be understood. This position is intrinsic to the educational context in which KIOSK works. KIOSK is an initiative of Kunstensite vzw and KASK, and its work is supported by the Flemish

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Government. KIOSK receives additional support from the city of Ghent and the province of East Flanders.

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b. Miry Concert-hall

Throughout the academic year the Conservatory organizes several concert programmes where young musicians are offered a stage to present themselves to an audience. This is where enthusiasm and natural musicality reveal the fresh face of music. The Conservatory houses a number of ensembles where as a student you can get the playing or singing experience you need. In some periods the work revolves around larger productions such as orchestra, wind band and opera.

http://www.miryconcertzaal.be/

c. KASKcinema

The School of Arts Ghent not only houses a film programme but now also has its own film theatre. This brand new cinema on the historical Bijloke grounds wishes to offer students and other film enthusiasts a programme of films not readily available in the regular circuit. There is a focus on films that explore the boundaries of the medium, on new forms of audiovisual culture and innovative and original films, but also on canonical films that are only rarely screened in the optimal circumstances of a film theatre. KASKcinema is an initiative of the School of Arts Ghent in cooperation with a number of cultural partners such as Courtisane, Film-Plateau, the Flanders Film Festival Ghent, S.M.A.K., Vooruit and Filemon.

www.kaskcinema.be

d. Graduation

Graduating in the arts is a reason to celebrate. During the June Graduation festival, final year students present their work at various locations in Ghent.

e. Gentsche Festspiele

During the Ghent Festivities (which takes place in July), the Conservatory, Trefpunt and Hardscore will be joining forces to present an eight-day music festival in KANTL and MIRY. Old favorites like the Gentse Vleugels piano festival and the International Chamber Music Festival will be sided by several new productions: Schoonzicht (‘Great View’), a series of jazz and pop concerts that will take place in the conservatory tower; and new evening productions.

f. Het paviljoen

Het Paviljoen is a meeting place where young positions in the contemporary art field collaborate and present their work within a professional framework. Het Paviljoen houses a project which includes a series of five exhibitions that focuses on the traditional division between form and content, space and context. As an architectural skeleton stripped of its historical function as a waiting room, the glass pavilion has transformed into an empty display case that offers room for imagination and experimentation. Therefore the exhibition series are based on five architectural elements: shape, dimension, configuration, surface and openings. The formal qualities, the non-

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functionality and the blankness of the space enable us to generate new content, without any prescribed themes or given frameworks. Also, the specificity and historicity of the glass pavilion, which strongly contrasts with the colossal Cloquet building, arouses reflection on the possible meanings of space, architecture and the role of the institute. The alternating ensemble of young artists, writers and curators makes Het Paviljoen a dynamic and unpredictable space with many possibilities for new ideas and collaborations.

g. MAP

The project space for the master’s degrees in fine arts, photography, multi-media design and graphic design will continue under the title MAP. This academic year, twelve presentations are planned. MAP generally takes place at the “Glazen Gang”, Bijlokecampus, Marissal building.

h. KASK lectures

Every academic year, two KASK lecture series are organized (one in the autumn and one in the spring), with leading speakers in the fields of the visual arts, the audiovisual arts, design, drama and music. Lectures take place on Tuesday evenings in the anatomical auditorium of the Cloquet building on the Bijloke campus (unless otherwise announced), and are open to a wide audience. Admission is free.

i. Courtisane

As a festival and platform to showcase film, video and media art, Courtisane makes a resolute choice for adventure and reflection. Courtisane’s programmation constitutes a kaleidoscopic mosaic of styles, media, gestures, languages and emotions; a patchwork of recent and historical works that share an insatiable hunger for experimentation, a personal signature, and a sense of resistance. Courtisane has been organizing a yearly festival since 2002.

https://www.courtisane.be/