I@H – What is it ?

Training its students to become global citizens is one of the core missions of the University.

UMONS must help its students to understand scientific, economic and political challenges, cultural wealth and diversity, the North-South divide, geopolitical risks, and help them to discover and share experiences of foreign academics to understand more common challenges than differences. Some of our students can achieve this goal through one or more mobility placements, while for others, who, for whatever reason, have not (yet) had the opportunity to visit other countries, UMONS must take action by bringing the world to them. This is the major challenge of Internationalisation at Home.

The main objective of the “Internationalisation at Home” approach is to promote the many initiatives at UMONS which bring our students and staff into contact with the outside world, so as to develop an institutional and integrated concept of “travelling without moving”. Our initiatives include courses taught in foreign languages, the integration of international themes in the different courses, development cooperation awareness, public seminars given by visitors of the international scientific community (possibly in their mother tongue, with simultaneous translation by FTI-EII students), Belgian students hosting and tutoring international students, the organisation of summer courses, putting our students in contact with international students, and creating an “international newspaper” which highlights the incoming/outgoing stays and the international activities of UMONS members.

UMONS is also committed to being a welcoming and hospitable university for people who join our community, regardless of their country of origin, and whatever the duration of their stay.

UMONS does this by supporting its foreign students, colleagues and visitors with all administrative procedures, and assisting their integration into the community.

Training its students to become global citizens is one of the core missions of the University.

UMONS must help its students to understand scientific, economic and political challenges, cultural wealth and diversity, the North-South divide, geopolitical risks, and help them to discover and share experiences of foreign academics to understand more common challenges than differences. Some of our students can achieve this goal through one or more mobility placements, while for others, who, for whatever reason, have not (yet) had the opportunity to visit other countries, UMONS must take action by bringing the world to them. This is the major challenge of Internationalisation at Home.

The main objective of the “Internationalisation at Home” approach is to promote the many initiatives at UMONS which bring our students and staff into contact with the outside world, so as to develop an institutional and integrated concept of “travelling without moving”. Our initiatives include courses taught in foreign languages, the integration of international themes in the different courses, development cooperation awareness, public seminars given by visitors of the international scientific community (possibly in their mother tongue, with simultaneous translation by FTI-EII students), Belgian students hosting and tutoring international students, the organisation of summer courses, putting our students in contact with international students, and creating an “international newspaper” which highlights the incoming/outgoing stays and the international activities of UMONS members.

UMONS is also committed to being a welcoming and hospitable university for people who join our community, regardless of their country of origin, and whatever the duration of their stay.

UMONS does this by supporting its foreign students, colleagues and visitors with all administrative procedures, and assisting their integration into the community.