Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech

Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
founding	1860
Sponsorship	state
place	Gembloux , Belgium
Rector	André Théwis (before the merger with the University of Liège )
Students	approx. 1,050
Employee	about 550
Website	www.gembloux.ulg.ac.be

Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech (abbreviation GxABT ) is the name of a department of the University of Liege with the location Gembloux in the Belgian province of Namur . Until 2009, the school was an independent higher education institution (faculty) for agricultural and bioengineering, which was called Faculté universitaire des Sciences agronomiques de Gembloux (abbreviation FUSAGx ). The school is the oldest Belgian teaching and research establishment exclusively dedicated to agriculture and bioengineering.

history

In 1860 the Institut agricole de l'Etat was founded in Gembloux , the first Belgian higher education institution for agricultural sciences. In 1920 the institute was renamed Institut agronomique de l'Etat and in 1965 the Faculté des Sciences agronomiques de l'Etat . Today the French Community of Belgium is responsible for the university. In 2009 the Faculté universitaire des Sciences agronomiques de Gembloux merged with the University of Liège and has since been called Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech (GxABT) .

campus

Gembloux Abbey, now the seat of Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech

The college is located in the buildings of the Abbey of Gembloux , a former Benedictine abbey founded by Saint Guibert von Gembloux around the year 940 and rebuilt in the classicist style between 1762 and 1779 by the architect Laurent-Benoît Dewez .

organization

The university is divided into three departments, each of which has additional departments:

• Environmental Sciences and Technology ( Sciences et technologies de l'environnement )
• Agricultural Sciences ( Sciences agronomiques )
• Chemistry and bio-industries ( Chimie et bio-industries )

Web links

• Official Homepage (French)
• Homepage of the student organization of FUSAGx (French)