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The UMONS Faculty of Engineering (FPMs) is particularly proud to have Mr. Mahmoud Nani, 31, a Syrian refugee, among its new graduates. He now holds a Master’s degree in Computer Engineering and Management with a specialist focus on Information Systems Control.

UMONS ranks particularly well in the fields of Physics (201-300), Chemistry (301-400), and Materials Science and Engineering (201-300). It is one of the “World’s Top Universities”, ranking between 901st and 1000th place. In physics, it is the first Belgian university for the “Citation Impact” (IC) indicator and the third Belgian university, behind UCLouvain and ULB, for international publications (CNCI). In chemistry, UMONS is also the first Belgian university for the international publications (CNCI) and the “Citation Impact” (IC) indicators. Finally, in materials science, it is the second Belgian university for the “Citation Impact” (IC) indicator.

Two international university rankings have just been unveiled: the U-Multirank (1614 ranked institutions) and the “QS World University Ranking 2018” (4763 institutions evaluated). As in previous years, the University of Mons has again received very good results in terms of the quality of the productivity of its scientific publications, evaluated based on the number of […]

During the Printemps des Sciences (Spring of Sciences) over the weekend of 24th and 25th March, the University of Mons organised its final for Ma Thèse en 180 secondes (inspired by the ‘Three Minute Thesis’ contest). Adriano Panepinto (Faculty of Science), Tiffany Jandrain (FTI-EII) and Guillaume Bayon-Vicente (Faculty of Science) were chosen by the jury […]

On Thursday 5th October, about 70 people attended the coordination team event of the UMONS refugee initiative. UMONS invited all the project managers and participants to share a friendly meal at the university restaurant of the Houzeau halls of residence. The meal was full of sweet oriental flavours, with Lebanese mezzes, and chicken shish kebabs […]