-
Katholieke Hogeschool Vives Kortrijk, Belgium
KATHO has as its baseline “Enjoy Lifelong Learning Worldwide”. Our core business is to ensure higher education for students at bachelor level (industrial sciences, agro-biotechnology, business studies, teacher training, nursing and midwifery, social sciences) with bridges to master degrees.
KATHO is “open” to the world. We work closely together with the very export-oriented local and regional “enterprises” in the broadest sense. This includes businesses in the agro-industry, hospitals with an interregional role, training centres for primary and secondary schools attended by children and pupils from diverse socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds, centres for social guidance and counselling including especially those with the emphasis on working with migrants.
KATHO
- 8.545 students
- 910 staff members (650 FTE)
- 1.600 graduates
- final projects
- 4 campuses
- 7 departments
- 6 basic study areas
- 18 practice-oriented basic trainings
- 49 specialisations
- 39 centres of excellence
- 83 applied research projects
- 2 master programmes in cooperation with KULeuven
Vives, a University College in full expansion!
‘’The Flemish Entrepreneur’’ module is geared at the characteristics of our entrepreneurs: hard-working and flexible, innovative and disciplined, multilingual and with a sound interpration of ‘’Think global, act local’’.
Together we’ll make it happen
Training and coaching young adults is the core business of VIVES.
A team of 920 lecturers and staff members creates a fascinating study environment through practice-oriented study programmes.
Internationalisation is a top priority in our University College.
The International team commits itself to the “IEKS PLUS” project: an international experience for each KATHO student.
Enjoy learning is Vives’s motto
Practice-oriented knowledge, social and practical skills and strong attitude building are the pillars of every VIVES study programme. Classroom lectures are supplemented by on-the-job training, during which students’ knowledge, skills and attitudes are put to the test. This is one of the reasons why VIVES is highly appreciated by numerous employers.
International experience
Offering every student an international experience during their bachelor education cycle (180 ECTS) is a challenge KATHO and the International Office have accepted. KATHO has more than 250 international exchange partners worldwide.
Every year we have about 250 foreign students who come to study at KATHO, a number only equalled by the number of outgoing students. Furthermore we offer special purpose courses such as Global Issues of the 21st Century and World Citizenship.
KATHO is also a valued member of several Erasmus thematic networks.
Staff Mobility is another way through which KATHO provides its students with an international experience. In the academic year 2008/09 55 foreign lecturers came to share their knowledge and expertise with our students and over 180 of our lecturers went abroad and came back enriched with new insights.
Every year we organise international study days, international staff weeks, seminars, study trips abroad and we invite foreign guest speakers. Adding an international dimension to our higher education programmes through lecturer and student mobility is a conscious choice. In other words students can study and gain international experience both at home and all over the world.
— 