With eight faculties and 16,000 students,University College Ghent is currently the largest university college in Flanders. Its establishment in 1995 is the outcome of two successful mergers that involved sixteen Belgian institutions of higher education. Many had been influential leaders in higher education for several decades. The current eight faculties are spread over the city center of Ghent and Aalst.

University College Ghent is one of the 22 university colleges in Flanders. It was founded in 1995 when thirteen institutes of higher education merged. In 2001, a second merger took place to form University College Ghent as we know it today. In 2003, University College Ghent became part of the Ghent University Association, a cooperative body of universities and university colleges.

The governing bodies of University College Ghent are the Board of Governors, the President, the Executive Board, the Principal and his central administration, the Deans and the Faculty Councils.

University College Ghent consists of thirteen faculties. Each faculty is led by a dean, who is responsible for the day-to-day management of his or her faculty.