VIVES University of Applied Sciences has campuses across West Flanders (Kortrijk, Bruges, Ostend, Roeselare, Torhout), offering practice-oriented education in diverse fields including technology and applied engineering.
Address: Doorniksesteenweg 145, 8500 Kortrijk, West Flanders, Belgium
Applied Engineering, Biotechnology, Informatics
Domains taught:
- Agriculture, AI and Machine Learning, Automation, Bioengineering, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Electrical and Electronics, Engineering, Food Science, Software Engineering
Diplomas*:
- Associate Degree, Bachelor, Graduate Certificate
Status:
- Private
Partnerships:
Strong regional embedding in West Flanders and international partnerships for applied sciences. Associated with KU Leuven.
Research:
Applied research in agro-industry, technology, healthcare, education, and social innovation, often with local SMEs.
Famous Alumnis:
N/A
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
1500
Current students***:
15000
Foreign students***:
10%
Cumulative former students***:
N/A
Pros
Close to students and businesses in West Flanders, focus on practical skills and job readiness, wide range of technical programs.
Cons
Multiple smaller campuses can lead to a fragmented experience for some, primarily Dutch-taught.
Best For
Applied technical education strongly rooted in West Flanders, with KU Leuven association.
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Most Similar Schools Locally
- Hogeschool UC Leuven-Limburg is the closest domestic counterpart for food science, civil engineering and bioengineering; it has almost the same size, at about 16,500 students, and is also a private institution.
- Thomas More Hogeschool is the closest domestic counterpart for food science, civil engineering and bioengineering; it is slightly larger, at about 20,000 students against roughly 15,000 here, and is also a private institution.
- Both schools build their programmes around food science, civil engineering and bioengineering, and Odisee Hogeschool is the one to compare first within the country, since it is also a private institution, and runs the same bachelor's, associate degree and graduate certificate programmes.
- Where this school leans on civil engineering, chemistry and automation, Karel de Grote Hogeschool does the same, and it does not run the graduate certificate programmes found here and covers telecommunications as well.
- On content, Haute École Provinciale de Hainaut - Condorcet and this institution are close, as both teach agriculture, food science and civil engineering; it is smaller, enrolling about 7,000 students against roughly 15,000 here, and is public, whereas this institution is private.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
- In the United States, Stanford University teaches much the same core subjects, bioengineering, AI and machine learning and software engineering, and it also offers master's, doctoral and mba programmes, and covers physics and life sciences as well.
- For civil engineering, bioengineering and electrical and electronics outside the home country, Technical University of Denmark in Denmark is a natural reference; it has almost the same size, at about 13,400 students, and is public, whereas this school is private.
- For civil engineering, bioengineering and AI and machine learning outside the home country, Washington University in St. Louis in the United States is a natural reference; it covers industrial design and life sciences as well, and is slightly larger, at about 17,000 students against roughly 15,000 here.
- Abroad, Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden) covers civil engineering, bioengineering and electrical and electronics in a comparable way, and it is slightly smaller, at about 11,000 students against roughly 15,000 here, and is also a private institution.
- The closest overseas parallel on AI and machine learning, software engineering and engineering is Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, located in India; it is slightly larger, at about 17,000 students against roughly 15,000 here, and is also a private institution.
*our own picks (our criteria: a mix between domains, diploma delivered, reputation and size), but obviously too many criteria for an apple-to-apple ranking.
- Agile Methodology, Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM), Innovation, Sustainable Development, User-Centered Design
*: without any judgment of the quality, readers are strongly encouraged to check the official status of the exact diploma envisioned as many universities have a mix of recognized diplomas, not recognized, “co-delivered,” “equivalent to”, “some pathways” (…), can change over time, and can be named differently from one country to another.
**: international reputation: is based on some criteria that do not mean much in some domains or specialties (number of researchers, of scientific publications, on budget ….). Our approximate 1-4 scale:
- known locally
- known locally and internationally
- is listed in some of the world university’s classifications
- is listed among the 20 firsts in some of world university’s classifications
***: estimated numbers, based on online sources and/or feedbacks. The numbers can vary greatly depending on school organisation (ex.: school is part of a group, it employs internal staff or external consultants or has public staff without employing them …). Refer to all the links provided to have accurate and updated numbers.
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