Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen
The Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen (English: Howest University), abbreviated as HOWEST, is a university in West-Flanders, a province of Belgium.
About 5000 full-time students are enrolled at Howest pursuing 22 Bachelors and 7 Masters covering a range of disciplines. Howest consists of four campuses situated in Bruges and Kortrijk.
The university has housing accommodation, libraries, individual study schemes, student counselling and study-related services. Internet-accounts are available for students.
Howest allows its students to do part of their studies abroad and has links to industry and other outside bodies.