The University of Ghent this week signed a cooperation agreement with the University of Lille in northern France, to work towards the development of the European Higher Education Space and the achievement of the 2020 targets on innovation, education and research.

The University of Antwerp will exchange students, lecturers and researchers with Chongqing University in China, under a cooperation agreement signed between the two institutions during the recent trade mission to China. Antwerp will also coordinate the European Erasmus Mundus project CONNEC, which will allow about 200 students and staff from European and Chinese universities to study and work in each other’s countries.