in belgium, which is a federal state, the constitution attributes legislative power over higher education to the communities.belgian constitution (dutch). belgian senate. retrieved on november 20, 2007 the dutch-speaking flemish community, the french community and the german community thus determine which institutes of higher education they organise or recognise, and which diplomas may be legally issued by these institutes. below is a list of recognised institutes of higher education in belgium sorted by the responsible community.ministry of education. retrieved on november 20, 2007 ==institutes of higher education in the flemish community== === universities === six flemish universities issue academic bachelor, master and doctoral degrees: * universiteit antwerpen, antwerp * hogeschool-universiteit brussel, brussels (former katholieke universiteit brussel) * vrije universiteit brussel, brussels * universiteit gent, ghent * universiteit hasselt, hasselt * katholieke universiteit leuven, leuven and katholieke universiteit leuven campus kortrijk, kortrijk as a result of an international treaty between the netherlands and flanders, a co-operation between the universiteit hasselt (flanders) and the universiteit maastricht (the netherlands) is recognised as the * transnational university limburg, hasselt according to the webometrics ranking of world universitieswebometrics ranking of world universities cybermetrics lab, centro superior de investigaciones cientÃ­ficas, spain. retrieved on january 16, 2007 and the thes - qs world university rankings,thes - qs world university rankings 2007 qs education trust. retrieved on january 16, 2007 four flemish universities (universiteit antwerpen, vrije universiteit brussel, universiteit gent and katholieke universiteit leuven) are among the top-150 universities in europe and top-300 universities worldwide. === university colleges === all recognised flemish university colleges are associated with a flemish university. the following university colleges, which issue professional bachelor, academic bachelor and master degrees, are recognised by the flemish government: antwerp university association: university colleges associated with the university of antwerp * artesis hogeschool antwerpen (antwerp, merksem, lier, mechelen, turnhout), public * hogere zeevaartschool antwerpen (antwerp), public * karel de grote-hogeschool (antwerp), catholic * plantijn hogeschool (antwerpen, boom), public ghent university association: university colleges associated 
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