Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech (GxABT), located in
Gembloux,
Belgium
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, is one of the eleven faculties of the
University of Liège
The University of Liège (), or ULiège, is a major public university of the French Community of Belgium founded in 1817 and based in Liège, Wallonia, Belgium. Its official language is French (language), French.
History
The university was foun ...
. Founded in 1860 and previously known as the Faculté universitaire des sciences agronomiques de Gembloux (FUSAGx,
French for: Gembloux Agronomical University), it is Belgium's oldest educational and research institution dedicated to
agronomic sciences and
biological engineering
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. It is the only school in Belgium to be accredited by the French
Commission des Titres d'Ingénieur
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allowing the university to deliver the
Diplôme d'Ingénieur
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engineering
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degree. The school is also accredited by the
EUR-ACE label
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, the highest European quality label for
engineering
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degree programmes at Bachelor and Master level.
Prior to 2009, it was an independent
public university
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of the
French Community of Belgium
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.
History
The university is housed in the historical
Abbey of Gembloux, which was founded around 940. After the
French Revolution, monks were expelled, and the abbey was sold. In July 1860, the agronomic school of
Thourout is transferred in
Gembloux, founding the Gembloux Agricultural Institute. The
Belgian State definitely buys the abbey in 1881 and in 1920, the school is renamed into the State Agricultural Institute (''Institut agronomique de l'État''). The name is changed again in 1965 into the State University of Agricultural Sciences (''Faculté universitaire des sciences agronomiques de l’État'') and again in 1994 into the Gembloux University of Agricultural Sciences (''Faculté universitaire des sciences agronomiques de Gembloux'') after its administration was transferred from the
Federal State
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to the
French Community of Belgium
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.
In 2009, it was merged with the
University of Liège
The University of Liège (), or ULiège, is a major public university of the French Community of Belgium founded in 1817 and based in Liège, Wallonia, Belgium. Its official language is French (language), French.
History
The university was foun ...
and renamed to Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech (GxABT). Its official language has always been
French.
Studies
The Faculty of Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech is dedicated exclusively to agronomic sciences and biological
engineering
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. The five-year program on offer at the Faculty trains bioengineers in the making.
Students can choose a specialization from among four different courses of study in the field of life sciences:
*Environmental science and technology
*Forest and natural space management
*Agronomic science
*Chemistry and bioindustries
Gembloux Agro Bio Tech also organizes the first year of the bachelor's program in
Landscape architecture
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, in partnership with the
Haute École Charlemagne and the Institute of Architecture of
La Cambre.
See also
* Crealys Science Park
*
Science and technology in Wallonia
*
Science Parks of Wallonia
Created in 2002, SPoW -Science Parks of Wallonia-, is an association of seven Belgium, Belgian science parks located in Wallonia:
* Louvain-la-Neuve Science Park
* Liège Science Park
* Crealys Science Park
* Aéropole Science Park
* Initialis ...
References
Sources
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