Ghent University offers high-quality, research-based education in all academic disciplines. The mission of open and democratic education is realized by the availability of social facilities and professional guidance concerning the study career. Pursuing cooperation in research and scientific service, numerous research groups, centres and institutes have been founded over the years. Several of them are renowned worldwide, in various scientific disciplines. Ghent University invests an annual amount of more than 175 million euro in research projects on behalf of public and private partners.

The Laboratory for Chemical Technology (LCT) is a unit within the Department of Chemical Engineering (EA12), Faculty of Engineering and Architecture. Chemical reaction engineering and heterogeneous catalysis in general and, in particular, the kinetics of chemical reactions are major research axes in this laboratory, which comprises about 80 people among which 6 full-time equivalents of tenured academic staff and is directed by prof. dr. ir. Guy B. Marin.