Doctoral and postdoctoral professional development in Agricultural and Life Sciences
Challenges for the next decade

Transport

By plane:
Brussels airport is a major European airport and has plenty of connections. It has direct highway and trainaccess. For more information, visit www.brusselsairport.be
 
By train from the airport:
The airport City Express leaves from within the airport building (floor -2) and takes you to one of the main stations in Brussels (subsequently Noord/Nord, Centraal/Central and Zuid/Midi). Here you can switch to one of the many intercity trains (IC) to "Gent-Sint-Pieters", Ghent's main railway station (Directions Brugge, Knokke, Blankenberghe, Oostende all stop in Ghent). There also is at least one direct intercity train per hour from the airport to "Gent-Sint-Pieters". One-way train tickets cost about 10 Euro.
Information on timetables and prices, visit www.b-rail.be
 
By train from Brussels:
Take one of the many intercity trains (IC) to "Gent-Sint-Pieters", Ghent's main railway station (Directions Brugge, Knokke, Blankenberghe, Oostende all stop in Ghent). Ghent is on the crossroads of the international lines "London - Brussel - Köln" and "Paris - Lille - Antwerpen".
Information on timetables and prices: www.b-rail.be
 
By car:
Ghent is centrally located near the E40 and E17 highways and has excellent road access to all over Europe (3 hours from Paris, 2 hours from Amsterdam, 1 hour only from the Chunnel). For an exact itinerary, you can use this free routeplanner.
 
Directions to reach the Faculty of Bioscience Engineering