Karel de Grote-Hogeschool Antwerpen, Belgium

The Karel de Grote-Hogeschool (University College) was founded in 1995 and is  an amalgation of 13 colleges, all with a long tradition and a reputation for quality, and is now a dynamic institute with 7 668 students and 1080 staff member.

KdG offers:

• altogether about 70 courses (bachelors and masters) in its six departments: Art and Design, Health Care, Commercial Sciences and Business Administration, Teacher Education, Applied Social Studies and Industrial Sciences and Technology with 187 staff members and 1307 students.
• postgraduate courses (bachelor after bachelor);
• special training programmes for industry and non-profit organisations are offered by our institute.

KdG is also active in the field of applied research related to:

1. Sustainability: (Bio)energy, (Bio)materials, Environment-Water, New properties by scale (Nano)
2. Mobility: Fuels, Engine design/management, Communication/Monitoring
3. Ambient Technology: Communication/Network, Remote-Local Intelligence (Interpretative) Vision/Sensing
4. Manufacturing: Automation/Communication, Sensing/Scaling, Energy optimizing/Safety

KdG participates in regional, national and international educational and research projects as co-ordinator as well as partner.

Laboratories

• Factory Automation Lab

Offered Course Studies

All study courses at the Karel de Grote-University College in the Department of Industrial Sciences and Technology:

1. Electromechanical engineering (Bachelor/3 years = 180 credits) and its specialisations:
• Heating, ventilation & air-conditioning
• Process automation
2. Chemistry (Bachelor/3years) and its specializations:
• Chemistry
• Biochemistry
• Environmental care
• Process technology
3. Automotive technology (Bachelor/3years) and its specializations:
• Passenger cars
• Heavy duty vehicles
• Car electronics
• Motorcycle technology
4. Biomedical Laboratorium Technology (Bachelor/3 years)
5. MCT (Bachelor/3 years)
6. Audiovisual Techniques: Photography (Bachelor/3 years)
7. Chemistry (Master/1 year = 60 credits)
8. Biochemistry (Master/1 year)
9. Electromechanical Engineering (Master/1 year) and its specialisations:
• Electromechanical engineering
• Automation
• Automotive
10. ICT – Electronics (Master/1 year) and its specialisations:
• ICT
• Automotive

Future Arrangements

• Open days: 15 March 2008 and 23  April 2008,
• Profinet symposium June 2008 in cooperation with Profibus Belgium

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