- Groep T
Group T (Groep T) is a university college (formerly "
hogeschool " (college)) inLeuven ,Belgium . The school was formed by a fusion of an existing school for technical (industrial)engineers and the "Provinciale Normaalschool". Nowadays the school offers two main branches:
* The Engineering College: a Bachelor and Master in industrial sciences.
* The Teacher's College: a Bachelor of education.Apart from this, Group T has built a considerable reputation foradult education ("social promotion").The school has always emphasized its independence from other educational institutions in Belgium. This is the main reason it has not joined the KHL (Katholieke Hogeschool Leuven) when that was formed.Group T is especially active in international cooperations with universities in China (
Tsinghua University ,Beijing Jiaotong University ,Beijing Normal University ,University of Science and Technology Beijing ,Zhejiang University of Technology ,Huazhong University of Science and Technology ,Shanghai Jiaotong University and more). [cite web
url= http://www.groept.be/www/partners/partner_universities/china/partners/
title=Group T - Chinese Partner Universities
publisher=Groep T ]Group T is a member of the association (grouping of universities and "hogescholen") formed by the KULeuven.
Solar Team
Group T has had a participant solar powered car in the
World Solar Challenge races of 2005 and 2007. This team (theUmicore Solar Team ) finished 11th and 2nd respectively. [cite web
url= http://www.solarteam.be/
title=Umicore Solar Team
publisher=Umicore Solar Team ]External links
* [http://www.groept.be Groep T]
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